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THE GREAT
REFUND CAMPAIGN
THE GREAT REFUND
CAMPAIGN is a 30-day experimental tragicomedy
performance
art piece masquerading as customer service - the plan is
simple... to restore the balance of
Karma in our comic book timeline by performing a Meta self-aware
struggle session Reverse Crowdfund campaign.
From the controversial mind behind
Kim Il Sung and Best Korea,
join Commi3 Mark as
he attempts the impossible once again -
not to launch a comic,
but to end one with class.
IN 2025, THE FIRST-EVER REVERSE
CROWDFUNDING COMIC CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED
I'll never forget the flash of inspiration as it hit me
on the living room floor. The entire concept of Krishna Kid
illuminated every corner my mind simultaneously - at the speed of light
these incredible images and stories that people didn't even know they
wanted to hear, instantly reimagined in this visual aesthetic that they
didn't know that they needed. And I couldn't wait to tell them. If I was
a theist I'd have sworn it was a vision of divine inspiration. Either
way I knew it was a winner. Immediately.
The campaign raised a whopping $12,587
from a total
of 219 backers on IndieGoGo. If you are reading this in an email then -
that's you! Thank you. Support from the ComicsGate community was better
than I, as a communist, could have hoped for. Not only the financial
redistribution, but the retweets, promos and YouTube hosts kind enough
to platform my vision - all of that, everything, every drop of blood and
sweat - that was you guys. The
Krishna Kid campaign raised
more than both my previously crowdfunded works
Best Korea
and
NOT Daredevil
combined.
In fact the
very first (and only) Indian comic publishing house to lay eyes on
Krishna Kid
was eager to publish it across the
entire subcontinent - to potentially billions of customers.
That's nice, but without you, the proletariat and the bots in the chat,
supporting my dream from the beginning none of this would have ever been
possible. The belief that you guys have shown in me is truly priceless.
And that's why I'm
giving everyone their MONEY BACK...
*almost
everyone
FREE COMMENTARIAT COMICS FOR
COMRADES
As a gesture of my sincere gratitude and appreciation, we
are offering free digital comics from the Commi3 Mark back
catalogue to any backer who requests them.
Get
your dirty capitalist pig dog hands on the cult classic
The Adventures of Kim Il Sung and Best Korea - A
revolutionary romp through North Koreas alternate history, Grab both the
reappropriated Golden Age classic NOT Daredevil: Origins and the
hilarious sequel NOT Daredevil vs the KKK - where our hero
uncovers a conspiracy involving the Klan, the Scarlet Skull, and
experimental race-swapping technology.
And
finally, the Mahabharata inspired tragedy
Duryodhana Purana -
which, I if I may be so bold, is fucking excellent. Easily my
favourite work to date. I highly recommend you at least grab this one.
Chances are, if you are a long time supporter you may already have some
of these older books but only a handful of copies of Duryodhana
Purana exist out there in the wild.
Just
a little something to say:
Thanks for
believing in me.
FREE STRUGGLE SESSION SUPERCHAT
"there is no criticism: only
feedback"
I'm sure that you have feelings about Krishna Kid,
about this Refund Campaign, even about me. And honestly? I want
to hear them. This is your chance to speak freely... while I sit beneath
the banner of my own failure and receive your words as the cleansing
fire of the peoples judgment.
When comrades complete their refund request forms, there is a designated
section to leave a comment.
Every comment submitted will be treated as a
free superchat and read
aloud during one of the live
Struggle Session broadcasts.
Tell
me how you feel. Roast me. Mock me. Call me names. Offer solidarity.
Denounce me as a counterevolutionary grifter or reaffirm your faith in
our revolutionary cause.
All
statements will be read aloud. Uncensored. Unedited. Uncomfortable.
Because this
isnt just about refunds. Its about accountability. Its about ritual
humiliation. Its about healing - the communist way.
Your voice matters and a good leader
listens to his people.
WHY ARE YOU
REFUNDING EVERYBODY?
The story of why Krishna Kid
has been declared cancelled starts surprisingly at a meeting in
the office of the Headteacher of the school that my (Adonis of an
autist) son was attending.
