Kickstarter is an internet crowdfunding platform which allows people to pre-pay for the creation of artistic and technological projects. The websites founders insist that it is not a store but rather a fundraising platform in which goods, services, and absurd favors can be bartered in exchange for help in making these creative projects happen. The platform has an all-or-nothing funding platform in which projects which hit their funding target in campaign backer pledges receive funding as backers credit cards get charged for pledges and projects without sufficient pledges get nothing and no one is charged, although project creators are encouraged to try again with revised goals.I personally have run several Kickstarter campaigns with more successes than failures, largely focused on my book Ungrounded, which features a scientist super-hero empowered by the Egyptian god Thoth and a flying polar bear named Ulysses. It artwork by Transformers Collectors Clubs Eryck Webb and has had contributions by Art Thibert, Secret Wars tie-in E for Extinctions Dennis Culver, and Jim Ritchey, an artist who drew one of the Miracleman stories Marvel is unlikely to ever reprint in its collections: the Total Eclipse crossover that paired Miracleman with the Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters. The latest volume of my book in production, Ungrounded: The First Revolution, features all of the material produced so far and some guest artwork by Imaginary Drugs John Derrick West and Gladstones School for World Conquerors Armand Villavert, as well as stories by industry vets Brian Augustyn and Tom Peyer. The book features a cover by Eryck Webb and World of Warcrafts Tony Washington. Those curious can check out the campaign to expand the books special features which is on Kickstarter now through Friday, August 28th. It had a funding goal of $1 and is cruising towards its first stretch goal as of the writing of this article.