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Title: Kickstarter Weekly Newsletter
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APRIL 19, 2012
It's been an exciting week at Kickstarter. A new project has claimed the title of most
funded (check out The History of #1 on our blog), and this week's projects are as cool as
ever: an eclectic comic collection, a fermented food frenzy, and some good of fashioned
snail mail.
A comic genius
Jake Parker has spent
13 years working as an
artist on everything from
toy commercials to
Horton Hears a Who!,
but he's never stopped
drawing his own comics
on the side. Over time,
his varied collection has
The Antler Boy and Other Stories
grown to include tales of
by Jake Parker
flying whales, space-
Comics exploring robots, and a
Provo, UT little girl who loves to
play checkers — each
beautifully illustrated in
Jake's signature eclectic
style. His new book will
collect them all in a
single hardcover
edition.
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It's alive!
The Brine and Dine Live
Culture Collective is not
afraid to get a little wild
— wild with its cultures,
that is, which they use
to make their funky and
fresh raw sauerkraut.
Mixing locally sourced
ingredients with old-
Brine and Dine Collective's Live Fermented Sauerkraut
fashioned methods, like
by Brine and Dine Lhie Culture Collective
maturing small batches
Food in earthenware crocks,
New York, NY they're out to create a
uniquely crispy, tangy
version of this classic
fermented foodstuff.
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P.S. I love you
In response to the
proposed closure of
3,700 US postal offices
comes Post Haste, a
mixed-media art
exhibition that reflects
on how the digital age is
radically changing our
public institutions, with
Post Haste
contributions ranging
by Elizabeth Albers
from portraits of stamp
Art collectors to a live
Oakland. CA transcription service for
gallery visitors. Can't
attend? There are still
handwritten letters and
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original art to look
forward to — all
delivered the old-
fashioned way,
naturally!
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