Panda Dog Press: May 2010

Below is a special preview of the Tales from the Comics Experience anthology, containing two sample pages from all 13 stories! The book is now available at Discount Comic Book Service (DCBS) at 40% off with a free mini-poster (see below) for the months of May and June 2010. Order now!

Click here to download a PDF of the Preview instead.

As a special bonus -- and in addition to your 40% discount -- if you order via DCBS during May or June, you'll also get a FREE, 11"x17" mini-poster featuring Vasquez from Animal Control: Special Creatures Unit. (See the poster to the left and click on it for a larger view.)

So, how did this anthology come about? We're glad you asked...

In November of 2009, when the inaugural online Comics Experience writing class ended, all thirteen of the students agreed we should create a print anthology of our stories. To do this, we'd have to find artists, get the stories lettered, create a cover, figure out how to print it...and agree on many other details.

How many stories start out like this -- with the best of intentions -- and go nowhere? Or lose momentum and break down? Or half the people involved disappear? Or at least a couple people drop out, miss the deadline, etc.?

I'm happy to report, none of those things happened. The Tales from the Comics Experience anthology is here! Eighty pages, thirteen writers (every person who took the class), along with a group of talented artists showcasing a wide variety of styles and stories.

It was more than four months of work, but the trade paperback is now available through DCBS. It comes complete with a great cover by Richard P. Clark, and a Foreword by Comics Experience founder and instructor, Andy Schmidt.

Below is a full list of all the contributors, with a sample panel from each story. (Click on any picture for a larger view.)

If you're interested in new writers and artists, or just get a kick out of anthologies, give it a look!

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*Star: "Battling Slippage"* Story & Art by Richard P. Clark
	*"Mr. Awesome Saves the World... Maybe"* Writer George O'Connor Artist S. Griffin
*Far From the Tree* Writer Eric Drumm Artist Richard P. Clark
	*Bugged* Writer Frederick Kim Artist Antonio Bifulco Letterer Dave Sharpe
Animal Control: Special Creatures Unit Writer Rob Anderson Artist Leandro Panganiban Letterer E.T. Dollman
	*Sleight of Mind* Writer Kevin D. Lintz Artist Dan Rive
*The Prisoner* Writer Joe Sergi Artist Marc Jameson Letterer Paul French
	*Well Beyond Reason* Writer JD Oliva Artist Jesse Kornhardt
*Broken Blade* Writer Nic Wolfe Artist Rodolfo Maximiliano Buscaglia
	*Gabriel's Regret* Writer Dan Rivera Artist Antonio Bifulco Letterer Johnny Lowe
*The Choice* Writer Neil Fisher Artist Vincenzo Riccardi
	*Glimmer* Writer Justin Heggs Artist Scott Kowalchuk
*The Struggle* Writer Joshua Osborne Artist Branco Jovanovic Letterer E.T. Dollman