I am part of a dying breed. I am among a quickly shrinking slice of Americans who have yet to step foot in smartphone land. As of July, Nielsen reported that 55.5% of mobile subscribers in America owned smartphones, a significant jump from 41% a year earlier. This pre-dated the release of the iPhone 5, which has surely swayed that percentage further.

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In an age of computers, smartphones, and instant gratification, studies lead us to believe that our attention spans are the shortest they've ever been. If that were completely true though, a 5,000 plus page webcomic shouldn't be able to attract millions of fans, much less inspire them to raise a million dollars in under a week.