Historic Newspaper Comics Collection

A project in Birmingham, AL by Steve Cottle, Jr
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Digitally preserving newspaper comics. Attempting to acquire 8,000 lbs of actual newsprint to turn into digital archives.
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Backers: 57
Average Pledge Per Backer: $146

Funded: $8,298 of $8,000
Dates: Feb 8th -> Mar 9th (30 days)
Project By: Steve Cottle, Jr
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Latest News

A Sneak Preview

June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Backers, The Archive has been working on a new kickstarter for the last few weeks, which we are on the verge of launching. Before we do, we wanted to give you a sneak preview, since you made all of this possible with the first kickstarter. The... (Read More)

The 8000k Project Beam

December 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, Its been a long hard road, there have been some ups and downs with this project.  We are slowly moving forward at scanning the massive amount of strips.  It has not been an easy task with the amount of papers purchased.    Well, we are here... (Read More)

Long Belated Update

December 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello my fellow comics collectors.  It has been a long while since we last posted an update and figured its time to send another one.     The main reason the ilovecomix Archive started this kickstatrer project was to acquire this massive... (Read More)

Scans of the 8000k project

July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
OK, in the last post I added some scans.  They are small and very hard to read because kickstarter shrinks them down. We decided to add a folder on the ilovecomix archive site of all the scans we have done so far of the 8000k project.    Please... (Read More)

What are we doing now - Some Sunday Scans

July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello comic lovers, It's been a while, its been very quiet.   A lot has happened over the past few months.  We are still here, we are just moving along very slowly with this project.   I figured it was time for an update to let you know what were... (Read More)

Overdue Update - Something is up our Sleeve

June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello supporters, I am so sorry to keep you in the dark for so long. Were are still here and it has been a very slow process the past 6 weeks.  I have been so overwhelmed with the amount of materials the ilovecomix Archive has acquired, I am really... (Read More)

Sorting Loose 60's and 70's papers

April 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Well here is another update,   were making a mess sorting the 1960's and the 1970's newspapers that were not from the library someone saved these.   Oh seems these are mostly full papers.  Not sure where these came from in the collection.    ... (Read More)

Pictures of loose comics

April 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Well I am not going to wait till next week,  I pulled a few books out and I am going to post the pictures on here that I snapped from the camera.   Hope they look good,  the camera was only $79 bucks.   OK only one picture,  the camera... (Read More)

Video Update

April 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Well I figured I would post a video.  We have the digital camera that makes short videos.  Enjoy.     (Read More)

Were home and unloaded

April 1st - via: kickstarter.com
OK we have returned home,  we have unloaded the lot,  ouch.   Seem pictures are the best we can do to give an idea of what we received.    So have fun there are quite a few pictures to view.   We unloaded the lot in two different houses.... (Read More)

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