THE FEW AND CURSED: Hidden Away 🐊

June Update! Production continues! Check out more new pages \o/
11 months ago – Tue, Jul 01, 2025 at 07:10:51 AM

Howdy folks!

Stan continues to work on the book and producing about 10-15 new pages per month, we finally got into a groove and it's going super well! It's nice to see this project back on track after my creative slump :D

Production is nearly at 2/3 done, I'd say we're sitting at 70%ish completed pages with the next batch already in the works after Stan and I hammered out the layouts.

I'm absolutely over the moon at the craftsmanship Stan has been showing in the new pages. Not only he's a truly gifted artist but also a very creative one adding details to panels and scenes I never thought about.

In other news, Fabi Marques has already started working on the flats of the pages and will start delivering fully colored pages this month of July. For those curious, flats are base colors meant to separate the different elements in a page so it is easier to apply the actual coloring afterwards.

PRODUCTION & FULFILLMENT CALENDAR

I think it's important to continue sharing our dates with y'all so we are on the same page when it comes to fulfillment.

Now that we got into a rhythm and progress has been constant, it makes my job easier to laser on our dates. What you'll see below is the most accurate planning I could finally arrive at.

• July/August: Artwork completed by end of August!
• Mid to Late August: BackerKit Surveys sent to all backers
• September: Coloring completes, Lettering & Design done!
• End of September: The book is done! We go to print and digital fulfillment happens. 
• October: Printing in China concludes, transit time to our hubs in the US & UK
• Early November: Fulfillment completed!

I don't think the above dates will change unless something surprising happens along the way but again we're finally getting pages done in a constant pace so the above dates reflect that.

I will continue sharing Updates on a monthly basis so you can expect another Update on July 30th or August 1st at the latest.

Of course if anybody needs anything in the meantime please do not hesitate to reach out - I'm happy to help or just be there to listen to feedback.

You can drop a comment or send in a DM, feel free to also reach out via email at [email protected]

Thank you all so much for your patience, understanding and support, trust me, it does not go unnoticed.

All the best!
Felipe

June Update! New production dates, pages & last few days for Ink & Shadow on Kickstarter!
about 1 year ago – Mon, Jun 02, 2025 at 08:29:43 AM

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/felipecagno/the-few-and-cursed-ink-and-shadow-special-edition-tpb?ref=1snfrs

Hey folks!

Before I get into Hidden Away news and share new previews, I'd love to bring your attention to the latest book in The Few and Cursed universe - a very special Artist Edition featuring the original series, Crows of Mana'Olana, in pristine black and white preserving Fabiano's original inks!

This hardcover special edition will only have as many units sold on Kickstarter printed and once the campaign is over this Thursday at 11:59pm est, it's done for, you'll have to find it in the secondary market. Outside whatever is left after fulfillment is completed, I won't make this available in future campaigns or comic cons.

The idea is to really offer a VERY unique collector's item.

Now, I understand many of you have pledged towards other books of the series alongside Hidden Away and those have been held up because of our delay in production. That sucks, I know but I can only start fulfillment through BackerKit, whether digitally or physically, when the surveys are sent out and completed.

And I can't do that so far ahead of actually shipping the rewards. With that being said, if you are a backer with previous titles and would like to check them out right away please DM me or shoot me an email to [email protected] and I will try to at least share digital files outside BackerKit.

HIDDEN AWAY NEWS & UPDATES

Production continues, there isn't much else to share at this time other than Stan has been working on the pages and even though we haven't progressed as we wanted, we are actively working on it every day.

I had a nice conversation with Stan about when to realistically expect to have Hidden Away completed over the past couple of days and I'm confident the dates below won't suffer any more delays until we go to print and the manufacturer gives us their production time.

As announced before the book will be much bigger than anticipated with over 80 pages of story alone. While we're over the hump it is still pretty demanding to have Stan deliver more than 20 pages per month without sacrificing quality and details.

