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Update #6: Hello Friends!
We've had a wild couple of months here at the Gopher basement. We've been working like maniacs to improve the magazine, constantly finding new ways to make the issue you are about to receive super-epic! In the meantime, we found our printer, an amazing facility in Bogotá that does incredible work, figured out the logistics of this whole international operation, creating an online shop in Gopher webspace, and have been plotting our second issue (and are reviewing some incredible submissions - send yours in!)
Here are some awesome things to look forward to:
- A typography and illustration catalog (of sorts): Every title for every piece feature in the magazine was commissioned to a different designer, illustrator, foundry, or artist somewhere in the world. Contributors range from up-and-coming talents to full on rockstars.
- A cool special ink: Throughout this issue we're using a very beautiful fluorescent ink. A lot of custom artwork was created around this ink addition, and every issue of The Gopher will feature a different custom color.
- Sticker art - limited edition, beautiful stickers that will ensure you dominate the playground, get picked first for kickball and have the most tricked-out Trapper Keeper ever. Your office is like that too, yes?
Anyways, we're scheduled to print next week and magazines should be on their way about ten days after. Very exciting stuff.
Thank you very much for your patience!
Abrazos,
Michu & Lope
Update #5: Very last day!
Holy moly! Our project is now in its last few hours!
For the past few months we have been joyfully working on this first issue of the Gopher, themed "Stuff of Legends." Now, we won't ruin the surprises for you, but the magazine is looking quite gorgeous and we can't wait to have it all ready and printed and on its way to all your mailboxes. We still have a few hours left and we hope to continue receiving contributions so we can print the best darn collectible, sticker-filled, meticulous, fun and smart magazine you've ever seen.
In the meantime, we're constantly putting features, interviews, music and brief link-posts on our website [ http://gopherillustrated.org ], posting stuff on our twitter [ twitter.com/gophermagazine ] and receiving your lovely emails. We are also receiving submissions on a rolling basis - it is our favoritest part of the week - and take the opportunity to reach out to all you brilliant creators out there. Please write us with proposals, articles, portfolios, music, reviews, jokes, stories and whatnot: submissions@gopherillustrated.org.
Through this project we've had the opportunity to meet some incredible people and see some incredible projects come to life. We continue to be amazed by this community full of dreamers, doers and supporters.
Thank you very much for everything!
The Gophers.
Update #4: 30 days!
Hello There!
There are only (only?) 30 days left! A nice round number to be sure, and - we think - a great time to ask for your continued and extended support!
We just received what we think is going to be our cover for the first issue: an original piece by artist Mario Wagner made especially for the Gopher. We also have a very cool new story by a surprise author in the theme section of the magazine, a piece we are sure you are going to love!
A month away from our deadline, we are very touched by your support. Continue to support us through the end of the funding period. Tell your friends to support us too! Send us emails; we love emails! Follow us on twitter.com/gophermagazine, get in touch through facebook [http://www.facebook.com/gopherillustrated]. Your magazine will be on its way in no time!
Chomp chomp,
Michu from The Gopher
Update #3: Interview? Well, yes, of course.
Hello there (ere... ere... ere...)
We are hard at work on the magazine, working with our designer, sending emails and editing until the wee hours. It's heaven. Thank you very much to everyone who has contributed thus far, the Gopher is looking good!
Anyways, a few days ago we interviewed Kickstarter Co-Founder Yancey Strickler and posted said interview on our website. We thought you might like to check it out:
http://www.gopherillustrated.co.uk/2010/01/kickstarter-is-feeling-the-love-or-doesnt-hang-up/
Read, comment, email us, don't email us, ignore this update entirely. We'd love to hear from you.
Abrazos,
The Gophers
Update #2: Holy smokes!
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Posted on December 17, 2009
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Update #1: Hello all!
Barely ten days into this, you have put in a little over a quarter of the amount we need. We are incredibly grateful to all those who have put in your contributions. Thank you so much!
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on March 1, 2010.