She explained to me, despite being
probably the smartest child in the history of the school, that he was
wildly uncontrollable: that he would do whatever he wanted
whenever he liked, if he didn't like the work he was given he'd write
his own harder work and do that instead, that he would refuse to
follow orders, that he would challenge authority when he
didn't agree - and then they asked me to crush that.
Naturally, I challenged their
authority and refused to follow orders. I did not like the work they had
given me so I decided to make my own harder work and do that
instead: So I liberated him from public school and now he's home
educated.
The months that followed proved that I
had made the correct decision at exactly the right time. Almost
immediately, in every measurable metric there was improvements - across
the board, in every single department. Since then, our newly elected
government has changed the rules to make it more difficult for parents
to withdraw children from public school, so the timing was pretty
perfect.
I have absolutely no regrets:
doing the right thing is never wrong.
The issue now was that my free time
had been drastically reduced to the 70 minute commute home from Mega
Evil Corp, plus Friday evenings which were long reserved for criminally
under rated YouTube show Russian Troll Factory. I believed in
myself though, and I knew how amazing the Krishna Kid story was.
It would be challenging sure but I'd find a way to make it work.
I've always been a worker
After everyone else had gone to bed, I
would snatch an hour or two here or there a couple of nights a week, if
I was lucky. Id sit down, spend 45 minutes trying to decide which file
was the most up to date version, trying to figure out how far I'd gotten
into editing that version and where I was up to, then you know, another
20 minutes just to get into the groove... and before you know it:
bedtime. Building momentum was very difficult.
On my previously fulfilled books what
I would do is cash in a bunch of my state mandated paid holiday days and
do a 40 to 60 hour week solid just grinding on the book. We did this a
couple of times and I really love doing that stuff - working directly
over the shoulder of the artist - incredibly efficent and really a lot
of fun. But even that didn't really work anymore as I'd lost the 6 or 7
hours a day my son would have been at school. Using that time was
impossible now.
It had bceome clear tht my original
plan to split the Eye of Brahma Saga into three seperate 30 page
floppies simply was not enough space to tell the story in the way that I
wanted to tell. The page count for Issue 1 blew up to over 60 pages.
The whole thing was trending for 180 pages - double what I had
originally promised. When preparing the campaign I had planned out
all the costs very carefully and had left myself some margin for wiggle
room. We definetly wouldn't break even on the campaign now - but the
Indian publishing deal, or a Crowdfunded sequel or something, there was
options for after the campaign.
We were already late when I made the
call to double the page count - it was the right decision for the
story and I should have realised that much earlier.
Over time though the lack of
momentum meant that I was starting to slip further behind, trying to
lay out the tracks infront of me while also trying to fix the ones we'd
already laid. The chats with Vineet became much shorter and less
frequent and progress on Krishna Kid was slow. Not through anyones
fault but my own. Everyone was waiting on me rather than the other
way around.
What had begun as a passion project
had over time faded into just a project. Working on Krishna Kid used
to bring me happiness and joy, now just the thought of how much work
there was left to do filled me with dread. I don't like feeling that
way and its not particulary condusive to writing 'happy go lucky magic
Krishna boy', you know what I mean?
And, quite simply, I haven't been
able to enjoy my life properly.
Ironically the straw that broke the
camels back came while I was literally riding on a camels back, with my
son, in the Sahara desert and I couldn't help but think to myself "I
really should be working on Krishna Kid right now". Hosting
Russian Troll Factory (Fridays at 10pm GMT) would fill me with
anxiety that someone would ask for a progress update or say "Stop
wasting your time on Youtube streaming". That was difficult, the
show was supposed to exist to show the backers that I was still around -
and to promote the book more. I couldn't even enjoy little things like
watching a movie with my girlfriend without feeling guilty that "I'm
wasting time". That the good people are waiting. They are expecting
you to deliver this book that you promised.
It was making it difficult to be
present in the moment.
My life is too heavy and I need to
put some stuff down. So I've made the difficult decision to cancel
the book.
HOW CAN I GET
A REFUND?
STEP 1: RECEIVE THE
EMAIL
Eligible backers of Krishna Kid
will receive an official communiqué from Commentariat Comics HQ, sent to
the email address associated with their IndieGoGo account. This message
serves as formal notification that the project has been cancelled, and
that the meta, self-aware,
struggle session reverse crowdfund campaign has begun.
