Ultimate OZ Universe: Into the Outerlands Collector's Edition
Created by AWA Studios
All-new hardcover graphic novel starring Dorothy & Princess Ozma as they journey into the Outerlands. Return to OZ like never before!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Thank You & Next Steps for INTO THE OUTERLANDS 💚
12 days ago
– Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 08:33:45 AM
THANK YOU
We can’t wait for you to have the collector’s hardcover edition of ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE: INTO THE OUTERLANDS in hand! We’re beyond grateful for your support — thank you for helping us carry Dorothy and Ozma into the Outerlands and for making this next chapter of the ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE such a success.
Thank you!
FINAL PRODUCTION STEPS
Our team is working through the final art and design process to make sure every element of this book and its collector extras lives up to the standard you expect. Here is a glimpse at some of Mike Deodato’s line art waiting to be colored and lettered!
Never before seen page!
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
FINAL PAYMENTS
Kickstarter is charging cards and we’ll received notice soon that payments have gone through. If you run into any issues with your payment through Kickstarter, you’ll have the opportunity to fix them when we send out the post-campaign survey.
SPEAKING OF SURVEYS…
Post-campaign surveys will go out next week. If this is your first time backing a Kickstarter project, these surveys are where you’ll confirm your order and have the chance to add to your order. That’s right — you’ll still be able to grab last-minute extras if you missed something during the campaign.
These surveys will be sent through BackerKit to the email address connected to your Kickstarter account. You can expect them to begin going out mid next week.
CONFIRMING ADDRESSES
Closer to our fulfillment, we’ll send a second survey to confirm your shipping address and shipping costs. That survey will come from our fulfillment partner EasyShip in July or August. This helps us make sure we have your most up-to-date shipping information and lets us charge the most accurate shipping rate possible when the time comes.
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STRETCH GOALS WE UNLOCKED 🌪️
Because of your support, we unlocked a fantastic set of campaign upgrades — and we want to make sure you know these will be included automatically to your orders. No need to do anything, these are now in your order.
✅ OZ Digital Wallpapers: A set of downloadable, campaign-exclusive wallpapers. ✅ OZ Vol. 2 Bookmarks: A special INTO THE OUTERLANDS bookmark set. ✅ Emerald Upgrade: Books are upgraded to with a ribbon bookmark and gilded page edges. ✅ OZ Vol. 2 Character Prints: INTO THE OUTERLANDS character prints. ✅ “Night Sky” Song + Music Video: This volume will now include a brand-new song and music video, adding a new layer of the ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE experience.
Did you get the slipcase edition or the cabinet case edition?
ONE MORE BIG THANK YOU
Once again, thank you for backing this campaign, for believing in this world, and for helping us continue to grow the OZ community. We’ll be in touch very soon with surveys, production updates, and more behind-the-scenes looks as INTO THE OUTERLANDS moves closer to your shelves.
From the wild Outerlands, Your ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE Team
Neil Patrick Harris Joins OZ & Final Day Giveaways 🌪️
26 days ago
– Mon, Apr 06, 2026 at 06:49:17 PM
NEIL PATRICK HARRIS JOINS OZ
We’re thrilled to announce that Neil Patrick Harris is writing the foreword for ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE: INTO THE OUTERLANDS!
His words capture exactly what this series is about:
"The fact that OZ has endured with so many people across so many generations is a testament to the expansive world that Baum imagined... the whole Ultimate OZ Universe honors that tradition, breathing new life into spectacular lands, as iconic characters work together to accomplish what none of them could do alone. Put simply, Into the Outerlands celebrates what makes OZ magical, capturing the wonder, courage, and strangeness that made us fall in love in the first place." — Neil Patrick Harris
We couldn’t ask for a more exciting voice to join Elton John, our Volume 1 foreword writer, in welcoming readers into this growing OZ universe.
Now that we’re in the final 24 hours, this is your last chance to level up your pledge, add extra products, and build the OZ bundle you want before the campaign closes.
If you’ve been thinking about upgrading to the Collector’s Cabinet Case or claiming a special add-on rewards, now is the time to go back into your pledge and make your final choices. We’d love to see you go all-in with us as we bring this campaign home.
If you’ve chosen (or upgrade to) the Collector’s Cabinet Case Tier, you’re automatically entered to win an original Mike Deodato character sketch.
If you’re in the Emerald Edition Tier, just add any merch add-on to your order and you’re in the drawing too.
That means your last-minute upgrade could also put you in the running for a one-of-a-kind original piece of OZ art from the legendary Mike Deodato! Check out this video of his drawing one of the giveaway:
We also made a big change to one of our most special rewards: Get Drawn Into OZ.
To make this once-in-a-lifetime experience available to more of our core fans, we’ve cut the price in half and doubled the number of spots. That means 10 backers can now claim this add-on and be illustrated directly into the pages of the ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE by Mike Deodato — becoming a permanent part of OZ canon.
If we reach 1,200 backers, we’ll raffle off 3 extra original Mike Deodato sketches.
That means there’s still a major reason to share the campaign, tell a fellow OZ fan, or nudge a friend who’s been waiting to jump in. Every new backer helps us grow the community — and helps us unlock even more OZ magic before the clock runs out.
Thank you for backing INTO THE OUTERLANDS, for believing in this series, and for helping us make Volume 2 bigger and more magical than ever.
Now let’s close this campaign in true OZ fashion!
See you in the Outerlands, The ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE Team
Neil Patrick Harris Joins Ultimate OZ Universe — Will You Join Us? 24 Hours Left!
26 days ago
– Mon, Apr 06, 2026 at 01:25:31 PM
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ESAD RIBIĆ CABINET CASE ART REVEALED 👀
about 1 month ago
– Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 10:20:55 AM
Hello Ozians —
We’ve got a big one for you today!!
