Roll up! Roll up!

We are raising money to print a high quality, tabloid-sized newspaper, chock full with comics by artists from all over the world. These contributions arent your usual superhero fare theyre specially commissioned works of underground, alternative and small-press storytellers, spinning yarns of sad theatre performers, blackmailed entertainers, plane crashes, wrestling matches gone wrong, flatulent stand-ups, persecuted human statutes and of four eyed-wonders plus a whole lot more besides! If this sounds like the kind of thing youd like, READ ON!

Whos in it?

The Sorry Entertainer features the work of

The Dynamic Duo: Messrs Andrew Cheverton and Rol Hirst

The legendary Lord Brad Foster

The ineffable Master Christopher Fairless

Mr Dangerous himself, David Ziggy Greene

The mysterious Dr Thom Ferrier

The curious case of Jarod Rosello

The wistful Master Jason Martin

The card-shark stylings of Messrs Jordan Collver and Richard Worth

New Yorks finest tumbler, Miss Lauren Barnett

Floridas own Ringmasters, Messrs Loren Knack and Ron McVicar

Argentinian mastermind, Loris Z

The stage-ready Mr Matt Reichmann

The ever-suffering Master Nick Soucek

The despairing President Noah Van Sciver

Buskin Paddy Lynch

The Inky Devil, Robert Malkin

The excitable Mr Peter Batchelor

Master of Northern wit and ice-cream salesman, Rob Jackson

Diarist and humourist, Mr Sam Spina

and Simon just whose idea was this anyway? Moreton

Why on earth are we doing it?

Quite simply, we want to produce something that is at once disposable and essential, tactile and unique. We want to make something fun, something entertaining, and something that we can pass around the cities in which we live, proud of the fact that we made it. We also want:

-         to take control of the way publishing happens for people like us who cant always get a look in with bigger publishers.

-         to help unpublished artists get together and have a chance for exposure.

-         to give people who arent always into comics a change to see whats happening and to get their hands on something entertaining, inky and wonderful.

What we need and what YOU get

We are fundraising to cover the printing and distribution costs for 500 copies of this newspaper.  The problem is, honestly, we dont have the resources to do this on our own, and thats why were reaching out to you lovely people. The money wont line our pockets. There will be no profit if this is successful, because the total amount will only just cover our costs. That said, if we ARE wildly successful, well just get more copies printed! Hows that?

So, depending on how much you donate, you can get your hands on:

-         minicomics from the contributors

-         copies of the newspaper itself

-         your name in the paper

-         original artwork from the anthology

Have a look on the right hand side of the page for more details about these perks.

PLEASE NOTE: only donations made before 23:59 on Sunday 8th May will be eligible to have their 'name in the paper'. This is because we have had to move our printing deadline forward, and the paper will need to be completed by this date.

However, new perks will appear on Monday 9th May for the last week of the campaign - so you can still help out and make a difference!

Why do I get so many copies?

We send you more than one copy of the anthology if you donate more, because we want it to get our there into the world Thats right: they are yours to do with as you please take them to a bus stop, leave some in a shop, share it at school, sneak it onto shelves in libraries, wrap presents up in it, make a mural, hand it out to strangers, flog em for pennies down the arcades. Anything! We just want the Sorry Entertainer to have a life of its own to surprise, entertain and delight strangers all over the world.

What else can you do?

Thats up to you but we would love it if you could spread this URL all over twitter, tumblr, the internet, at home, email, facebook anywhere and everywhere! Even if you arent able to donate, DO think about who you know that might be able to. Got a friend who likes comics? Get them involved. Is your neighbour a multi-millionaire newsprint enthusiast? Tell them! Please, spread the word and well love you forever.

At the end of the day, we just want to get the work of these artists out to you the lovely public to show you just what amazing stuff people are getting up to in the world of comics. We think comics are awesome, the contributors are awesome, and frankly, so are you for reading this far...

Simon and Nick, Bristol, April 2011