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Pictures for Sad Children was a webcomic created by John Campbell in 2007. The comic employed dark and surreal humor and was mainly story-driven until shifting to more self-contained strips. ''Pictures for Sad Children'' was a finalist in the 2008 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards (WCCA) as an Outstanding Newcomer.〔(The Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards - 2008 List of Winners & Finalists )〕 In September 2015, the domain picturesforsadchildren.com lapsed. The web page was a GoDaddy advertisement offering to sell the rights to the URL. As of October 2015, the site was replaced with animated text reading "WHITE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO MAKE ART", later replaced with "THE UNIVERSE IS A WASTE OF TIME". ==Kickstarter and subsequent closure== In May 2012, John Campbell set up a Kickstarter crowdfunding project to fund production of the second book of Pictures for Sad Children, entitled "Sad Pictures for Children". Some of the perks were outlandish or bizarre, such as Campbell drawing a comic under the influence of DMT, going to the dentist "for the first time in ~8 years" or putting up paste-ups in the donor's city under the risk of being arrested.〔 The campaign succeeded, with $51,615 raised from a goal of $8,000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/73258510/sad-pictures-for-children )〕 On September 19, 2012, Campbell posted an update to the Kickstarter project claiming to have faked depression "for profit".〔〔(Update #2 - I'VE BEEN PRETENDING TO BE DEPRESSED FOR PROFIT AND I'M SORRY )〕 This post was followed up by a post stating he had "faked faking depression".〔(Update #3 - I'VE BEEN PRETENDING TO BE PRETENDING TO HAVE DEPRESSION FOR PROFIT AND I'M SORRY )〕 On February 27, 2014, Campbell posted a final update explaining that 75% of the rewards for supporting the project had been sent out, and that no more would be sent out in the future. Attached was a video of Campbell supposedly "burning one book for every email received asking about the unreceived books", totalling 127 burned copies of the book. Campbell claimed that the funds to ship the remaining books were not available. "Two weeks ago, the stress of not being able to afford to mail the books prompted Campbell to burn 127 books behind a dumpster in an alley behind () apartment."〔 In addition, Campbell stated that one book would be burned for every email received after the update was posted. Campbell also noted that the Pictures for Sad Children comic itself would be ending, and expressed discontent with money as a concept as well as the consequences of capitalism and its effects on relationships between people in society.〔 In an interview, Campbell claimed that "750 to 800 books (were shipped), while another 150 were undeliverable and returned". Campbell also said that no further books were sent out due to lack of funds to ship them. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pictures for Sad Children」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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