* Sparkplug Books is going the crowdfunding route for its first slate of books following the 2011 passing of founder Dylan Williams. You can read and pledge here. The projects in question is a collection of Katie Skelly's Night Nurse; the ninth issue of the ongoing series Reich, by Elijah Brubaker; and a book called The Golem Of Gabirol by Olga Volozova. Those are all worthy projects, and I urge you to check out that fundraising campaign.
* as always, we look in on fundraising for projects from established industry veterans Jim Woodring, Batton Lash and Keith Knight. The Jim Woodring one seems to be moving along reasonably nicely given the time remaining, the Batton Lash is really close to seeing the finish line from where it stands right now (or at least is poised to make a major move in that direction in the next several days) and the Keith Knight is still a long way off.
* Koren Shadmi hit his targeted amount. So did Jonathan Rosenberg (that one ends a few hours after this will post). So did Ted May. There are always a ton of projects on there for you to check out, many of which could use a hand.
* finally, I believe this week would have seen the 65th birthday of the late writer about comics Don Markstein. His site Toonopedia has donation information and I have to believe that could come in handy to the family right now.
* as always, we look in on fundraising for projects from established industry veterans Jim Woodring, Batton Lash and Keith Knight. The Jim Woodring one seems to be moving along reasonably nicely given the time remaining, the Batton Lash is really close to seeing the finish line from where it stands right now (or at least is poised to make a major move in that direction in the next several days) and the Keith Knight is still a long way off.
* Koren Shadmi hit his targeted amount. So did Jonathan Rosenberg (that one ends a few hours after this will post). So did Ted May. There are always a ton of projects on there for you to check out, many of which could use a hand.
* finally, I believe this week would have seen the 65th birthday of the late writer about comics Don Markstein. His site Toonopedia has donation information and I have to believe that could come in handy to the family right now.