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Founding Father/Mother Pack: Get your name, nickname, brand, name of your band, e-mail or whatever you feel like in the “Proudly Sponsored By” part of the magazine!
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It’s a Digital World Pack: Get your name on the magazine + a digital magazine, featuring all of the content of the print one, sent to you and a shout-out on our website gopherillustrated.org! [url: http://www.gopherillustrated.org]
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Is That a Collector’s Item on Your Shelf? Pack: all of the above + (yes) a copy of the magazine!!! Remember that we’re only making 2,000 copies and that each one is letter-pressed and numbered by hand! Did I just hear the words “collectors item for only 25$”? + inside the magazine we’ll place a thank-you letter with a surprise thingy, so when a friend of yours takes the magazine from the shelf(s) he’ll find out that you were one of our Founding Fathers. (Shipping free of charge to any part of continental USA and Canada)
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High Fidelity Pack: Everything in the previous package + Michu and Lope will make a limited edition, hand crafted and illustrated Mixtape featuring the amazing musicians who have collaborated in The Gopher Illustrated up to Issue #1!! we mean glue, scissors, different kinds of paper, cutting our fingers and your name on it, mates (plus all the amazing music of course) (and shipping conditions apply to this one too, sorry)
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You My Friend, Are Going Places Pack: all of the above + we will write a feature on whatever you want, including yourself, your band, your grandma or your far-fetched alien-lobster theory, on our website and will publicize it for you in all of our platforms!!! We’re talking about thousands of readers each month, thousands of converts to alien-lobster theory!
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Oh My God You’re Truly Into Mags and Books Pack: All of the above + a year's worth of editions of the Gopher Illustrated Magazine!!! Follow us in this adventure with some of the best voices in narrative, journalism and visual arts for a year AND ALSO get a limited edition poster made by Alex Wright, our beloved English graphic designer, brains and hands behind all Gopher imagery. The poster will be signed, hand-numbered and stamped by the Gopher team especially for you!
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We’re Making History Here Pack: all of the above + limited edition poster + we’ll feature you in the magazine’s colophon as a “Executive Editor” right next to us for the whole first year, that is something you can put in your resume if you want ( we’ll back you up if someone calls, don’t worry ), AAANNDD we’ll give you a half page in our first edition for you to fool around with: an article, an ad, a photograph, you name it - its yours.
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And Our Firstborn Pack: Ok, you got us, at the moment we don’t even know how to reward such a blatant generosity: First of all you’ll be our best friend, we’ll say your name everyday to everybody we meet for the whole first year and we’ll go to your city as soon as we can and tell your parents about all your achievements. You will also get everything we offer the mortals above + and copies of ANY FUTURE EDITORIAL PROJECT (BOOKS, POSTERS, MUSIC COMPILATIONS, ETC,) THAT THE GOPHER TEAM MAY (AND WE DO!) HAVE IN STORE + you’ll be featured as “Consultant Editor” for the whole first year + send you an amazing, hand-written letter expressing our love and saying how amazing you are. I mean, wow!
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The Gopher Illustrated emerges from the desire to consume hefty, satisfying cultural content that is worth keeping. We envision a cultural publication whose content is associative, obsessive, ludic and endures in time. Instead of covering the current and the immediate – staples of the internet era – we aim for stories, pieces and ideas that take time, are globally local and ultimately timeless. The “Gopher” is leisurely but is composed of meticulous, opinionated, crafty, original work within its obsessively designed pages. All content is contextualized within networks of meaning; offering internet-like margin content and text and visual add-ons. We believe it is our right as readers and as cultural consumers to access content that is meaningfully and thoroughly addressed without imposing categories of cultural rank. We showcase visual arts and thoughtful journalism without pretense. The Gopher wants to be a cultural item. It is well written, well-researched and designed to be a collectible. Unlike ordinary collectibles, however, our project is interactive; the magazine requires the reader to complete its pages with images enclosed. In this sense, each unit is unique and is only finished once the reader completes it – even the stickers end up on a completely different surface. Ultimately we want to create a magazine that will live in your shelves. A collectible in motion.
