Category: Independent Iron Age

Cyberfrog: Resevoir Frog (1996)

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Cyberfrog attacks a band of cybernetic insects known as the Swarm who murdered a young couple in their apartment. As the Swarm gain the advantage Cyberfrog finds two large cannons have appeared on his arms. Unsure of the origins of the weapons Cyberfrog quickly drives the Swarm away. Meanwhile, the spirit of Ben Riley appears to a suicidal teen named Yoshi and offers Yoshi his artifact. Later, the Swarm have assembled underground and rally together, vowing to rid the streets of those who created and abandoned them; Traffik. Heather arrives at Cyberfrog’s apartment shortly before the Swarm attacks in full force.

A large spacecraft emerges from a swamp and flies away as the Swarm surrounds Cyberfrog’s apartment and begins their attack. Cyberfrog has again found himself bearing powerful weapons. The leader of the Swarm kills the leader of Traffik, and Ben passes his artifact to Yoshi, christening him as Dragon-Fly. Cyberfrog engages the Swarm in a heated battle and is eventually overwhelmed. Heather investigates the battle and is targeted by the Swarm. Cyberfrog jumps in front of the shots meant for Heather and is heavily wounded.The spacecraft from the swamp suddenly arrives at the battle, kills all members of the Swarm and informs Heather that it is Cyberfrog’s mother.

Cages (1990)

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Cages is a ten-issue comic book limited series by Dave McKean. It was published between 1990 and 1996, and later collected as a single volume.

Cages is a story about artists, belief, creativity and cats, illustrated in a stripped-down pen and ink style.

Fringe (2008)

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FBI Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant scientist Walter Bishop and his estranged son Peter investigate the world of “fringe science” (telepathy, time travel, etc.) following suspicions that the large scientific research company, Massive Dynamic, is experimenting on the general public.

Magic the Gathering – Ice Age (1995)

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“The Twilight Kingdom” – Set in the world of Dominia, this series of adventures is set during a time in history when glaciers and snow covered most of the world. Closely tied to the release of the Ice Age expansion deck for The Gathering, published by Wizards of the Coast early in 1995. Written by Jeff Gomez, with art by Rafael Kayanan and Rodney Ramos. Painted cover by Charles Vess.

Satanika V2 (1996)

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2nd Series. Satanika is a comic book character created by Glenn Danzig that first appeared in Satanika #0. Satanika was described as a demoness with some succubus-like aspects, but generally did not have a true succubus aspect to her. Through the series Satanika indulged in her sexual appetites and attracted a wide variety of attention from other demons and angels which eventually brought about her downfall.

Grateful Dead Comix (1991)

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Jerry Garcia was a big comic book fan. When he made his “first real money” the very first thing he bought was a complete set of E.C. Comics. By 1991 he was ready for his band to have its own comic book series. So George Lucas’ licensing arm (representing the band at that point for ancillary merchandise) contacted longtime underground comics publisher Kitchen Sink Press to create this unusual hippie merger of music and comics. Issue No. 1 is kicked off by a great Dean Armstrong cover along with visual interpretations of four classic Dead songs: “Dire Wolf” by Tim (Scout) Truman; “Terrapin Station” (Dan Steffan); “One More Saturday Night” (Fred Carlson) and “Casey Jones” (Nina Paley), with a pin-up by Jean Giraud also known by his trippy pen name Moebius.

G.O.T.H. (1995)

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Liam Sharp, best known for his work on the Hulk and Deaths Head II and Glenn Danzig bring you the story of a covert scientific experiment that becomes uncontrollable. G.O.T.H. (Government Operation Total Hate) is the perfect blend of government intrigue and genetic horror. G.O.T.H. is a three issue mini-series with covers and interiors by Liam Sharp and story by Glenn Danzig.

Yummy Fur (1983)

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Yummy Fur (1983–1994) was a comic book by Canadian cartoonist Chester Brown. It contained a number of different comics stories which dealt with a wide variety of subjects. Its often-controversial content led to one printer and one distributor refusing to handle it.

Some of Brown’s best-known comics were first published in Yummy Fur, including the surreal, taboo-breaking Ed the Happy Clown and the comics from his autobiographical period, which included the graphic novels The Playboy and I Never Liked You. Also notable were the eccentric gospel adaptations that ran in most issues. The series and its collected volumes have won a number of awards, and have had a lasting influence on the world of alternative comics.

Yummy Fur started as a self-published minicomic which ran for seven issues, the contents of which were reprinted in the first three issues of the Vortex Comics series which started publication in December 1986. The series switched publishers to Drawn & Quarterly in 1991 until the end of its run in 1994, when Brown started on his Underwater series.

Red Room (2021)

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Aided by the anonymous dark web and nearly untraceable cryptocurrency, a criminal subculture has emerged. It livestreams murders as entertainment. Who are the killers? Who are the victims? Who is paying to watch? How to stop it? Red Room is constructed as a series of interconnected stories, shining a light on the characters who exist in the ugliest of corners in cyberspace. Piskor cuts the graphic horror with his sharp sense of humor, gorgeous cartooning, and dynamic storytelling. Red Room peels back the curtain on the side of humanity few of us knew existed, let alone understood.

From Hell (1989)

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From Hell is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell, originally published in serial form from 1989 to 1996 and collected in 1999. Set during the Whitechapel murders of the late Victorian era, the novel speculates upon the identity and motives of Jack the Ripper. The novel depicts several true events of the murders, although portions have been fictionalised, particularly the identity of the killer and the precise nature and circumstances of the murders. The title is taken from the first words of the “From Hell” letter, which some authorities believe was an authentic message sent from the killer in 1888.