AWESOME 2:
AWESOMER
208 page B&W
6x9 trade paperback
with inserted mini-comic $14.95 US
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producing the premiere indie comics podcast for over three years, and in 2007 produced
the aptly-titled AWESOME anthology. Now they're back, along with a few dozen of their
friends and favorite guests... who happen to be some of the greatest cartoonists in the industry!
Co-edited by ISR hosts Charlito and Mister Phil and published by Top Shelf Productions,
all publishing profits from AWESOMER will be split between the Indie Spinner Rack
podcast and a student scholarship for the Center for Cartoon Studies.
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Jon Adams (the Eisner nominated Truth
Serum) Liz Baillie (My Brain Hurts, Sing Along Forever) John Bergin (From Inside, Ashes, Golgothika) Alex Cahill (Poison the Cure) Sabin Calvert (Invisible Empire) J. Chris Campbell (Zig Zag, Attic Bugs) Fred Chao (Johnny Hiro) Kevin Colden (Eisner nominated Fishtown, I Rule the Night) Mike Dawson (Freddie & Me, Ace Face) Chris Duffy (Nickelodeon Magazine editor) Ryan Dunlavey (Comic Book Comics, Action Philosophers!) Ulises Farinas (ACT-I-VATE's MOTRO, Popgun) Hilary Florido (The Third Horsemen, I Love Love) Sean Ford (Only Skin) Chuck Forsman (Snake Oil, Awesome V1 scholarship winner) C. Frakes (Woman King, Xeric winning Tragic Relief) Pete Friedrich (Roadstrips: A Graphic Journey Across America) Elizabeth Genco (Blue, Comic Book Tattoo, Negative Burn) Sarah Glidden (How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less) Robert Goodin (The Man Who Loved Breasts, Mome) John Green (Jax Epoch & the Quicken Forbidden, Teen Boat) Steve Hamaker (Fish N Chips, Flight, Bone color artist) Simon Häussle (Tonto Comics) Rantz Hoseley (the Eisner nominated Comic Book Tattoo, Vix) Mr. Phil Jackson (ISR co-host, Awesome V1) Andy Jewett (Pantheon, Short Stack) Kate (Allen) Lacour (Milk-Teeth, Jelly Roll) Charlie LaGreca (ISR co-host, The Hair Pair, Awesome V1) |
Miss Lasko-Gross (A
Mess of Everything, Escape from "Special") Georges LaVigne (Awesome V1) Jeff Lemire (Essex County, Vertigo's The Nobody) Pat Lewis (The Claws Come Out, One Horse Town) Brian Maruca (Street Angel, Afrodisiac) Rich Miller (Meathaus, Awesome V1) Angel Mosquito (SPX Anthology 2004 & 2005) Marcos Perez (Carl is the Awesome, Tear-Stained Makeup) Jesse Post (Disney Adventures editor, Awesome V1) MK Reed (Cross Country, Papercutter) Federico Reggiani (SPX Anthology 2004 & 2005) Michele Riganese (singer/songwriter, Awesome V1) Alex Robinson (Too Cool to Be Forgotten, Tricked) Dave Roman (Agnes Quill, Flight, Teen Boat) Jim Rugg (Street Angel, Afrodisiac, The Plain Janes) Saicoink (Open Spaces and Closed Places) Salgood Sam (Therefore Repent!, The Rise and Fall of it All) Joey Alison Sayers (Thingpart, I'm Gonna Rip Yer Face Off) Chris Schweizer (the Eisner nominated Crogan's Vengeance) Mariko Tamaki (Eisner nominated Skim, Emiko Superstar) Zach Taylor (The Miner and the Cave That Ate Time) Raina Telgemeier (The Baby-sitters Club, Smile, Flight) Fred Van Lente (Comic Book Comics, Action Philosophers!) Marion Vitus (No In-Between, Squid 'n' Whale) Rob Walton (Ragmop) Joey Weiser (The Ride Home, Tales of Unusual Circustance) Julia Wertz (The Fart Party, I Saw You...) Loris Z. (Persona - Once More With Feeling) |
Plus a
bonus mini-comic by students from the Center for Cartoon Studies:
Dan Archer, Sam Carbaugh, Kevin Kilgore, Melissa Mendes,
Mo Oh, Jose-Luis Olivares, Jen Vaughn, and David Yoder.
Covers by Jason Lutes (Jar of Fools, Berlin) and Alec Longstreth (Phase
7, Papercutter)
and a forward by: CCS director James Sturm (The Cereal Killings, The
Golem's Mighty Swing).
Cover art by the legendary Jeff Smith (Bone, Rasl)
Back cover art by Roger Langridge (Fred the Clown, ACT-i-VATE's Mugwhump,
The Muppet Show)
Designed once again by Jon Adams (the Eisner nominated Truth Serum)
A 20-page preview can be seen at
Top
Shelf Productions