Many websitesreceived this plea yesterday from Top Shelf Comics TopShelf Comics chief Chris Staros. It's a bit off topic but importantnever-the-less.
Dear Comics Fans,
We have just been informed this week that our book trade distributor has filed for bankruptcy (Chapter 11). They will continue to operate and hopefully recover - and we will support this all we can (as our industry needs them, and they are good people) - but unfortunately, this has happened at a time when they owed us an enormous sum of money (over $80,000.00 minus returns). And to make matters worse, the most recent check they cut us, for almost $20,000.00, bounced this week, in turn causing the last 30 checks we wrote to printers, conventions, cartoonists - practically every aspect of the business - to bounce (or be held) in turn.
To put it bluntly, even with all the hard work we've put in over the years, if we don't raise $20,000 this month, it could realistically force us to suspend publishing operations for the foreseeable future. It's hard to believe but a big domino has fallen right on top of us at the worst time possible. So, that leaves us no choice but to be honest and ask for your help.
If 400-500 of you can find it in your hearts to each spend around fifty bucks on our core list of books below, this would literally pull us through - We mean that. We've got such a strong future schedule, and so many cool things to announce soon (including two more Alan Moore projects and two Film & TV projects), that I'd hate to think that we'd have to pull the plug right before we just were about to arrive.
In any event, if you can find it in your hearts to help us out, we will be eternally grateful. We'll be manning the phones personally on this "drive," and we'll also be sure to keep you informed -- hopefully letting all of you know in three-to-four weeks that everything's okay (with your help, that is...).
ORDERS OVER $100 GET AN EXTRA $25 WORTH OF BOOKS FREE!
FREE SHIPPING FOR US ORDERS ($10.00 FOR INTERNATIONAL SURFACE - Airmail could be a tad more depending on weight)
PHONE IN CREDIT CARD ORDERS TO: CHRIS STAROS (770) 425-0551
OR
E-MAIL CREDIT CARD ORDERS TO: STAROS@BELLSOUTH.NET
OR
MAIL CHECKS TO: TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS, INC. PO BOX 1282 MARIETTA, GA 30061-1282 USA
OR
ORDER ON-LINE AT: HTTP://WWW.TOPSHELFCOMIX.COM (for our widest selection of books)
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