Single song 7" with etched B-side and original comic book adaptation by James Romberger & Josh Bayer
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Steps 1 & 2: In the first video, you'll see a black vinyl puck being placed and pressed between the printed labels, then the camera moves around so you can see the stampers in action–turning that puck into a playable (at least on one side) record.
Step 3: The pressed record gets a trim.
It means that next week when pressing is complete, United will ship the records to us in Brooklyn, where we'll introduce them to the finished comic book. From there, we'll start assembling your hundreds of rewards & preorders (thank you), and will begin shipping them out on Monday, December 12!
More soon!
-Jason @ Xylophone
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Okay people! Like you, we cannot wait to get this record in our hot little hands. Here’s where we’re at:
The comics & t-shirts are currently being printed, so the only thing we’re waiting on is… the vinyl.
Here’s the latest word we received from the pressing plant:
"We are still planning to get your orders pressed by December 1, as has been communicated. We have, however, been experiencing issues with our 7” press. We will continue to monitor its performance and will provide an update to you next Wednesday, November 23, on the status of your orders.
Thank you so much for your patience and understanding. We have been working very hard to get our orders completed as quickly as we can."
We’ll let you know more when we know more, but we’re getting everything ready to be able to turn package up these rewards quick once we receive them!
In the meantime, here’s a look at the final front & back cover art, with a slight color change. The next time you see it, it will be in your hands!
More soon!
Jason @ Xylophone
P.S. If you know someone who missed out on the campaign, but would like a copy of the record & comic, T-shirt, or other cool add-ons, please send them to our preorder store here: https://nakedraygun.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
We hope you had a good summer. We’ve been working and… and waiting. Waiting for our turn in the great record pressing queue of 2022. The “estimated targeted turnaround window” we’ve been given is October 20th - December 1st. We’d love to get them on the early part of that window, but we’re not holding our breath–which is why we’ve said from the beginning that these would ship in December.
But we’ll be ready! James & Josh are just making final tweaks to their pages for the comic and then it’s off to the printer. We’ll start screening the t-shirts in October.
If you have yet to fill out your BackerKit survey (we’re still waiting on about 6% of you), now’s the time! Click on this link to retrieve your survey, and feel free to add shirts, records, and what have you.
We’re also about to close up the preorder shop so if you know anyone who’d like to secure a copy of the record & comic, or a shirt, now’s the time!
Before we move on to showing you some of the latest in-progress art, we want to let you know that Josh Bayer has a new book out. It’s called Abysmalation: Collected Short Works, and if you’re in NYC on October 1st, Josh will be doing a reading & signing at Hey Kids Comics! Come say hi!
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