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Planet Money T-shirt by Planet Money
We are a team of multimedia reporters covering the global economy. We are going to make a t-shirt and tell the story of its creation.
Successful!- 1,181% funded
- $590,807 pledged
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May 14, 2013
We love Planet Money AND this is an ingenious Kickstarter project.
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Pedal, Stretch, Breathe: The Yoga of Bicycling by Elly Blue
Kelli Refer's popular zine is becoming an even more useful, charming, and inspiring book!
Successful!- 129% funded
- $3,897 pledged
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May 20, 2013
We loved this issue of Taking the Lane and can't wait to see the book!
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Hip Mama Relaunch by Ariel Gore
Ariel Gore returns as full-time editor for Hip Mama's 20th-anniversary relaunch.
- 104% funded
- $15,649 pledged
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Hip Mama has been an incredible resource and even life-changing publications for thousands of parents! We can't wait for the relaunch with Ariel Gore back at the helm!
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IPRC's 15th Birthday Superzine by Independent Publishing Resource Center
To celebrate the Center's 15th birthday, we're creating a Superzine filled with IPRC memories, writing and artwork by 30+ contributors.
- 26% funded
- $1,606 pledged
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The IPRC needs another shoestring! Seriously, what these people can do on a budget is impressive!
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Bikes in Space: Taking the Lane #10 by Elly Blue
An anthology of feminist science fiction about bicycling.
Successful!- 126% funded
- $2,531 pledged
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Mar 23, 2013
Taking the Lane #10 is taking it to outer space!
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Mind Afire: A Graphic Novel Biography Of Nikola Tesla by Abigail Samoun & Elizabeth Haidle
A 64 pg graphic novel for teens & adults on the wondrous life of Nikola Tesla: Inventor, visionary, & unsung scientific genius.
Successful!- 748% funded
- $55,796 pledged
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Mar 31, 2013
This looks fantastic! So great to see the renewed interest in Tesla!
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The Secret Order of the Black Diamond: Orientation by Wonder Fair
If you only join one whimsical Secret Society this year, make it the Secret Order of the Black Diamond.
Successful!- 289% funded
- $10,130 pledged
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Apr 03, 2013
I'm confused yet intrigued!
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Tell Me Something by Jessica Edwards
A photography and creative advice book from fifty of the world's best documentary filmmakers.
Successful!- 134% funded
- $26,936 pledged
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Apr 06, 2013
Reading Frenzy pal Sam Green is featured in this art project, creative manual, and inspiration generator!
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Man and Woman: a new edition from "Lieschen Montag" by Luca Feigs
Man and Woman is the new issue of the magazine row, "Lieschen Montag."
Successful!- 107% funded
- $2,143 pledged
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Apr 09, 2013
Sixteen different Munich based graphic design student create work around a given theme and produce a small art magazine which becomes part of a larger edition. Neat project and interesting work!
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BLACK EYE 2: The Anthology of Humor + Despair by Ryan Standfest
BLACK EYE 2 - the follow-up to the Ignatz-nominated anthology of comics, art, fiction, poetry and essays.
Successful!- 118% funded
- $2,967 pledged
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Apr 10, 2013
This is going to be fantastic! Amazing contributors, great video, modest goal. Let's fund it!
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Buckminster Fuller: Poet of Geometry by Cole Gerst / option-g
A 200+ page full color illustrated hardcover art book about the life & designs of one of the greatest minds of our times.
Successful!- 193% funded
- $28,972 pledged
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Apr 17, 2013
We're so excited about this project that comes with the blessings of the Fuller estate!
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Reading Frenzy Relaunch! by Chloe Eudaly
Help us RELAUNCH & EXPAND a Portland institution and a rare outlet for indie media, small press, zines, and D.I.Y. culture!
Successful!- 103% funded
- $51,816 pledged
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Apr 18, 2013
We need a new home!
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Paris for Paper by Joanna Manousis & Zac Weinberg
Two artists create a new body of work at Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris, France. Help support their 2-month residency!
Successful!- 124% funded
- $9,359 pledged
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Apr 20, 2013
Glass. A medium with so much potential... to go wrong. Lucky for us Joanna and Zac are doing it up right. I am seriously coveting one of these paperweights. Beautiful!
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WORLD FAIR by Amanda Murray
A film about personal memory, amateur cinematography, and visions of the future at the 1939 New York World's Fair.
Successful!- 118% funded
- $15,435 pledged
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Mar 19, 2013
The next best thing to getting to go the 1939 World Fair is getting to see this documentary! I can't wait!
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The Cassie J. Sneider Fanclub Hometown Parade Float! by Cassie J. Sneider
Let's put a kid-friendly, weirdo-friendly float in the sad, boring annual parade in my hometown!
Successful!- 126% funded
- $3,165 pledged
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Feb 07, 2013
We love Cassie and this project!
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UNDERNEATH - A New Performance by Wobbly by Yulia Arakelyan
UNDERNEATH is an evening-length performance that tells a tale of the subconscious mind with the fluid timing of a dream.
Successful!- 106% funded
- $5,314 pledged
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Dec 13, 2012
We <3 Wobbly!
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Hollywood Theatre Historic Marquee Revival by Hollywood Theatre
Help! We need your support to replace our crumbling, leaking marquee with a new beautiful marquee based on the original 1926 design!
Successful!- 132% funded
- $73,126 pledged
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Dec 18, 2012
We LOVE The Hollywood Theater!
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Life Begins At Incorporation: cartoons and essays by Matt Bors
A collection of political cartoons and essays on everything that's cray cray about 'Merica from 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist Matt Bors.
Successful!- 177% funded
- $35,588 pledged
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Nov 21, 2012
Yes! Let's fund a collection of political cartoons and essays by Matt Bors!
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The Collected Deep Girl by Robyn Chapman
Deep Girl is back! Ariel Bordeaux's ground-breaking minicomic is being collected in a single 100+ page volume.
