UNDEAD BALLADS is a collected volume of 21 connected rock 'n roll horror tales from the pages of the first ten issues of Nix Comics Quarterly!
162 Pages, Color.
Cover Price $25
(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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No Longer Fucked-Up Stuff 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:
​DEVIL TALES:
The Devil and Ellis Church: A different take on a Bluesman selling his soul. Art by Ryan Brinkehoff.
The Devil's Record Collection: The Devil tales on a familiar form to sway a record store owner. Art by Mark Rudolph.
The Devil and Quick Joey Small: The bubblegum pop classic reimagined. Art by Bob Ray Starker.
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The Devil and Stagger Lee: A deep dive into the history of a bad-man who scared the Devil Himself. Art by Derek Stewart.
WHO.... WHAT.... IS THE VICAR?
The mysterious Vicar has been touring the country for decades, seeking out and destroying the vampires, werewolves, and ghouls that hide in the dank dives and bars he plays. But is the Vicar a really vampire slaying garage rockin' priest, or something far stranger and in its own way... darker?
Art by Michael Neno and Matt Wyatt.
THE QUEEN OF SIN
Ana Tatsura's title of the Queen of Sin is self-proclaimed, but she has scores of hellhounds on her trail that will back up her claim. Josephine 615 is a singer songwriter who just wants to get away from the drudgery of douchebag audiences and promoters. Both are looking for an escape in their own way.
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Art by Pat Redding Scanlon.
ALEISTER CROWE
After securing a measure of immortality through infamy by killing his musical rival, the shock rocker lands a new prison job: Nix Comics singin' horror host! Art by Darren Merinuk
The Moral of the Story: A ballad of a Knight, a monster, and perception. Writer: Jamie Gambell. Art by Jesse Mesa Toves.
Excitable Boy: A severely OCD rock star has passed, but his treacherous ex-wife and her lover still can't get any rest! Art by Rich Trask.
EDDIE AND SQUID WON'T DIE
Two surprisingly erudite and contemplative bikers have visited the great beyond... and don't particularly intend on staying there!
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Art by Andy Bennett and Gideon Kendall.
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Index of Advertisers: A list of all 15 Nix Comics Quarterly advertisers with the original ad art and any available updates on the status of the biz!
Cover Gallery:
All ten covers plus the cover to the limited edition Vicar Collection. Art by:
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Darren Merinuk
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Ryan Brinkerhoff
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Glen Ostrander
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Michael Neno
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Rich Trask
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Kent Grosswiler
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John Jennings/Black Kirby
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Stephen Blickenstaff
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Pat Redding Scanlon