WAD CITY

Kicked

It’s official, I’m a goddamned Kickstarter addict. I can’t stop promising my money to people, and every time I do, I get that heroin glaze over my eyes, and start scheming on how to sell off my grandma’s television to buy my next fix. These guys are on to something, I’m telling you.

I love that Kickstarter’s kind of a mix between microlending, NPR pledge drives, and etsy. You get that feeling of helping to make something happen, a prize for your effort, and some amazing DIY artsy projects.

I didn’t realize it until just now, but all of the projects I’ve backed so far are printed word:

Remedy, a quarterly food zine/journal that’s all about tying recipes to stories. The inaugural issue has some decent writers in it, and the design looks fantastic.

Live Wrong and Prosper book, which will take Kali Holloway’s fantastic blog to the next level.

Designing Obama book. I didn’t go so far as to give enough for the gold sleeve.

Jamie Tanner’s new graphic novel. Jamie’s a friend, or really, more of a friend of a friend, but his project was the first one I backed that was successful really quickly. Jamie’s success is due to his crazy art, first and foremost, but he’s been really creative with his prizes, promising away original panels, custom drawings, and getting a cameo in the book (drawn in as a background character, and you get the original art for the page).

Chicago Rocked, a book on Chicago indie-rock of the 1990s. This was the first thing I threw money behind, but it failed to cross the line. I still think it would have been a nice companion to Dance of Days and kind of hope it sees the light of day someday, somehow.

So, c’mon, join the party. You know you want to. It’s Friday, after all.