Book cover for Legends of Indie Comics: Words Only by Mike Baron, Paul Chadwick and Michael T Gilbert

Legends of Indie Comics

Words Only

2025 Released
500 Pages
8-12 Hours
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Pie PressISBN 9798987584699

Just imagine! A full house of top indie comics characters, reunited in this volume of prose fiction tales by the genius creators who first breathed life into them in the 1980s and beyond! Whether you lovingly remember these heroes and creators or are meeting them for the first time, you are in for a wild ride with this star-studded cast. They set the industry on fire in comics from indie publishing pioneers like First, Capital, Eclipse, Dark Horse, Pacific, Aardvark-Vanaheim, and Vortex. Now, more than ever, we need them to remind us how fun and exciting comics can be. Strap in for a lineup unlike any you've seen before, crashing together old school indie pioneers and the new school trendsetters who continue to build on the revolution they started. Get a load of this dream team:

  • Mike Baron - Author, Badger
  • Donna Barr - Author/Illustrator, The Desert Peach
  • Bob Burden - Author/Illustrator, Flaming Carrot
  • Paul Chadwick - Author/Illustrator, Concrete
  • Michael T. Gilbert - Author/Illustrator, Mr. Monster
  • Steven Grant - Author, Whisper
  • Mike Grell - Author/Illustrator, Jon Sable Freelance
  • Neil Hansen - Illustrator, Badger and Whisper
  • Matt Howarth - Author/Illustrator, Those Annoying Post Bros.
  • Javier Hernandez - Author/Illustrator, El Muerto
  • Bruce McCorkindale - Illustrator, The American
  • Justin Jordan - Author, Luther Strode
  • John Ostrander - Author, GrimJack/GrimCat
  • Willie Peppers - Illustrator, Southern Knights
  • Doug Rice - Author/Illustrator, Dynamo Joe
  • Dave Sim - Author/Illustrator, Cerebus
  • Don Simpson - Author/Illustrator, Megaton Man
  • Felipe Sobreiro - Illustrator, Luther Strode
  • Joe and Hilarie Staton - Authors (and Illustrator, Joe Staton), Michael Mauser
  • Timothy Truman - Illustrator, GrimJack/GrimCat
  • Mark Verheiden - Author, The American
  • Henry Vogel - Author, Southern Knights
  • Pat Broderick - Cover Artist
  • Mike Gold - Author, Introduction (Co-Founder, First Comics)

Michael T Gilbert

Michael T. Gilbert has been a professional cartoonist since 1973, writing and drawing characters as diverse as Superman and Spongebob Squarepants. Gilbert's signature character remains his creature fighting hero, Mr. Monster, which he created in 1983. Additionally, Michael has written a comic history column for Roy Thomas's Alter Ego magazine since 1998, and has edited Dark Horse's 2014 The Secret Files of Dr. Drew reprint volume. He lives in Akron, OH.

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