With comic and tweet, cartoonist raises $8 million for museum

NEW DELHI: No one raises money like Matthew Inman, the creator of Oatmeal comics. With a web comic and a tweet on Wednesday, Inman raised $8 million dollars for building a museum dedicated to Nikola Tesla, the scientist and innovator who worked on many technologies, including electricity, that power the world of today. Inman is a big Tesla fan and is trying to raise money to build a Tesla Museum.

Before Wednesday, he has collected over $1.3 million in donations for his cause. But according to Inman, who is collaborating with Tesla Memorial Society, this is not enough to build a museum.

On Wednesday, Inman wrote a review of Tesla S, an all-electric car sold by Tesla Motors, and asked the car company's CEO Elon Musk on Twitter to donate $8 million for the proposed Tesla Museum. Musk, a visionary and innovator who also happens to be one of the richest men on earth with around $12 billion net worth, agreed. "@Oatmeal I would be happy to help," Musk said on Twitter.
Earlier, Inman had tagged Musk in a tweet and said, "@elonmusk I wrote a review of my Model S, and then asked you for a little favor here."