SHELBYVILLE, Kentucky – Fuzion Athletics is offering PreState Vault Sessions, and Summer Vault Sessions, valued at $480 each, for vault fans who contribute $400 to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign. The PreState Session offer is good for one dozen 2-hour Practice Sessions … Continue reading 
ST. PAUL, Minnesota – Fuzion Athletics has pledged a package of Summer Vault Sessions, valued at $300, for a $200 pledge to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign. This offer includes twelve 2-hour practice sessions with coaching from Jim Moeller, from June through … Continue reading 
MANHATTAN, Montana – The Manhattan Tigers’ pole-vault squad will transport their poles in style this season in a new pole bag from Fuzion Athletics! The bag, valued at $175, is being made especially for Manhattan High School, thanks to Coach … Continue reading 
TULSA, Oklahoma – Pole-vaulting icon and coach of champions, JOE DIAL is offering an inspiring two-hour coaching session for a $150 pledge to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign! Great gift idea! Learn more: http://tinyurl.com/lxtyqjc
MASTER ARTIST PHILLIP CARRERO was so taken by the novel Maggie Vaults Over the Moon, he was inspired to paint his own version of the book’s cover. Posters of his signed artwork are being awarded to supporters who contribute $50 … Continue reading 
By Grant Overstake [Reprinted from the March 2014 Issue of VAULTER MAGAZINE] For more than forty years, Australian master painter Phillip Carrero has meticulously captured the likenesses of public figures, military heroes, and outstanding athletes, whose images are on display … Continue reading 
Storybook heroine Maggie Steele’s Audiobook Campaign has been selected to receive bonus funds during the International Women’s Day Celebration, March 3-8, to honor her inspiring message for young women and girls. On Monday March 3rd, Maggie’s campaign will receive an … Continue reading 
Gill Athletics, the world’s largest track and field equipment manufacturer, is proud to be the Grand Prize Sponsor of Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign. The Grand Prize package, valued at $700, includes a custom-made Mean Green Skypole, like Maggie used to vault … Continue reading 
SHELBYVILLE, Kentucky — Fuzion Athletics has pledged a package of Summer Vault Sessions, valued at $480, for a vault fan who contributes $400 to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign! The offer is good for 12 2-hour practice sessions with coaching, from June … Continue reading 
ST. PAUL, Minnesota – Fuzion Athletics has pledged a package of Summer Vault Sessions, valued at $300, for a vault fan who contributes $200 to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign! The offer is good for twelve 2-hour practice sessions with coaching from … Continue reading 
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Texas Pole Vault Club at Elitz Sports has pledged three 3-Day Summer Vault Camps, valued at $325, for vault fans who contribute $300 to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign! The camps include food and lodging with six start … Continue reading 
SYDNEY, Australia — Master painter Phillip Carrero has completed his own version of Maggie’s cover and will provide posters of the artwork, valued at $75 each, to vault fans who contribute $50 to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign! The campaign goes live … Continue reading 
Fuzion Athletics has pledged two custom made pole bags, valued at $175 each, for vault fans who contribute $100 to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign! The campaign goes live on the Indiegogo crowdfunding platform at 8 am central time this Saturday, March … Continue reading 
JAMESTOWN, Kansas – Tailwind Pole Vault Club has pledged a 2-Day Summer Camp, valued at $250, for a vault fan who contributes $225 to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign! Tailwind Camps (with meals and snacks) will be held on multiple dates from … Continue reading 
RENO, Nevada – Raise the Bar Pole Vault Club has pledged a 3-Day Summer Camp, valued at $275, for a vault fan who contributes $250 to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign! The camp will be held June 24-26 in Reno. The campaign … Continue reading 
TULSA, Oklahoma — Joe Dial is offering an inspiring one-on-one pole-vault session to a fan who contributes $150 to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign! The two-hour session will be held at the Dial Athletics facility in Tulsa. The campaign goes live on … Continue reading 
