You will not break me. That sentiment is something I can relate to. Apparently, I'm not the only one. Sooo... I did a thing. I reached out for help with my movie and heard back in a really cool way. What kind of assist did I get? A 2023 Kickstarter-exclusive standard hardcover edition of Dungeon Crawler Carl #1! Signed by the author himself (as opposed to his second cousin or his cat or something) and donated specifically to help raise funds for Sparkle On! Now, Matt and I do not go way back....

Today was tough. I was working on my fundraising campaign brief when Facebook reminded me that Kara published her last blog post three years ago on this day. Over the next three weeks I will either consciously or unconsciously relive what happened from then on to the moment I watched every last dream I had die. But I don't want to dwell on that right now. Instead, I want to show you how things went down when I presented Kara's award at the US Air Guitar National Championships in San Francisco...

As promised! Click the flyer or the button beneath it to get your tickets and join us on September 19 at the Echo Theater in the colorful Hawthorne District of Portland, Oregon. For one night only, as a benefit for Sparkle On, we're screening The Sparkle Celebration: Kara's Memorial Rock Concert! This feature-length film documents Kara's celebration of life from professionally edited performance footage, photography, and on-the-fly recordings taken during one of the gnarliest, most...