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A Kickstarter feature on the front page of today’s New York Times Business section. There’s an infographic too. Apparently I really like that shirt.

Three Years of Kickstarter Projects →

The New York Times breaks down the funding lives of all our projects to date, by category. This is so cool!

"I think that people like to give in part because everyone wants to be part of the movies and we all like to feel magnanimous, to help something creative get made. It’s sort of the triumph of the normal person."

— Yancey Strickler, as quoted by NY Times columnist David Carr, who spent some time with us at Sundance. Read more about it here.

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Consider us extremely happy to report that Fubar, a Kickstarter-funded graphic novel, is #6 on this weeks New York Times best sellers list. All we have to say is, “Watch out Walking Dead!”

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“His name is Yancey Strickler, not Stickler.” For some reason, we employees are finding this really amusing.

"I’m really glad I put this out here this way and I’ll certainly do it again… If the trend continues with sales on this video, my goal is that I can reach the point where when I sell anything, be it videos, CDs or tickets to my tours, I’ll do it here and I’ll continue to follow the model of keeping my price as far down as possible, not over marketing to you, keeping as few people between you and me as possible in the transaction."

— From David Carr’s piece in the NY Times yesterday. We’ve been following the coverage of Louis C.K.’s self-distribution experiment closely, and let’s just say … we’re fans!

We’re putting this here for two reasons. First, go read this Q&A with Girl Walk // All Day director Jacob Krupnick over on the NYTimes ArtsBeat blog. It’s amazing. Second, we just really like that photo. Anne Marsen FTW.