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Another check for the XKCD school!

Another check for the XKCD school!

We’re happy to report that our friends at the Midlothian Friends Meeting have raised a total of $1187.85 for the XKCD school in Laos! Part of this came from the pancake breakfast organized by the younger Friends, but the bulk came from sales at the Thrifty Quaker, their thrift store on the outskirts of …

Enjoying pancakes

Pancake Breakfast for our school in Laos!

Sell pancakes, make big $$, donate!

Laos: The Kengthan Incomplete Primary School

Laos: The Kengthan Incomplete Primary School

Breadpig takes an epic journey to visit the Kengthan Incomplete Primary School, the school that was built with profits from XKCD: Volume 0.

Breadpig: the South Asia tour!

Breadpig: the South Asia tour!

We’ve alluded to it a couple of times, but it’s time to make the official announcement: this October, Breadpig is coming to a South Asia near you!

Reasons to self-publish, or start your own niche publishing company (or not)

Reasons to self-publish, or start your own niche publishing company (or not)

Like any good uncorporation, breadpig aims to do things a bit differently. Last year, we published a tutorial for how LOLMagnetz generated $30,000 in profits (for charity, but profits nonetheless). Now we’re doing it for xkcd: volume 0.

Project Update: The xkcd school in Laos is nearing completion!

Project Update: The xkcd school in Laos is nearing completion!

After selling out (yay!) of the xkcd book, we had some printing delays over the last few weeks (sorry!) that have held up shipping for some of you. All books should have now been shipped, but if something seems very wrong, please forward your invoice to us.

After getting your feedback on the xkcd …

We did it!  You raised enough money to build our xkcd school in Laos

We did it! You raised enough money to build our xkcd school in Laos

We couldn’t have done it without you. We aimed to raise $32,000 for Room To Read to construct The Kengthan Incomplete Primary School in Laos (don’t be troubled about the ‘incomplete’ part, that’s just a tricky translation from Lao to describe the education level – it’s going to be 100% complete when it’s …