Back in April I covered the launch (here) of Pete Nash's efforts to raise £30,000 to launch, among other things, a weekly Striker comic (again).
The Kickstarter eventually raised £43,719 - smashing through the £30,000 barrier with just a few days to go if I remember rightly and so, tight on time, here's the cover of issue 1 of Striker comic.
As he explained at the time...
This Kickstarter project is for the first 12 weekly
issues of the Striker comic - but our goal is to publish 50 weekly issues a
year. Issues 13 onwards will
be funded by the renewal of subscriptions and continued retail sales, combined with
further Kickstarter projects.
The plans to reprint classic British football strips have been dropped due to a lack of space.
So if, like me, you backed this project watch out for your new weekly comic arriving soon.
Even if you didn't back the Kickstarter campaign you can still get a 4 week (or 12 week) subscription here...
4 week is here
12 week is here
Pete notes that, if you subscribe now, the deadline for getting issue 1 to you by Wednesday has passed but the comic will be sent out at the next available opportunity.
Every 32-page comic will be full of drama and laughs. Regular features include the main serialised comic strip plus other unmissable features like Wannabe Warriors - a comic strip on Warbury's academy - and Eric and Vanessa: The Way They Were - an illustrated serialised story charting the early years of Eric Openshaw and his trophy wife Vanessa.
There's also a guide to all the World League club owners, coaches and players - plus gossip, features and interviews with the larger-than-life characters in Striker. And to top it all, there will be details in every issue showing how to see Warbury play their weekly matches online in stunning 3D animation that you can watch for fun or - if you're over 18 - even have a flutter on.
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