Monkey Squad One Annual #1. Pages 3 & 4.

This story is essentially a prequel to the "Bloody Night, Bloody Knife" storyline that begins in MS1 #7.

It's got zombies in it.

 And rappers.

I'm keeping it brief, y'all!

It's that very special time that comes around every four months or so...

I'm printing an ALL-NEW issue of Monkey Squad One!

Monkey Squad One #11 drops on 11/27/12!

"HollaHollaHolla" continues as Dr. Metropolis and Logan battle Malcolm Bliss and his giant monster ant!

Plus, Brendan, Connor & U.N.C.L.E. Doug face off against the All-Girl Monkey Squad One!

Not to mention, the return of A.U.N.T.!

You wanna check it out? Hit me up on Twitter or email me at monkeysquadmailbox@gmail.com and I'll hook you up!

NEXT WEEK:

Who's Who & Where's Where!

Monkey Squad One Annual #1. Pages 1 & 2.

As I talked about last week, this issue is all about catching up and introducing new readers to the characters and storylines of MS1. So I'll let the dialogue speak for itself and get to the good stuff.

Real Life Brendan told me he thought his character was a nerd and a wuss.

Brendan's character in the comic had been the smartest and most mature of the team and RL Brendan just wanted his character to be cool.

So, starting this issue I do try to give these 3 boys more individual personalities but really they're all just smartasses all the time...

Oh, I should also talk about the character design updates for these guys. Logan stays pretty much the same, but Connor's gone from a ponytail/topknot thing to what his Real Life counterpart's hair looked like at the time. 

And Brendan's hair's turned "black" in this issue! 

This was the first issue I started using the incredible Copic markers to add grey tones to my comic!

It changed the whole look of the comic, in ways that I'm sure you'll notice in this issue. 

The first is Brendan was finally able to be a brunette! I'd only used black Sharpies to "color" MS1 up until this point so a character's hair color had to either be BLACK or CLEAR and Brendan's hair had always been "clear". But now, thanks to the power of Copics, he could have "dark" hair. So if you're a eagle-eyed reader that noticed the difference, there's your explanation!

I do wanna say that the U.N.C.L.E. Doug bit about getting sued by the people from U.N.C.L.E. was a response to a review where a guy said I should be careful of the people from the old TV show because they might sue me for using "U.N.C.L.E.".

So, yes...

I use my comic to take shots at people that say stupid shit about my comic.

You have been warned.

NEXT WEEK: MORE YELLING!

Thanks for reading!

Monkey Squad One Annual #1. Cover & The Story So Far.

As you've read over the past year on this blog, Monkey Squad One was purely a whim (a hobby at best) at the beginning. But after 18 months and 6 issues, Monkey Squad One had become very important to me.

I was proud of issues 5 & 6 and excited about where the series was headed. The long-term plan was forming and I wanted to share the story I was telling (and am GOING to tell) in MS1 with as many people as possible.

I'd also been getting reviewed by minicomic & zine review sites. The reviews were generally favorable but several reviewers complained that no one wants to start a series with issue #5 or #6. Now the problem was that I was really embarrassed of my art in the early issues (something I've gotten over) and didn't want to introduce readers to Monkey Squad One with issue #1.

So I figured I'd do an Annual.

Annual's were my jam when I was a kid. Justice League, Superman, Spider-Man and X-Factor. Even the JSA Annuals that Geoff Johns did in the early 2000s were favorites of mine.

The whole issue is set-up to introduce readers to the MonkeyVerse.

It's worked really well.

Over 500 people have read this issue (as best I can figure) and I still give them out all of the time. Let me know if you want one & I'll hook you up.

Or I guess you can read it here at two pages a week.

The cover is an homage to Alan Moore & Curt Swan's Superman #423...

This was the first comic I ever bought. It's fucking crazy and blew my mind. If you get a chance, you should check it out.

Anyway. I'm thrilled to be posting this stuff for you guys. I love every page of this comic in particular and tried really hard on this one.

Let me know what you think!

Thanks For Reading!

Next Week: Status-Quo Do-Si-Do!

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The Monkey Squad One #11 4-Page Preview!

Was Malcolm Bliss and MonsANTo only a distraction?

A distraction from what?

And what did happen to U.N.C.L.E. Doug, Brendan and Connor?

Oh yeah, they were about to fight that All-Girl Monkey Squad One that's on the cover!

Find out how it all goes down, when

Monkey Squad One #11 is printed late November 2012!

You want a copy?

Email me at monkeysquadmailbox@gmail.com & I'll hook your ass up!

NEXT WEEK!

The critically acclaimed Monkey Squad One Annual #1 BEGINS!

It's gonna be awesome!

Thanks for reading!