{"id":6310,"date":"2013-09-27T21:34:17","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T05:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/?p=6310"},"modified":"2015-08-04T21:45:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T05:45:22","slug":"wilma-deering-and-eschaton-a-go-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oeconomist.com\/blogs\/daniel\/?p=6310","title":{"rendered":"Wilma Deering and <cite>Eschaton-a-Go-Go<\/cite>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you may already be familiar with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mollykiely.com\/\">Molly Kiely<\/a>, an artist best known for illustrations in an alternative comic-book style.  She and <a href=\"http:\/\/gingermayerson.com\/\">Ginger Mayerson<\/a> are currently seeking funds to complete a graphic novel, <cite>Eschaton-a-Go-Go<\/cite>.  Appropriately enough, they have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/eschaton-a-go-go-graphic-novel\/x\/319404\">a campaign on IndieGoGo<\/a>.<\/p> <p>There are a number of attractive perks for contributors; but, right now, there is an especially cool offer.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/eschaton-a-go-go-graphic-novel\/contributions\/new?perk_amt=15&perk_id=1376073\">For $15, Ms Kiely will draw a custom <abbr title=\"artist trading card\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">ATC<\/abbr> with the science-fiction character or golden-age movie goddess of your choice.<\/a> Note that she'll execute a small commission, rather than requiring selection amongst <abbr title=\"artist trading card\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">ATC<\/abbr>s that she's already created.  For example, I requested <div style=\"padding-top: 1em ; padding-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto ; margin-right: auto ; text-align: center ;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Kiely_Molly_DeeringWilma.jpg\" width=\"403\" height=\"567\" alt=\"[Wilma by Molly Kiely]\"\/><br \/><span style=\" font-size: xx-small ;\">image used with kind permission of artist<\/span><br \/><cite>Wilma<\/cite> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mollykiely.com\/\">Molly Kiely<\/a><\/div> her take on Wilma Deering, roughly as Wilma appeared in the 1929 episodes of the <cite>Buck Rogers<\/cite> comic strip.<\/p> <p><em>Now, here's your problem:<\/em> This offer was limited to 25 <abbr title=\"artist trading card\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">ATC<\/abbr>s; when last I knew, 7 of them were already claimed.  That leaves <em>just 18 still available<\/em>.  You don't want to suddenly realize that you'd like an <abbr title=\"artist trading card\" style=\"font-size: inherit ;\">ATC<\/abbr> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/character\/ch0108952\/\">LN-18<\/a> or of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0924442\/\">Alice White<\/a> or of Galloway Gallagher or of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000074\/\">Gene Tierney<\/a>, only to discover that the last of these commissions went to some clown who wanted a picture of Professor Simon Wright.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some of you may already be familiar with Molly Kiely, an artist best known for illustrations in an alternative comic-book style. She and Ginger Mayerson are currently seeking funds to complete a graphic novel, Eschaton-a-Go-Go. Appropriately enough, they have a campaign on IndieGoGo. 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