Comics By Request: People, Places In Need Of Funding



By Tom Spurgeon

* it's hard for me to think of a cartoonist better suited for or better able to realize positive results from a crowd-funding mechanism like Patreon than Michael DeForge. DeForge is relentlessly prolific but as he moves through his twenties I have to imagine securing greater reward for the work he's putting out there is becoming more and more of a priority. He's one of the more interesting cartoonists of any age project to project, so it's not like he's going to use any extra reward that comes his way to indulge himself -- his work is his work. If you've been waiting to support someone this way, I hope you'll consider it with DeForge. We need to find as many ways as possible to support and sustain the best young creators in the making of comics.

* there's an indiegogo campaign here for a film about Mr. Fish. I think that's a story that could be told very well through a documentary. Here's a press release about the conclusion of principal photography.

* here's a kickstarter from IllusPress that will fund an anthology of true stories elicited from a single street: Chicago's Kedzie Avenue.

* the crowd-funded movie She Makes Comics should be out in nearly every way it's going to be out by the end of business tomorrow. It's always great to see these projects complete.

* finally, Dan Vado posted last Tuesday an update at his GoFundMe account that indicates he's shut down the Patreon element of trying to raise money to resuscitate SLG. So if you want to help, go to that link.
 
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