Matter Anti-Matter

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.