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Rusty Shealy Pole Vault Club has pledged five 3-Day Summer Vault Camp slots, valued at $425, as a reward for vault fans who contribute $375 to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign! The camps includes meals and lodging and … Continue reading 
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Texas Pole Vault Club at Elitz Sports has pledged a 3-Day Spring Break Vault Camp, valued at $325, as a reward for vault fans who contribute $300 to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign! The camp includes meals and … Continue reading 
SHELBYVILLE, Kentucky — Fuzion Athletics has pledged a package of PreState Vault Sessions, valued at $480, as a reward for vault fans who contribute $400 to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign! The offer is good for one dozen 2-hour Practice Sessions with … Continue reading 
Vaulter Magazine is offering a one-year subscription, valued at $155, as a reward for vault fans who contribute $140 to Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign! The campaign goes live on the Indiegogo crowdfunding platform at 8 a.m. central time this Saturday, March … Continue reading 
NEWS FLASH! Gill Athletics tops the amazing list of sponsors for Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign! Gill Athletics, the world’s largest manufacturer of track and field equipment, has enthusiastically agreed to provide the Grand Prize reward for Maggie’s Audiobook Campaign, which goes … Continue reading 
Tavia Gilbert has agreed to perform Maggie Vaults Over the Moon on audiobook! Many of the biggest names in the worldwide pole-vaulting community have rallied behind the crowdfunding campaign to cover Tavia’s expenses; donating camp slots and other cool stuff … Continue reading 
Dear Maggie Fans, Acclaimed narrator Tavia Gilbert has enthusiastically agreed to perform Maggie Vaults Over the Moon on Audiobook! Tavia is a mega-star in the audiobook industry in New York City — An Olympic-caliber talent in her genre with more … Continue reading 
By: Jerry Beck,
on 7/29/2012
Over two years ago, we instituted a strict “no links to crowdfunding” policy. In other words, we will never post links to any fundraising projects on Kickstarter, IndieGogo, or any other number of sites. If it’s a noteworthy project for reasons other than the creator needing money, we may write about it at a later date, but only after the fundraising campaign has ended.
To be clear, we have no issues with artists who use crowdfunding to raise funds for animation projects. We instituted the policy as a response to the growing volume of film funding requests, which threatened to overwhelm our ability to focus on more important topics, like films that have already been finished. Even though we haven’t linked to any crowdfunding projects in over two years, we still receive multiple submissions every single day—imagine the volume if we actually linked to them.
Further, if we linked to projects or artists whose work we personally enjoyed, we could be accused of giving unfair preferential treatment to certain people. Within the tight-knit animation community, we didn’t want to constantly be put in the position of defending ourselves about why we supported one person in their efforts to raise money and not another. The easiest solution was to remove ourselves from the fundraising pool and remain as objective observers of the broader fundraising scene.
In the two years since we’ve instituted the policy, crowdfunding has grown to become an even bigger part of the animation world. Today, mainstream artists like Phil Tippett and Ken Duncan use it to raise funds, and more ambitious projects are being undertaken thanks to this new type of film funding. We thought it would be a good time to revisit the issue and we want to hear what readers think.
Do you think we should treat crowdfunding submissions as we do any other news submission and give them editorial consideration for Cartoon Brew? Should we only focus on projects from established artists who have mainstream credits under their belt? Should we be completely objective and post any crowdfunding submission if they pay a small fee to be listed on Cartoon Brew? Or should we continue with our existing policy and not link to any fundraising efforts? There are any number of ways to handle this and we’re open to your suggestions.
PS – Just to be clear, we are not changing our policy anytime soon so don’t send us crowdfunding links.
Cartoon Brew |
Permalink |
One comment |
Post tags: Crowdfunding, IndieGogo, Kickstarter
More good news. Amazing.
Excellent blog, Grant. Joe Dial and Phillip Carrero both sound like very special people.
[…] Read more about Coach Dial in this article reprinted from Vaulter Magazine. […]