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A Crisis In Graphic Detail

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BORDERx: A Crisis In Graphic Detail

BORDERx is an comix anthology to raise funds and awareness for the humanitarian crisis at the US border, to benefit the South Texas Human Rights Center.

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This is a Fiscally-Sponsored Project

Fiscally Sponsored by Fractured Atlas

Visit Us At BCAF San Francisco, The Black and Brown Comic Festival on MLK Day

If you are in the area, BORDERx will have a table at the San Francisco BCAF Festival on MLK Day, Jan. 20, 2020 from 11am to 6pm at City View Metreon 4th Street 135 San Francisco CA 94103
Come visit. We'll have posters, stickers and information about our partner organizations.
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Founded in August of 2019, BORDERx has brought together over 70 writers, comix artists, journalists, historians, lawyers to create a comic book anthology. We are addressing the growing problem of hate, fear and misrepresentation in the U.S. The BORDERx anthology project seeks to document this problem in the form of sequential art, posters and infographics. Providing a platform for creatives to approach this multifaceted problem from many different angles, we are documenting these difficult times through the powerful lens of comics. Focusing on the migrant humanitarian crisis at our southern border, this anthology will raise money to provide relief to migrants seeking a better life for themselves and their families through the work of The South Texas Human Rights Center (STHRC). You can learn more about their work at their website https://southtexashumanrights.org/ or by listening to The Dead In The Desert series of profiles on Texas Public Radio by Edward R. Murrow award winning journalist David Martin Davies https://www.tpr.org/people/david-martin-davies

As comics evolve, they have become an ideal medium for exploring serious and difficult topics like racism, war and human rights. Rep. John Lewis’ March, Art Spiegelman’s Maus and Marjane Sartrapi’s Persepolis are the tip of the iceberg. This anthology brings together diverse artists and writers to do what they do best, record and interpret the human experience in engaging and informative ways. We will also produce a study guide to help teachers bring BORDERx into the classrooms with source materials, bibliographic materials, comic scripts and lesson plans.

Scroll down to see a sneak preview images from the pages of BORDERx
More information can be found on our website https://border-x.com/

Participants 
(subject to change)
Adriana Cordero, Graphic Design
Alan St. Clark, Comic Artist
Alex Lewis, Comic Artist
Alivón Ortíz, Colorist
Alix Witthoft, Comic Creator
Ame Wright, Comic Artist
Andrew Richmond, Comic Artist
B.P. Johnson, Comic Writer
Brian Delay, Professor, UC Berkeley
Brix Skwikz, Brazilian Zinester
Cem Iroz, Comic Artist, Comixology, The Pride Season 2
Conchita Cruz, Asyum Seekers Advocacy Project
Consuelo Terra, Comic Artist, Chile, Mamá, Yo Te Recuerdo
Craig Florence, Comic Artist
David Brame, Comic Creator
David Lasky, Comic Creator
David Martin Davies, Journalist, Texas Public Radio
Dean Westerfield, Comic Creator
Donna Barr, Comic Creator, The Desert Peach, Stinz
Donnie J. Lee, Artist, Designer, Reebok, NYC
Eddie Canales, Director- South Texas Human Rights Center
Elisabeth Queen Liz, Comic Artist
Eric Garcia, Cartoonist
Eryk Hanut, Screenwriter
Felipe Ondera, Comic Artist
Gregory C. Giordiano, Comic Creator
Hal Weaver, Comic Creator
Heide Solbrig, Ethnographic Comics Creator
Hernan Gonzalez, Comic Artist, Founder, Buen Gusto Ediciones, Argentina
J.M. Hunter, Comic Artist
Janice Dees, Comic Creator
Jason Berger, Comic Writer
Jeffrey Haas, Comic Writer
Jerome Gagnon, Letterer
John A Short, Comic Writer
John Burkett, Comic Creator
John Howard, Comic Writer
Judith Anne Sprague, Comic Creator
Kasia Ozga, Artist
Kundo Krunch (Facundo Perez Cejas) Comic Artist, Argentina
Lan Pitts, Comic Writer
Lauren Affe, Colorist
Lee Gooden, Comic Writer
Lee Jacob, Comic Writer and Artist
Mahmoud Shaltout, Comic Writer and Artist
Mauricio Cordero, Lecturer MIT, Comic Writer and Artist
Mike Roth, Comic Writer
Mimi Swartz, Executive Editor, Texas Monthly
Paolo Massagli, Comic Creator, Italy
Paul Axel, Comic Writer
Pheobe Xavier, Comic Creator, Manager, 123Go Publications
Phoebe Cohen, Comic Writer and Artist
Phoebe Xavier, Comic Writer
Project Amplify
Ray Griffith, Comic Artist
Rich Makin, Comic Creator
Rich Tommaso, Comic Artist, Black Hammer, Spy Seal, Dry County
Rob Hochschild, Professor, Berklee College of Music
Roel Torres, Comic Creator, Editor
Sal Fitzgerald, Comic Writer
Sam Prowse, Comic Artist
Samantha Stephensen, Artist, Musician Frenchy and the Punk
Sarah Walker, Comic Creator
Simon Russell, Comic Creator, Boing Graphics, UK
Sinclair Klugarsh, Comic Creator, Marvel, Upper Deck
Swapna Reddy, Asyum Seekers Advocacy Project
Teresa Roberts Logan, Comic Creator,
Timothy P Sprague, Comic Creator
Tom Hart, Comic Creator, Director- Sequential Arts Workshop
W. Warren H. Binford , Professor of Law, Director of the Clinical Law Program, Willamette U.
Walter Sickert, Artist, Musician, Walter Sickert and the Army of Broken Toys
Yvette Benavides, Journalist, Texas Public Radio

