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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)