Good evening, criminals! Late night, short notice one for you.

Every time I hit you up, and I go, "I'll talk to you when the campaign's over," or "I'll catch up once we hit x milestone," something always comes up. It's a good something, this time, though.

A backer contact me with not one, but two, beautiful examples of this breed after snagging that last tier today. Assorted wire haired terriers are like, half of my top 10 "dogs I think are adorable but would die before having in my house," for reasons that make them more than fitting candidates for this campaign. Seeing these little spitfires well-cared for and healthy makes me happy.

I figure criminal mischief is probably more fun with an accomplice, so, it was a little hard to resist representing both of this backer's Cairns on the pin. Twice the fun!

I'll have a little bit cleaner art for these guys later - unfortunately, probably after the campaign is wrapped up. But, I couldn't have asked for a more fun final dog and sponsor to work with.

The Criminal Mischief CAIRN TERRIERS are sponsors, and are available to all backers!

We will unlock the Stalking BORDER COLLIE if we can hit $9k in DOG CRIMES' final 18 hours.

Good afternoon, criminals!

DOG CRIMES is wrapping up tomorrow at 4 PM EST. That means, when I'm writing this, we've got 26 hours left.

The winner of our $9k backer vote is the STALKING BORDER COLLIE. While it was close with the collie and dachshund for a bit, it looks like a little more leg gave the collie an advantage.

That being said: unfortunately, we're not currently on track to make that number. That's OK, there's always other campaigns, and if we get close close by the end of things, I'll make it a survey stretch goal.

I'll probably check up again tomorrow night after things wrap, and give you the run-down on numbers, goal, and everything. This has been a fun little campaign in between bigger things.

Remember: most previous BIRD CRIMES and CRITTER CRIMES pins are kosher for this campaign, so if you want them at the campaign bulk prices, you can up your tier to get those too!

Thanks for being here, and let's see how high we can get that final funding number!

Good afternoon, criminals!

We're 5 days left on DOG CRIMES. I'd like to spur things a long a little bit, so, I'm gonna do something I've never done before.

CRIMES projects give me a little bit more wiggle room than other, experimental things. Their costs are pretty clearly set, they tend to sell well, and unlocking the right critter criminal often creates a cult of validation for specific owners or handlers.

Taking a little risk now barely puts me back, and means I might create a memorable moment selling at a convention or chatting with an online customer who never gets drier, cheekier stuff of their favorite.

This is my thanks for getting us this far in a slow season and economic slump. Take your pick - 13 total dogs are now 1.75" pin and 2" sticker options.

I'm happy with wherever we end up on this campaign. However, there's one more thing to unlock.

I promised you guys a $9k vote, and I'm not gonna flinch away from that.

If we can do something REALLY funny and somehow get CRIMES all the way up there in 5 days, I will add a 14th pin to the lineup.

We got a good amount of suggestions. Some funny, some that didn't understand the assignment, and some right to my Telegram DM's going "KEN, HOW DID YOU NOT THINK OF THIS ONE?" at 2 AM. We love variety. Everybody's so creative.

You guys have 3 days to vote on your $9k dog choice. Backers only. If you just wanna vote, toss DOG CRIMES $1 in the tip jar and sway the odds in your favor - you can always change your tier if you end up wanting to back for the winning dog in the race.

Good evening, criminals!

I'm in phone call limbo hell right now, but, I had a few minutes to get these guys cleaned up for everybody. They deserve a little better than chicken scratch sketches I made between county FOIA requests.

Thank fellow backers TwinkieStarr and Kim Lackey for these ones - the Aussie and shar pei have joined the DOG CRIMES roster!

Sometimes one of you guys buys a sponsor tier, and immediately calms any nerves I have because your idea is genuinely so fucking good. Let me tell you, I haven't felt the sheer, juvenile joy that "can you draw shar pei wrinkles in the CRIMES style" gave me, in ages. Probably since the weed skunk, honestly.

Sorry to the Aussie enjoyers, your calculating dinner-stealer is cute too. But this wrinkled beast... he's perfect.

If you're new to the HUSTLE, sponsors pay the full cost of a pin up-front. They get 10, and they make it available for every other backer to buy, too. You can add the EMBEZZLEMENT AUSSIE and RESISTING ARREST SHAR PEI to your pledge at any time - they are guaranteed for production!

If you'd like to get YOUR breed of choice convicted, there is one more CREATE A CRIMINAL spot for this campaign.

So, these two bad boys are guaranteed. With eight days left, where are we standing?

Now, let's be real. I'm used to my campaigns doing a few more numbers than this. I ain't mad, it's mid year, we launched mid week, and the world is functionally on fire right now. However, I would love DOG CRIMES to not be my lowest funding campaign ever.

We missed the backer vote tier because of funding issues on CHALLENGE COIN CRITTERS. But, substantially lower down in the funding journey, I think we can reach $9k this time.

I want to hear YOUR IDEAS for our $9k backer vote dogs.

I will add the funniest and most fitting options to a poll at the 5-day mark of the campaign. Then, it's up to you and your filthy, horrible peers to figure out who's gonna come out top dog.

I want YOU to comment with:

Make me laugh. Or make me groan real loud. Either way, give me something to react to after I finish C3's domestic fulfillment tonight. I'll see you around.

Good evening, criminals!

We are officially in the mid campaign slump. If you don't do BackerKit, did you know, most campaigns do the majority of their funding in the first 48, and last 24, hours?

It's all fun and games going "aw nice look what we unlocked!"

It's time to buckle down, though. The honeymoon period is over. And we gotta start shaking it up to get some eyes on DOG CRIMES.

Our two CREATE A CRIMINAL backers have spoken up: 

Let's give a big thanks to TwinkieStarr and Kim Lackey for these two little bundles of joy, respectively.

Not gonna beat around the bush, I am fighting for my life behind the scenes, and these two look a little rough around the edges right now. I want to give an extra thanks to these two backers for being patient with me, and settling for sketches today.

I might be radio silent tomorrow. I am being called to testify in a court case, and, no, before you ask, it wasn't my crime (this time). I have both tomorrow and Thursday where I will be wearing an ironed shirt for once and take my Cuban chains off for a metal detector. Unfortunate. I'm OK, but, I need to be present and be ready for anything

I'm not sure what to expect or how long things will take, so, out of an abundance of caution, I am spending today getting time-sensitive work on CHALLENGE COIN CRITTERS done.

I'll do a nicer announcement for you guys when the Aussie and Shar Pei are cleaned up. But, they are sponsor pins: both the AUSSIE and SHAR PEI pins are available to ALL BACKERS, starting now!

Right now, we're camping just $70 shy of our next LITTLE WHITE DOGS stretch goal. Will a dinner-sneaking Australian shepherd or a scrungy Shar Pei pin get us there? Let's find out!

I have to go through and add descriptions to 400 photos on Google Drive. I hope this Monday hasn't been too harsh on you. Take it easy, and thank you backing DOG CRIMES!