Editing
From the works submitted, the most engaging  works will be selected for print publication in a full color softback (perfect bound) anthology of approximately 200 pages. Selection criteria will include quality, clarity, theme, variety and veracity. Digital versions of the collection as well as additional digital-only material will also be made available to sponsors. Additional collateral will include exclusive posters and other incentive's (merch).

Administration
Mauricio Cordero, Project Director is a lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he teaches a course on comic book production and guest lectures. He also creates comics, illustrations and posters. 

He is an experienced teacher in a variety of venues: universities, private and public schools, museums, private-lessons and non-profits. He has enjoyed a varied career in museums, galleries and arts organizations with 30+ years of experience in arts administration and conceptualizing, organizing and launching innovative courses, exhibits and public programs.

Sneak Preview
A few pages from the print edition of BORDERx by (left to right) Paolo Massagli, Mike Roth and Hernan Gonzalez, Mauricio Alberto Cordero, John Short and Andrew Richmond, Roel Torres.
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Merch
In addition to the anthology, we have created merchandise that reflects the spirit of the BORDERx Project including posters, stickers and pins.

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Signed art and publications by Raul the Third.

Art Commissions by Cem Iroz (Examples Only) black and white illustration on 11x17" bristol board. Portrait or commission of one character of your choice with white or black simple background.
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Rewards

Featured

Pay-What-You-Want Print Edition

Donate $17.00 or more

Amount over $10.00 is tax-deductible.

Suggested Donation- $25
Pay a little more or a little less for the print edition. Minimum donation ($17) covers our print and shipping costs. 

You will receive a deluxe print edition of the anthology, along with the digital edition. . This professionally printed edition will be roughly 200 pages, full color, Standard US Comic size 6.625”x10.25” perfect bound and will be shipped to your door anywhere in the US.

We will also thank you on our website and in the print edition.

A little help...

Donate $5.00 or more

Amount is fully tax-deductible.

Thanks to small donations, we'll get our message above, around and through the "wall". We will also thank you on our website.

Bits and bytes

Donate $10.00 or more

Amount over $2.00 is tax-deductible.

Suggested Donation-$15
Along with the digital edition of BORDERx you will have access to a bundle of digital extras. 
Stories that did not make it in the print edition.
  • Digital Edition of BORDERx
  • Printable posters.
  • Printable stickers.
  • Other digital goodies.
We will also thank you on our website.

UK Print Edition

Donate $26.00 or more

Amount over $10.00 is tax-deductible.

Suggested donation $30
The locally printed UK edition is now available, same content as in the US edition, but the savings in shipping costs means that we can lower the starting price. Remember, everything above the production costs goes to STHRC, so give as much as you can.
Shipping to the United Kingdom only.  (see the European edition for more options.)

EU Print Edition

Donate $33.00 or more

Amount over $10.00 is tax-deductible.

Suggested donation $40
The locally printed edition will be available, same content as in the US edition, but the savings in shipping costs means that we can lower the starting price. Remember, everything above the production costs goes to STHRC, so give as much as you can.
Shipping to the European Union only.  (See the International Edition for shipping outside of the US, UK and EU.)

Print Edition with International Shipping

Donate $50.00 or more

Amount over $10.00 is tax-deductible.

Suggested Donation- $60
You will receive a print edition of the anthology along with the digital edition. Professionally printed edition we estimate will be roughly 200 pages, Standard US Comic size 6.625”x10.25” perfect bound and will be shipped to your door by Priority US Mail anywhere within this list of 190 countries. https://pe.usps.com/text/imm/immctry.htm
We will also thank you on our website and in the print edition.

