{"id":9502,"date":"2026-05-19T12:59:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T19:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=9502"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:12:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:12:49","slug":"the-harbingers-path-bonus-booklet-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2026\/05\/the-harbingers-path-bonus-booklet-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"The Harbinger&#8217;s Path: Bonus Booklet Preview! | May 19, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9492\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/harbinger_booklet-interior.001-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9492 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/harbinger_booklet-interior.001-web.png\" alt=\"Photograph showing one of the interior spreads from the booklet. This is from the booklet's &quot;extra artwork&quot; section. \" width=\"950\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/harbinger_booklet-interior.001-web.png 950w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/harbinger_booklet-interior.001-web-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/harbinger_booklet-interior.001-web-768x502.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph: &#8220;Bonus Booklet&#8221; for &#8220;The Harbinger&#8217;s Path&#8221; | Interior from the &#8220;extras&#8221; section<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, after finalizing the main print book for <a style=\"cursor: pointer !important; user-select: none !important;\" title=\"The Harbinger\u2019s Path: Print Update #3 \u2013 Book Proof Photos! | May 6, 2026\" href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2026\/05\/the-harbingers-path-print-update-proof-photos\/\" rel=\"\">The Harbinger&#8217;s Path,<\/a> I was contemplating whether it was possible to put together a &#8220;bonus booklet&#8221; with some extra material I ran out of space for in the main print volume.<\/p>\n<p>I thought it was a low possibility, because ~1 month before the convention was a little too close scheduling-wise for my taste. However, thanks to fellow artists also tabling at Manga Ichiba later this month, I learned about a new printing company, <a href=\"https:\/\/mceprinting.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MCE Printing.<\/a> Like my main printer I used for the <em>The Harbinger&#8217;s Path<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/fireballprinting.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fireball Printing<\/a>, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), <strong>MCE<\/strong> is also a domestic, NA-based print shop.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9490\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/harbinger_booklet-cover_back-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9490 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/harbinger_booklet-cover_back-web.png\" alt=\"Photograph of the back cover for a &quot;supplementary booklet&quot; to &quot;The Harbinger's Path&quot; Trahearne &amp; Malyck fan comic. \" width=\"650\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/harbinger_booklet-cover_back-web.png 650w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/harbinger_booklet-cover_back-web-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonus Booklet for &#8220;The Harbinger&#8217;s Path&#8221; | Back Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MCE prints from Kirkland, Washington, and they have a specific focus on NA-made doujinshi! How cool is that!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To my amazement, they were able to both print and ship my &#8220;bonus booklets&#8221; in record time. Even better, I am so pleased with their print quality. Thank you so much again to Mike for shipping my booklets out in record time, and with such beautiful print quality! I am beyond pleased with their print quality, especially as this was the first time printing with them, and there wasn&#8217;t time for me to check a physical proof before having them printed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Above are two preview photos!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More photos (including the front cover) + info added to the <a title=\"The Harbinger\u2019s Path: Print Update #3 \u2013 Book Proof Photos! | May 6, 2026\" href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2026\/05\/the-harbingers-path-print-update-proof-photos\/\" rel=\"\">full post for the interest-check group<\/a> from earlier this month! (Scroll down to the new &#8220;Bonus Booklet&#8221; section.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/harbinger_booklet-interior.001-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9492 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/harbinger_booklet-interior.001-web.png\" alt=\"Photograph showing one of the interior spreads from the booklet. This is from the booklet's &quot;extra artwork&quot; section. \" width=\"950\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/harbinger_booklet-interior.001-web.png 950w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/harbinger_booklet-interior.001-web-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/harbinger_booklet-interior.001-web-768x502.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, after finalizing the main print book for <a style=\"cursor: pointer !important; user-select: none !important;\" title=\"The Harbinger\u2019s Path: Print Update #3 \u2013 Book Proof Photos! | May 6, 2026\" href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2026\/05\/the-harbingers-path-print-update-proof-photos\/\" rel=\"\">The Harbinger&#8217;s Path,<\/a> I was contemplating whether it was possible to put together a &#8220;bonus booklet&#8221; with some extra material I ran out of space for in the main print volume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[788,340,422,887,886],"tags":[914,913,386,387,893,689,458],"class_list":["post-9502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comics","category-finished-art","category-guild-wars-2","category-printed","category-printed-books","tag-bonus-booklet","tag-booklet","tag-guild-wars-2","tag-gw2","tag-photos","tag-the-harbingers-path","tag-trahearne"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Landy","author_link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/author\/liz\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/comics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Comics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/finished-art\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Finished Art<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/guild-wars-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Guild Wars 2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/printed\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Printed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/printed\/printed-books\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Printed Books<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Earlier this month, after finalizing the main print book for The Harbinger's Path, I was contemplating whether it was possible to put together a \"bonus booklet\" with some extra material I ran out of space for in the main print volume.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9502"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9508,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9502\/revisions\/9508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}