THIS MODERN WORLD

The Kickstarter has been amazing and exhausting, and we are in the home stretch now. If you want in on this, you should act soon!

As I’m writing this my 25 YEARS OF TOMORROW Kickstarter has raised almost $189,000 with 18 days to go. So, yeah, I’d have to say this campaign has gone pretty well so far. Still hoping to hit more stretch goals of course, such as the once-unimaginable $250K tattoo. I’m overwhelmed by this show of support, and really happy that the people at Make That Thing who have been helping me shape this monster for more than a year are going to actually see some payoff on their investment of time and energy.

The campaign has been written about in Mother Jones, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, and Inc. Magazine. The latter has a headline which reads “Anyone Who Says Print is Dead Hasn’t Seen This Kickstarter Campaign.” (After several years in the publishing wilderness, u I am genuinely delighted to be a poster child for the ongoing vitality of print.) There’s also a long podcast with me here—I’ve only heard bits, but I sound pretty coherent, especially considering how tired I was (and am!).

Well that was quite a rollout. We’re at almost $115K as I write this, which is fantastic news for so many reasons. I’ve still got a few stretch goals to go before I’m splashing around in a swimming pool full of money, Scrooge McDuck-style, but what this means is (a) we can give the book some upgrades I was really hoping for, specifically the lenticular cover and the cartoons from 2015, and (b) we’ve got space to breathe. I’m working with the amazing people at Make That Thing, and I kind of insisted we cut our margins to the bone to keep the initial goal as low as possible, which didn’t give us a lot of room for error. Happily it’s a moot point now—if we have cost overruns or other unanticipated expenses, it won’t have to come out of my pocket now. So that’s pretty great. Especially given that we’re a mere 36 hours in. I thought I was going to spend the entire month staring at the numbers, waiting to cross the threshold—in my wildest dreams, I did not expect this to happen in the first day. Thanks to all who pledged, and if you haven’t done so, please consider it! If this thing keeps on, I might actually have to get a Sparky tattoo. Of course, if we reach that funding level, I’ll be delighted to commemorate the moment.

The Kickstarter campaign for 25 YEARS OF TOMORROW is now live!

UPDATE: we’ve reached our basic funding goal 21.5 hours after launch! This is amazing — this book will now be a reality, thanks to everyone who pledged.

Of course there are still stretch goals ….!

The Kickstarter I’ve been working on for more than a year goes live Monday morning. I’ve got a variety cool rewards lined up for supporters.