Successful!- 132% funded
- $1,322 pledged
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Nov 06, 2012
Yes! Ariel Bordeaux!
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Charlie Kaufman's Anomalisa by Starburns Industries, Inc.
From Charlie Kaufman, writer of Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, comes Anomalisa his first animated film
Successful!- 203% funded
- $406,237 pledged
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Sep 09, 2012
We can't wait to see it!
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Ann Magnuson's "The Jobriath Medley: A Glam Rock Fairy Tale" by Ann Magnuson
A lushly-orchestrated epic medley featuring psychedelic spoken-word and the phantasmagoric pretty songs of glam rock fairy Jobriath!
Successful!- 175% funded
- $13,185 pledged
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Jul 15, 2012
Ann Magnuson on Kickstarter!
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Wondering Around Wandering by Mike Perry
Free community exhibition and event space for those who want to enjoy art and positive energy in a fun and educational environment.
Successful!- 105% funded
- $31,560 pledged
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Jul 18, 2012
Awesome!
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Tomorrow Magazine by Tomorrow Magazine
Tomorrow is a magazine about (and for) the people who are working out what’s next.
Successful!- 303% funded
- $45,452 pledged
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Jul 25, 2012
Former GOOD Magazine staffers gang up to make something new!
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The New Orleans Community Printshop is moving and growing! by The New Orleans Community Printshop
We are moving to a long-term home, so that New Orleans will always have public access to a beautiful screenprint shop and darkroom!
Successful!- 133% funded
- $10,642 pledged
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Jul 28, 2012
Volunteer run community printshop!
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All Together Now: Women in Music by Audra Dewitt
All Together Now is a book of photographs and narratives from select women in music. It's pop cultural anthropology and art book.
Successful!- 101% funded
- $7,924 pledged
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Jul 29, 2012
Corin Tucker, Exene Cervenka, Peaches, Toody Cole and more featured in All Together Now: Women in Music!
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Print on Fabric Using Sunlight: The Lumi Process by Lumi
Analog meets digital with this textile printing process. Our new kits make it easy to do it yourself.
Successful!- 536% funded
- $268,437 pledged
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Jul 30, 2012
So cool!
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Bunny with a Toolbelt's Arfabet Book! by Hilary Pfeifer
Arfabet is an alphabet book for dog lovers and foodies, giving a handmade insight to the 26 letters we all know and love.
Successful!- 127% funded
- $9,898 pledged
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Aug 03, 2012
Yay! A new book by Hillary Pfeifer!
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A New Offering by TARA JANE ONEIL by tara jane oneil
This is the best record i ever made. Please pledge to help me make it.
Successful!- 121% funded
- $8,510 pledged
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Aug 21, 2012
We love TJO!
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Chickpea Vegan Quarterly: Summer Subscription Drive by Bob and Cara
Chickpea Magazine is a vegan quarterly with submissions from around the world! Help us print our 4th issue & expand to mobile devices!
Successful!- 211% funded
- $5,923 pledged
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Jul 11, 2012
I'm not vegan but I'm looking forward to the new issue of Chickpea!
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Tropes vs. Women in Video Games by Anita Sarkeesian
In this video series, Feminist Frequency will explore five common and recurring stereotypes of female characters in video games
Successful!- 2,648% funded
- $158,922 pledged
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Jun 16, 2012
Not that it needs more backers but we think as many people as possible should know about this awesome project!
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It's Complicated: A Feminist Zine on Loving Misogynist Art by niina
A zine and future book about feminist writers' relationships to the artists whose misogynist work we love.
Successful!- 204% funded
- $4,088 pledged
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Jul 01, 2012
What your take on Cassavetes?
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XOXO Festival by Andy Baio
A festival this September in Portland, Oregon bringing together artists and toolmakers to celebrate disruptive creativity.
Successful!- 140% funded
- $175,511 pledged
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Jun 15, 2012
See you there!
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Roominate: Make It Yours! by Maykah Inc.
The toy where every young girl is an artist, engineer, architect and visionary!
Successful!- 343% funded
- $85,964 pledged
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Jun 16, 2012
I would have killed for this as a kid! Now I can just pledge to the project!
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'Portraits Volume One' a book of art by DWITT by David Witt
"Portraits Volume One" a book of art by DWITT, collecting 4 years of strange, experimental, fun, and odd drawings of faces.
Successful!- 127% funded
- $5,722 pledged
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Jun 24, 2012
I met DWITT in Minot, North Dakota of all places! Cool stuff!
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The Collective Tarot: Round III by The Collective Tarot
Help us fund the Collective Tarot, a collaboratively created, radically-politicked, queerly-revisioned Tarot deck in its third edition.
Successful!- 134% funded
- $26,891 pledged
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Jun 27, 2012
We love this project!
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DIGESTATE: a food & eating themed comic anthology by J.T. Yost
An anthology of comics dealing with the theme of food & eating. Featuring over 50 indie comic artists in over 250 pages!
Successful!- 154% funded
- $6,952 pledged
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Jun 29, 2012
This looks promising! A lot of shop favorites -- Marc Bell, Jeffrey Brown, Renee French -- and our very own former volunteer, Hazel Newlevant!
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Ecstasy and Imagination: A Thesis on Bruno Schulz by Lauren Benjamin
Mannequins, mystery, and mysticism, oh my! A unique look into the fantastical and enigmatic work of this Polish-Jewish author.
Successful!- 170% funded
- $2,552 pledged
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Jul 01, 2012
I wouldn't usually back a thesis project but the subject is so worthy and so overlooked that I'm making an exception.
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Dumbo Feather Magazine - the iPad App! by Dumbo Feather
We're taking our iconic independent print magazine into the digital future. In the right way. In the beautiful way.
Successful!- 105% funded
- $26,431 pledged
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Jul 11, 2012
We're fans of Dumbo Feather Magazine! We can't wait to see the new directions they're able to go with their app!
