Matter Anti-Matter
Welcome to Matter Anti-Matter, a site about nerd stuff. By day, I work at Kickstarter.
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But what makes it really fascinating is that it’s the democracy of the Internet in action. In an industry like comics, where the mainstream print publishers are losing readers, here’s a webcomic that’s directed at about as much of a niche audience as humanly possible — a parody of D&D done with stick figures — that’s not only found an audience, but has mobilized them into a fundraising effort that’s raised $264,000 in eight days, just to get collections of it back in print. And if those readers are big enough fans that they’re willing to do that much for the strip, odds are pretty good that they’ve got the books already, and are doing it so that the strip will be there for newer fans to enjoy.
Chris Sims at Comics Alliance marvels at the power of fans.
As of this moment, Order of the Stick has raised over $331k and is on track to become one of Kickstarter’s 10 Most Funded projects of all time.
Mind. Blown.
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Game of Thrones Season 2 Trailer! April 1st, where are you??
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Rich Burlew, creator of the popular webcomic Order of the Stick, wanted to raise $50,000 to reprint previously sold out collected editions of his comics. In just a week, he’s raised over $239,000.
One long time fan sums it up nicely here:
I’ve been an Order of the Stick fan for a long, long time and I have almost all the books in print. I donated early to this drive and I’ve been happily watching the number grow.
For all the creators terrified of piracy or upset about digital works…every OotS comic is on-line for free right now. For years, fans have been collecting them into .cbr and .pdf file compilations and distributing them. And yet, OotS is able to smash fundraising numbers. Piracy isn’t the problem.
Digital comics aren’t the problem. Bad comics are the problem.
So there you have it. Make good comics.
You can support the project here.
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The one thing I wish I had known before launching my Kickstarter project was how much more fun it would be to be accountable to the public than to traditional media gatekeepers. The public wants me to be me. Gatekeepers want to crush any sort of edge or opinion.Ted Rall shares lessons he learned from running a Kickstarter project.
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The Northern Lights, as seen in Alaska after yesterday’s massive solar storm.
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Photo reblogged from Maxistentialism
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The art of Feric Feng, who’s currently creating a game based on his egg-shaped robots.
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Photo reblogged from Neil Gaiman
恭喜发财 everyone.
This one is just for Tumblr. You can tell because I am in my pyjamas. (I just had to teach my computer the spelling Pyjamas, after it corrected it to pajamas)
Reason #1,988,706 Neil Gaiman is awesome.
