Podcasts and Milestones and More! Oh My! 🦁🐯🐻
28 days ago
– Sat, Feb 07, 2026 at 02:23:18 PM
Hi again, backers! 👋
We've got a few exciting announcements to deliver as we barrel down the home stretch of this campaign! 🏁
🎙️ TESS TALKS AUTISM ON "22 PANELS" PODCAST
This week, Growing Up on the Spectrum creator Tess Langston was on the 22 Panels podcast!
Along with the founder of The Autism Scene Brit Payne, Psychocomicology's Dr. Edgar Ramos & Lee Woods, and 22 Panels host Tad, she talked about the creation of the book, advocacy through comics…and cats. 😺 Because, duh.
We know you'll love this conversation combining comics, neurodiversity, and felines! 💬♾️🐈
🎁 NEW BACKER MILESTONES ANNOUNCED! 🎁
We've already added three amazing digital comics to every single backer's rewards when we hit 150, 200, and 250 backers! 📦
Now, we're setting two more goals to unlock two more free comics for everybody!
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300 backers 🔒 - Incredible Adam and a Day with Autism: An Illustrated Story Inspired by Social Narratives
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350 Backers 🔒 - Melting Down: A Comic for Kids with Asperger's Disorder and Challenging Behavior
These are both full-length, beautifully illustrated comics offered by their creators just for Growing Up on the Spectrum backers! Their creative teams made these comics based on oodles of solid scientific research and the real-world experiences of autistic folks. We can't wait to share them with you!
Help us hit those next two backer milestones by sharing this campaign with someone you know today! 🔗
Let's make the last days of this campaign truly epic! 🦸
Your friends at Oneshi Press,
Jayel & Lynsey 🧔👩🦰
The Final Week for "Growing Up on the Spectrum"! ⌛
30 days ago
– Thu, Feb 05, 2026 at 02:20:09 PM
We've officially arrived at the final week of the campaign for Growing Up on the Spectrum! ⌛
What kind of amazingness will these seven days bring? There's only one way to find out—by following along! 👀
But we can give you a little preview, if you'd like… 👇
Unlocked: Legend Catcher #1 🔓🔑
We've reached the coveted 250-backer milestone! Wow, wow, wow, folks! We are so happy that you're all here. Thank you for your support!
As a token of our appreciation for your backing, we're adding a digital copy of Tess Langston's Legend Catcher #1 to every single backer's rewards!
That's three free comics you'll now be receiving, just for being here! 🎁🎁🎁 (The first two are "Indie Readmore & the Hive of Scum & Villainy" 🐶🤠 by Tess Langston and Jayel Draco, and "Coffee Ghost" ☕👻 by Tess Langston.)
All About Legend Catcher
Legend Catcher is a paranormal series about Fitzwilliam O’Reily, a Mythos-Biologist (one who studies monsters) and the rest of the agents of the Hailstorm Agency trying not only to save endangered monsters, but also mediate between the supernatural and the human worlds. 🌏🧌
Tess watched way too many animal documentaries and “Tales From The Dark Side” as a kid and so decided to create this series, where she gets to cram her three biggest special interests—biology, mythology, and comics/animation—into one project! 🦠🦄😁
We're so excited to share Legend Catcher with all of you!
⌛ You're Invited to the Countdown Party! 🎉
We'd love to celebrate the incredible success of this amazing book with you, and we know you've got busy schedules…so we're inviting you to our countdown party A WEEK EARLY! 🥳
During our live-streamed countdown of the last two hours of the campaign, Tess, Jayel, and Lynsey will get up to plenty of shenanigans, make live art, and give away awesome FREE PRIZES to viewers—just for showing up! 🎁
Join us next Thursday, February 12, on Twitch to count down the end of the campaign and meet new friends, allies, and fam! ⌛
There's more to come as this campaign winds down, so stay tuned!
And in the meantime, give yourself a little pat on the back for being SO awesome!
Your friends at Oneshi Press,
Jayel & Lynsey 🧔👩🦰
All About Tess 👩🎨
about 1 month ago
– Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 05:08:21 PM
Hi, backers!
Since we've been having so much fun talking about Growing Up on the Spectrum and all the other fabulous goodies we have in store for our backers…we realized we haven't taken much time to talk about the book's absolutely amazing creator, Tess Langston.
The Oneshi Press crew met Tess years ago through our local creative scene, probably encountering her for the first time at Missoula's amazing local sci-fi/fantasy convention, MisCon. Over the years, we've come to admire her positivity, wry sense of humor, and astonishing work ethic.
We have a feeling you'll think just as highly of her as we do—especially after you've read Growing Up on the Spectrum. But before the book is in your hands, here's a bit more about Tess…
All About Tess 👩🎨
Tess Langston, the creator of Growing Up on the Spectrum, is an autistic writer, artist, and the founder of ShadowCast Studio.
As early as 3-4 years old, Tess was diagnosed with infantile autism. Through years of hard work, extensive therapies, and the support of her family, she found different methods of communication with the neurotypical world around her, including art. She found that through art, she could communicate not only visually, but emotionally, too.
Her love of sequential storytelling sprouted from being read Where the Wild Things Are and grew with animation, Sunday comics, manga, and graphic novels. Every chance she gets, she crams her three biggest special interests—biology, mythology, and comics/animation—into her work. Her muses are monsters, emotional vulnerability, and the extremes of snappy comedy and dark horror.
Tess is the creator behind “Coffee Ghost” and “Legend Catcher.” She has also been a contributor to Oneshi Press with co-writing and drawing “Mr. Guy: Zombie Hunter in ‘The Cheese Cave Files’” and “Indie Readmore & the Hive of Scum & Villainy,” along with inking for “Children of Gaia: Cohorts” and creating guest art for Mr. Guy: Act 2 and Tracy Queen V4: This Is Huge.
