VANYA: THE LOST WARRIOR #1-10: A Prehistoric, Sci-Fi Series

Moving Right Along!
29 days ago – Mon, Jul 20, 2026 at 04:30:01 AM

Hey, everyone!

We've got some great news to share. All of the line art for Vanya: The Lost Warrior #10 is now complete! 🎉

Coloring is making excellent progress and is now about 50% finished. At the current pace, we're on track to have the entire issue completed ahead of schedule, with a projected finish around mid-August.

STATUES

The production on the statues is ramping up now that we've approved the final design. Based on the current pace, we should be expecting to see the statues far sooner than December. Fingers crossed!

Here's the recent mockup of the box: 

DIGITAL COMPENDIUM

The Digital Compendiumwill be distributed alongside Issue #10, so you'll receive both rewards at the same time.

Thank you all for your continued patience and support throughout production. Your enthusiasm for Vanya means the world to our team, and we can't wait to share the next chapter of her journey with you. We'll keep you posted as we head into the final stretch!

Digital Files for Previous Vanya Issues 1-9 are out!
2 months ago – Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 09:42:24 PM

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Art update and Statue Update!
2 months ago – Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 09:30:48 AM

Hey, folks!

This has been an interesting process for us now that we're working with Steve Colle as our story editor. As with any new workflow, we've discovered a few kinks that slowed us down a bit in the beginning, but that's exactly why you refine a process—we've worked through most of those hurdles and things are running much smoother now.

As for progress, we currently have about 16 pages of line art completed and 6 pages fully colored. With the book clocking in at 32 pages, we're sitting in a pretty good spot and expect things to move much more quickly from here now that we've gotten the early editing challenges behind us.

Thanks for your patience as we continue building a better pipeline. We think the extra attention to the story is going to make for a stronger book, so it's absolutely worth it! 

Here is Page 1! (we're revising the colors right now to get the right look. I'll share the colored image once it's complete). Not many pages to share this issue without spoiling things, haha. 

Here's a few progress shots of the statue!

Things seem to be moving along a little faster than they did with the Death Nell statue, which is definitely encouraging. We're still sticking with our original estimate of December for now, but if production continues at this pace, there's a good chance these could start shipping sooner than expected. No promises just yet—but we're cautiously optimistic!

We'll continue sharing updates and photos as we receive them. In the meantime, enjoy these latest progress shots and let us know what you think (we know the skin tones look very different in these, but we believe a lot of that is a result of lighting - the second image should be more accurate to skin tones). 

Stretch Goal Clarification!
3 months ago – Fri, May 29, 2026 at 07:09:56 PM

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Backerkit Surveys Sent!
3 months ago – Fri, May 15, 2026 at 08:53:46 AM

Happy Friday. Hopefully you had a productive week and are ready to relax this weekend.

Vanya 10 surveys have been sent from Backerkit to the emails associated with your Kickstarter accounts. Be sure to check your spam folder and/or to keyword search “backerkit” before contacting us if you need assistance. 

If you’re having trouble or run into any issues regarding your survey please email [email protected] – messaging or commenting here will not get as quick of a response as if you just email us directly. If you wish to convert your digital pledge to a physical pledge, please email Russ at [email protected] and let him know which physical tier you'd like to switch your pledge to.

Be sure to include your backer # and specify which campaign, since we are sending out surveys for new books almost weekly. We’ll get you taken care of quickly as long as you follow these steps above!

REMINDER: If you backed the KS with Pledge-Over-Time, you will not get your survey until after your final payment.

Also to see the HOT cover images, you'll need to head to our Discord server: Here!

Thanks!

-Bad Bug Crew

PS. For this survey we are offering our very first Bad Bug DIE-CUT cover. It's super cool, and we hope you check it out in the addons. Also, there are only around 20 Vanya statues let in the addons!

If you missed the Kickstarter completely, here's a link to the Backerkit store:

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