The printers have refused to print my anti-army comic "having seen the content of your artwork".
This leaves me in a bit of a situation as they were the only printers I've been able to find who can print and fold an A5 20 page concertina booklet. I'm currently looking at French printers, as they're less likely to refuse a job on the grounds that it insults the British Army.
It is of course utterly maddening that a printer would refuse to print something they disagree with politically, but obviously I understand that legally and commercially they have right to decline whichever job they like. I do think however that this incident says something about the way people regard the army as an almost holy institution and therefore what I'm doing as a kind of blasphemy.
For now I've decided to put back the launch of the comic until the 26th of September. Hopefully I'll be able to sort something soon even if I have to fold each comic by hand.
If you happen to know a large format printer that might be able to help me on this please email me: darren@spellingmistakescostlives.com or leave a message in the comments. Thanks.
Short strip from my anti-army recruitment comic which has 8 days left on Kickstarter. Below is a detail of the Iraq war Bayeux Tapestry which will be on the back of the book.
I finally finished the anti-army recruitment comic I've been working on for the last few months! The only problem now is I need some cash tokens to get it printed, so the internet told me to do one of them Kickstarters, and I did. And now I have done it.
Really what I'm asking people to do is pre-order a copy before it exists and then I will spend that money on printing it into existence. It is a very back to front process but I think I understand what is going on.
Anyway, here is the campaign page. Please spread the word to friends and pets. It costs £5 + p&p for a physical version and a bit more if you want something more. Thank!
