Unite and Take Over is a comic book anthology of stories inspired by the songs of the Smiths. The premise of the book is "What is the story that plays in your head when you listen to your favorite Smiths song?". I've assembled 15 different creative teams to put their stories down on paper. We are planning to release Unite and Take Over at Tucson Comic-con (www.tucsoncomic-con.com) this November.

I order to pay for some of the production costs when have set up a Kickstarter campaign (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/756324374/unite-and-take-over-comic-stories-inspired-by-the) that includes some interesting rewards for people who pledge. Kickstarter is a crowdsourcing website that helps arts projects fund raise. Projects set up a fundraising goal and set a fundraising deadline. Backers make pledges toward that goal. If the pledge goal is met, backers are charged their pledge. If the pledge goal is not met, backs are charged nothing. In exchange for their pledge, backers are giving rewards based upon the size of their pledge.

Our Kickstarter campaign has a unique Kickstarter reward. Keeping in line with the tribute spirit of our book, we have teamed up with over a dozen different Smiths tribute banks from across the world to create a special cover. Artist Michael Stewart (michaelstewartart.blogspot.com) is going to be incorporating the lead singers of the bands into the cover. This cover will be printed according to the number of Kickstarter backers who select it as part of their reward. Bands participating in the cover include the lead singers of Strangeways, Handsome Devilz, This Charming Band, Sweet and Tender Hooligans,The Sons and Heirs, The Smiths United, Still ill, The Socialists, Louder Than Bombs, Viva Morrisey, The Smiths Limited and The Smyths. We also have a special cover that is created specifically for the Tucson Comic-con illustrated by Jason Pedersen (www.jasonpedersen.com).

Those interested in pledging to our project can go to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/756324374/unite-and-take-over-comic-stories-inspired-by-the. They can also find bios of the creators and band at uniteandtakeover-smiths.blogspot.com.

Thank you for your support!

Shawn Demumbrum
SpazDog Press