If you
didn’t receive the email — or no longer have access to the email tied to
your IndieGoGo account — just hit me up!
STEP 2:
REPLY TO THE EMAIL
Just
reply. That’s it. “Refund.” “OK.” “Fuck you, you dirty communist
bastard!” It all counts.
Your
message must land in my inbox
during the 30-day campaign window to qualify.
Reappropriation requests must be made within the limited “The Great
Refund Campaign” window.
This window will be announced both
publicly and directly in an email to every backer. Requests outside of
this timeframe may not be honored — Refund Campaign will not be going
Un-Demand.
STEP 3:
FILL OUT A REFUND REQUEST FORM
Once
you’ve replied, you’ll be issued a private link to the Official Refund
Request Form — your personal gateway to revolutionary reparations.
The
form will ask for:
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Your IndieGoGo backer number
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Your postcode or ZIP code
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Your preferred refund amount:
full,
partial, or
tokenistic
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Whether you’d like free
digital comics from the Commentariat archive
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An
optional Struggle Session
comment — which will be read aloud during a livestream
(specify if you want o be named or anonymous)
STEP 4:
WAIT FOR YOUR REFUND
Your
request will be verified against IndieGoGo records.
Refunds
are issued manually, via PayPal
only. Processing times will vary depending on:
All
decisions rest with the
Commentariat Comics Central Refund Bureau, operating in good
faith, bad vibes, and revolutionary spirit. If approved, your karmic
reallocation of funds will arrive directly in your PayPal account.
Be
patient. This is artisanal, small-batch, hand-delivered communism
STEP 5:
ENJOY YOUR FREE COMICS
Regardless of your refund status,
every backer is
entitled to receive a curated selection of digital comics from the
Commentariat Archives:
Think
of it as reparations. Or a consolation prize. Or propaganda, depending
on your perspective.
But above all: it's yours.
Download links will be sent alongside confirmation that your refund has
been processed.
STEP 6:
SHARE ON SOCIALS
We
know this looks like performance art. Or a bit. Or a deeply committed
satire campaign. It’s not.
The money is
real. The refunds are real. The shame is real.
If you
get your refund, and you’re happy with how it was handled,
let people know. Post
about it. Tweet it. Screenshot it. Yell it from your Twitter feed.This
helps prove that the Great Refund Camapaign actually exists and
is functioning — which, to be honest, is more than you can say about
most Krishna Kid at this point.
STEP 7: ????
STEP 8: ????
STEP 9: PROFIT
TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
These Terms and
Conditions govern the process by which comrades who financially
supported the revolution by backing the original Krishna Kid campaign
may voluntarily request redistribution of funds(ie a refund)
1. MUST BE A BACKER OF THE PROJECT
Only original backers
of the Krishna Kid Indiegogo campaign are eligible to request
redistribution of funds.To confirm eligibility, comrades must provide
their
Indiegogo backer number
and the
postcode
or
ZIP code
used at the time of contribution or email from the account associated
with purchase.
All requests will be
cross-referenced against indiegogo records. Don’t try anything
counterrevolutionary!
2.
FULLY FULFILLED ORDERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REFUND
Backers who received
their entire reward tier as originally described are
not
eligible for a refund
— the revolution has already delivered.
Backers who received
partial
fulfillment
(e.g. 1 book out of 3)
may
still request a full refund.
We will
not be asking anyone to return previously received items.
Keep it, its your's. Hare Krishna Comrade.
3. MUST
REQUEST DURING REFUND CAMPAIGN
Reappropriation requests must be made within the limited “The Great
Refund Campaign” window.
This window will be announced both
publicly and directly in an email to every backer. Requests outside of
this timeframe may not be honored — Refund Campaign will not be going
Un-Demand.
4. MUST HAVE VALID PAYPAL ACCOUNT
All funds will be
redistributed via
PayPal
only.
Comrades must provide a
valid
PayPal email address
to receive their allocation.
Refunds will be
processed in batches and may take a while depending on volume and
administrative chaos.
Final authority rests
with Commentariat Comics, operating in good faith, bad smells, and
revolutionary spirit.
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