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Ancient Greek for the Everyday Scholar: an iPad textbook by Jon Jordan
A simple, interactive beginners guide to studying Koine Greek, the language used to write the New Testament.
Successful!- 381% funded
- $953 pledged
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Jul 12, 2012
It's all Greek to me!
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Crowded Teeth Fancy Stamp Ring by Michelle Romo
A fancy stylish ring with interchangeable faces that double as stamps.
Successful!- 375% funded
- $13,148 pledged
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Jun 13, 2012
I want one!!!
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SUMMER SCHOOL by Erin N.
Summer School will turn an artist-run-centre into a temporary, free community education center and art studio.
Successful!- 104% funded
- $5,220 pledged
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May 24, 2012
Sweet! I wanna go to Summer School!
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The IPRC's Amazing New Space! by Independent Publishing Resource Center
We just moved the Center into a dynamic new 4,000 sq. ft. space. Now we need new members & support to get us up and running!
Successful!- 121% funded
- $7,301 pledged
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May 27, 2012
The IPRC was started on a shoe string and has done phenomenal things with a tiny budget. Give 'em a little love in order to start things out right in their new space!
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Tiny Bones: A Memoir with a Wide Margin by A.M. O'Malley
Memoir project about 25 broken bones, alcoholism, a new school every year, hoarding cheese in my sock drawer and redemption.
Successful!- 132% funded
- $3,309 pledged
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May 16, 2012
A modest goal to create a decade-in-the-works self-published memoir!
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DAY JOB Magazine by Elliott Walker
DAY JOB is a print magazine that explores modern work culture through the personal pursuits and values of people around the world.
Successful!- 101% funded
- $15,249 pledged
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May 18, 2012
Cool!
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Remee - The REM enhancing Lucid Dreaming Mask by Bitbanger Labs
Shrink to the size of an atom. Teleport to Mars. Bowl with John Lennon & Liz Lemon. Free your dreams!
Successful!- 1,636% funded
- $572,891 pledged
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May 18, 2012
Love this!
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Homesweet Homegrown Cross Country Amtrak Book Tour! by robyn jasko
Start your own modern homestead! Learn to grow, store, pickle, and can your own food with our book and organic/non-gmo seed sets.
Successful!- 356% funded
- $12,464 pledged
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Apr 30, 2012
Fund Robin Jasko's Amtrak book tour!
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Post Haste by Elizabeth Ribera
Bay Area artists reflect on the USPS as analogy for decaying public institutions in the Digital Era.
Successful!- 180% funded
- $4,524 pledged
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May 02, 2012
Post office! Office Supplies! Hand written letters! What more do you want?
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This is an Emergency by Meredith Stern
This is a print project of images from over a dozen artists. We will create a portfolio on reproductive rights and gender justice.
Successful!- 304% funded
- $6,090 pledged
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May 08, 2012
Meredith Stern, print artist and Just Seeds collective member has launched a project about reproductive rights and gender justice. This is an Emergency!
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BUOY a movie by Steven Doughton by Steve Doughton
Seeking funds to help with the post-production and promotion of a motion picture.
Successful!- 104% funded
- $7,372 pledged
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Apr 21, 2012
Give buoy a boost and the director will impersonate Karl Kassel on your home answering machine for $75! Really, this is a great project!
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P.M.A.F.T.W. by Ryan Jacob Smith
P.M.A.F.T.W. my upcoming solo show June 2012 at Land Gallery.
Successful!- 103% funded
- $1,036 pledged
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Apr 02, 2012
One of our favorite local artists, Ryan Jacob Smith, has launched a modest project to help fun and upcoming art show. Sweet deals on sweet art!
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Crap Hound #6: Death, Telephones & Scissors! by Chloe Eudaly
Everybody's favorite picture book for discussion & activity! Crap Hound 6: Death, Telephones & Scissors reprint is ready to go!
Successful!- 100% funded
- $13,110 pledged
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Apr 04, 2012
The latest project from Show & Tell Press!
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REFORMED WHORES: Debut Album! by Reformed Whores
Country western comedy band, Reformed Whores, are recording their first album y'all!
Successful!- 119% funded
- $11,902 pledged
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Apr 21, 2012
Aw, cute! Reformed Whores!
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THE MELINDERLY: a comic zine by Melinda Boyce
A quarterly collection of beautifully hand-painted comics sold in a good old fashioned mail subscription. Color / 36 pages per issue
Successful!- 150% funded
- $5,275 pledged
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Apr 01, 2012
Aw, we miss having Melinda's comics at the shop since she moved away to Austin! Help her put out her quarterly comics collection and you'll see why we miss her!
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Dogugaeshi, Studio Theatre 2012 by Basil Twist
Basil Twist's abstract journey of images from ancient and modern Japan, a part of the 100th National Cherry Blossom Festival, 2012.
Successful!- 101% funded
- $34,955 pledged
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Mar 29, 2012
Anyone who created a puppet show featuring Joey Arias gets my vote!
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Koshka Zine Publishes the Eastern Bloc and Beyond! by Kaitlin Kostus
Koshka Zine's focus is on presenting diverse viewpoints on Central and Eastern European culture in well-designed packages!
Successful!- 105% funded
- $950 pledged
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Mar 28, 2012
Neat! A zine about Eastern European culture!
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Occuprint by jesse goldstein
We've collected 100s of Occupy images. Now we're going to print & distribute thousands of posters, to help this movement stay visible!
Successful!- 144% funded
- $24,218 pledged
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Mar 27, 2012
Go Occuprint!
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Slurricane #3 by Will
Help me print the latest issue of Slurricane in all the glory it deserves!
Successful!- 176% funded
- $1,769 pledged
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Mar 26, 2012
Neat stuff from a young upstart!
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Gypsé Eyes: The Food & Drink issue! by Tyler Lafreniere
The Food & Drink issue of Gypsé Eyes magazine promises to be mouth-wateringly tasty (if not always tasteful... wink wink nod nod)!
