Amateur Creator’s Union Part 3: The End

Part 1: My Internet Before the Internet Part 2: Empire Building Part 3: The End My family moved from Dalhart to Sheridan, Wyoming in December of 1994. It was a difficult move. I didn’t have many friends in Dalhart, but it was hard to leave the ones I had. We’d lived in Texas my whole … Read more

The Secret Origins of Avatar Press

The Secret Origins of Avatar Press, The Last Outlaw Publisher I’ve long been puzzled by Avatar Press’s origins. It appeared seemingly out of nowhere in the mid-90s to publish a staggering number of titles that had previously been published elsewhere. Most of these were “Bad Girl” comics, like Widow (London Night Studios), NiraX (Entity), Hellina … Read more

The Amateur Creator’s Union: My Internet Before the Internet, Part 1

Part 1: My Internet Before the Internet Part 2: Empire Building Part 3: The End One of the most important moments of my youth came one October day in 1993 when I spotted the following news story in Wizard magazine # 27: The Amateur Creator’s Union, a new non-profit organization dedicated to [helping inexperienced comic … Read more