Sean Tevis is an information architect running for state house in northeastern Kansas. He released this xkcd-style web comic (of which the above is just one panel) in an attempt to break the record set for number of contributors to a state house race in that state -- 644 -- and raise enough cash to fund his campaign. I've put together a little recap over on TechPresident. But in short, after a link from Boing Boing, he's at 4,000 contributors and counting. First we had Darcy Burner fundraising off of a </war> t-shirt, and now geeks are heeding the siren song of a comic strip. It's the kind of engagement I've been eager for; I went down to SXSW two years ago and called for technologists to cast off their faux-libertarian mantle and finally get political. Yep, that's right, I'm crediting myself for this new development. Anyway, check out that post if you get a chance: "Geeks Answer Kansas Candidate's Call for Backup."
