Comics By Request: People, Projects In Need Of Funding

By Tom Spurgeon

* a lot of fine comics-makers seems to have contributed to this project, still far away from meeting its goal: Mould Map 3.

* the Fantagraphics crowd-funder continues having already met its initial goal. Again, I think that's a virtuous company with a 35-year pedigree and the kickstarter itself is really well-run; I participated. One aspect worth watching consider the success of the move and the company's high profile as a cultural institution -- even if it's not something well-known to the general public -- is how this might have an effect on other companies doing something similar. The Seattle Times took notice.

* to show you how much the dialogue can change around crowd-funders, I remember there was a point when people more openly questioned the wisdom of raising money for projects that sound slightly like a slam-dunk conceptually, the idea being that there was no risk that should be shared via that mechanism because the project was practically guaranteed to make any money invested back. And now you don't have that criticism at all, or rarely. Don't an implied criticism into that, because I don't 'have an opinion on that one -- I'm just noting that these issues develop over time, and sometimes on-line with its confident trumpeting of The Way Things Are we forget about that shift in ideas over months and years.

* a bunch of the Rina Ayuyang-directed auctions on behalf typhoon relief in the Philippines will wrap up this week, starting today. There's a lot of fun art being auctioned there, and I think it's a good thing those artists are doing.

* Team Cul De Sac continues to do good, like this.

* finally, the pre-Christmas season is a pretty good time for intriguing crowd-funding requests, and this year is no different. A pair caught my eye via a quick glance at those sites: a Ryan Estrada-generated project that involves a pay-what-you-want model, and a Periscope Studios-generated project focusing on art books.
 
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