Successful!- 101% funded
- $4,055 pledged
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Mar 25, 2012
I don't pop my cork for every zine I see but this one looks pretty hott!
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A Defiant Dude by James Lantz and Eat More Kale guy
A t-shirt artist defies Chick-fil-a, a multi-billion dollar fast food chain, when they lay claim to his art and website. Documentary.
Successful!- 119% funded
- $89,700 pledged
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Mar 25, 2012
Multinational conglomerates gone wild! Chick-Fil-A apparently thinks no one but them can have a slogan that begins with the words "eat more". Sound ridiculous? Watch the video.
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By Hand: a lifestyle magazine for people who make and do by Susan Gibbs and Jeannie Bloch
By Hand Magazine is a quarterly magazine that celebrates cooking, gardening, knitting, sewing, DIY and do-gooding.
Successful!- 141% funded
- $22,664 pledged
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Mar 23, 2012
Give By Hand a hand!
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MATTER by Matter
The world is full of big stories. We don't want them to go missing.
Successful!- 280% funded
- $140,201 pledged
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Mar 24, 2012
More Matter, please.
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Incandescent - A Color Film Zine by Incandescent Zine
Incandescent is a bi-annual color film zine showcasing emerging photographers.
Successful!- 200% funded
- $3,213 pledged
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Funded
Mar 20, 2012
I met the publishers upstairs at the IPRC recently and we had a chat about printing methods and costs. Glad to see they're moving forward and excited to see their debut issue!
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Flamingo Rampant! Gender Independent Kids Books by S. Bear Bergman
Great stories for K-4th grade that also feature gender-independent and trans-identified kids.
Successful!- 185% funded
- $18,555 pledged
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Mar 07, 2012
What is going on in Canada?! First, I find What Makes A Baby and now this!
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CASH Music Platform by CASH Music
We're building a totally free platform of tools for artists and labels to sell, share, and promote music directly to their fans.
Successful!- 205% funded
- $61,609 pledged
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Mar 09, 2012
So glad to see this fantastic project is already successfully funded with 4 days to go! CASH Music Platform is "a totally free platform of tools for artists and labels to sell, share, and promote music directly to their fans."
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What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg
A modern picture book about where babies come that it fits for every kind of family and every kind of kid.
Successful!- 689% funded
- $65,516 pledged
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Mar 16, 2012
Wow! They're at more than 5x their goal but I had to post this because it's such a great project and I love Fiona Smyth!
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Little Heart: A Comic Anthology for Marriage Equality by Raighne Hogan
Little Heart is a 160+ page comic anthology created with the subject of Marriage Equality in mind.
Successful!- 115% funded
- $9,779 pledged
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Mar 16, 2012
Sweet! Comics for marriage equality featuring some Reading Frenzy favorites ~ Maurice Vellekoop, Zak Sally, and Noah Van Sciver!
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Witches & Mad Prophets: 13 Heretics by Erik Ruin
13 unique offset prints by 13 artists, each depicting a heretical person or movement, all put together in a nice silk-screened case!
Successful!- 330% funded
- $4,961 pledged
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Mar 16, 2012
We <3 heretics!
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An Encounter with Simone Weil by Julia Haslett
An emotionally powerful new documentary about thinker, activist, mystic, Simone Weil––a young woman willing to die for her convictions.
Successful!- 133% funded
- $20,077 pledged
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Mar 17, 2012
"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity." I suggest you pay attention to this project!
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Eyes & Ears by Jason Renaud
Eyes & Ears is the widest circulated monthly newsletter created by and for persons with a diagnosis of mental illness.
Successful!- 132% funded
- $5,292 pledged
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Mar 02, 2012
Help bring this great publication to print!
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I Know Who's Drowned - It's Us! New paintings by Gabriel Liston
Drowned: several paintings of young people taking the world apart down by the river.
Successful!- 127% funded
- $2,290 pledged
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Feb 24, 2012
A modest proposal from Gabriel Liston, one of our favorite artists and all around fine chap!
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Sins Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty by Dancers Group
The performance work of Sins Invalid serves as an entryway into the absurdly taboo topic of sexuality and disability.
Successful!- 113% funded
- $17,056 pledged
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Feb 15, 2012
Nomy Lamm and Leroy F. Moore and many others are involved in this cool project documenting Sins Invalid a performance project exploring and celebrating disability and sexuality.
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Don't Go Back to School: A handbook for learning anything by Kio Stark
A how-to guide for independent learning, with concrete strategies plus stories of people who learn on their own and how they do it.
Successful!- 268% funded
- $38,928 pledged
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Dec 15, 2011
Love this!
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TINY: A Story About Living Small by Merete Mueller
A (short) documentary about tiny houses, and people who find home in less than 400 square feet. Can living small go big?
Successful!- 147% funded
- $11,062 pledged
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Dec 15, 2011
Tiny houses!
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Shuteye: a Graphic Novel by Sarah Becan by Sarah Becan
A series of six darkly intimate comics: stories woven together with the thick fibers of dreams, powerfully real, yet entirely imagined.
Successful!- 131% funded
- $7,871 pledged
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Dec 19, 2011
Cool comics project!
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Plaster of Paradise by Cynthia Plaster Caster
A memoir about sex, plaster and rock'n'roll in the swinging 60's. Not the typical groupie story…
Successful!- 135% funded
- $6,793 pledged
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Dec 21, 2011
All I want to know is if it's going to be a pop-up book?
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Robert Sabuda's Ten Horse Art Space by robert sabuda
I just got some beautiful land with an old barn on it that I'd like to convert into artist’s studio spaces and an exhibition gallery.
Successful!- 157% funded
- $23,670 pledged
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Nov 26, 2011
World renowned pop-up book artist, Robert Sabuda, is turning an old horse barn into artists' studios and an exhibit space!
