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A.j. Michel

Philadelphia, PA

A.j. Michel has been reading zines since 1986 and publishing them since 1998. Issues combine the personal with the popular, commenting on books, music, comics, and everyday life. Most issues are compilations featuring many authors. To date, her projects have featured over 80 unique contributors.

  1. 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!

    • 15% funded $719 pledged
    • 23 backers
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    Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology by Jef Smith

    This project seeks to publish an anthology of feminist speculative fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

    • 103% funded $12,381 pledged
    • 411 backers
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    RETROVIRUS graphic novel By Jimmy Palmiotti & Justin Gray by JIMMY PALMIOTTI

    In the format tradition of QUEEN CRAB, we are putting together a 58 page plus graphic novel collected in a HARDCOVER format.

    • 140% funded $16,246 pledged
    • 416 backers
    • Funded May 20, 2012
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    The Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes by Jess Nevins

    An exhaustively complete guide to the heroes and heroines of comic books' Golden Age, 1935-1949, in print and as a web site.

    • 261% funded $15,671 pledged
    • 444 backers
    • Funded May 04, 2012
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    Singularity & Co. - Save the SciFi! by Singularity&Co.

    Help us rescue unique, out-of-print sci-fi books from copyright limbo so that we can make them available online and as ebooks.

    • 348% funded $52,275 pledged
    • 1,392 backers
    • Funded Apr 02, 2012
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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!

    • 100% funded $13,110 pledged
    • 272 backers
    • Funded Apr 04, 2012
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    Feminist Playing Cards by Lynn Casper

    A deck of playing cards featuring illustrations of influential feminist musicians by 14 feminist artists. A project of Homoground.

    • 107% funded $12,954 pledged
    • 434 backers
    • Funded Mar 21, 2012
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    1000 Days of Drawing by Chris Piascik

    I have posted 1000 daily drawings on my website. I am going to produce a book showcasing all of them.

    • 329% funded $18,117 pledged
    • 361 backers
    • Funded Jan 18, 2012
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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.

    • 131% funded $7,871 pledged
    • 303 backers
    • Funded Dec 19, 2011
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    Very Near Mint Volume 2 by Justin Peterson

    VERY NEAR MINT! Volume 2! A graphic novel about a comic book shop!

    • 225% funded $6,770 pledged
    • 202 backers
    • Funded Nov 07, 2011
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    Geek A Week 2.0 by Len Peralta

    Cartoonist/Illustrator Len Peralta needs help printing Season Two of his popular art/podcast/geeky trading card project "Geek A Week"

    • 152% funded $11,430 pledged
    • 342 backers
    • Funded Oct 02, 2011
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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.

    • 105% funded $3,944 pledged
    • 83 backers
    • Funded Sep 19, 2011
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    Revision 1 - Drafting Themed Bicycle® Playing Cards by Adam Clarkson

    Back to the drafting board with Revision 1 Playing cards. These cards were designed by a designer with a designer design in mind.

    • 485% funded $26,681 pledged
    • 1,172 backers
    • Funded Sep 07, 2011
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    a sub rosa zine project by Taryn Hipp

    Living & breathing, fighting & believing. All I know to do is write about it. I need to share this with you. I need you to understand.

    • 117% funded $585 pledged
    • 29 backers
    • Funded Sep 04, 2011
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    Pints and Panels' BEERCATION: a comics travelogue by Emily

    Beercation is a minicomic travelogue across America: two weeks, many breweries, lots of information!

    • 133% funded $1,331 pledged
    • 54 backers
    • Funded Aug 05, 2011
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    Bring a great computer history zine back to a new audience! by David Greelish

    I want to publish the nine issues of the computer history nostalgia zine "Historically Brewed" into a high quality book. Buy a copy!

    • 293% funded $3,527 pledged
    • 97 backers
    • Funded Aug 15, 2011
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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!

    • 437% funded $109,301 pledged
    • 2,001 backers
    • Funded Aug 07, 2011
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    All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records by Colin Hanks

    A documentary about the Rise and Fall of Tower Records.

    • 184% funded $92,025 pledged
    • 1,686 backers
    • Funded Jul 15, 2011
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    Fleeting Pages: pop-up indie book emporium by jodi morrison

    A 1 month DIY pop-up indie bookstore in a space left empty by Borders' bankruptcy- zines, comics, indie, self-pub, events, & workshops!

    • 107% funded $3,853 pledged
    • 124 backers
    • Funded May 07, 2011
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    Malls Across America by Rumur

    In 1989, following in the footsteps of Frank, Winogrand, and Eggleston, I drove across the country and documented malls across America

    • 110% funded $13,282 pledged
    • 325 backers
    • Funded Jun 30, 2011
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    Lies Grown-ups Told Me by Nomi Kane

    "Lies Grown-ups Told Me" is a comedy packed comics anthology about the endearing, and sometimes enduring, gullibility of youth.

    • 259% funded $2,597 pledged
    • 122 backers
    • Funded Apr 23, 2011
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    Press Gatsbys American Dream on Vinyl by Overdue Collection Agency

    Help us press Gatsbys American Dream's Why We Fight and Ribbons and Sugar on 180 gram vinyl.

    • 146% funded $8,031 pledged
    • 190 backers
    • Funded Feb 19, 2011
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    Freewheel: Volume Two by Liz Baillie by Liz Baillie

    Volume Two of the ongoing surreal fantasy hobo adventure comic, FREEWHEEL, by Liz Baillie.

    • 112% funded $3,113 pledged
    • 82 backers
    • Funded Feb 14, 2011
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    COLOR ME OBSESSED, the potentially true story of The Replacements - phase 5 (mixing) by Gorman Bechard

    From director Gorman Bechard comes the potentially true story of the last best band, the Replacements.

    • 351% funded $3,510 pledged
    • 68 backers
    • Funded Nov 08, 2010
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    Knee-Jerk Offline, Volume 1 (our first annual print edition) by Knee-Jerk

    Our first print edition to include humorous and experimental writings from established and emerging writers, color comic strips and illustrations.

    • 128% funded $1,285 pledged
    • 48 backers
    • Funded Dec 02, 2010