Please bear with us just a little while longer and I guarantee you guys will get an amazing book when this ships out :)

• By August 15th: Artwork completed - including colors!
• Early August: BackerKit Surveys sent to all backers and we start Lettering & Design
• Early September: The book is done! We go to print and digital fulfillment happens. 
• September: Printing in China concludes, transit time to our hubs in the US & UK
• October: Fulfillment completed!

You have all been more than patient and supporting and I really thank all of you from the bottom of my heart, thanks so much! It's always a joy seeing new pages from Stan and I can't wait to have this done and shipped out.

Hidden Away will truly be a special one and if there was any other way to speed things up I would. I'm anxious to have you all experience this adventure with me :D

For those that have ordered previous titles please do not forget to email or DM, I will try to help asap. 

Have a nice week!
Felipe

May Update! New pages completed, check them out plus Calendar news!
about 1 year ago – Thu, May 01, 2025 at 07:19:04 AM

Hello gang!

Felipe here again with another status update on Hidden Away. We're back on track and producing new art pretty regularly even though we are a little bit behind as per the calendar I shared last month - which might've been a bit too ambitious.

Stan has been working on new pages and we're now coming up to 50% of the whole book completed. We really wanted to be further along by now but we're also having a lot of back and forth to make sure we get the artwork just right.

I'm loving his work and I can't wait for you all to experience it as well!

PRODUCTION & FULFILLMENT CALENDAR

I really wanted to have the art completed by the end of this month but I'm afraid that won't be possible seeing how we've progressed these past couple of months. 

The dates below have been adjusted to accommodate our current rhythm but I can't be too sorry about it since the art has been stellar and we've been having constant progress.

Yes, the book is late but is coming along beautifully and I have no doubt it will be one to hold dear in the collection :)

• May/June: Artwork completed!
• Mid-July: BackerKit Surveys sent to all backers and we start Lettering & Design
• End of July: The book is done! We go to print and digital fulfillment happens. 
• August: Printing in China concludes, transit time to our hubs in the US & UK
• End of August/Early September: Fulfillment completed!

Thanks so much for all your patience and support with this project. I totally know this has been way way way delayed but we're back on track and things are progressing well.

If anybody has any questions or comments please drop a comment or send in a DM, feel free to also reach out via email at [email protected]

I'm more than happy to get back to all of you and make the wait as easy as possible :)

I will be back with another Update next month and more and more artwork to share.

Much love!
Felipe

April Update! Check out new art + Happy Birthday, Felipe \o/
about 1 year ago – Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 07:37:42 AM

Hello my backers!

It's been a little while since the last Update but starting with this one and moving forward I will reach out once a month every first of the month until we get close to fulfillment. When fulfillment rolls out you can expect to hear from me more often :D

Since I completed the script Stan has been finding the time to work on the book keeping up the quality we all expect from The Few and Cursed universe and his latest pages have been absolutely gorgeous!

After talking to Stan we decided to do things a bit differently so instead of him working on the book in batches of pages, and fitting them in his busy schedule, he is setting some time aside and finishing up everything from beginning to end.

This week he is finalizing all the layouts and starting next week he should start producing pages regularly until the work is done \o/

Not only we hope this helps speed things up but it definitely helps keep up the quality and continuity of the story. I understand we are falling way behind schedule on this one but as I've said multiple times in the past: I really wanted to get this book just right and not "half-ass it".

I'm absolutely stoked with the script and can't wait to see what Stan does with it! :D

In my last Update I shared our Production & Fulfillment Calendar pending Stan & Fabi's approvals and now after discussing the work flow with them and figuring out realistic deadlines, this is our newly planned calendar.

Even though these continue to be subject to change, we will do our best to keep as close to them as possible. Here we go:

• April/May: Artwork completed!
• Mid to Late May: BackerKit Surveys sent to all backers and we start Lettering & Design
• Mid-June: The book is done! We go to print and digital fulfillment happens. 
• July: Printing in China concludes, transit time to our hubs in the US & UK
• August: Fulfillment completed!