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Our Bodies, Our Bikes! by Elly Blue
The fifth volume of feminist bike zine Taking the Lane. Inspiring essays and stories about our bikes & our bodies.
Successful!- 268% funded
- $806 pledged
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Funded
Nov 29, 2011
This should be a cinch! Only $300 needed to publish their next issue!
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HAPPINESS COMIX by Leah
HAPPINESS is a biannual comic anthology aimed at spreading new artistic talent across the US and overseas.
Successful!- 126% funded
- $1,516 pledged
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Dec 01, 2011
Neat stuff!
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Genderfantasy by Kaj-anne Pepper
Genderfantasy is queer glamour. Dance, sound collage, and installation at the crossroads of identity, sexuality and power.
Successful!- 103% funded
- $2,590 pledged
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Dec 01, 2011
Kaj-anne is such a promising young talent ~ we can't wait to see the culmination this huge effort!
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"Pareidolia" An animated film by Maya Erdelyi by Maya Erdelyi-Perez
“Pareidolia” will be a 5-7 minute animation film and an art show/installation.
Successful!- 100% funded
- $3,015 pledged
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Dec 02, 2011
I'm not familiar with this artist but this project looks super promising and pareidolia is one of my favorite phenomenons!
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Girls on wheels: original sketches for a graphic novel by Jessica Abel
Preparing for a massive graphic novel project is hard work. Especially when you're six years out of practice.
Successful!- 180% funded
- $2,706 pledged
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Funded
Dec 03, 2011
Art Babe creator, Jessica Abel's project is already fully funded with 23 days still left but there are still some highly covetable rewards left!
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Harvey Pekar Library Statue: Comics as Art & Literature Desk by Harvey Pekar Estate
Harvey steps off an AMERICAN SPLENDOR page & onto a public library desk to celebrate making words and pictures... COMICS!
Successful!- 127% funded
- $38,356 pledged
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Dec 05, 2011
Yes! Help erect a Harvey Pekar statue in his home state of Ohio!
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The Future of Future Tense Books by Kevin Sampsell
Future Tense Books is an independent publisher of innovative writing that is readying itself for publishing in a new era.
Successful!- 166% funded
- $5,812 pledged
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Funded
Nov 17, 2011
Another Reading Frenzy favorite!
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Retro Punch Boxes for Valentine's Day by Leafcutter Designs
A unique hand-crafted object to give to loved ones. Inspired by a fun and forgotten vintage toy. Filled with whimsical words.
Successful!- 283% funded
- $8,495 pledged
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Nov 16, 2011
Leafcutter Designs is already home to the world's smallest post office and now this!
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Willard Asylum Suitcase Documentation by Jon Crispin
I am photographing a collection of suitcases left behind by residents of the Willard Psychiatric Center in Willard, NY
Successful!- 226% funded
- $18,114 pledged
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Nov 17, 2011
Wow.
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Ruler Pencils: a brilliant idea, invented by a kid. by Brand New Box
It's a ruler and a pencil. It's a brilliant idea, and it's the brainchild of an eleven-year-old named Nathan. You can make it happen.
Successful!- 1,467% funded
- $5,135 pledged
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Nov 12, 2011
Love this kid created project!
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The Strumpet: A Transatlantic Flight of Comics Fancy! by Ellen Lindner
The Strumpet is a brand-new comic from the creators of Whores of Mensa, uniting small-press stars from the US and UK.
Successful!- 170% funded
- $1,705 pledged
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Nov 11, 2011
Two Reading Frenzy faves, Megan Kelso and Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg will appear in this transatlantic anthology!
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Big Plans Number 5 by Aron Steinke
Autobiographical comic about mall shootings, ageism, employment, fighting traffic, and alcohol dependence. 112 page book.
Successful!- 105% funded
- $3,944 pledged
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Sep 19, 2011
Let's help Aron publish the next issue of Big Plans No. 5!
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Elusive: An upcoming book by Ducky DooLittle by Ducky
A book. Expressions of lust and wanting for it. Whatever it may be. Written by orphan, turned bad ass, turned writer, Ducky DooLittle.
Successful!- 147% funded
- $3,684 pledged
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Sep 20, 2011
We're very excited to get our mitts on Ducky's wares after here decade (or more) long hiatus from self-publishing! Guaranteed to please!
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The Circus Project: Getting Homeless Youth Off the Ground by Jenn Cohen
"CircOddyssey," is the culmination of the Circus Project's yearlong performance workshop in circus arts for homeless and at-risk youth.
Successful!- 101% funded
- $2,530 pledged
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Oct 01, 2011
Wow! What a feat!
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Leaf Litter #2 by Signal Fire
Leaf Litter is a full-color catalog, featuring the 2011 Signal Fire artists-in-residence.
Successful!- 116% funded
- $3,485 pledged
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Oct 02, 2011
Another awesome Portland based project -- Leaf Litter by Signal Fire!
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Carter Family Comics: Don't Forget This Song by David Lasky
Help us complete the remaining pages of our full color graphic novel biography of the first family of country music, The Carter Family.
Successful!- 170% funded
- $8,523 pledged
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Oct 10, 2011
Two good things that go great together -- David Lasky & The Carter Family!
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Makeshift Magazine by Steve Daniels
Makeshift is a quarterly magazine and multimedia website about grassroots creativity and invention around the world.
Successful!- 284% funded
- $42,718 pledged
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Oct 10, 2011
Support the global maker revolution!
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Street Books: A Bicycle-Powered Library for People Outside by Street Books
Street Books is a bicycle-powered mobile library in Portland, Oregon, lending books to people who live outside.
Successful!- 133% funded
- $5,345 pledged
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Oct 12, 2011
Love, love, love this! Go Laura!
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Cinema Project: 2011 - 2012 by Cinema Project
Cinema Project works to promote public awareness of avant-garde cinema from the past and present.