With just one week left in the campaign, we’re thrilled to reveal the painted wraparound artwork for the Collector’s Cabinet Case by Esad Ribić!!!
This new piece brings us to Fire Island — one of the striking new lands explored in ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE: INTO THE OUTERLANDS, and the place where our heroes encounter Prince John Forge.
One of the things we’re most excited about with these Cabinet Case editions is the chance to showcase the wider world of OZ, land by land, volume by volume. Volume 1 opened the door with a stunning, painted Emerald City (also painted by Esad Ribić). Volume 2 carries us somewhere new, more dangerous, and full of mystery — and we couldn’t be happier to share this next corner of OZ with you through Esad’s incredible work.
If you just found us and want to start at the beginning, we’ve made that possible in two different ways:
First, we brought back the Volume 1 Slipcase Edition — a special reprint of the deluxe collector format from our original Kickstarter, now available again in limited quantities for new backers who want to collect both volumes together.
Second, we’ve added the regular-size softcover edition of Ultimate OZ Universe, Vol. 1: The Lost Lands as a special discounted add-on, so you can pick up (or gift) the beginning of the journey at a great price only through this campaign.
GIVEAWAY REMINDER 🎁 don’t forget, we recently launched a Deodato sketch giveaway for backers building their OZ haul. If you already chose or you upgrade to the Collector’s Cabinet Case Tier, you’re automatically entered to win an original Mike Deodato character sketch. If you’re in the Emerald Edition Tier, just add any merch add-on to your pledge and you’ll be entered too. We’ll be selecting two winners total — one from the Cabinet Case tier and one from the Emerald Edition tier with add-ons — so if you’ve been thinking about adding the map, puzzle, playing cards, prints, stickers, or anything else to your bundle, now’s a great time to do it.
Because of you, we’ve officially unlocked our $75k stretch goal! That means this volume of the ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE will now include a brand-new song and music video: “Night Sky” by Larry King and Joie Scott. Thank you for getting us here. Truly. Every push, every share, every pledge has helped make this campaign bigger, richer, and more magical.
And now… with one more week to go, let’s see if we can reach $100k again and unlock a brand-new 2-part OZ Historian Online Series for all backers. If you know someone who’s been waiting to jump in, now is the time to send them the campaign.
Let’s carry this thing all the way into the Outerlands together!
12 DAYS TO GO 🌪️ New Giveaway & Stretch Goals!
about 1 month ago
– Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 09:01:38 AM
Hello Ozians —
We are officially less than two weeks away from the end of the campaign, and the momentum you’ve built is truly incredible. Thank you for supporting the ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE series and helping us continue to push this story, this world, and these characters further.
We just hit $70k so we're going to put up a new special add-on for those who want to gift OZ, reveal our next stretch goals, and announce a new giveaway for anyone getting add-ons!
GIVE THE GIFT OF OZ 🎁
We just hit $70k and we are excited. So we decided to make ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE, VOL. 1: THE LOST LANDS, the regular-size softcover, available as a special add-on for just $7 — an easy way to gift the start of this journey to a friend and welcome a new OZ fan into the community 💚
We’ve got another big campaign moment coming soon: we’re finally ready to reveal what’s waiting for everyone when we reach $75k and $100k! We’ve been holding this one back to make sure we can make it work with the book and we’re excited to show you now what’s coming!
$75,000 STRETCH GOAL: NEW SONG & MUSIC VIDEO!
When we hit this next milestone, we’ll unlock a brand-new song and music video inside the graphic novel — “Night Sky” by Larry King and Joie Scott — adding one more magical layer to the OZ experience.
As Larry King, co-writer of the Ultimate OZ Universe and songwriter, recalls "it came to me in a dream — I dreamt the entire song, woke up, and wrote it in 10 minutes!"
Readers of Volume 1 fell in love with FLAME ON, the music video featured during the epic battle towards the end of the story, so we can make this happen again in Volume 2!
$100,000 STRETCH GOAL: NEW OZ ONLINE EVENT FOR EVERYONE!
At this next goal, we will launch a brand-new OZ Historian Online Event for everyone — this will be an online 2-episode series available for FREE for all backers.
This would be a special chance for everyone backing the campaign to go deeper into the lore, history, and world building behind the ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE with the OZ historians helping guide this journey.
We’re adding one more fun incentive for backers who want to build out their OZ haul.
Anyone who backs the Collector’s Cabinet Case Tier will be automatically entered to win a FREE original Mike Deodato character sketch to add to their collection. Half of these limited edition books are already taken, so don't miss your chance to get a unique collectible product!
And if you’re backing the Emerald Edition Tier, just add any add-on to your pledge and you’ll be entered too!
We’ll select TWO winners:
1 winner from the Collector’s Cabinet Case Tier
1 winner from the Emerald Edition Tier with at least 1 add-on
It’s our way of saying thank you to the backers who are going all-in on the collector experience — and giving two lucky Ozians the chance to take home a true one-of-a-kind piece of art from legendary artist Mike Deodato!
The Ultimate OZ Playing Cards are designed as a fun, collectible deck for game nights and OZ fans alike — with classic suits and number cards, plus face cards inspired by some of the most iconic figures in the ULTIMATE OZ UNIVERSE.
Current design plans feature standout character art across the court cards and the card box wrapped in Patricia Martín’s stunning direct market cover art for INTO THE OUTERLANDS. Design is still being finalized, but the goal is clear: a deck that feels practical, collectible, and straight from the OZ universe.
Who do you think should be featured on the Jack, Queen, King, and Joker cards? Write it in the comments and we'll send one of you a free deck!
More updated coming soon! Esad Ribić is almost done painting the wraparound art that will be showcased on the Cabinet Case edition — we'll share that as soon as we have it!