I'm feeling a lot more comfortable about the above dates. With the script completed now it's a matter of trusting the artists to deliver on their work and they are all professionals of the highest caliber.

I have no doubt Hidden Away will be completed and out in the world ASAP \o/

As always if anybody has any questions, critiques or comments please do not hesitate to send in a DM, leave a comment or shoot me an email at [email protected]

It truly is my birthday today so if you'd like to make good use of the communication laid out above, I'd be super happy to hear from you all!

Thanks so much!
Felipe

Script COMPLETED! Big page count bump and production resuming \o/
over 1 year ago – Fri, Feb 07, 2025 at 11:59:56 AM

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/felipecagno/the-few-and-cursed-11

Hola Gusanos!

Before I get into (finally!!) some exciting news for Hidden Away allow me to share our latest The Few and Cursed campaign on Kickstarter. We launched on Tuesday and we're already past 1000 backers with multiple Stretch Goals unlocked.

It's been a phenomenal campaign and I'm really thankful for all backers that pledged already. I completely understand if you choose to pass on this until Hidden Away is fulfilled but give it some thought. There's a reason why I have over 30 campaigns around here... yes, I do get late but I always deliver too, not once have I not sent backers their rewards :)

Plus if you choose to back The Few and Cursed #11 on Kickstarter you'll be getting tons of free stuff thanks to our Stretch Goals. Click here and give it a look, I think you'll be happy you did...

HIDDEN AWAY SCRIPT FINISHED UP!

In my last Update I was all gloom and defeated because the story was literally kicking my ass, I just couldn't figure out how to crack it. It took me a couple of months but I am so so so stoked to share it's done.

I finished up the script and come Monday I will start coordinating with both Stan and Fabi a slot in their schedules to get back at it. I'm sure now that the script has been completed they will both be able to work pretty quickly \o/

PAGE COUNT BUMP

Hidden Away started at 72 pages and through  Stretch Goals I always planned on bumping it up to 80 pages to allow for some exciting extras. As it turns out, when I was writing the script I realized I didn't have enough pages to tell the story I wanted to.

I thought about going back and cutting some stuff to make the story fit but the more I advanced  the script and the bigger the delay with it I thought to myself "Screw it, backers deserve a bigger book, they've been waiting for it for too long."

We're going to see a real page count increase, we're talking about 88 pages of story alone plus all the extras and other content for a whopping 96 total page count!! :D

Both versions of Hidden Away will now be almost 100 pages long... good news, right!?

FULFILLMENT CALENDAR

Last time I shared some dates I had no idea what lied ahead in terms of untangling the script and I did my best to estimate how much time I'd need with it. While I did need more time than anticipated, the following dates should be a bit more accurate pending Stan & Fabi's approvals.

Sure, dates are subject to change but with the script done, it gives me a lot more confidence to share these estimates with you.

Here we go:

• February 7th: script finished & delivered!
• February through March: Artwork done \o/
• Early April: BackerKit Surveys sent to all backers
• Mid to Late April: We go to print and digital fulfillment happens. 
• May: Printing in China concludes, transit time to our hubs in the US & UK
• June: Fulfillment completed!

I'm super excited to finally get Hidden Away across the finish line, it's a very personal and dear project, I've fallen in love with the Gusanos and I hope you do too. They pretty much formed their personalities by themselves and all I had to do was transcribe their thoughts onto the page.

Script is done and I hope to be more frequent with the Updates now that we're gonna have more and more art to share.

In the meantime though feel free to drop comments, DMs or an email to [email protected], I'm always responsive and happy to hear your thoughts, comments or critiques.

Thanks so much for all your incredible support and I hope to see many of you backing The Few and Cursed #11 - I guarantee it, it's gonna be worth it.

Much love,
Felipe