Tombstone Blues page 18

Tombstone Blues Page 17

Tombstone Blues Page 16

Tombstone Blues Page 15

Our intrepid mad scientist delves deeper into things man was not meant to know...

Ongoing comic - Tombstone Blues pg 14

Then next page in our ongoing comic... FINALLY getting to the mad science section...

Not so- Daily Comic - Tombstone Blues pg 12 and 13

Okay, I have been sucking on the daily comic. Sorry guys & ghouls - here are the next two pages...

Tombstone Blues pg12 and 13:

Daily Comic - Tombstone Blues page 10

The daily comic has been not-so daily lately. Whoops - been busy with other stuff. So to make up I'll get back on track now with pages 10 and 11.

Daily Comic - Tombstone Blues Page 9

Tombstone Blues page 8

Continuing our Frankenstein inspired daily comic...

Tombstone Blues Page 7

Tombstone Blues Page 6

Page 6 of our daily comic, Tombstone Blues...

Daily Comic Upload

Okay, call me wishy-washy, indecisive, or just plain crazy - but I changed my mind again and am moving the daily comic back to the main post section of the blog. I just like seeing the pages reproduced larger, and think it makes it easier to read than having to click the small link on the sidebar. All the pages will still be archived together in the comics tab.

Here are all the pages to-date to get you newer viewers caught up. Click to enlarge each:

Tombstone Blues continues

I moved the daily comic to two places on the blog here - you can find the latest page in the sidebar to the right, and all the pages will be archived in the comics tab at the top of the page.

Excelsior!

Singing the Tombstone Blues - new daily comic

Back in 1997, two years before I started my gig as a TV horror host,  I was self publishing comic books and put together a book that was a sort of tribute to my favorite horror character, Frankenstein. I had previously written and illustrated short stories and anthologies. But I decided it was time I tried my hand at writing a complete book, and I naturally wanted to do a horror comic. My partner in comics, Chuck Angell, illustrated the book, and the cover was done by Chuck and painted by Eric Powell.

We called it TOMBSTONE BLUES OR DEAD GIRLS NEED LOVE TOO. Now the reason for the double name was basically indecision on our part, or a difference of opinion, whichever you wanna call it. Chuck wanted to name the series "Dead Girls Need Love, Too" to capitalize on the bad girl comic craze that was HUGE at the time, and I wanted to call it "Tombstone Blues" as I was on a big Bob Dylan kick and thought that name made a great title. So the compromise was to use both.

This was the highest selling comic we self-published. I don't remember the numbers exactly but remember it was somewhere over a thousand nationwide. You'll see lots of homages and nods to both FRANKENSTEIN and BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN in the pages that follow. We published a second issue with a different artist, and finished a third issue that was never published.

I thought I'd share this with the readers of this blog. If it goes over well I'll put issue 2 on here, and perhaps the unpublished third issue too, if interest continues. I also have plenty of these books left, so I'll post them for sale in the store section of this blog if anyone wants an actual copy.

But in the meantime, I'll post a page a day. Enjoy!

Tombstone Blues: Page 1

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