Jessica Hancock

I imagine a lot of articles were linking it to like a culture war. Oh, look at this woke nonsense angle. Cause I bet there's some articles that did that as well, which is just, it feels a bit click baity for that. Cause anytime you put something in woke and outrage about something, you get lots of people clicking through.

Well, maybe it's because the Monsters manual's coming out. So all three books will be out officially. So maybe they're doing more press releases to mainstream press because the whole collection's out. Or it might just be because a lot of news articles are enjoying the engagement they get from culture wars talking about woke and things like that. And this is just another topic you can link to that.

Well, maybe it's because the Monsters manual's coming out. So all three books will be out officially. So maybe they're doing more press releases to mainstream press because the whole collection's out. Or it might just be because a lot of news articles are enjoying the engagement they get from culture wars talking about woke and things like that. And this is just another topic you can link to that.

I don't know why they're having a slow news week, because there is a lot happening in the world in terms of news. That is true. I know TGVG news gets slow this time of year, but there's natural disasters, there's wars, there's political things happening. There's stuff to comment about.

I don't know why they're having a slow news week, because there is a lot happening in the world in terms of news. That is true. I know TGVG news gets slow this time of year, but there's natural disasters, there's wars, there's political things happening. There's stuff to comment about.

When Nosferatu came out, we could talk about that.

When Nosferatu came out, we could talk about that.

Same. Anyway, maybe that's enough of us talking about that because like we said, we talked about this a year ago on this and people, podcast listeners, know all about this.

Same. Anyway, maybe that's enough of us talking about that because like we said, we talked about this a year ago on this and people, podcast listeners, know all about this.

All right, PJ, what have you got?

All right, PJ, what have you got?

Okay. What is it?

Okay. What is it?

Awfully cheerful engine.

Awfully cheerful engine.

Yeah, why not? Well, I have some other news as well, something we've been working on to start the new year in publishing. We are, which I'll briefly mention so it's not too much of an ad, so we are launching the Gatepass Gazette annual 2024 next week. That is amazing! But interestingly, we're trying out Backerkit as a crowdfunding platform for this.

Yeah, why not? Well, I have some other news as well, something we've been working on to start the new year in publishing. We are, which I'll briefly mention so it's not too much of an ad, so we are launching the Gatepass Gazette annual 2024 next week. That is amazing! But interestingly, we're trying out Backerkit as a crowdfunding platform for this.

We usually have used Kickstarter historically in the past, but there's loads of different crowdfunding platforms available now that offer different things. And we are trying out Backerkit for this. So because we already use Backerkit a lot for our pledge managers. So we're trying out their crowdfunding options for this as well. So that's launching next week.

We usually have used Kickstarter historically in the past, but there's loads of different crowdfunding platforms available now that offer different things. And we are trying out Backerkit for this. So because we already use Backerkit a lot for our pledge managers. So we're trying out their crowdfunding options for this as well. So that's launching next week.

Yep. And the print order will be subject to how many copies we get. So if we get 300 hardcovers ordered throughout the campaign, there'll be an offset print run. And if it's less than that, it'll be a print on demand kind of option. So we're going to have, it's like a stretch goal. If we get to 300, everyone will be upgraded to an offset print run. So we'll have a little tracker for that as well.