Successful!- 103% funded
- $5,160 pledged
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Oct 13, 2011
High quality experimental film on a shoestring. Pony up, Portland!
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My Brooklyn by Kelly Anderson
MY BROOKLYN follows the filmmaker’s journey, as a Brooklyn “gentrifier,” to understand the forces dramatically reshaping New York City.
Successful!- 103% funded
- $20,727 pledged
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Sep 03, 2011
One person's urban renewal is another person's gentrification. What is sometimes dismissed as a natural process is often aided and abetted by public policy with little to no consideration of the people left behind in its wake. Important conversations to have!
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Bunny with a Toolbelt's Elephabet Book! by Hilary Pfeifer
Elephabet will be a book for kids, big kids, and even bigger kids, giving a handmade insight into the alphabet we all know and love.
Successful!- 354% funded
- $12,410 pledged
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Sep 11, 2011
I love Hilary's critters and I love this project!
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Comics in Cambodia! by Sara Drake
In collaboration with Arts Network Asia and Anne Elizabeth Moore, I will be traveling to Phnom Phen to teach comics to lady drawers.
Successful!- 100% funded
- $5,025 pledged
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Sep 14, 2011
Awesomely worthwhile and innovative project! I can't wait to see the work that comes out of it!
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Darshan: Photographic Series on Indian Deities by Manjari Sharma
New York/Mumbai photographer Manjari Sharma re-imagines Indian deities in a new medium with detail and emotion. A series of 9 photos.
Successful!- 133% funded
- $26,602 pledged
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Aug 28, 2011
The museum as temple! A huge and gorgeous project to depict Hindu gods through photography!
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American Commons: Photographing Libraries Across the Nation by Robert Dawson
I've spent 17 years photographing public libraries throughout the US. I will finish the work this summer photographing in 22 states.
Successful!- 111% funded
- $8,940 pledged
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Aug 19, 2011
A project after my own heart!
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We Are Wisconsin: The Book by Erica
The Wisconsin uprising in the words of the activists, writers, and everyday Wisconsinites who made it happen.
Successful!- 314% funded
- $3,146 pledged
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Aug 18, 2011
What happened in Wisconsin was pretty amazing even if Scott Walker is still screwing with the state. First person accounts from people who were on the ground!
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Crap Hound No. 8: Superstitions! All New Issue! by Chloe Eudaly
Help us publish the all new Crap Hound No. 8: Superstitions! An amazing resources for artists, crafters, and designers!
Successful!- 101% funded
- $15,212 pledged
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Aug 08, 2011
Our 5th and biggest Kickstarter project to date!
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I Am Secretly An Important Man - theatrical distribution by Pete Sillen
I Am Secretly An Important Man is a documentary film about Seattle writer, Jesse Bernstein.
Successful!- 116% funded
- $7,545 pledged
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Aug 10, 2011
Can't wait to see this film!
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The Uni: a portable, open-air reading room for public space by The Uni Project
We're building a structure that will allow us to quickly deploy and operate temporary reading rooms in almost any urban setting.
Successful!- 104% funded
- $20,822 pledged
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Aug 15, 2011
Neat! Love this idea! I've been thinking about a mobile book kiosk myself lately...
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Womanthology; Massive All Female Comic Anthology! by Renae De Liz
Huge Comic Anthology created entirely by over 140 women, made to showcase everything we have accomplished and what we are capable of!
Successful!- 437% funded
- $109,301 pledged
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Aug 07, 2011
They've more than doubled their original goal but are trying to quadruple it!
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Grow a New Eye by Tanya Marie Vlach
Grow a New Eye - 1. Engineering an eye-camera. After Tanya lost her eye in a car accident in 2005, she began imagining a bionic one.
Successful!- 130% funded
- $19,631 pledged
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Aug 03, 2011
Holy bionic eyeballs!
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Swoon's Musical Architecture for New Orleans by New Orleans Airlift
Swoon and a growing group of musicians and kinetic sound artists are turning a house into an instrument in the city of New Orleans.
Successful!- 199% funded
- $23,977 pledged
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Jul 28, 2011
Beautiful! An interactive sculpture by Swoon in New Orleans!
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Field Guide to Phytoremediation by youarethecity
FIELD LAB and FIELD GUIDE make research about the power of plants to clean our environment more visible and accessible to people.
Successful!- 105% funded
- $4,211 pledged
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Jul 30, 2011
Phytoremediation is the word of the day! This project will eventually empower people to cheaply remove toxins from their soil.
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documentary about the history of alt-weeklies by Phil Busse
For 50 years, alt-weeklies have defined what's “cool” in American cities; a dox about their scrappy history and struggle to stay alive
Successful!- 100% funded
- $6,526 pledged
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Aug 01, 2011
Help Phil Busse make a documentary about the often-taken-for-granted-but-vital-to-their-communities alt-weeklies!
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Retrofit Comics: The Return of the Alt-comic Floppy by Box Brown
Retrofit comics will print 17 issues of small, cheap, alternative floppy comics by the best established and emerging comic artists.
Successful!- 110% funded
- $9,939 pledged
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Jul 25, 2011
I'm not sure where the term "floppy comics" came from and I'm not too crazy about it, but I'm still excited about this project!
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"Where The Sky Is Born", a Mayan adventure film by Freddy Gaitan
"Where the Sky is Born" is a short fantasy film that follows Hugo, 11, as he journeys into the Mayan underworld to save his family.
Successful!- 103% funded
- $8,250 pledged
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Jul 20, 2011
Action! Adventure! Science! Mayan mythology!
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Winsor McCay Resurrection Project by Bill Plympton
Independent animator Bill Plympton restores & updates Winsor McCay's 1921 classic, THE FLYING HOUSE by cleaning & coloring each frame.
Successful!- 197% funded
- $19,760 pledged
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Jul 15, 2011
So exciting! Thank you Bill Plympton!
