Chocolate Chips & Rocket Ships

A project in Danbury, CT by John O'Marra
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99 1/2 funny poems. 100 amazing illustrations. A new poem every day, all summer long!
Backers: 210
Average Pledge Per Backer: $45

Funded: $9,378 of $40,000
Dates: Jun 4th -> Jul 4th (31 days)
Project By: John O'Marra
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Email correction

July 4th - via: kickstarter.com
To stay in touch and receive future updates on Chocolate Chips & Rocket Ships, please email me at johnomarra@gmail.com Thanks, hope to hear from you! All best, and have a wonderful Fourth of July. John O'Marra  (Read More)

Up, Up and Away

July 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Backers! Last day on Kickstarter. Too bad we won't hit our goal, but we sure did make a lot of new fans and friends.  Huge thanks to all of you for your support for this project. Don't give up hope, this book is still coming out, no question... (Read More)

Teacher

July 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Backers! Only two days left, and a long way to go to get funded. :-( The good news is that even if we don't hit our goal on Kickstarter, that's definitely not the end of this book! We still have lots of great art and fun poems left to share. We'll... (Read More)

Tub

July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Poem of the Day, 7/2/12 Tub, illustrated by Mary Sievert  (Read More)

Hair

July 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Poem of the Day, 7/1/12 - Day 28 of 100 Hair, illustrated by Francesca D'Ottavi http://www.francescadottavi.com/sito/DOTTAVIHOME.html  (Read More)

Pop!

June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Poem of the Day 6/30/12 - Day 27 of 100 Pop!, by Piotr Antkowiak http://www.behance.net/skylinetrooper  (Read More)

Melee

June 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Poem of the Day 6/29/12 - Day 26 of 100 Melee, illustrated by Kai Carpenter http://kaicarpenter.carbonmade.com/  (Read More)

What's in the Bag?

June 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Poem of the Day 6/28/12 - Day 25 of 100 What's in the Bag, illustrated by Matthew Meyer http://www.matthewmeyer.net/  (Read More)

Snaky

June 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Poem of the Day 6/27/12 - Day 24 of 100 Snaky, illustrated by Tomislav Tomic http://tomislavtomic.com/  (Read More)

Switcheroo Tattoos

June 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Poem of the Day 6/26/12 - Day 23 of 100 Switcheroo Tattoos, illustrated by Wes Freed http://www.wesfreed.com/  (Read More)

So Close: Chocolate Chips & Rocket Ships

June 25th - via: blog.kicktraq.com
This week for So Close, I chatted with John O’Marra whose current project Chocolate Chips & Rocket Ships is running on Kickstarter. His project captures almost a year of self-authored poems along with the art from nearly 60 different artists and puts it in all in a bound paper book. What I find fascinating is that not only is John putting together a book, he’s also releasing a poem a day for the next 100 days along with its accompanied art. (Read More)

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