The Sheriff and the Gunsel is a collected volume of western stories Originally appearing in Nix Western Comics.
124 Pages, Color.
Cover Price $20
(10% off Pre-Orders, Ships 12/24)
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New Material:
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Introduction and Annotations by writer/publisher Ken Eppstein.
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Suggested Soundtrack by Eric Davidson, author of We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001 and lead singer for the New Bomb Turks.
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LESS Cringe-worthy lettering like the missing page from the Vicar story in NCQ #9, the Biker gang leader's disappearing eyepatch in issue #10, and the original gag text to the cover of of issue #5. See it all!
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A Complete Index of Advertisers with updated community love-notes.
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Included Stories:
SIEGE AT THE HIDEY HO SALOON:
The complete first issue story that introduces us to Sheriff Earl Vance, his late wife Emma, saloon owner Mae, the outlaw Johnny Skell, and the frontier mining town of New Stockholm. (Spoiler alert. The first story is also technically the last!)
Art by Bob Ray Starker.
The Coward Earl Vance: A one armed stranger comes to New Stockholm and accuses Vance of being a deserter.
Art by Michael Neno
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Caught Red Handed: Vance saves Joe Woodcutter from a violent bigoted mob.
Art by Rich Trask
Touched In the Head: Mae's grand niece studies New Stockholm through pulp magazines and letters left behind by her Great Aunt.
Art by Rich Brooks
The Devil's Own Hands: Skell goes to work for a crooked boxing promoter and things (predictably?) go to shit. The turn of events makes Skell reflect on his relationship with his father.
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Big Dummy: Skell is hired by some ranchers to kill the local sheriff of Shattuck. They have a secret motive and Skell has other plans.
Nightmare: Skell is trapped in a small jailhouse, wrestling with his inner demons as he sleeps.
Art by Bob Ray Starker. (for all Skell stories.)
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Cover Gallery:
All four covers, art by:
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Bob Ray Starker
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Dave Pickard
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Glen Ostrander
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Matt Kish
