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Dear Insane Children,It's crazy around here! So much going on...Lots of effort going into pre-planning for Pirate Jam 2019. I'm drawing up schedules, maps, and activities. We're aiming to have 20+ Pirates aboard 6 boats, with the event kicking off on March 29th and going for ~10 days. In...
Come Play With Us, Danny
Dear Insane Children,Rabbits are multiplying like rabbits around here. Wouldn't be so bad if they weren't so... creepy. Eek!The latest prototype model arrived from the factory. Here you can see the two side-by-side. Note the Left Rabbit has a black button eye and stitched nose. The Right Rab...
Capons of Mass Production
Dear Insane Children,Well, that was fast! The Rabbit Makers have turned around a new prototype. This one includes a stitched nose and a black eye. Seriously, you guys, giving little rabbits black eyes?I did notice a flurry of "moar longer arms!" comments on the previous post and wanted to sa...
Fur Fury Furry Fury Fur
Dear Insane Children,Executive decision time!Take a look at the picture above in which we have (on the LEFT) the rabbit we all seem to think is THE RABBIT (AKA v0.4). On the RIGHT is v0.2, who you've met previously. And here's the concept drawing from which we've been working...What we&#...
FAQ : $35 for 3 Tier + Chaos Necklace : FAQ
Dear Insane Children,Just a quick note as I am seeing a TON of messages flood in regarding the $35 / 3 Month Tier and questions about how to select art or Chaos Necklace sizes. Here's the deal:Please be patient.Font Lord has a monumental task in front of him to filter and sort all of the Patron ...
You Laugh You Die
Dear Insane Children,Don't laugh. This is normal. This is what happens 95% of the time when you try to get something unusual done in China. It's like living in The Upside Down. And if we were to ask the people who made this, "Why?" they'd not understand. There is no concept of sa...
Mommy, Why Is My Rabbit Growling?
Dear Insane Children,Well... I knew this day would come. We kept pushing and prodding and demanding unnatural things."Remove his eye!" "Give him bigger stitches!" "He's too FAT!"And... well, you can only push a cute little rabbit so far.I give you... Satan's Rabbit!I ...
Chaos Now Reigns
Dear Insane Children,You know who else is insane? Me.I mistakenly uploaded the WRONG PICTURE to yesterday's post!Note to Alex: Sorry about that!So, without further ado... we present another in Alex's Dark Symmetry series.And this time it's the actual *final* version. Derp.We'll likel...
White Rabbit Plush Prototype v0.2 + v0.3
Dear Insane Children,Hope everyone is having an excellent weekend! Some fun things going on here in the Asylum Workshop so let's jump right in!First up is the new White Rabbit Plush PROTOTYPE featured as the main image (above). Let's call this one v0.2 for the sake of clarity and reference.v...
An Inner Child Wrapped in Tentacles
Dear Insane Children,I hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween! It was really amazing to see so many spectacular Alice costumes on display, shared from around the world. If you got dressed up as Alice this year, be sure to share your efforts and tag me - on Instagram I am @americanmcgee - and on Fac...
Happy Halloween!
Dear Insane Children,Woooo! Halloween! Our favorite night of the year!Alex brings you a TREAT - a further evolution of the Alice poster he's working on. He says of this...Happy Halloween guys! I just wanted to get this one into you tonight, another WIP, and you can see this poster has turned int...
Hoppity Shadow Pirates
Dear Insane Children,First up, a reminder about tomorrow's Livestream on YouTube where special guest Roger L. Jackson (voice of the Cheshire Cat) will join us for a Halloween chat!Hit THIS LINK to visit YouTube and set a reminder. We're going live at 6PM PST (San Francisco time) on October 3...
Halloween Special - Final Reminder
Dear Insane Children,Just a quick (and final) reminder of the Halloween Special: 2x Prints + Chaos Necklace...If you set your pledge to $75 (or higher) for the month of October you will receive the TWO posters you see above (each 47cm x 68cm) plus a Chaos Necklace* (large or small).That's a coll...
Rabbit Plush Revision
Let's try this one more time. A new concept drawing for the White Rabbit Plush doll. Hoping to address some of the issues we saw with the first version based on your feedback. Who thinks the factory might actually deliver him with arms and legs detached? They are so very literal! πAny additio...
Ruff and Tumble
Dear Insane Children,Has everyone got their Halloween costumes ready!? What are you going as this year? I've just purchased the elements required for mine and will join Font Lord during the next livestream where mine and his will be revealed. Any guesses at what we'll be?Next week's stre...
