Sean Tevis is a candidate for state representative in Kansas. Like a lot of young candidates challenging entrenched incumbents in minor races, Tevis has a fundraising problem: He needs money. Not that much of it, but more than his parents/wife are willing to give him. So he hit on an innovative solution: Co-opt an internet cartoon with a huge and intensely devoted audience (XKCD), use its form and rhythm to tell the story of why people should donate to him, and then watch the links, and the money, roll in. This is fundraising on the extreme end of the long tail, and it's pretty cool. Also, his XKCD takeoff isn't half bad.
