An Esoteric Stretch Goal

Wow! The campaign is still going strong in a way that I couldn't possibly have expected. I know I sound like a broken (purple vinyl) record at this point, but thank all of you so much for your support. It really means a lot to me.

So, I'm going to figure out some fun stretch goals in the coming days and weeks, but the first one is something I wanted to bring up since we are already closing in on the amount I had in mind for it:

If the campaign reaches $5,000, I'll provide everyone who bought the book with a PDF copy of a collected edition of my "Gold Exchange" columns, which ran on ComicRelated and Blog@Newsarama from about 2006 until 2011. The Gold Exchange was a monthly interview column in which I and the creators of the comic provided a running "commentary track" on Booster Gold. 

What does that have to do with Josie and the Pussycats?

Well, not a ton, but there are two things. The first is that I wrote it, and you're theoretically supporting my work (even if most of you are here or All Things Josie).

The second is that creator Dan Jurgens (The Death of Superman) came up with Booster as an examination of celebrity, branding, consumerism and commercialism. Those elements are inseparable from Booster as a character, and so they're a part of the conversation I had there as much as they're a part of the Josie conversation.

The ebook will be free, but at $5,000, those who are interested will also be able to purchase a paperback copy of The Gold Exchange, which features interviews with Dan Jurgens, Geoff Johns,  Rick Remender, J.M. DeMatteis, and Keith Giffen. This collection is something I had meant to print back in 2011 and put the content together to do so, but ran out of time and resources and ultimately left it unfinished.

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