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Talking Poetry: Nsah Mala, An African Poet-Patriot

CONSTIMOCRAZY is a story of Africa weaved by an African poet-patriot, a slinger wielding the spear, his pen, against treachery perpetrated by history and its cruelty. The same pen wielder rebukes Africa for frying its own beauty, dignity and morality in copper-roasting furnaces of disgrace and despotism. The African poet-patriot traverses with us around, from …

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Jill Sobule

Jill Sobule is making her first album in 9 years, and she’s crowdfunding to do it

When they say, ‘We want our America back,’ well what the fuck do they mean? You remember that song from Jill Sobule, one of our favorite troubadours. Jill has launched a Kickstarter campaign for her first album in 9 years, and we’re all pitching in. As Jill explains: Last month at an “industry” party, I …

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Help Poet Wo Chan & His Family Fight Unjust Deportation

Wo Chan is a queer Fujianese poet, writer, and drag performer. A recipient of fellowships from Poets House , Kundiman, and Lambda Literary , Wo’s work has been published in cream city review , BARZAHK , The Cortlandt Review , iO: A Journal for New American Poetry , and VYM Magazine. As a member of Brooklyn-based drag alliance, Switch n’ Play , Wo has performed at venues including Brooklyn Pride, …

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Speculative Relationships

Speculative Relationships: Volume 2

After their first successful Kickstarter for Speculative Relationships: Volume 1, Scott Kroll and Tyrell Cannon are back with more science fiction romance! They’ve just launched a new Kickstarter campaign, and need to raise $12,000 by July 8, 2015. In the mid-twentieth century, romance was the most popular genre in comics. Comic publishers produced dozens of …

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Still from Revengeance

Revengeance Funded: Congrats to Bill Plympton and Jim Lujan!

Traditional Animation Is Alive and Well Revengeance Feature Film a Go. Raises Over $90,0000. It is with great pleasure that we report that Revengeance, a new animated feature film from independent creators Bill Plympton and Jim Lujan, has reached its funding goal on Kickstarter. As you may recall, we recently featured it as one of our …

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Rod Rossi from Revengeance

Bounty Hunters, Bikers, Neo-Noir Los Angeles and Bill Plympton!

Revengeance Looks Like Another Winner for Renowned Animator Bill Plympton Matthew Modine and Dave Foley join cast Very few cartoonists and animators have a style that is as instantly recognizable as that of Bill Plympton’s. For over 40 years his illustrations and cartoons have been gracing the pages of such publications as The New York …

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Fantastic Fungi

How fantastic are fungi? Pretty fantastic. An all-star team of artists, scientists, doctors and explorers are joining forces to create a mind-bending, life-affirming film about the mushroom and its mysterious root-like structure: mycelium. What they reveal will blow your mind, and possibly save the planet. Fantastic Fungi is an important scientific exploration and visual journey …

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Kickstart This: Echo Chamber

A project truly worth Kickstarting. The powerhouse that is Rhea Tepp, co-founder/organizer of LA Zine Fest among other things, and Sarah Cisco, the writer, creator, and star of Trash/Smash, are planning to open a fully collaborative headquarters for the L.A. independent art and music community aimed at creation, experimentation & storytelling in Echo Park. Echo Chamber will exist …

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