Silver Sprocket

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San Francisco based indie comics publisher

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::summary San Francisco based indie comics publisher ::

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Field	Value
name	Silver Sprocket
image	Silver-sprocket-rules-ok-with-pink-options.jpg
caption	Silver Sprocket logo drawn by Liz Suburbia.
status	Active
founded	2007
founder	Avi Ehrlich
country	United States
headquarters	San Francisco
keypeople	Avi Ehrlich

Mitch Clem

Amanda Kirk

Liz Suburbia

Ben Passmore

Michael Sweater

Benji Nate | publications = Comics | 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. In addition to publishing records and comics, Silver Sprocket also supports a range of independent musicians and other community-based initiatives.

Overview

Silver Sprocket is an anti-professional art crew, comic and zine publisher, record label, and "all-around raging dumpster fire." 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." Silver Sprocket is known for publishing comics about punk culture, mental illness, queer lives, and people of color.

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

In early 2025, financial burdens became unmanagable, leading to the somewhat sudden layoff of three employees as well as friction on social media.

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)
Benji Nate
Cartoonist Mitch Clem publishes his work through Silver Sprocket.
Liz Suburbia
Eddy Atoms
Jenn Woodall
Caroline Cash
Sam Szabo

References

Dueben, Alex. (2020-03-10). ""I Want To See What Else We Can Get Away With": An Interview with Avi Ehrlich".
(2017-04-26). "Silver Sprocket's Avi Ehrlich Talks Business of Small Press and Art Theft on Redbubble".
"Silver Sprocket".
Clough, Rob. (2021-01-25). "None More Punk: The Latest From Silver Sprocket".
"Silver Sprocket Instagram".
MacDonald, Heidi. (2021-06-24). "Syndicated Comics".
(2025-07-01). "High debts, high rents and miscommunication: What happened to Silver Sprocket".
Chute, Hillary. (2018-07-27). "Cartoonists Who Draw in Order to Be Heard". The New York Times.
Johnston, Rich. (2021-05-25). "Good Boy Magazine #1 - Indie Comics Anthology From Silver Sprocket".
Dueben, Alex. (2019-02-28). "Smash Pages Q&A: Liz Suburbia".
Ramm, Meggie. "Eddy Atoms".
"Jenn Woodall".
"Caroline Cash".
"Sam Szabo".

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