Prompted by a newly-released book, Legends of Indie Comics: Words Only featuring work by a staggering range of indie comic creators, this week’s Awesome Comics Podcast – Episode 511 – sees the gang discuss what comics you should rediscover, or discover for the first time, joined by Alan Henderson, creator of The Penned Guins.
For those who came in late – where have you been? – the Awesome Comics Podcast is the place where the best in the small press comics scene make one hell of a big noise. Here, hosts Dan Butcher (Vanguard), Tony Esmond (Never Iron Anything) and Vince Hunt (The Red Mask from Mars), spotlight the best and brightest in the world of small press and independent comic books. You’ll find out about books you’ve never heard of but you will love.
There’s great informative interviews with creators, full of helpful tips for any aspiring comic book creator just starting out. Theres also a ridiculous amount of humour running throughout. (Be warned, some swearing!)
On Episode 511 – These Indie Comics Should Have Been Bigger!: there are some indie comics and characters that have become huge global successes, moved into legend and, let’s face it, everyone knows about. But what about those books and characters that have gone under the radar and should have been as big?
Well, Alan Henderson (The Penned Guins) joins the ACP gang to discuss what comics you should rediscover, or discover for the first time, prompted by the recent release of the crowdfunded book, Legends of Indie Comics – Words Only, in which favourite heroes of 1980s indie comics and beyond rise again in brand-new prose tales by original creators.
The ACP team won’t let them fade into time – and neither should you! But which indies deserve more attention? (Over on his Substack, Tony Esmond has some suggestions, including the recently-collected Dalgoda by Jan Strnad and Dennis Fujitake)
Also, there is chat about creativity, conventions, great events to check out going forward and of course… lots of COMICS!!
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Legends of Indie Comics: Words Only
Edited by Robert Jeschonek
Available in Hardcover | Paperback | Kindle (AmazonUK Affiliate Links)
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.
Introduced Mike Gold Co-Founder of First Comics, with a cover by Pat Broderick , Legends of Indie Comics: Words Only features stories by 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); and Henry Vogel (Author, Southern Knights)
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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