You may not have noticed this but I have stopped linking to most crowd-funding efforts. I haven't totaled up the precise number but a number of the ones I've plugged here asking you to help fund a publication or film have never come out. As far as I can tell, those who accepted the crowd-funded funds had every good intention and still, long after the announced delivery dates, intend to get their publication published or film completed. And of course, some were finished as promised.
But some have not and I'm trying to decide whether I should stop linking to such efforts. While I do, I'm turning down all such requests so please — especially if you're a good friend — don't ask me.
This is different…first of all, because Mark Waid didn't ask me and secondly, because he's not promising to deliver a product. Mark — who as you know is a fine, popular comic book writer, is trying to deliver a sane, just ending to a lawsuit that could have ramifications for the entire comic book community. The money is definitely being spent just as he explains on his GoFundMe page. Read up on it and see if you want to support him. I sure did.