CAKE - Chicago Alternative Comics Expo

Hidden Fortress Press, representing at the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo this past weekend.

Roby and I issued each other a challenge: to create a new comic for Chicago on the Ryobi press, as part of the learning/breaking in process. I would say we had mixed success, but success none the less. Her comic, Fantasmancer #0, came out a lot cleaner than mine, and I had to supplement my pages with some help from Mickey Z's Risograph.

CAKE was a good time, with the greatest people. let's do it again next year

Seth, Jon and Mollie

more fantastic MONSTER comics!

finally, the long awaited return of Zissy and Rita, courtesy of Mr. Seth Cooper, AKA Libythth:

 check out this sweet video of Zissy and Rita rippin' some Sabbath

this comic from Jon Vermilyea is awesome and creeeeepy. and really, really beautiful...

 check out more of Jon's work at his site

and a fantastic new comic by Mollie Goldstrom!

check out more of her work at the closed caption site

Thomas Toye and Keith Jones

time for some more sneak peaks from the new MONSTER anthology from Hidden Fortress Press!

a creepy story from Thomas Toye:

 you can follow Thomas' work at his blog and on his tumblr

Keith Jones brings us a sordid precautionary tale:

look at more of Keith's work at Nobodyland

Michael, Edie and Mike T

let's continue previewing MONSTER comics, shall we? 

this is the handiwork of the super-talented Michael DeForge:

here, see more of Michael's work

Edie has made the most frightening comic submitted to the book so far:

see more work from Edie here

ghastly Mike Taylor presents a chilling ghost epic entitled "Twelve Visits"

 see what else Mike T is up to here

Moving Day

the Hidden Fortress is manifest! today we moved a Ryobi offset press, a Champion paper cutter and a Bostitch stitching machine into the shop. we are one step closer to becoming a fully functional, independent, comic book factory...

our entire printing shop on the back of a flat-bed truck

Al, one of our riggers, delicately maneuvering the Ryobi into the space

the Ryobi. it is glorious.

Sam and Marc

some more rad MONSTER comic previews...

courtesy of Sam Dollenmayer...

check out more of Sam's work at his blog

and look at this sweet page courtesy of Marc Bell:


you can follow Marc's work here

Devin and Mickey

let us begin with some MONSTER previews...

first up, Mr Devin Flynn!



and now, the amazing Mickey Z, whose work can also be seen here...