Hey guys, I just donated to some kewl local(ish) Kickstarter projects that friends of mine who do good work are involved in and I thought I’d let you know about them:

• Thunderbeam! for the iPad – fundraising until June 8th
• Speculator/Boy Friend Tour-Vehicle Dreamz – fundraising until June 21st
• Battleberg Ice – fundraising until July 28th

Thunderbeam! for the iPad – fundraising until June 8th

“Psychedelic, open-ended adventure” games are definitely something I want to support, especially when produced by a cadre of local artist and programmers, Karakasa Games, who are into kewl shit. On their site is a long video that goes into detail on their influences with a bunch of clips of out there games and anime, embedded here for your edification:

I don’t have an iPad, so what caught my eye on the Kickstarter was a ten-page digital comic by my d00d Pete Toms. Here’s a preview:

NOTE: After I wrote this, Wiley asked me to donate a drawing to include in this PDF. So, there’s a bit of extra incentive for ya.

Speculator/Boy Friend Tour-Vehicle Dreamz – fundraising until June 21st

Local Austin bands Speculator and Boy Friend and looking for your help to rent a tour bus and rumble through the South and then up the coast to NY. I’ve never heard Speculator but check out this Boy Friend video by the always amazing Amanda Joy:

Battleberg Ice – fundraising until July 28th

Last but not least we have the most recent project of Austin art collective Boozefox. These four d00dz (Jules Buck Jones, Drew Liverman, Scott Eastwood, and Mike Phalan) have been constructing madness-inducising cardboard sculptures in Texas since 2007, and this latest project is there most ambitious yet: a floating iceberg out on Lady Bird Lake. Here’s a video of their first (as far as I know) installation here in Austin, Stalemate of the Boozefox:

You should really go watch their Kickstarter video though, it’s hilarious.