Kickstarter: The Nitch by Satyrus Jeering

The Nitch by Satyrus Jeering

Self-publication can bring to mind countless books that were written by and published for an author's ego. With the internet, these books no longer exist in an echo chamber of self-congratulatory me-space. These things do not find a home. Sometimes though, when book collectors are lucky enough, self-publication means the author's vision for the finished book is not something that can be published any other way than by hand.

The Nitch is a children's story design to ostensibly resemble the "original journal" of the obviously very real Satyrus Jeering. It's a hand stitched leather journal style book with about a third of it being the full page illustrations that look like something that the love-child of Dr Suess and Tim Burton would draw:

The book also apparently has hidden riddles in it that unlock a website and lead to a game call the Rook and Biddles that promises real buried treasure. They are promoting the idea of getting kids involved through something they are calling "Mentortainment."

Personally if a man in a strange animal mask had come into my school, handed me one of these books, and told me he'd left a riddle in it for me that would lead to real life buried treasure, I'm pretty sure it would have been a life changing event for me and I'd probably be off Indiana Jonesing it up all over the world right now. At the very least I would have thought this was amazing. I hope these books are purchased and handed out to little kids by the thousands.