* Tales From San Papel cover by Pat Barrett
Uncork the cheap champagne and throw on some Queen because Tales from San Papel is finally FINALLY finished!
I’ve spent the last 3 months working on this 100+ page anthology, all set in the fictional western frontier town of San Papel.
Out of sheer nostalgia, I went on a sleep deprived online shopping spree and bought several Dover Press cut and assemble paper models. I convinced my good pal and classmate Jon Fine to hunker down with me, a glue-stick and an xacto knife for an afternoon and build a miniature old west town. When we were finished I dubbed the town “San Papel” and mused aloud about how rad it would be if we could convince a few of our fellow CCS’ers to draw some comics that took place there.
Somehow we managed to charm, bribe and blackmail 22 cartoonists into contributing pieces for this crazy project and, armed with pencils, ink, a little ingenuity and the fantastic art direction of the beautiful Beth Hetland, here are the fruits of our labors!
Excitement, adventure, comedy, tragedy, drama and a little bit of downright creepiness are all contained within the pages of this hand-bound anthology! I’ll have copies for sale both this Saturday at The Silent Barn and at MoCCA in April (both in NYC). We did a fairly limited print-run so, if you’d like to purchase a copy but can’t make it to either of those events, email me and we’ll figure out how to get you one while I’ve still got copies. The books will be $9.99 a pop when you buy them directly from any contributor and $12.99 if purchased online to cover shipping costs.
VIVA SAN PAPEL!!!
Contributors list:
Lena Chandhok
Jesse Mead
Monty Montgomery
Betsey Swardlick
