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Aeternal - A 40 Page Superhero Drama

Created by David A Byrne

A full-color haunting comic one-shot about identity, sacrifice, and the longing to be seen.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Fulfillment Update! Books are on their way!
about 1 month ago – Fri, May 08, 2026 at 07:24:19 PM

Thank you all again for making this campaign such a great success!

A few updates regarding fulfillment and what's next.

As of right now, all books are printed and all foils and metals have arrived.

We are just over the 50% mark on fulfillment:

I had to pause recently as an unexpected early arrival rendered my office nearly unusable last week:

That's some fun equipment for another post...

After spending a few days clearing out excess items in the office and creating a work space again, fulfillment is back underway!

I should be able to get everything sent out in the next two weeks or so, so be on the look out for shipping details!

Town hall meeting

Our town hall is coming and we're working on a little something special for you all that we can't wait to share!

We're looking at late in June so everyone has a chance to read the book and prepare questions.

It's going to be a lot of fun!

That's all for now - keep an eye on your inboxes for tracking and tell us what you think when you get the books!

Digital Downloads Sent - Printing Underway!
2 months ago – Wed, Apr 08, 2026 at 07:18:00 PM

It's time to fulfill!

I hit go on the digital deluxe and all the other digital files associated with the campaign last night. 

Please let me know if you did not receive your downloads! (Check your spam first though, please!)

Printing and Fulfillment

I approved the print files on the foil and metal editions today, so those should be hitting my doorstep in the next few weeks. The rest of the paper books will be going to print this coming weekend and I will start sending them out next week!

What's Next?

While Eranga and I brainstorm the next steps in the Aeternal universe, Stake #8 is coming to a campaign near you soon...very soon!

We have some awesome covers as always:

We also have an early bird special for people in back in the first two days:

KissKiss Lineart Cover

That's right, all physical orders in the first 48 hours get this KissKiss cover for free!

FOLLOW THE CAMPAIGN HERE SO YOU CAN JUMP IN WHEN WE LAUNCH!

We'll be back soon with more news!

Surveys! Please get them in if you haven't!
3 months ago – Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 08:19:45 PM

Hey all, we're working toward getting the books to print and the digital deluxe out. 

It's mostly complete, but we're missing 43 surveys still. 

I'm going to finalize the Thank You list Sunday evening, so if you don't have your survey completed by then, your name may not make it into the digital edition Thank You section.

For those of you with print versions that have not filled out your surveys, we need these to set print runs.

I'm going to start printing and order foils/metals very soon, I'll be guessing on some quantities, but it would be helpful to have the counts as accurate as possible!

IF you don't have your survey, please let us know and we can resend it or send you a direct link!

MEGACON is next week and we have an awesome Don Aguillo cover!

Even if you can't be there, stay tuned for details on how to get this amazing variant!

Thanks everyone, we appreciate you all so much!

Rewards in production and surveys going out!
3 months ago – Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 07:14:54 PM

Thanks to all of you, this campaign was an amazing success!

We've been hard at work since the campaign ended with Eranga already drawing the Worlds Collide covers, drawn-ins done, Eranga exclusive covers complete, stretch goal goodies already ordered (and delivered), and the acrylic covers already done!

Surveys are going out starting...now. 

Your surveys will be coming from Backerkit. Initially it will send out a small ammount to make sure there are no errors, then the rest will go out in about 24 hours.

You will be able to customize your order there with the covers you'd like. 

We also added OAX exclusives B&W versions, with B&W interiors, of the Joshua Cassara, Adam Pollina, and Esad Ribic covers in limited quantities!

We are so grateful to all of you and can't wait to get these books out!

Be on the look out for your surveys!

Stretch Goal unlocked! What's next? Plus a super cool crossover print...
4 months ago – Sun, Feb 08, 2026 at 10:26:59 AM

Thanks again to all of you who are making this campaign come to life!

We unlocked our 4th stretch goal and will be doing a live Q&A for backers only after we send out rewards!

On to the next...

With the last Stretch Goal we unlocked in mind, if we can reach the next goal, we're going to give away an original Eranga sketch that he draws live during the Q&A session!

I wish I could win that, but I'll have to live vicariously through one of you if we unlock this!

Free Crossover Print!

Aeternal cover artist Gerald von Stoddard has offered his talents to this awesome crossover print with 3 other active kickstarter campaigns!

How do you get it? Instead of re-inventing the wheel, I'm going to steal Charlie's description:

The Traveler and Arun, Epic, and the crew from the new Summit Universe, have their own opinion about how many heroes we all need, all while Lillian is a bit oblivious to their displeasure, but you know, diva's gotta diva... 

If you'd like a high res digital print version of Arun and the Traveler "enjoying" Lillian rocking out, or a nice 6x9 physical print of this piece by Gerald Vonstoddard, here's how to get it. 

  • Back ALL FOUR campaigns. Those who back all four at a physical level will get a  physical print, those that back all four at a digital level, will get a digital print. 
  • There will be a question on the survey we send out post-campaign that you can fill out so we know you backed all four. 
  •  If you want to be nice, add a comment to the other campaigns saying  “AETERNALLY YOURS” so they know where you came from.. 

The Four Campaigns:

We're under a week to go and are ready to rock on getting these books to you!