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jess smart smiley

Salt Lake City, UT

Jess Smart Smiley is a 6'3" bipedal creature, native to Utah's rocky mountains. He spends his days climbing tall trees, watching LOST, and making rad pictures. His first graphic novel, Upside Down: A Vampire Tale, comes out this October from Top Shelf Productions and can be pre-ordered at: http://www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/upside-down/736

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    Extra Ordinary Comics: Vol 1 & 2 by Exocomics

    Hey! We're Extra Ordinary Comics, and we need your help to make the long-overdue collectable volumes of our comic.

    • 190% funded $66,580 pledged
    • 998 backers
    • Funded May 02, 2012
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    Drawing a Drawing 365 by Michael Shapcott

    Portrait artist seeks funds to kickstart an exciting year-long project involving YOU and produce a drawing / painting tutorial video

    • 627% funded $62,736 pledged
    • 479 backers
    • Funded Apr 28, 2012
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    Medusa by kacy/milissa

    Medusa is a graphic novel about three jellyfish who explore the perils of underwater living.

    • 107% funded $8,725 pledged
    • 107 backers
    • Funded Apr 25, 2012
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    Chunktopia Zine by Natasha Lillipore

    Viva la Chubub!

    • 101% funded $710 pledged
    • 31 backers
    • Funded Apr 19, 2012
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    Chris Seaman Illustration Portfolio Book by Chris Seaman

    Help me self-publish a hard cover, 40+ page, full color illustration portfolio book to promote my illustration studio.

    • 115% funded $1,726 pledged
    • 20 backers
    • Funded Apr 14, 2012
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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

    • 150% funded $5,275 pledged
    • 74 backers
    • Funded Apr 01, 2012
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    Artifice Graphic Novel Print Drive by Alex Woolfson

    An android soldier fights for love and survival vs. an evil corporation. Show your support for smart action stories with gay heroes!

    • 522% funded $36,551 pledged
    • 988 backers
    • Funded Apr 09, 2012
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    Kern and Burn: The Book by Tim Hoover

    Kern and Burn is a book about design entrepreneurship. It shares the stories of passionate designers who love what they do.

    • 246% funded $18,502 pledged
    • 480 backers
    • Funded Mar 16, 2012
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    For The Win! - Zombies, Pirates, Ninjas, Aliens, and Monkeys by Michael Mindes

    Win this quick tile game with the SUPER COMBO! Get your zombie, pirate, ninja, alien, and monkey together FOR THE WIN!

    • 207% funded $31,085 pledged
    • 1,313 backers
    • Funded Feb 08, 2012
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    Goats Book IV: Inhuman Resources by Jonathan Rosenberg

    Help fund the publication of the fourth book in Goats: The Infinite Pendergast Cycle

    • 461% funded $55,348 pledged
    • 906 backers
    • Funded Mar 22, 2012
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    The Abaddon by koren shadmi

    A mystery web comic telling the story of a lost tenant in desperate search of escape from a very special apartment building.

    • 133% funded $4,014 pledged
    • 123 backers
    • Funded Mar 21, 2012
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    The Order of the Stick Reprint Drive by Rich Burlew

    Help us reprint the out-of-print The Order of the Stick books to reach new readers (and let existing fans complete their collections).

    • 2,171% funded $1,254,120 pledged
    • 14,952 backers
    • Funded Feb 21, 2012
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    The Happy Film by The Happy Film

    The Happy Film is a documentary in which designer Stefan Sagmeister conducts a series of self-experiments to test his happiness.

    • 110% funded $55,336 pledged
    • 661 backers
    • Funded Oct 16, 2011
  14. Fifty Words by I Am Sam

    A book of fifty-word entries from http://fiftywords.com.

    Funding Unsuccessful (11/05/2010)