Tuesday 25 April 2023

SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe #17: Giant-Sized Ashcans It Is!

 "I believe in this project. Dave Sim's done something special here."  

- Will Clingan, GoFundMe Supporter

Greetings, all! Allow me to start with a recommendation. If you have not watched Carson Grubaugh and Sean Michael Robinson interview Alex Ross about photorealism and The Strange Death of Alex Raymond, you are in for a treat! It's also the basis for the next Emo Dave, er, Emo Carson strip!


Part 2!

Take it away, Emo Carson!
Jen's Non-Stressful Giant-Sized Ashcan(s) Update

Once again, thunder stolen!

Fingers crossed, but I am hoping we will have PDFs delivered to Alfonso for issue #1 before the next update. Then, we'll turn our attention to issue #0 while we wait for the Giant-Sized Ashcan to arrive.

Separately -- of the 51 donors who made the Giant-Sized Ashcans possible, 46 have responded to my email/GoFundMe messages. Five of you have not responded to three attempts at contacting you. I don't want to be a pest, but for those who don't respond, I will be listing you as anonymous. So if you have a burner email for your GoFundMe account, or you've waited to respond, now is the time to let me know.

SDOAR GoFundMe Tote Board

Since the tote board didn't make it into this week's strip (again), let's get an up-to-the-minute SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe campaign update:
  • $4,945.00 raised from 88 donations (plus $62.08 outside of GoFundMe).
  • 28 new pages released as mocked up by Dave Sim from June 11 to August 24, 2021
  • 49 total pages available on Dropbox, including Dave's 2019 mocked-up pages
  • Only $55.00 away from unlocking page 50
Just the Facts, Ma'am
  • If you have not donated >> $5+ donation grants access to all 49 pages and all pages moving forward! 
  • If you have donated (thanks!!) >> GoFundMe does not have an option for monthly subscriptions. So... if you want to donate on a monthly basis, please do so as we are in the final week of month #4.
  • GoFundMe is a dreadful communication platform -- if you haven't heard back from me, gotten access to the new pages, etc., please email me at jen@typingmonkeys.com
SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe -->> https://gofund.me/4e2e1c96 <<-- SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe

Just the FAQs, Ma'am
    From last week, Anonymous asked, "For clarification, and in hopes it will spur participation: Anyone who donates $200 will receive the unlocked original art page, autographed by Dave?"

    I faxed that question over to Dave and he responded, "No. That was A) Total donations over $1,000, B) Acknowledgement that there's only one of those to date, C) Arbitrary generosity on my part..."

    Still - I would wager that everyone has been quite happy with their rewards. Right, everyone? 

    Right, James Windsor-Smith?
     
    Just the Fax, Ma'am

    Speaking of which, here's another reward Dave sent out. Pretty cool right?

    And as of this writing, we are only $55.00 away from unlocking another page and some lucky donor receiving something equally cool from Dave!
    SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe -->> https://gofund.me/4e2e1c96 <<-- SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe

    *NEW* California Test Market Edition!

    Eddie Khanna has offered to donate a handful of copies of The Strange Death of Alex Raymond: California Test Market Edition for donations of $250 or more. This is the first printed version of SDOAR, Vol. 1, originally only available to select backers. I think we can also get Dave to sign and personalize them for you -- but only if there is interest. 

    If you are interested, you should know the drill by now -- Email Jen at jen@typingmonkeys.com and we'll get you sorted!
    SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe -->> https://gofund.me/4e2e1c96 <<-- SDOAR 2023 GoFundMe

    That's all she wrote, folks!

    Jen 

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