About this project
Started by three friends who wanted to stay in touch through comics, Whores of Mensa has published great cartooning by women since 2004. For our blockbuster 5th issue, we're collecting work by all of our cartooning pals. We want to make this one - The Party Issue - a gathering to remember.
For this issue, we want to print 250 copies - it doesn't sound like much, but it's enough to get Whores of Mensa a wider readership.
We're hoping to fund this issue through extra-special, ritzy Kickstarter pre-orders! We will print at least 42 pages of comics - more if we raise over our goal!
Any profits from our sales will go towards keeping this issue in print as long as possible.
Oh, and please watch our video for a preview of all of the great cartoonists involved.
Thanks so much for reading!
The stars of Whores of Mensa 5:
Howard John Arey
Francesca Cassavetti
Richard Cowdry
Jeremy Day
Peter Lally
Ellen Lindner
Cliodhna Lyons
Sarah McIntyre
Tanya Meditzky
Emily Ryan Lerner
Maartje Schalkx
A note on our title:
"The Whore of Mensa" is a brilliant comic essay by Woody Allen, available in his 1975 collection "Without Feathers". Originally published in the New Yorker, this essay is the kind of writing we aspire to: sexy, original, and slightly cra-zay.
Visit us online! http://www.whoresofmensa.com
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on August 25, 2010.
Pledge $10 or more
For $10, you'll receive a personalized issue of Whores of Mensa, posted to you anywhere in the world. We'll also throw in a commemorative button (badge in the UK!) so that everyone will know how cool you are for supporting Whores 5!
Pledge $25 or more
For $25 we'll send you a limited edition Gocco print (created on a nifty Japanese tabletop silkscreen press) signed and numbered by us. Plus your very own personalized issue and button, of course!
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Ellen Lindner is a cartoonist, writer and illustrator. She self-published her first graphic novel, Undertow in spring of 2009, and has been a part of the Strumpet's predecessor - Whores of Mensa - since 2005. A member of Deptford's Fleece Station arts studio, she enjoys playing with vintage sewing machines and exploring the further reaches of South London - when she's not doing comics, of course.
