Category Archives: Borg Like Me

I’ve decided to do a discounted holiday bundle of books. Here’s the deal: Buy a Borg Like Me Holiday Bundle! I plan to have my book out for Christmas. Think about giving it as a gift. To make this more enticing, I’m offering a 10% discount on bundles of three books. And you can upContinue reading “Pre-Order Borg Like Me for Holiday Presents!”

One of the many positive aspects of doing the Kickstarter for my book has been reconnecting with so many artists that I’ve worked with over the years. Two of these cats are John Bergin and Danny Hellman. I’ve know John since the zine heyday of the early 1990s. He put out a zine called BrainContinue reading “Look Kids, It’s ANOTHER Awesome Art Bundle!”

The subtitle of my book Borg Like Me is “& Other Tales of Art, Eros, and Embedded Systems.” To give you some idea of the eros part, here is a short excerpt from a piece that I wrote several years ago that I will be publishing for the first time. It’s called “The Lemon Song”Continue reading “Part of “The Eros Part:” The Lemon Song”

Tonight I’m posting the second of the Art Rewards Packs, featuring some of the astounding artists who’ve agreed to work on Borg Like Me if we reach the $30K goal. This pack features two of my favorite artists that I had the pleasure to work with during the bOING bOING print heyday (and Darick workedContinue reading “Art Rewards Pack #2”

At a little past 5pm Eastern today, my Borg Like Me project passed the $15,000 mark and was successfully funded. I was taken over the top by a $150 pledge from the amazing David and Simone of RoboGames. I am SO thrilled. Thank you SO MUCH, to all of my backers. I cannot thank eachContinue reading “Project Backed! Hooray! A Million Thanks.”

Shannon Wheeler’s New Yorker Cartoons: William Barker’s Schwa I have some amazing news for my Kickstarter campaign. I’ve gotten several amazing artists to sign on to my already mind-expanding roster of artists. Bart Nagel and Libby Bulloff have joined the team! Bart is best remembered as being the brilliant art director behind Mondo 2000. HisContinue reading “New Art Pledge Levels”

Many people new to Kickstarter don’t realize exactly what’s going on with a KS campaign, how they work. On Facebook, one person called it “Internet panhandling.” It is far from that. For a publishing project like mine, it’s basically a way of pre-ordering my book before it’s finished, allowing me to pay for production myselfContinue reading ““Pre-Order” Pledge Levels”