- Tom Woodman and Rupert Smissen
Latest updates
A quick note to say... GREAT NEWS!
Monday, 14 December 2020

FUTURE has arrived!
We're doing everything we can to get the books out as quickly as possible, so thank you for bearing with us.
If you are in the UK, the majority of orders have now been deposited with the Royal Mail, and they are working on getting books out to you.
Overseas and International orders will take a while longer, with the majority arriving with…
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Production News
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
Hello!
It’s the first of December – the month FUTURE will be released, finally, at long last, into the world!
We had hoped to be deep in the weeds of packing and sending parcels today, but due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control (the theme of the 2020) the books have been held up and are now due to arrive with us at Cast Iron Books HQ next week.
We’ll be doing our very best to get the…
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Publication Update
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
We have brilliant news!
As you may know, Future is edited by Lizzie Kaye, who has brought her invaluable experience of the industry and craft to the book. This year, Lizzie has set up her own publishing house, Cast Iron Books, who will now be working in partnership with Unbound to bring you Future.
Is there anything you need to do? Nope!
What does this mean for you? We should have the book…
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Thought Bubble!
Monday, 4 November 2019

We're going to Thought Bubble this weekend - a HUGE comic festival/convention in Harrogate, with thousands of artists, writers, letterers, inkers, colourists - comic people, basically. We'd love to see some of you there, and in the meantime, perhaps check out some of our fellow crowdfunding books, as featured in the image below!
OR take this opportunity to get your copy of Future, or to up your…
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Arts Council Funding
Monday, 29 July 2019

Hello everyone,
Excellent news - we've received an Arts Council grant! Not only does this help with a lot of our behind-the-scenes costs, but it's official recognition of the quality of the project, which is a huge bonus.
We want to thank those of you who have backed Future before we even knew it was a culturally significant piece of art, back when it was just a fun book about Kay and Murray…
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Future’s Future looks bright!
Wednesday, 10 April 2019

Hi everyone! Firstly, thanks for following Future’s progress, you’re delightful.
Everything’s going wonderfully. We’ve been featured by Broken Frontier, Sirens of Sequentials, been in Unbound’s newsletter, and have lots of other interviews and whatnot set up.
Moreover, the art for Chapter 1 is COMPLETE, and the crowdfund has hit 17%, meaning they’re keeping perfect pace! We’ll carry on working…
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