{"id":7027538,"date":"2026-08-04T22:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T22:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/support-downthetubes-please-can-you-help\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T22:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T22:56:22","slug":"support-downthetubes-please-can-you-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7027538","title":{"rendered":"Support Downthetubes: Please can you help?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Earlier today, we reignited our occasional GoFundMe<\/strong> campaign to help support downthetubes<\/strong>\u00a0running costs<\/a>, which raised just over \u00a33000 in 2024 to keep us operational. We would like to thank our readers for donating over \u00a31000 in the last few hours towards server and operational costs, which have unfortunately risen again.<\/p>\n

Your very kind donations will keep the site running and your support has considerably boosted morale in the downthetubes dungeon! Thank you!<\/em><\/p>\n

As regular readers know, downthetubes<\/strong> is a comic site primarily promoting British comics, run by me, former Marvel UK and Titan editor John Freeman<\/strong>, my work complemented by contributions from a fantastic team of volunteers. It\u2019s been running since 1998, and has a little bit of income from ads and affiliates, and we have a dedicated, loyal and appreciated audience. But what I don\u2019t have is the capacity to cope well with a large bill, especially when it\u2019s a hosting bill of just over\u00a0\u00a32100<\/strong>, up from \u00a31500\u00a0<\/strong>two\u00a0<\/strong>years\u00a0<\/strong>ago,\u00a0<\/strong>when\u00a0<\/strong>I first\u00a0<\/strong>ran\u00a0<\/strong>a GoFundMe\u00a0<\/strong>crowdfunder<\/a>, up from \u00a3620 two years earlier.<\/p>\n

The rises reflect not only service cost rises we\u2019re seeing in many areas of life, but, also, our increased popularity and the size of growing archive of news, interviews and features that I hope our many readers are still enjoying.<\/p>\n

I have been working since then behind the scenes to get the site on a different server, but the technical scale of moving such a large archive, and work schedules, has meant we haven\u2019t quite achieved that aim, yet.<\/p>\n

I reignited the crowdfunder in the hope readers can help cover this bill<\/a>, conscious that times are, perhaps, hard for many, and aware how much so many of you kindly donated back in 2024. Thank you.<\/p>\n

At a time when things are tight for everyone, I fully appreciate it\u2019s a huge ask to come cap in hand, again, and ask people if they can stretch to supporting downthetubes. I have reserves to cover some of this bill, but if you can help in any way, that would be much appreciated.<\/p>\n

Even if you can\u2019t make a donation, if you can simply let people know about this appeal that would be fantastic,\u00a0or buy something from my eBay store<\/a>, or use the affiliate links\u00a0on the site<\/a>\u00a0to buy something.<\/p>\n

Thank you for reading this. Thank you for your support. It is very much appreciated.<\/p>\n

John Freeman<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Support downthetubes here on GoFundMe \u2013 thank you<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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