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Lemonade Summer by Gabi Mendez : Kid-Friendly LGBTQ Stories!

Created by Cow House Press

Lemonade Summer by Gabi Mendez is a collection of coming-of-age short comics about LGBTQ and non-binary youths exploring queer identities and going on grand adventures together.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Thank You Everyone!!
over 4 years ago – Sat, Jan 04, 2020 at 10:36:54 PM

Happy New Year!

We’re pleased to announce that the Lemonade Summer Kickstarter is finally complete! It was a long and incredible journey - we’ve learned and grown so much from this project. Thank you so much for helping us bring this to life, believing in this project, and seeing it to the end together.

With your generosity, we donated a total of 212 copies of Lemonade Summer to libraries, youth centers, and prisons across the US! We will continue to donate copies for as long as Lemonade Summer is for sale.

Words from Gabi!

"Thank you so much everyone for all of your support and patience! I'm so lucky that you all chose to support me and the kind of positive LGBTQ+ stories I want to tell. Without you, I wouldn't have gotten this far! I plan to keep spreading the positivity with fun diverse storytelling, so keep an eye out in the future and I hope to see you again."

Where’s my book?

There are still a handful of Backers whose orders could not be fulfilled. If you have not yet received your reward, please complete the Kickstarter/BackerKit surveys or contact us directly at [email protected]

What’s next for Cow House?

We’ll be at zine fests and comic conventions near you! We’re also hoping to get copies out to libraries and stores in smaller cities where resources for queer youth are hard to come by. If you know of a space that would like a copy of Lemonade Summer, let us know! In the meantime, we’ll be working on new projects. Follow along at cowhousepress.com

Still so many Books??
over 4 years ago – Mon, Sep 02, 2019 at 09:53:28 PM

Rejected credit cards? Surveys with no response? Addresses that weren't written correctly or updated? Oh my!

We still have at least A HUNDRED backers who haven't received their rewards. If you haven't received your package yet, it's either still being shipped or your survey hasn't been fulfilled. If you have fulfilled your survey and confirmed/updated your address, your reward will be on its way soon. If you haven't, please do the survey so we can send you your reward safely!

And even if you don't receive your reward, no worries: Cow House Press is going to message every single person we haven't shipped to (which could happen because of errors such as rejected credit cards and so forth) again at the very end to double check! 

We're finishing this, guys!!

We got the books!
about 5 years ago – Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 10:47:20 PM

Dear Lemonade Summer Backers, we finally have it all! Cow House Press now has all the books AND the rewards and we'll be shipping them out ASAP! 🍋🏖️

An explanation and an update!
about 5 years ago – Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 10:53:46 PM

Hi all, some very important updates!


We’ve been having issues with getting the books delivered physically to us. They were severely delayed from the printers but were told that they arrived in the US around November. Since then, we’ve had issues getting them delivered from the warehouse. At first it was due to timing with the holidays and office closures, then we had to move studios twice due to unforeseen circumstances. During all this, the printers have been slow to respond, leading to weeks in between logistical planning.


To address concerns over pre-sale copies - we had rush ordered a small number of copies (50) to display for debut, send out for reviews and display for pre-orders. These copies, which you may have seen on social media, were not meant for sale. 


At this point, the rewards are ready and we are in a stable studio space. We’re doing everything we can to get the books delivered and out to you guys asap! We understand this has been a long time coming and thank you so much for your patience!

Summer update!
over 5 years ago – Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 12:18:33 AM

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