Gahan Wilson is Suffering from Advanced Dementia
Gahan Wilson‘s stepson, Paul Winters, is releasing the information on Gahan’s Facebook page: Sad news. Gahan’s wife of 53…
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Seems cartoonist Jerry King has a new gig. The Fast Lane Truck site is enjoying Jerry’s humor. …
Penny Arcade using Kickstarter campaign to raise $1 million
The Penny Arcade gentlemen, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, are using Kickstarter to take their site ad-free. According to their…
Seth Godin: Why Kickstarter projects fail or succeed
Many comic creators are turning to Kickstarter to fund publishing book collections and other projects. Rich Burlew raised $1.2 million;…
Jake Parker to pull in estimated $80,000 in Kickstarter
Last month I mentioned that Jake Parker had launched a Kickstarter project to raise money to create a hard cover…
Harvey Pekar library statue fully funded
The Kickstarter project to fund a Harvey Pekar Library Statue has raised the $30,000 required and still has 13 more…
Toys for Tots fund-drive fails due to success
A cautionary tale for anyone wanting to use PayPal to raise money for charity: Cartoonist’s Toys for Tots funds denied…
Center for Cartoon Studies asks for donations
The Center for Cartoon Studies is now in its 5th year and are soliciting donations to raise money for the…
Webcomics auction for the gulf coast has begun
Back in June I reported that several webcomic creators were planning on auctioning off original art to raise money for…
Tony’s fundraiser $1.8k short; 55 hours to go
All About You creator Tony Murphy is raising money to create a weekly comic-strip broadsheet titled “Coffee Talk” to be…
Tony Murphy’s Coffee Talk mockups online
Last week I reported that It’s All About You creator Tony Murphy had launched a fundraiser to launch a weekly…
Cartoonist to raise money for Gulf cleanup efforts
Fleen Guy’s Gary Tyrrell has news that several cartoonists are banding together to hold an auction of original art to…
Seven year old raises $8,500 drawing comics
Interesting feel-good story on Tonic.com about a seven year-old boy, Jonathan Krouse, whose grandmother is suffering from a neurodegenerative disease…
Ted Rall close, but not yet going to Afghanistan
Last check, Ted Rall’s efforts to fund a trip to Afghanistan is $3,275 shy of raising the $25k. Only three…
Send Ted Rall to Afghanistan part two
From a post from Ted Rall on Kickstarter. He’s raised half of what he needs to go to Afghanistan. My…