Matter Anti-Matter
Welcome to Matter Anti-Matter, a site about nerd stuff. By day, I'm Head of Community at Kickstarter.
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Photo reblogged from The Kickstarter Tumblr
The Week On Kickstarter. (We animated one of Order of the Stick’s cool funding graphs as a way of baiting you to check it out.)
Awesome :)
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I make silly stick figures for a living, but you’re the ones who care about them enough to make this happen. I couldn’t have done it without your help—literally, of course, but also in more intangible ways. Nine years is a long time to draw stick figures, and I’ve had days where I just wanted to wrap the whole thing up early and move on to something else. But now that I know I have this kind of support out there, it will be that much easier to keep going during the hard times. So I’ll keep working to make OOTS better and we’ll keep this spirit going through the end of the pledge drive, through the rest of the year, and on into whatever the future holds. Thank you.
Rich Burlew’s 26th project update, and the first one since Order of the Stick crossed the million dollar threshold.
Between just yesterday and today, Burlew spent 14 hours answering emails and messages from thousands of backers. Since kicking off this project, he’s posted an update every day (except weekends) with progress reports, hand-drawn charts, and new rewards. He’s been talking non-stop to backers through updates, comments, and on his own forums. His project holds a record for most comments ever (currently at 13,502 and rising). He’s communicating up a storm, making sure every single person knows what they’re getting and who they’re supporting. He’s doing it right.
If you want to know why Burlew’s been so successful, read through his updates and take note of how much he cares about his community.
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Rich Burlew’s D&D-inspired webcomic Order of the Stick has officially become the third project in Kickstarter history to surpass $1 million. Congrats!
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Oh, and my email inbox is a swirling eldritch nightmare that threatens to burst the fragile digital bonds that restrain it from devouring me in my sleep. Other than that, though, it’s all going very well.
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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.
