The Signal boost of the week goes to Lea Hernandez, who's giving her Garlicks: Book One fundraiser another shot, this time on IndieGoGo! If you pledged last time on her Kickstarter, head on over and re-pledge now!

The Signal boost of the week goes to Raina Telgemeier, whose new book, Drama, hit stores on the first of September. Scholastic made it a nifty animated trailer, to boot. Congrats, Raina!

The Signal boost of the week goes to Storycorps, who are trying to Kickstart an Animated movie! If you're unfamiliar with Storycorps, head over to their website and listen to some of the amazing stories they've collected, and then watch the animated shorts they've already produced. I'm a big fan of their work from hearing it on NPR's Morning Edition, and remember when they brought their portable recording studio to Bronson Park so they could capture stories from the citizens of Kalamazoo.

Projects like these remind me of why I got into comics in the first place -- there's no better storytelling than someone's best personal story. Everyone's got one. Here's your chance to make sure more of these intensely human stories get a wider audience!

The Signal boost of the week goes to the Lakota Sioux, who are trying to raise a million dollars to buy two thousand acres of the Black Hills, before developers put a highway through the heart of their most sacred place.

From their IndieGoGo page:

Pe' Sla is an area in the Black Hills of South Dakota (just west of Rapid City) that is considered by the Lakota people to be the Center and heart of everything that is. It is part of our creation story. It is a sacred place. We perform certain ceremonies at Pe' Sla which sustain the Lakota way of life and keep the universe in harmony. This area is currently owned by the Reynolds family. They plan to auction off almost 2,000 acres on August 25, 2012 to the highest bidder. It is likely that the state of South Dakota will put a road directly through Pe' Sla and open up this sacred place for development. The seven bands of the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota Oyate (people) aka Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation) have a collective effort to buy as much of Pe'Sla as we can at this auction (although we also believe that the land cannot be owned and that our sacred places were illegally taken by the United States). Yet we are trying to work within the current U.S. laws to regain custody of our sacred sites and prevent future road and industrial development. Our sacred ways must be protected and passed on to our future generations so that our children may live.

and from the Black Hills Wikipedia entry:

Native Americans have a long history in the Black Hills. After conquering the Cheyenne in 1776, the Lakota took over the territory of the Black Hills, which became central to their culture. In 1868, the U.S. government signed the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, exempting the Black Hills from all white settlement forever. However, when European Americans discovered gold there in 1874, as a result of George Armstrong Custer's Black Hills Expedition, erstwhile miners swept into the area in a gold rush. The US government re-assigned the Lakota, against their wishes, to other reservations in western South Dakota.

Got a couple bucks to help try to right a century-old wrong?

The Signal boost of the week goes to Adam Withers and Comfort Love, who are up for another Harvey Award, this time for Best Cartoonist. Adam and Comfort are two of the hardest working folks in comics, and are keeping the spirit of indie self-publishing alive and well. You can also show some love for Kate Beaton, if you're so inclined. Go vote!

The Signal boost of the week goes to Sara Ryan, whose book Empress of the World is getting a lovely new release, and now includes a new introduction by David Levithan, and three minicomics by Steve Lieber and Dylan Meconis! I quite liked Empress, and already own the minicomics, which are also lovely, (and contain corgis) so I can vouch for what a great deal it is to have all these stories in one place.

Additional Signal Boost this week from longtime fan Jürgen Pünter, who dropped me a line saying that the folks who made ShadowRun are trying to Kickstart an online version of the game. I played SR a few times back in the day, so if you remember it as fondly as I do, drop by their Kickstarter and lend them a hand.

The Signal boost of the week goes to Benign Kingdom Fall 2012, an amazing art-book project being Kickstarted right now! This volume will feature the work of Emmy Cicierega, Anthony Clark, Danielle Corsetto, and Aaron Diaz. They're already way, way over their goal, but let's see if we can't push them up to $100,000!

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The Signal boost of the week goes to Zander and Kevin Cannon (no relation), who are each launching a new graphic novel, serialized together as Double Barrel! I've been a huge fan of theirs for years now, both as individual artists (my favorite of Zander's work is The Replacement God and Kevin's Far Arden was a hoot) and together as Big Time Attic (check out BTA and Jim Ottaviani's wonderful Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards and T-Minus if you haven't already), so I can't wait to see these new books.

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The Signal boost of the week goes to Kenjji Jumanne-Marshall, who has just finished illustrating a new book for Money Smart Kids, called Christian and Daddy Go Shopping Kenjji's been one of my favorite illustrators for years, and I can't wait to have a better look at this book. Check it out -- it's also available as an eBook.