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NOTE: As I move forward with the relaunching of The Underfold, one thing that I want to do is eliminate random advertising from my website altogether. In order to effectively do that while maintaining a revenue source, I will be doing book reviews of graphic novels (for the most part) and other illustrated works and providing Amazon affiliate links for you to (hopefully) purchase aforementioned books. I will then be creating my own ads for the reviewed book and placing it in the footer. These are all hand-selected products and come with a review of why I like it. So, you know, if you like The Underfold and good books… 😀

In the first of a series of reviews, I’m going to kick it off with a book that I absolutely love and one that some friends just sent me in the mail: All my friends are dead. by Avery Monsen and Jory John.

I read this for the first time a while ago. A friend of mine had a copy of it, and I read through it quite quickly since it had a dinosaur on it. It’s a short read, and really doesn’t have much to do with dinosaurs, rather it has everything to do with death.

And, I must say, for such a terribly depressing topic, All my friends are dead has  the wonderful way that makes you laugh all the way through. It’s easily the funniest book I’ve ever read about death.

Now, this is no heavy read. You could probably read it standing at the bookstore, but it is a great table top book. It’s a great conversation piece, and it’s bound to make everyone laugh. So, buy one for yourself, then show it to everyone. It’s very funny.

It’s at this point, where although I want you to buy this book through my affiliate links because it will help me continue to do The Underfold, but this book and it’s sequel are available to read for free online, and I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you about it!

Purchase a hardcover

Read it online for free

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I miss LOST. Also, I’m glad to see this guy around. The mysterious Man in Black (more formally known to people as the guy who is the Smoke Monster) seems to have found a home in the whiskey selling industry as a spokesman for Gentleman Jack’s. So that’s cool.

Good for him and stuff.

Next week is another preview of The Ultimate Underfold!

As of last week, the Kickstarter campaign for The Dragon Book and Other Stories has been successfully funded! As a reward, the video above is a live reading of one of the stories from the book, read by the author (a 4 year old girl).

If you’ve already backed the project, then this is great news because there will be tons of kids who get free books in hospitals and libraries!  But it’s also great news if you haven’t yet backed because whatever tier you choose, you’re going to get it and everything after this point just means more kids get free books!

AND Michael Regina just added TWO new stretch goals over the weekend! They’re a long ways off now, but we can make it with your help! Here’s the rundown of the stretch goals from the Kickstarter page:

• $2,500 – We will create a new story PDF that all backers in the $15 up tier will receive.– LOCKED
• $4,000 –  The whole printing gets a major upgrade!  If we reach this goal, I will be able order many many more copies for you all and to give to the kids we meet at hospitals.  Additionally every copy will receive an upgrade in paper quality and cover paper stock to an extra heavy duty cover for durability. – LOCKED
• $7,000 – I’ll make a brand new print design for the book for you all to choose from, additionally everyone will receive a postcard of it and the cover. ANNNNDDD Story and I will add a second story to the extra PDF.  This tier is for all backers in the $15 tier up! – LOCKED
• $9,500 – This is the big one.  If we can get to this number every copy of the book will be a hardback edition with no increase in cost for anyone.  We’ll be able to a bunch of copies to kids in hospitals and a great book  to you all.  We can make this happen!  Spread the word bout this book and what we’re doing for the kids! – LOCKED

As of this writing, we’re at $1575, so let’s get on the giving!

CISPA passed the House legislature yesterday. Even with 1.2 million people having signed a petition against it.

The Underfold doesn’t take many political stances, but when the online privacy of every internet user is in jeopardy, we take that personally. A year ago, when SOPA and PIPA were making their rounds, The Underfold stood beside major brands hosting an internet black out.

There are things you can do to fight CISPA. For instance, take a stand by signing the Sites Not Spies petition from Fight for the Future (a nonprofit looking out for internet rights for good).

You could also help by signing the Save Your Privacy Policy petition to get Google, Twitter and Facebook to help with the fight for our privacy (a petition from Fight for the Future and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian).

This is our future.

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Let’s face it. These days, everyone’s doing teasers of teasers of trailers (which are teasers) of movies these days. Committing entire staffs of marketers to creating a “viral” campaign for whatever the latest movie is. J.J. Abrams is one of the best at this tactic. He’s shown pretty deft hand at this with LOST (fake Oceanic airlines commercials during the show, anyone?) and with the entire hacker thing leading up to Super 8. District 9 had a pretty great lead up using that interrogation video.

And now, we’ve even got one for the new Superman movie, Man of Steel. (Which, I’d like to stop and say that I’ve changed my opinion about this… the latest trailer looks really awesome.)

All of that said, and with 44 days left until The Ultimate Underfold’s start, I thought it was about time to unleash the first J.J. Abrams-style teaser for you.

So here it is. One 24×24 square from the first page of The Ultimate Underfold.

So, let’s see… what can we glean from this small amount of detail? Wild speculations are encouraged.