Learn more about Tess at ShadowCastStudio.com, or read her ongoing webcomic Legend Catcher!
Till next time…
Your friends at Oneshi Press,
Jayel & Lynsey 🧔👩🦰
It's February! ☃️ What's Next for "Growing Up on the Spectrum"? 🤔
about 1 month ago
– Sun, Feb 01, 2026 at 11:57:26 AM
Welcome to February, friends! ❄️💝
Well, January was a roller coaster of a month, wasn't it? We experienced a lot of grief and outrage here in the US. But, at Oneshi Press, we also held so much joyto see that so many people are as excited about Growing Up on the Spectrum as we are!
We see this book as one step toward promoting understanding between humans, and we think that may be more valuable and important than ever these days. So thank you so much for being here, for supporting this book, and for helping us do our part to bring people closer together during difficult times. 🙏
You're really, truly, the dang best! 💛
What's Next for Growing Up on the Spectrum?
This campaign just keeps growing! 🪴 Check out these stats from our Kickstarter Dashboard! 👇
Wowie zowie, folks! That is one successful campaign! And you are what's making it such a success. Please take a moment to pat yourself on the back for being so awesome. 😊
Now, let's take another look at those numbers to see what's coming next!
250 backers - Legend Catcher #1 🧞🐉
We're only 9 backers away from unlocking our third Backer Milestone bonus—a free digital copy of Tess Langston's Legend Catcher #1 for every single backer! 🎁
Legend Catcher is a paranormal series about Fitzwilliam O’Reily, a Mythos-Biologist (one who studies monsters) and the rest of the agents of the Hailstorm Agency trying not only to save endangered monsters, but also mediate between the supernatural and the human worlds. 🌏🧌🦄
We can't wait to unlock it and get it into your (digital) hands! 🔓🔑
$15,000 - Create a visual, animated version! 🎞️🎬
We're still nearly $5K away from our next stretch goal, but there's a reason we'll have to stretch for it: An animated version of this book will be very pricy to make! Animation is a time- and resource-intensive process that's best handled by professionals. Time + resources + professionals = quite expensive! 💰
We really want to make an animated version of Growing Up on the Spectrum, because we know that will make it accessible to many more folks.
However, it's also important that we make sure we don't over-extend our budget by promising more than we can afford to produce. Our first and most important commitment is to you, our backers. We need to be able to fulfill the rewards we promise you, which means carefully budgeting out every reward, every add-on, every stretch goal, and every bonus! 🫰
All that said… We've still got nearly two weeks left in this campaign. We're absolutely certain we've got the muscle for a $15K Kickstarter! 💪
Want to help us hit the $15K / animated version mark? Share this campaign with someone you know who'd love Growing Up on the Spectrum! Every share helps us reach our next stretch goal and create an animated version of the book! 🔗😃
Thank you so much for your support! Let's gooooo!
Your friends at Oneshi Press,
Jayel & Lynsey 🧔👩🦰
Neuro Spice Sticker Unlocked 🔓 + Added to Physical Tiers! 🎁
about 1 month ago
– Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 06:40:45 PM
You are absolutely incredible, backers! 😮
With your support, we've just unlocked a NEW item…
The Neuro Spice Cabinet Sticker! 🧂🌶️
This gorgeous, extra-large, 4x4" vinyl sticker was designed by Tess Langston to look fabulous on laptops, e-readers, water bottles, and more!
It shows a cabinet filled with jars of lots of things that make brains 🌶️spicy🌶️—Dyslexia, ASD, DID, OCD, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder, PTSD, and BPD.
We're so excited about the Neuro Spice Rack sticker that we're adding one to every physical reward tier! That means that if you ordered a print copy of Growing Up on the Spectrum, you're getting a sticker for free! 🎁
The Neuro Spice Rack sticker is also available as an add-on for anybody who wants to grab one!
All the Unlocks So Far! 🔓🔑
Whew! 😮💨
We've been unlocking a lot of amazing items lately, so here's a quick recap in case your head is spinning as fast as ours!
🎁 BACKER MILESTONES
These digital comics will be added to EVERY backer's rewards bundle when we fulfill! Free comics? You betcha.
- 150 backers - "Indie Readmore & the Hive of Scum & Villainy" 🐶🤠 by Tess Langston and Jayel Draco
- 200 backers - "Coffee Ghost" ☕👻 by Tess Langston
🔒 ADD-ON UNLOCKS
These items are unlocked when we hit funding percentage milestones. Some will be available as add-ons only, and others will be included in some reward tiers.
- 200% - We're making temporary tattoos as add-ons 🧠🧠
- 250% - We're making an “In Cahoots” sticker as an add-on 🐱😻
- 300% - We're making a "Neuro Spice Rack" sticker and including one with every physical reward bundle! 🧂♾️
🤸 STRETCH GOALS
Stretch goals are unlocked when we hit major funding goals. The extra funding enables us to create new items and/or improvements to the book that would not have been possible at a lower funding amount.
- $7,500 - We're adding more pages to the book (for all backers)! 📃📃
- $10,000 - We're recording an audiobook version! 🔉🎧
Thank you so much for your support. 🙏 We couldn't make this happen without you!
As always, feel free to ask any questions in the Comments section or by sending us a direct message through Kickstarter! We want to make this campaign the best we can for everybody, and we're happy to speak to you about anything that comes up!
Your friends at Oneshi Press,
Jayel & Lynsey 🧔👩🦰
