// News and Information Technology: 2014

Thursday, 6 March 2014

Comic Artist Raises $50K for Books, Then Just Burns Them

A comic artist in Chicago who raised over $50,000 on Kickstarter to publish and ship hardback books has decided to torch the product for which donors paid.

Though John Campbell says he was able to send a good number of them, he posted a rambling 4,500-word note on Kickstarter in late February that claims he ran out of money. Campbell's note is accompanied by a video that shows a flaming heap of paper, presumably the remains of over 100 copies of the book that is based on his online comic series, called "Pictures for Sad Children."


The series was taken offline to coincide with the end of the book project, but DNA Info reports that it was the story of two characters named Paul and Gary who worked unfulfilling office jobs.