LAST CHANCE TO SEND ME BACK TO AFGHANISTAN
Thanks to Kickstarter.com, I have raised $9,325 out of the $25,000—for travel expenses, including bribes to avoid capture, etc.—that I need to go to Afghanistan and report back about the state of the Afghan people and the US occupation.
People have been very generous. 113 have pledged sums ranging from $10 to $1000. But time is running out.
I only have 24 days to raise the remaining $15,000+. If I don’t, all the pledges will be returned—those are the rules. So if you have been sitting on the fence and can help out, now would be a great time to make a pledge to support independent, unenbedded war correspondency.
Small donations are more than welcome, but I obviously could use some big ones too. Go to the following link and, as you will see, the bigger donations get me to come to your town and speak—feel free to charge for tickets, and you might even make a profit:
This is the crunch time for this project.
BOOK DEAL FOR AFGHANISTAN BOOK
If I get the money to go, there will be a book. Hill & Wang, part of Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, which is known for publishing beautiful books including graphic novels, will publish the resulting tome, probably in Spring 2012.
People who pledge over a certain amount on Kickstarter.com will get copies of the book and/or personal thank-yous in the book!
NEW BOOK FOR FALL 2010: POLITICAL MANIFESTO
I have completed my new political manifesto, which argues that the United States government is headed toward economic and political collapse, and must, well, go. It is now being edited and will come out Fall 2009 from Seven Stories Press. Editorial cartoonist and graphic illustrator Matt Bors is working on the cover. Title to be announced; it’s currently too hot to release!
TED RALL ANIMATIONS ON YOUTUBE
I am producing, along with David Essman, some of the most outrageous political cartoons available in animation, for the Internet. But I won’t be able to keep doing them unless some websites start paying for them. If you’re working for a website interested in edgy political content, please check them out and get in touch. I am willing and able to package them with my weekly opinion columns.
http://www.youtube.com/user/tedralltoons
You can also see them on Ted Rall Online at:
http://rall.com/goodies.htm
Up most recently, “In Search of the Democrats,” about the Party of Hope’s impotence.
SIGN UP TO GET TED’S CARTOONS AND COLUMNS
I have begun serializing pre-edited copy from my upcoming Political Manifesto through the 2010 Ted Rall Subscription Service. This is EXCLUSIVE to subscribers. Everyone else will have to wait until the book comes out this fall.
Subscriptions for the Ted Rall Subscription Service are open now for 2010. For $30 a year you get my cartoons and columns emailed to your in-box, in many cases days or even weeks before they go online or appear in newspapers! You also receive big discounts on any original cartoons you request ($100 cost instead of $500).
Go to: http://rall.com/subscription.htm
EVENTS – APRIL
Hey New Yorkers! I’ll be at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art ArtFest (MoCCA) April 10-11.
BUY A SIGNED COPY OF “THE YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY”
You can still get a personally signed copy of my “The Year of Loving Dangerously” for $23.90 (includes shipping within the United States). There are only a few copies left. Then the offer is null and void.
Check out: http://rall.com/buyyold.htm
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DEMAND THAT YOUR NEWSPAPER CARRY ME!
The Internet is cool. But it doesn’t pay. If you want to keep seeing good cartoons, write to your local newspaper and demand that they carry my stuff. It works more often than you’d think!
