This site is about the comics I publish, but also about comics theory, the independent comics movement, and the Connect Sales Market. And it features an online comic strip I write and draw.
It's not just about comics, either. It's about the mystery genre; and it's about the new possibilities of the internet, such as the interactive story.
The art of the internet web page-- multimedia art, I call it-- has boundless possibilities that we're just beginning to realize. By being dynamic, flexible, and idiosyncratic, I hope Amazing Montage will realize some of those possibilities.
Amazing Montage Press is the only comic book company dedicated to the modern mystery genre. We believe that the modern mystery genre, with its nail-biting suspense, offbeat characters, and events torn from today's headlines, can play a vital role in re-invigorating the comics medium.
Amazing Montage Press has published 11 books, listed below in chronological order by publication date:
BULLETPROOF-- May, 1995 WOLF RUN-- August, 1995 THE GREEN SKULL-- November, 1995 RUNAWAY -- February, 1996 THE TRESPASSERS #1 -- May, 1996 THE TRESPASSERS #2 -- August, 1996 THE TRESPASSERS #3 -- November, 1996 THE TRESPASSERS #4 -- February, 1997 THE TRESPASSERS #5 -- July, 1997 ORACLE A TRESPASSERS MYSTERY -- JULY, 1998 MURDER BY CROWQUILL -- MAY, 1999Descriptions and sample art can be found on our order page. Upcoming projects for the press include the graphic novel RAPID EYE MOVEMENT (hopefully completed for the year 2000.)
Your humble webmaster is best known as an artist on Harvey Pekar's American Splendor (below). I've worked on a number of other books, including Real Stuff and Duplex Planet Illustrated for Fantagraphics. The painting at left was for a well-loved fantasy anthology titled MYTHOGRAPHY.
I'm the artist and writer of BULLETPROOF, ORACLE, and THE TRESPASSERS series for Amazing Montage. Gary Dumm served as the inker for these books up until THE TRESPASSERS #4, when I began doing my own inking.
I've also been a comics reviewer since 1994, working for Subliminal Tattoos, indy magazine, and Steve Conley's ICOMICS.COM.
(For the uninitiated, comics distributors circulate a catalog two months before a book ships. Comics shops order from this catalog. Most publishers wait until they know how many orders they get before they tell the printer how many copies to print, and books with low orders are sometimes cancelled.)
Indypreviews is a way of encouraging people to pre-order the books they want from their local comics shop. Most comics shops will gladly accept pre-orders, as long as the customer promises to actually buy the book when it arrives. If your local store doesn't accept preorders, Indypreviews has a link to an online retailer, Top Secret Comics, which does accept preorders (with pre-payment.) Note that we have no direct affiliation with Top Secret Comics-- we just want to help get more independent comic books sold by any means.