Monkey Squad One #1. Pages 2 & 3.

Naming super-heroes is not easy! When I was making all this up I knew I wanted Connor to be a ninja, Brendan was the super-hero and Logan, honestly, got stuck with Army-guy. But code-naming them was so fucking difficult! Kojiro means demon-sword (which I stole from Path of the Assassin), Captain Kidd was a pirate (I believe fictional) and if Major Destruction isn't already a character, then I'm positive Major Payne and Major Damage are. I used the codenames because it was the best I could do and I wanted to get the comic going. By the time I realized I'd do more issues, I regretted such cheesy codenames and all but abandoned them and they're related costumes by issue 3. The funny part is, I kinda like them now. Actually, in an upcoming issue, the boys will return to the old costumes and I'm really looking forward to it. Next week the boys head towards some action and I'll formally introduce y'all to Dr. Metropolis.

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Monkey Squad One #1. Cover/page 1.

Welcome to the MonkeyVerse! I'm Doug Michel and this is Monkey Squad One! Monkey Squad One is the all-ages, action-packed, super-hero mini-comic that I write and draw and put out as often as I can (about 3 times a year). When I say "put out" I mean print at Kinkos. It's a print comic. I give them away like crazy. But people need shit to be on the internet. It's unbelievably important. So, thanks to the power of Rock Icon Cletus Whiteheart, every Monday is now Monkey Squad Monday. We will post two (or more) pages of Monkey Squad One every Monday and you can read this while you poop at work. Oh, and there will be always insightful and often hilarious commentary about the pages and panels. And there will be cussing. It's an all ages book because my nieces and nephews are little kids and it's impolite in modern society to cuss in kids' comics, so I wont until they're old enough I can get away with it. But on this blog? Shit. Cussing is one of my strong suits and I need all the help I can get. Finally, if this is the first you've ever seen of Monkey Squad One, then to you faithful reader, I say: Hang in there. It gets way better. Go take a look at some current Monkey Squad One pages and panels by searching "doug michel" at comicartfans.com or search "monkey squad one" at deviantart.com. But, for real, you should just email me at monkeysquadmailbox@gmail.com and I'll send you some free issues. Seriously, the internet is stupid and totally over. See you next week.

 Thanks for reading.


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Monkey Squad One is back on the web!

If I can figure this site out, by next Monday (10/24/11), I'll start posting pages from Monkey Squad One #1! Read the hilarious, action-packed, all-ages mini-comic from the beginning!