Strap yourselves in, we it's time for comics! Run on down to your local comic shop or favorite online store or Comixology to grab the latest issue of Real Science Adventures: The Nicodemus Job #3 on Wednesday! It’s the issue that’s updating online right now so you’ll be ahead of the curve by picking up the series instead of waiting for the website. Madness, I know!

Ever wondered how to sneak a cart, a donkey, and five thieves into the Imperial Library of Constantinople to steal half a dozen heretical texts from the most secure vault of forbidden knowledge in the ancient world? Well, this is the comic for you!

While you’re at it, don’t forget to reserve Nicodemus Job #4. You can pre-order that bad boy until September 17, that’s next Monday.

Honestly, it’d be stupid to stop there when you can also pre-order Nicodemus Job #5.

Don’t worry, we’re still here! The new site’s nearly done, we just have a few notes on the functionality/design and the finishing touches are being implemented even as we type!

We’re doing the new site design for two reasons. The first is just to update the look. Streamlining our visuals, changing the palette, that sort of thing. And the second is we’re merging all the content with everything that’s over at realscienceadventures.com!

To celebrate we’re gonna launch with a brand new volume of Real Science Adventures called The Nicodemus Job. It’s about a conspiracy back in 11th century Byzantium to change the course of the world. I love heists, and history, and sci-fi, so this series jams all three into a perverse marriage for your enjoyment and it is definitely not a totally shameless Leverage medieval AU. It’s written by me, drawn by Meredith McClaren, with colors by J.N. Wiedle (first issue) and Shan Murphy (Issues 2 - 5), letters by Tess Stone and edits by our own Lee Black.

Real Science Adventures lets us showcase the larger world that exists around Atomic Robo’s hijinx. Or, in this case, 900 years before them. Pre-ordering is the best way for you to help us make more, so please take a moment and pre-order Real Science Adventures: The Nicodemus Job online or at your local shop. This lets the good folks at IDW Publishing know there’s support for this sort thing. The issue comes out on July 11th so that means you can pre-order until June 18th because the comics industry is crazy.

While you’re there you can also pre-order the second issue! You’ve got until, like, July to do that but it can’t hurt to knock them both out at once!

1. Brian will be at TCAF, May 12 - 13th. Scott can’t make it because deadlines are our true masters. But don’t worry! Thanks to the magic of pre-signed bookplates all you Toronteers can still get your books signed by both of us.

2. Mailed the second goodies bag to our Patrons. You’ve got until the end of April to sign up for the next one!

3. We’re pausing comic updates for a little while! The fine folks at Hiveworks have been working on a fairly major overhaul to this here website and we didn’t want to inflict it upon you guys in the middle of a storyline. We’ll start the updates again when everything’s ready to launch. In the meantime Patrons get behind-the-scenes scoops on how things are coming along.

4. If the idea of a medieval sci-fi heist makes you sit up and reread this sentence to make sure it definitely uses the phrase medieval sci-fi heist, then our next series was made just for you. Real Science Adventures: The Nicodemus Job is all about a conspiracy to change the world way back in 11th century Byzantium! Basically, I love heists, and history, and sci-fi, so this series jams all three into a perverse marriage for your enjoyment. It’s written by me, drawn by Meredith McClaren, with colors by J.N. Wiedle and Shan Murphy, letters by Tess Stone and edits by Lee Black.

Here’s the cover and a slightly more official description.

On the eve of the First Crusade, the fate of the world rests in the hands of a disgraced soldier, an assassin, an orphan, a scribe, and a thief who have no idea they're pawns in a clash of civilizations. Heretical texts, ancient star maps, and sacred geometries come together in one impossible heist.

Real Science Adventures lets us show you the larger world outside of Atomic Robo’s hijinx but we can’t keep making stories like these without your help! The first issue is available for pre-order online and at your local shop until June 18th. It goes on sale at your local comic shop and favorite digital comics platform July 11th. And of course we’ll start putting comic pages online before all that.

Hello, good evening, and remain indoors.

We're nearing the deadline of our super extended Complete Your Damn Surveys period for our previous Kickstarter campaign. If you backed that campaign but have not yet confirmed your shipping info and add-on preferences, then here's how to do it. It is currently April 11th, 2018 and you have until MIDNIGHT FRIDAY THE (April) 13TH to get it done! If we do not have your info and add-ons confirmed by that deadline then you are outta luck. This includes you digital backers too.

If you were not a backer but you would like to become one then click right here and have at it!

Meanwhile our new Patreon tier is proving to be popular. How it works is: every month you toss $20 at us, we toss you signed comics, TPBs, and other goodies. February's batch was already sent, the March batch is about to head out the door, and you've got the rest of April to get in on the next shipment ASAP.

The big news this week is Emerald City Comic Con! The show is four full days this year, March 1st -4th! We’ll be in Artists Alley at Table P-5 with a crew of comrades. Check here and here for the exact details, limited items, brand new merch, etc. We still have a few pre-order slots for Commissions by Scott that you can pick up at the show. Check out the info at the bottom of this post.

The other big news this week is our newest Patreon tier! It gets you all kinds of priority access, called out as a Friend of Science in our print issues, and most importantly a monthly goody bag filled with signed comics, variant covers, and other merch! Sign up before the end of February to get your first shipment in March!

The other other big news this week is our fulfillment of our Kickstarter for the Temple of Od and Flying She-Devils hardcovers. We’re using PledgeManager to handle the backend and surveys this time and I already love it. If you backed the campaign then you should have already received an email with info and links you need to get your rewards sent out. Check here if your email never showed up.

Lastly, if you missed the campaign then now’s your chance to grab the books before they’re available for sale later this year.

Whew.