Legends of Indie Comics: Words Only, Volume 2 Paperback – February 8, 2026

Just imagine! A full house of top indie comics characters, reunited in this second volume of prose fiction tales by the genius creators who first breathed life into them in the 1980s and beyond! Whether you lovingly remember these heroes and creators or are meeting them for the first time, you are in for a wild ride with this star-studded cast. They set the industry on fire in comics from indie publishing pioneers like First, AC, Capital, Charlton, Dynamite, Eclipse, Dark Horse, Fantagraphics, and Vortex. Now, more than ever, we need them to remind us how fun and exciting comics can be. Strap in for a lineup unlike any you’ve seen before, crashing together old school indie pioneers and the new school trendsetters who continue to build on the revolution they started. The individual stories of each character—and the first-ever crossover event bringing many of them together—will take your breath away! Strap in for an awesome lineup, a dream team with the same raw power and quirky charm as that in Volume 1…and then some! Get a load of these superstars:Mike Baron - Author, NexusDonna Barr – Author/Illustrator, The Desert PeachBill Black – Author/Illustrator, FemforceMark and Vaughn Bodē – Authors/Illustrators, Cheech Wizard and JunkwaffelGary Carlson – Author, MegatonHoward Chaykin – Author/Illustrator, "Shabbos Goy"Colleen Doran – Author/Illustrator, A Distant SoilGarth Ennis – Author, JamieSteven Grant – Author, Twilight ManRoberta Gregory – Author/Illustrator, Bitchy BitchJames Artimus Owen – Author/Illustrator, StarchildDavid Quinn – Author, FaustWalter Simonson – Author/Illustrator, Star SlammersJohn K. Snyder III – Author/Illustrator, Fashion in ActionJoe and Hilarie Staton – Authors (and Illustrator, Joe Staton), E-Man and Nova KaneJan Strnad – Author, DalgodaTy Templeton – Author/Illustrator, Stig's InfernoMark Verheiden – Author, The AmericanHenry Vogel – Author, Aristocratic Xtraterrestrial Time-Traveling Thieves (aka X-Thieves)Mark Wheatley – Author/Illustrator, Frankenstein MobsterBill Willingham – Author/Illustrator, Pantheon Read more