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The Doris Encyclopedia by cindy crabb
The Doris Encyclopedia! Boating down the Mississippi! Coming Out! Farming! Death! Girl Gangs! Overcoming Shyness! Survival! Love!
Successful!- 118% funded
- $4,741 pledged
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Jul 15, 2011
THE! DORIS! ENCYCLOPEDIA! Imagine! All the wit and wisdom of Doris in one place!
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The Tin Gypsy: Traveling Photographic Studio and Laboratory by Meghann Gilligan
A tiny Vintage Travel Trailer will find a new life as a Mobile Studio and Darkroom for the practice of Antique Photographic Processes
Successful!- 154% funded
- $5,099 pledged
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Jul 05, 2011
Sweet!
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Imaginary Beings- Transforming Jorge Louis Borges in Masks by kest
120 chapters, 161 creatures, 197 masks. Re-imagined beasts based entirely on Borges' 1967 text, “The Book of Imaginary Beings”.
Successful!- 184% funded
- $2,950 pledged
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Jul 07, 2011
Inspired by Borges' The Book of Imaginary Beings, the artist is bringing the beasts to life by creating 197 forged copper masks!
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Heritage Seed Co. calling all seed savers by Paul Fireman
Heritage Seed Co. is an organic farm collective designed to reintroduce lost varieties of plants in both soil and online. Start Saving!
Successful!- 112% funded
- $11,206 pledged
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Jul 01, 2011
Save the seeds!
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A Somewhat Secret Place by Oregon Women's Caucus for Art
Help to expose A Somewhat Secret Place: a gallery exhibition of art literature and performance, a project of OWCA, a 501c3 non-profit.
Successful!- 167% funded
- $3,020 pledged
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Funded
Jul 02, 2011
If at first you don't succeed, moderate your ambitions! A Somewhat Secret Place's first Kickstarter project was really ambitious and they fell short of their goal. Instead of giving up they revised and succeeded with three days to spare!
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Urban Farm Collective by Urban Farm Collective
The Urban Farm Collective's mission is to transform vacant land into productive food gardens in inner NE Portland Oregon.
Successful!- 112% funded
- $5,601 pledged
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Jun 29, 2011
Portland! Let's grow our food together! Support Urban Farm Collective -- coming to a vacant lot near you!
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Save Midcentury Modern Architect Andrew Geller's Archive by Jake Gorst
Preserve the architectural archive of famed mid-century modern architect Andrew Geller and help make a documentary film in the process.
Successful!- 134% funded
- $4,022 pledged
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Jun 21, 2011
Help Andrew Geller's grandson Jonah preserve Geller's archive and begin making his documentary film.
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Seed in the Sand by Christiane Cegavske
I am seeking funds to begin filming SEED IN THE SAND, the second in my animated trilogy, which began with BLOOD TEA AND RED STRING.
Successful!- 110% funded
- $7,360 pledged
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Jun 20, 2011
Oh how I love Christiane Cegavske's work! This is good old fashioned stop motion animation, people. Painstaking. Exquisite. Magic.
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New Herring Press: SchwarmingYour Way! by New Herring Press
New Herring Press is a micropress publishing chapbooks of fiction, nonfiction, and neither/both.
Successful!- 191% funded
- $4,395 pledged
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Jun 17, 2011
A cool micropress publishing short-form prose. They met their first goal in less than 24-hours and are now trying to double it in order to get a head start on their upcoming titles. Anyone publishing Lynne Tillman is tops in my book!
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FUREVER - A documentary film by Amy Finkel
Furever is a study of post-death pet preservation. This curious practice offers a unique perspective on mortality, grief and mourning.
Successful!- 200% funded
- $10,044 pledged
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Jun 21, 2011
This stuffed animal is not intended to be used as a toy.
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Plazm Magazine's 20th Anniversary: print with us! by New Oregon Arts & Letters / PLAZM
Print's not dead! Innovative magazine of art, design, & culture, with David Lynch, Bruce Sterling, Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney, more
Successful!- 107% funded
- $8,030 pledged
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Jun 13, 2011
Help finance the publication of Plazm's 20th anniversary issue! Crowdfunding print publications is the wave of the future and we think this is a particularly worthy venture!
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A New Season of Destination DIY by jsabatier
Destination DIY is a radio show & podcast showcasing all kinds of creativity. Please help us make a new season of shows for your ears!
Successful!- 102% funded
- $9,725 pledged
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Jun 11, 2011
You don't see many radio shows on Kickstarter! Portland based radio show and podcast Destination DIY needs your support to produce their next season!
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PRISM index - Handmade Mixed-Media Art Book by Jeffrey Bowers
PRISM index is a limited edition, handmade, mixed-media art book that compiles the work of a wide spectrum of artists into one place.
Successful!- 107% funded
- $7,734 pledged
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Jun 10, 2011
Let's help Jeffrey roll out the next issue of his multi-media art book!
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The Imaginary Marching Band by scott peterman
Open-source wearable instruments that allow people to create real music through pantomime.
Successful!- 106% funded
- $10,665 pledged
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Jun 08, 2011
Is that an imaginary trumpet in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
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Zak Sally's "Sammy The Mouse" Vol. 1, from La Mano books by zak sally
A 104 page collection of the first 3 issues of Zak Sally's Sammy The Mouse comic, to be printed by Sally on his own offset press.
Successful!- 139% funded
- $6,000 pledged
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Jun 04, 2011
Reading Frenzy loves Zak Sally!
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ESCAPE ROUTE: An All-Female Community Skateboard Zine by STAYCEE
Escape Route is a DIY, cut and paste, community driven zine featuring all female skateboarders worldwide and seeks to inspire all.
Successful!- 101% funded
- $1,170 pledged
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May 21, 2011
This is a first for me ~ a zine devoted to lady skaters! Cool.
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The Itching by Dianne Bellino & Adam Davies
The Itching is a short claymation about a wolf's attempt to confront her neurotic obsessions. A joyful and creepy adult fairy-tale.
