Silver Sprocket

Silver Sprocket
	Silver Sprocket logo drawn by Liz Suburbia.
Status	Active
Founded	2007
Founder	Avi Ehrlich
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	San Francisco
Key people	Avi Ehrlich; Mitch Clem; Amanda Kirk; Liz Suburbia; Ben Passmore; Michael Sweater; Benji Nate
Publication types	Comics
Official website	silversprocket.net

Silver Sprocket is a San Francisco-based indie comics publisher and independent record label, founded in 2007 by Avi Ehrlich of Springman Records.^[1] In addition to publishing records and comics, Silver Sprocket also supports a range of independent musicians and other community-based initiatives.^[2]

Overview

Silver Sprocket is an anti-professional art crew, comic and zine publisher, record label, and "all-around raging dumpster fire."^[3] Ehrlich told The Comics Journal that the community-based model of the company is founded in anarchist politics: "It’s very shaped by anarchist world views and specifically the Bay Area punk rock scene which was a very hippieish community of mutual aid and helping each other out and not waiting for permission from some corporation to exist."^[4] Comics critics have noted the publisher's high production values differentiates Silver Sprocket from other zine publishers. "Its political values may be DIY and anti-establishment, but its attention to production values and design sets it apart from traditional, home-made zines."^[5] Silver Sprocket is known for publishing comics about punk culture, mental illness, queer lives, and people of color.^[6]

Silver Sprocket opened their first retail location in December 2017 at 1685 Haight St, San Francisco.^[7] In 2021, Ari Yarwood was hired as Silver Sprocket's first managing editor.^[8]

Musicians

The following musicians have released albums under the Silver Sprocket label:

Additionally, the label has released the following compilation albums:

Rude Remix Revolution (2009)

Cartoonists

Ben Passmore published Your Black Friend and Other Strangers (2018)^[9]
Benji Nate^[10]
Cartoonist Mitch Clem publishes his work through Silver Sprocket.
Liz Suburbia^[11]

External links

References

^ March 10, Alex Dueben |; 2020 (2020-03-10). ""I Want To See What Else We Can Get Away With": An Interview with Avi Ehrlich". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2022-03-01. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Silver Sprocket's Avi Ehrlich Talks Business of Small Press and Art Theft on Redbubble". WWAC. 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
^ "Silver Sprocket". Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ March 10, Alex Dueben |; 2020 (2020-03-10). ""I Want To See What Else We Can Get Away With": An Interview with Avi Ehrlich". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2022-03-01. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Clough, <img src="https://solrad co/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_71311-2-e1567475057127 png" alt="" width="150" height="150" title="IMG_71311-2" />Rob (2021-01-25). "None More Punk: The Latest From Silver Sprocket". SOLRAD. Retrieved 2022-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Clough, <img src="https://solrad co/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_71311-2-e1567475057127 png" alt="" width="150" height="150" title="IMG_71311-2" />Rob (2021-01-25). "None More Punk: The Latest From Silver Sprocket". SOLRAD. Retrieved 2022-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Silver Sprocket Instagram". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
^ MacDonald, Heidi (2021-06-24). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
^ Chute, Hillary (2018-07-27). "Cartoonists Who Draw in Order to Be Heard". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
^ Johnston, Rich (2021-05-25). "Good Boy Magazine #1 - Indie Comics Anthology From Silver Sprocket". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
^ Dueben, Author Alex (2019-02-28). "Smash Pages Q&A: Liz Suburbia". SMASH PAGES. Retrieved 2022-03-12. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)

[1] March 10, Alex Dueben |; 2020 (2020-03-10). ""I Want To See What Else We Can Get Away With": An Interview with Avi Ehrlich". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2022-03-01. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] "Silver Sprocket's Avi Ehrlich Talks Business of Small Press and Art Theft on Redbubble". WWAC. 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2022-03-01.

[3] "Silver Sprocket". Retrieved 21 July 2018.

[4] March 10, Alex Dueben |; 2020 (2020-03-10). ""I Want To See What Else We Can Get Away With": An Interview with Avi Ehrlich". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2022-03-01. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[5] Clough, <img src="https://solrad co/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_71311-2-e1567475057127 png" alt="" width="150" height="150" title="IMG_71311-2" />Rob (2021-01-25). "None More Punk: The Latest From Silver Sprocket". SOLRAD. Retrieved 2022-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[6] Clough, <img src="https://solrad co/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_71311-2-e1567475057127 png" alt="" width="150" height="150" title="IMG_71311-2" />Rob (2021-01-25). "None More Punk: The Latest From Silver Sprocket". SOLRAD. Retrieved 2022-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[7] "Silver Sprocket Instagram". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2 December 2017.

[8] MacDonald, Heidi (2021-06-24). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Retrieved 2022-03-01.

[9] Chute, Hillary (2018-07-27). "Cartoonists Who Draw in Order to Be Heard". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-01.

[10] Johnston, Rich (2021-05-25). "Good Boy Magazine #1 - Indie Comics Anthology From Silver Sprocket". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. Retrieved 2022-03-01.

[11] Dueben, Author Alex (2019-02-28). "Smash Pages Q&A: Liz Suburbia". SMASH PAGES. Retrieved 2022-03-12. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)

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