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Tom The Dancing Bug - Pulitzer nom'ed strip by Ruben Bolling

Created by Clover Press

This is where it all began! Collecting the award winning strips from 1990 to 1998 by Ruben Bolling.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

On Press
21 days ago – Mon, May 18, 2026 at 11:15:20 AM

GREAT NEWS!

Our printer has completed the print run for both volumes of TOM THE DANCING BUG!

We had to take some extra time to make sure the slipcase would work. The logistics of shipping the slipcase from the printer to our warehouse and then for us to ship it to backers, to minimize damages, was a little trickier than we thought it would be. But, we like our solution, and we look forward to getting these into your hands.

So now we wait for all these rewards to be shipped to our warehouse, so we can send them out to all of you!

If you have not filled out your survey, now would be a great time to do so! We can't ship these out to you if we don't know where to send them.

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Check out our DICK TRACY COLLECTION campaign, live now!

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If you're not already doing so, please give Clover Press a follow on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, TikTok and Bluesky, where we're always posting cool news and artwork from the project, and more! If you like this campaign, our next few projects will be sure to catch your attention!

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Printer Proofs!
about 2 months ago – Thu, Apr 09, 2026 at 03:39:41 PM

PRINTER PROOFS ARE IN!

We're excited to share that our printers proofs (make readies) are in for our approval!

They look fantastic!

And for you completists out there - check out that swanky slipcase!

We'll be reviewing these and giving the printer the thumbs up to go to press! If you haven't already done so, now is the time to send in your surveys. We can't ship you your rewards if we don't have your shipping address. Thank you!

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If you're not already doing so, please give Clover Press a follow on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, TikTok and Bluesky, where we're always posting cool news and artwork from the project, and more! If you like this campaign, our next few projects will be sure to catch your attention!

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Surveys
2 months ago – Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 09:31:10 AM

Greetings!

We're entering the survey stage of this campaign!

If you're using an AppleID, now is a great time to update that, as it will filter out the email from Backerkit. We're waiting for our printer proofs, and as soon as we receive those, we're going on press!

This project is running just a little behind schedule, but it is in great shape!

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If you're not already doing so, please give Clover Press a follow on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, TikTok and Bluesky, where we're always posting cool news and artwork from the project, and more! If you like this campaign, our next few projects will be sure to catch your attention!

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Files Sent to Printer!
3 months ago – Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 10:14:50 AM

We're pleased to report that files for both volumes of TOM THE DANCING BUG are on the way to the printer. We're tracking just a little bit behind schedule, but the hardest part is behind us. 

Next step is to receive "make readies" of the books - preview books for us to check that all the pages are in order, that the crops and color look good, and then it's off to press!

COMING SOON ON KICKSTARTER:

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Design
5 months ago – Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 03:00:57 PM

Hey everyone!

We are just checking in here to let you know that we are well into the design phase of this project. There are a lot of things on our to-do list, so we'd better get back to work!

If you use AppleID as your main way of communicating through Kickstarter, we ask that you change it over to a regular email address. We use Backerkit for fulfillment and there is a glitch where the Backerkit and Kickstarter interfaces don't communicate through AppleID. We will be sending the survey through Backerkit, so please update your contact info so we are able to reach you! Surveys will go out when the books are on press.

Who is looking forward to these stickers featuring all of Ruben Bolling's favorite characters?

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If you're not already doing so, please give Clover Press a follow on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, TikTok and Bluesky, where we're always posting cool news and artwork from the project, and more! If you like this campaign, our next few projects will be sure to catch your attention!

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