Successful!- 115% funded
- $4,315 pledged
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May 21, 2011
We've been lucky to have a steady stream of talented staff, volunteers and interns over the years. Self-publisher, artist and animator, Adam Davies, is one of them! Check out his latest animation project!
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Reading Frenzy Print Series: Aaron Renier & Nikki McClure! by Chloe Eudaly
Celebrate reading, Reading Frenzy, and some of some of our favorite artists by pledging to our project and purchasing our prints!
Successful!- 106% funded
- $4,245 pledged
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May 16, 2011
Well, I resisted adding our own project to our curated page but with 3 days to go and hovering at 30% we can use all the props we can get! Lovely limited edition rewards, proceeds from sales of prints we'll be creating with the funding benefit Reading Frenzy!
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Save a Piece of Printing and Cultural History! by keeganmeegan
Our plan is to save a rare printing press from a basement bound meaningless existence or “scrap,” the worst fate by far for any press.
Successful!- 101% funded
- $5,560 pledged
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May 07, 2011
Keegan and Meegan are a local letterpress printing duo with hearts of gold! Help them save a piece of local history!
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An Illustrated Guide to Income in the United States by Catherine Mulbrandon
A comprehensive collection of infographics, maps and charts looking at the history of incomes and occupations in the U.S.
Successful!- 235% funded
- $14,124 pledged
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May 01, 2011
Economist/designer, Catherine Mulbrandon, is creating a beautiful and accessible book about income in the US. Useful, informative and well designed! I'm in!
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Mississippi Megalops - A Floating Chautauqua by Works Progress
Mississippi Megalops is an all-night floating Chautauqua! Performances, presentations, art & science all aboard an authentic riverboat!
Successful!- 117% funded
- $2,932 pledged
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May 02, 2011
Well, it's not local and it's not print related but I am so enamored with this project that I had to give it a plug! Mississippi Megalops will be a one night, multi-disciplinary event aboard a sternwheeler paddle boat. Hey Portland, we have a river or two...
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The IPRC's Media Action Project by Independent Publishing Resource Center
M.A.P. will help 1000+ teens creatively confront bullying and poor body image by learning media literacy and making zines!
Successful!- 109% funded
- $5,465 pledged
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May 01, 2011
The Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) has launched their first Kickstarter project! Help them help 1000+ local teens through media literacy and self-publishing!
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Sweetie Pie Press 2011 Summer Craft Tour by becky johnson
An idealistic itinerary of wayward roaming across North America, complete with dispatches from the world of indie art and craft.
Successful!- 104% funded
- $6,800 pledged
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Apr 27, 2011
I'd rather back a crafter's tour than a band any day! This funding will allow Becky to travel North America for 4-6 months, visiting shops, galleries, and fairs, while crafting, teaching and blogging along the way!
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Listen with your Eyes: A Zine & Exhibit by Foster Youth by Amanda Herman
Fantastic former foster youth need your help! Donate to help launch their first photography & poetry zine in time for our exhibit.
Successful!- 106% funded
- $1,591 pledged
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Apr 24, 2011
A really worthy project from Bay Area based Fostering Art's A Home Within program. Empowering current and former foster youth to express themselves through photography and writing. This project will finance the publication of their first zine!
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Everything Good and Beautiful by Bucket Siler
A short graphic novel written by Bucket Siler and illustrated by Frey Anya--inspiring, magical, and visually stunning!
Successful!- 193% funded
- $1,930 pledged
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Apr 23, 2011
Everybody needs a list of things that are good and beautiful. This one is extra special because it's illustrated by the talented Frey Anya. Help these ladies meet their modest goal of $1000 to cover their printing costs.
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The Open Utopia: A New Kind of Old Book by stephen duncombe
The Open Utopia is an open-source, open-access, multi-platform, web-based edition of Thomas More’s Utopia.
Successful!- 124% funded
- $4,350 pledged
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Apr 21, 2011
Stephen Duncombe is a historian whose books include Dream: Re-Imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy, and Notes From Underground: Zines and the Politics of Underground Culture, he was also the editor of the Cultural Resistance Reader, among other books.
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Urban Scout's Book Tour by Urban Scout
Urban Scout will tour the West Coast with his book Rewild or Die in the summer of 2011.
Successful!- 102% funded
- $5,141 pledged
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Apr 02, 2011
We hosted Urban Scout last year at Reading Frenzy. Although I determined that I probably would not survive the downfall of Western civilization, I still love his book and the mindset behind it! Rewild or Die!
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Adventures with Orphan Annie & Hot Metal Type by C.C. Stern Type Foundry
We're turning up the heat on letterpress! A non-profit restores an Orphan Annie Monotype Sorts Caster to make metal type.
Successful!- 162% funded
- $8,116 pledged
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Apr 01, 2011
C.C. Stern Type Foundary is up and running with a variety of projects. Help them restore an Orphan Annie Monotype Sorts Caster and get some hot metal type goodies!
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Crap Hound No. 5: Hands, Hearts & Eyes, 3rd Edition! by Chloe Eudaly
You can help us publish the next issue of Crap Hound! A great print resource for artists, crafters & designers! 1000s of images!
Successful!- 103% funded
- $8,308 pledged
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Dec 06, 2010
Our 3rd project!
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500 Friends of Reading Frenzy! by Chloe Eudaly
Reading Frenzy is a tiny shop with a big mission: to support and promote independent media and artists. Become our friend and help us grow our dream!
Successful!- 110% funded
- $5,547 pledged
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Sep 01, 2010
Our 2nd project!
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Crap Hound #4: Clowns, Devils & Bait! by Chloe Eudaly
Beloved by artists, crafters and designers alike, Crap Hound is a great resource and a work of art in and of itself. Come on pledgers, let's publish!
Successful!- 118% funded
- $14,751 pledged
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Feb 12, 2010
Our 1st (and most successful) project!
