Top Shelf Productions, a cool indy comix distributor is on the brink of ruin since their distributor filed Chapter 11 and screwed them out of piles of money.
We have just been informed this week that our book trade distributor has
filed for bankrupcy (Chapter 11). They will continue to operate and
hopefully recover ˆ and we will support this all we can (as our industry
needs them, and they are good people) ˆ 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 ˆ practically every aspect of the business ˆ 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.
(Thanks, Kip!)
