My buddy has initiated a kickstarter campaign for his LENZ graphic novel project, which is now in its final stages. [link]
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If you haven't checked his work out yet, please do! Especially if you're a fan of (Akira creator) Katsuhiro Otomo's art style. My man is like the second coming!
The kickstarter campaign only has 8 days left in order for the funding to go through. He's at 30% so far. If a good bunch of DA folk pitch in for the price of a single coffee he's gonna be golden!

For those who haven't heard of kickstarter before, because you just got off the mothership, here's how it works; Some intrepid soul puts their heart and soul into a dream project, shows you what they're gonna do, you give them a few bucks and help make dreams become reality!  

Do you ever complain about big business or evil corrupt corporate boogie men and how they ruin all of our favorite geek media? Well here is a golden opportunity to put your money where your mouth is. Your dollars put total creative power directly in an artist's hands. Fuck the Man! Power to the pencil!!! Initiatives like kickstarter.com are enabling people to make cool ideas totally real in ways that were never before possible. That potential of our current era is so damn cool!

We all get to see each other's art for free here on DA, but when a guy strikes out on his own to accomplish something on the magnitude of a self-published graphic novel, I think it would be a beautiful thing if the community could respond in support, donating a small token of appreciation. And depending on your pledge amount, you can get STUFF!

It's easy to write a little comment here and there, or add a +fav... Really not that much tougher to pledge a single $ in support of a fellow artist and dreamer who has put so much of himself into a big chunky project. It's entirely probable that a published OPDS project (by me) could be launched via a similar kickstarter campaign. I can only hope that the DA community might be there for me if/when that day comes! So there is perhaps a grain of selfishness at work here in my solicitations. But I love love the idea of helping other artists get off the ground.

Do it! You'll feel good. It's better than giving money to church because those guys don't provide illustrations of sexy anime androids in return!  
Easy math.

CHEERS!