The Rise of Itza - thrilling fantasy graphic novel

Created by Drakha Press

War, dragons and magic. This Dragonbond series follows a young necromancer's quest to protect her people from a devastating threat.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Fulfillment in progress!
8 months ago – Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 08:31:45 PM

Hello Dragonbonded!

We are thrilled to read some of you already received your comic and enjoyed the story. Dragonbond is an ever-growing universe and we can't be prouder of it. 

How's fulfillment looking? 

USA - Gamerati
Fulfillment is in progress. Some of you already received and some of you already have notification from them. They started this week, so you should hear from them within March. If you haven't heard from Gamerati, please let us know at [email protected] 

Canada - Pick & Pack Logistics
Same as in the USA, some have received your pledge and some are about to. If you haven't heard from them, let us know in the email shared above. 

Europe, South America and Africa - Happyshops
Fulfillment is in progress, they sent the orders this week. 

UK - Boardgame Guru 
The pallet from Happyshops is in customs, Boardgame Guru should receive all products within this week and fulfillment should begin next week. Let us know if you don't hear from them by the end of March.  

Asia - VFI 
Orders left their warehouse and are on their way to their final homes. Some might take a bit of time since they send the pallets to Singapore, Israel, Japan, etc. Please give some time and if you don't hear from them by mid April, please contact us. 

Australia - VR Distribution 
Fulfillment started last week and should be soon to be completed. If you haven't heard from them, let us know. 

Share with us your thoughts, your bounty and what do you expect from Dragonbond in the future! We are always happy to read you and the community on Discord is pretty active. 

If you pledged for the hardback special edition, one book plate signed by Mariano and George is included. Mariano included in some plates (randomly added by the manufacturer) some funny sketches he did, if you received one, please share them with us, we are looking forward to see them! (We were told about that, we haven't seen them all) 

If you have any issues with your pledge, please contact [email protected] and we will gladly assist you. 

Once again, thank you for your support! We truly hope you enjoyed Dragonbond! 

Fulfillment starting soon!
11 months ago – Mon, Jan 08, 2024 at 01:42:49 PM

Hello Dragonbonded!

We hope you have enjoyed your holidays and we wish you and your loved ones a year of prosperity, happiness and lots of comics to read! (Fun fact: The 2024 is the Year of the Dragon in Chinese Zodiac and we must honor that by sending dragons to your homes!) 

Starting with the proper foot, we are soon to start fulfillment of your rewards and we are in the last stretch to complete this project.

  • USA: The vessel from China is expected to arrive to Seattle this month. Gamerati (our fulfillment partners) already has the resin miniatures that we produced in Mexico.
  • Canada & Mexico: Once Gamerati receives the container (see above), they will send a pallet to Pick & Pack logistics (Canada) and to Detestable Games (Mexico), so they can fulfill those regions.
  • Europe, Africa & South America — The container arrived to Happyshops and we are sending all the documents to proceed with fulfillment. You should be receiving your book within the next few weeks. 
  • Asia — Rewards are already with VFI Asia and we are in the queue to start fulfillment. 
  • Australia — Coordination with VR Distribution was in place so they could pickup the cargo along with other clients they work with. Depending on our place in the fulfillment queue, fulfillment might begin by the end of January - February. We will let you know when we have more news.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts once you receive your physical rewards! 

Mass production copy received! Locking addresses next week!
about 1 year ago – Tue, Nov 07, 2023 at 06:34:20 AM

Hi Dragonbonded! 

We are so happy to announce that we received the mass production copies of everything and we are super pleased with the final result!

The limited hardcover edition includes the bookplate signed by George and Mariano!
The Weeping Mother adventure includes 4 handouts!
Pre generated character sheets (5 in total)
Posters, pin and Itza's Chapula's die!
As returning backers, you will also get the blue die as a loyalty reward!

 We have also finished production of the resin miniatures, those will ship to the different fulfillment warehouses at the same time that the comic, so they will arrive all together to their final homes. 

The product should be leaving the manufacturer by this week to start freight shipping and we estimate January (depending on port congestions) when they arrive to your homes! We will lock addresses next week, please make sure your shipping address is up to date on Backerkit! If you have any trouble, please send an email to [email protected] and we will gladly help you. 

Itza Chapula's resin miniature
Itza, Aellas and the x5 heroes of Valerna!

We are so happy to nearly finish this project and hear your thoughts on the physical products! 

Thanks you so much for being part of this adventure! 

Dragonbond keeps growing and the RPG book from Elyse's Guide to Magic is live on Kickstarter! 

Draco Studios just launched the new RPG book Elyse's Guide to Magic, the book is told from the perspective of Elyse, the powerful Dragon Queen who lived in oppression until she rose to the throne in Allaria (do you recall her from your comic?). She is a master of dream magic and one of the most iconic Dragonbonded heroes. 

Back the campaign!

This supplement introduces a bespoke spellcasting system which allows you to create tailor-made spells with buildable effects, tactical combos, and magical teamwork. As well as a brand new system for communing with and summoning magical spirits. 

Click here to back the campaign! There are FREE monster cards for Early Backers! 

Digital fulfillment done, moving to mass production!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 08:21:31 AM

Hello dragonbonded! 

We are so happy to let you know that we are a few months away to finish this project. thank you for helping us making it possible. 

We have fulfilled digitally the last missing item, The Weeping Mother, along with the handouts and character sheets. If you pledged for this, you should have received an email from DrivethruRPG to claim your adventure and have tons of fun with your friends! 

 NOTE: We saw a small detail with the pre-generated character sheets, so we will update those files this week.

As many of you know, we went to GenCon and we stole George for a bit to sign all the book plates. Now they are with Longpack awaiting patiently to be added to the hardcover special edition comic and arrive to their final homes! 

What does this mean? We are waiting for the final preproduction copies to arrive and once approved, we can move to mass production. We are also working in the resin miniatures you asked for, Aellas, Itza and the heroes of Valerna!

Resin miniatures (assembled)
Heroes of Valerna (unassembled)

You will receive your minis unassembled. 

We won silver at the ENNIEs! 

Thank you so much for helping us by voting for our dragons, we couldn't be more prouder for this accomplishment. 

Until next update!

Comic finished & ENNIES 2023!
over 1 year ago – Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 12:15:11 PM

It's me!

Hello Dragonbonded!

It's great to update you on progress with our projects and to see things moving along! 

The comic is all finished, we are finalizing the rest of the rewards we promised (dice, RPG adventure, book plate) but we are moving smoothly with the project. Here's a video of how the comic looks like: 

The bookplate is nearly done, we have the first part, printing + signature of the artist, Mariano Laclaustra, and now they are travelling to our place so we can take them to George Mann and get his signature! That's an Argetina-Mexico-UK travel!

Signed book plate

The Weeping Mother is nearly finished - just the finishing touches in layout! This means that we can get everything to print at the end of the month and our chosen supplier - Longpack can work their magic to turn this exciting project into a finished book! 

Here is a sneaky preview of The Weeping Mother 

We are nominated in the ENNIEs! 

We are so excited that our plastic dragons were nominated for an ENNIE award. There was much cheering at Draco towers! 

Please vote for them and help us win, by clicking on the image or click here and choose number 1 in the Dragonbond: Dragons of the Red Moon product, and then at the bottom of the page click Vote! 

Vote by putting a 1 under Dragonbond: Dragons of the red moon

The winners will be announced on August 4th, 2023 at 8:00 PM EDT in Gen Con. If you are visiting, come say hi to our booth 1449, we will be premiering a corner booth!

Until next update!