Official Press Release Reading With Pictures has entered the final week of their pledge drive and anthology pre-order campaign on Kickstarter.com, and they’ve already raised $13,000 to help revolutionize the role of comics in the classroom!  But they’re not done yet. With your help they hope to raise an additional $2,000 by the time the Kickstarter campaign ends at midnight this Saturday.

• PLEDGE $5 and get the digital edition of the inaugural Reading With Pictures anthology: 192 pages of full-color awesomeness appropriate for ages 7 and up. With a painted cover by Jill Thompson, it features stories by more than 50 brilliant cartoonists including Jim Gownley, Fred Van Lente, Ryan Dunlavey, Raina Telgemeier, Jeffrey Brown, Chris Giarrusso, Bill Barnes, Gene Ambaum and many more.

• PLEDGE $15 and get a signed copy of the RWP anthology in softcover.

• PLEDGE $20 and get a signed copy of the RWP anthology in hardcover.

• PLEDGE $50 and get an RWP logo t-shirt PLUS a signed copy of the RWP anthology in hardcover.

• PLEDGE $75 and get a limited edition signed print by anthology cover artist Jill Thompson PLUS an RWP logo t-shirt AND a signed copy of the RWP anthology in hardcover.

• PLEDGE $150 and get the your name (or that of your business/organization) and face (or logo) drawn into the book’s Honor Roll section PLUS the limited edition Jill Thompson print, the t-shirt AND the signed hardcover.

And here’s a preview of the cover: