Silver Sprocket, the 15-year-old publisher of artist-forward, socially conscious comic books, graphic novels, and related art, with a bookstore and gallery in San Francisco, Calif., has launched a fundraiser "to keep the lights on." The store sells titles from a range of publishers.
Silver Sprocket explained: "We've come to the realization that we need some extra help from the community we so proudly serve.... This fundraiser serves as an effort to mobilize our community to support a sustainable Silver Sprocket for everyone we've worked with, letting local cartoonists use our equipment and resources to make their own comics, year-round community events, initiatives like the Pride in Panels: SF Queer Comics Festival and to support everyone who works at Silver Sprocket (15+ employees) to make this sustainable. These efforts aren't profit-driven, nor do we want them to be--everything we do is central to our mission of supporting indie comics and the community above all else."
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A key part of the fundraiser involves one-of-a-kind prints by more than 40 artists that will be sold during the campaign. Participating artists and creators include Lemony Snicket, Michael Deforge, Julia Wertz, Katie Skelly, Caroline Cash, Jenn Woodall, Ashley Robin Franklin, Alex Krokus, Eddy Atoms, and many more.
Beyond the prints, which are a one-time event, Silver Sprocket is also aiming to raise funds in an ongoing way through a subscription program for new books from the company. Through the program, subscribers can sign up for a month-to-month or a yearly plan and can receive books digitally or in print. Customers receive every book Silver Sprocket publishes in the month they sign up--and then all in each month in the future.
Additionally, each subscription gives the member either a 5% discount on all digital store purchases or a 10% discount on print purchases. For those choosing the print option, they also receive a welcome tote bag and can swap titles if they have certain ones on pre-order already or don't want a particular title. The print option is available only in the U.S. for now.
The monthly subscription is $14.99 for digital books and $39.99 for print books. Annually, the subscription is $179.88 for digital and $479.88 for print. Silver Sprocket hopes to get at least 200 subscribers.