Don Giller

(7) Those cast, crew, and comics set this in motion with their early contributions. As I posted yesterday, seeing their names -- and then what they offered -- just took my breath away.

(8) Most of their names are posted publicly in the GoFundMe site, and I don't want to further their exposure here. And those donating anonymously absolutely not. But they know who they are

(9) Now the task of individually thanking all of the contributors. It took three full days and nights to finally catch up with the Patreon folks.

(10) Now I have my work cut out for me with the GoFundMe crowd, some of whom donated to both (which I think is illegal in some zip codes). It's something I need/want to do. I owe all of them -- and you -- at least that.

(11) And then, after all this has settled, I'll finally have the focus to begin preliminary work on the Alan Kalter retrospective, a project I figure will take months. Maybe this is my way of earning what so many have done for me.

(12) This is my roundabout way of saying thank you. (/fin)

(13) And, just like that, GoFundMe has gone over the top. I don’t know what to say.

What is the difference between the GoFundMe account and Patreon?