Print Edition + Posters, Stickers and Merch

Donate $75.00 or more

Amount over $20.00 is tax-deductible.

You will receive a deluxe print edition of the anthology, posters, stickers (see examples in the project description) and all the digital extras.
We will also thank you on our website and in the print edition.

The deluxe package is shipped with a bunch of printed extras, a set of small posters, 1x 11"x17" poster, 3" vinyl stickers, pins that sort of thing. Our choice, but we think you will like them!
(If you have a poster preference for the 11"x17", please mention it in the comments when ordering)

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4 Pack Print Edition

Donate $75.00 or more

Amount over $50.00 is tax-deductible.

Suggested Donation-$85
4 Copies of the Print Edition
Along with all the digital extras, you will receive 4 deluxe print editions of the anthology. This professionally printed edition will be roughly 200 pages, full color, Standard US Comic size 6.625”x10.25” perfect bound and will be shipped to your door anywhere in the US.
We will also thank you on our website and in the print edition.

10 Pack Print Edition

Donate $130.00 or more

Amount over $110.00 is tax-deductible.

Suggested Donation-$175
10x Copies of the Print Edition
You will receive 10x deluxe print editions of the anthology, along with the digital edition. This professionally printed edition will be roughly 200 pages, full color, Standard US Comic size 6.625”x10.25” perfect bound and will be shipped to your door anywhere in the US.
We will also thank you on our website and in the print edition.

Cem Iroz Commissioned Art + Deluxe Print Edition

Donate $150.00 or more

Amount over $75.00 is tax-deductible.

Suggested Donation- $175
The talented Cem Iroz will draw an 11"x17" hand inked drawing featuring a character of your choice in his very accomplished, sleek and detailed style. You choose one character (real or fictional) with a simple background in ink on bristol board. The original hand drawn artwork will be sent to your door after the campaign. This would make an amazing gift or have Cem create an original one of your comic book favorites.


Cem Iroz is the illustrator for The Pride- Season 2 (comiXology Originals) which you can find on Comixology and Amazon Prime Reading. He is also the illustrator of The Theory from T-Pub Comics which you can preview here (scroll down).

You will receive a  print edition of the anthology and the digital extras.
We will also thank you on our website and in the print edition.

As a bonus, this package comes with a bunch of print extras, small posters, 11x17 posters, stickers, pins, etc. Our choice, but we think you will like them!

Donna Barr Signed Original Art

Donate $150.00 or more

Amount over $50.00 is tax-deductible.

Along with the print edition, you will receive the original artwork from Donna's comic for BORDERx. Hand painted and signed. 9x12" on Bristol
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Classroom Edition- 20 Print Copies, Study Guide and Phone Consultation

Donate $250.00 or more

Amount over $200.00 is tax-deductible.

Suggested Donation-$175
20x Copies of the Print Edition
You will receive 20x deluxe print editions of the anthology, along with the digital edition. 
A study guide with additional background, source materials, bibliographic information and lesson plans. 
You will have the opportunity to speak with Project Director and MIT Lecturer Mauricio Cordero who will offer guidance and suggestion for classroom integration of BORDERx.
We will also thank you on our website and in the print edition.

BORDERx Benefactor

Donate $500.00 or more

Amount over $275.00 is tax-deductible.

Your support goes a long way to helping everyone involved in the BORDERx Project and helping with the humanitarian effort at the border. 
In addition to helping the South Texas Human Rights Center aid migrants in need, you will be rewarding our creative volunteers by covering the expenses of sending them print copies of this edition. 

Your rewards:
  • 10 copies for yourself (shipped to one address)
  • 10 copies for creative contributors (we will send them for you with a message from you-optional)
  • 3 large 11x17 Posters
  • 3 small 7x10 Posters
  • 1 each of all merch produced - buttons, stickers, etc. TBD (Does not include skateboard or limited edition prints)
  • 1 commissioned original art piece by Cem Iroz- ink on paper, 11" x 17"
  • 1 commissioned original art piece by Mauricio Cordero- ink on paper, 11" x 17"
  • We will also thank you on our website and in the print edition.
  • For more details about this offer, contact us through the BORDERx site

Fully Claimed!

Print Edition + Raul The Third Signed Limited Edition Fine Art Print-Asi Lo Encontraron


You will receive all the benefits of the regular Print Edition and a small 9" x 10" fine art print "Asi Lo Encontraron". This powerful image speaks to the essence of the South Texas Human Rights Center mission.
Preview the print here
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We will also thank you on our website and in the print edition.

US Shipping Only, for International Shipping, please contact BORDERx through this link.