White Rabbit Version 0.1
Dear Insane Children,FINALLY! We received the first physical sample of a plush based on our drawing. To refresh your memories, here's (one of) the concept images we were working with...We have two other groups working on samples right now and should take delivery of those within 10~15 days. The ...
Chris Vrenna in The Asylum
Dear Insane Children,Want a Chaos Coin Shipping Update? Scroll Down!Here's your early reminder for Part 1 of our Halloween Livestream Specials...Chris Vrenna will join myself and Font Lord on October 24th @ 6PM (PST)CLICK HERE to set a reminder over on YouTube. And be sure to Subscribe, Like, an...
Tick-Tock
Dear Insane Children,First up, Alex sends along an evolution of his "Scraper" concept of which he says...Just sending this your way, it's another pass on the Scraper enemy concept, which has evolved into "Tick Tock".It could be a "Wonderland" version of the same enemy, mo...
Spreading Chaos Around the World
Dear Insane Children,First off, Chaos Coins are arriving with Patrons around the world. I know we told you to wait until the 15th before asking for a tracking link but it appears you really could wait a few more days. Literally every person who wrote to say they'd like a tracking link (now that ...
Fear Illuminates Your Path
Dear Insane Children,(Livestream tomorrow - scroll down for details)Yesterday I wrote a blurb on Instagram regarding Kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery to incorporate breakage and repair as part of the history of an object. This topic sprang to mind as I reviewed the latest batch...
Halloween 2018 Special Offer
Dear Spooky Children,Font Lord called me this morning and said, "Oye, gov! It's been a year since we started this bloody Patreon, so perhaps we should offer Ye Olde One Year Special!" To which I replied, "Avast me timbers! Aye, matey!"We continued speaking Ye Olde and Pirate Talk...
You Don't Know Your Own Mind!
Dear Insane Children,I hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful Golden Week even if you aren't in China or Japan where these holidays a major thing. It's estimated that somewhere around 500 million people in China will travel during this period of time and it marks one of the largest mass movem...
Chaos Necklaces
Hi thereMartin here with a quick FAQ about the Patreon Chaos Necklaces for those of you who are new at $75 and above.We've had a few people asking questions about this so here they are.1) How do I choose my necklace size?After about a week or so into the new month and most payments are processed...
The Fractured Self
Dear Insane Children,While I'm doing boat work in paradise our efforts on Asylum continue. This morning I had an exchange with both Omri and Joey regarding what might become the 2nd most important character in Asylum, Shadow Alice.Omri wrote to me with the image (above) of Lizzie as one of Alice...
IMPORTANT - Chaos Coin - Mailing Update
Dear Insane Children,UPDATE: 9 OUT OF 10 of you who've written to say your name isn't on the list... Your name IS on the list. Please, don't just "scroll search" on your mobile phone. Wait until you can view the list from a desktop/laptop PC and a web browser (ideally, Chrome). T...
Physical Things - Patches and Boxes
Dear Insane Children,Just posting these up here quickly...And...The first image is Patch Set #2 - with the new A4 size background card from Alex. That's the actual card size and the sample patches. We're going to replace the Lulu patch with a Mercury Symbol Patch - Lulu will be reserved as a...
Oedipal Centimom Nope
Dear Insane Children,"Kill it. Kill it with fire!" Well, we tried that and this is the result - at least inside Alice's mind. Family and home destroyed in a fire. Alice tortured mercilessly by recurring nightmare fragments of their dying screams. Manifest in Wonderland as insect-like aut...
The Rabbit Factory
Dear Insane Children,If you've never read it, I suggest you check out "The Wasp Factory" by Iain Banks. It's a dark little book with an unexpected twist. Not for the faint of heart though as it contains gratuitous violence against all manner of beast and man. Still, as psychological ...
Chaos Coin Survey Monkey Q&A
Hi EveryoneMartin here with a little FAQ about the Coin survey we sent out yesterday.Just a couple of questions and clarifications.1) Where's my Survey?Well, have you checked your inbox? Also try having a look in your spam folder before messaging us. Also make sure you're actually in the Cha...
How to Contact Us (again)
Dear Insane Children,Just a quick reminder, especially important as 2000+ of you scramble to figure out Chaos Coin Stuff, that there's exactly ONE place you want to send us messages regarding your Patreon rewards, account, and other important issues: The Messages Interface on Patreon!Via web it ...
