I've kinda become a big fan of Kickstarter. I like the idea of crowd-funding as a way to subvert the "corporate cookie-cutter profit before creativity" model. Kickstarter is a great place to fund quirky projects of all types but I thought the good people at MR would be specifically interested in two categories -
Comics
Publishing
If you find an interesting project, especially concerning e-publishing, post it here for all to see and help get the word out. Starving artists are people too!
I'll get the ball rolling with...
Fireside Magazine