Undead Ballads #1
64 Pages, Color, 7.25"x7.25"
Pre-Order by 4/30 for discount! Ships 5/2026
The Nix Comics tradition of short garage-punk horror stories continues with a new title and new format!
The Stories:
The Vicar Is Looking For Danger: Alberto has finally had it with the monster slaying lead singer of his band the Choir. He storms out as an old enemy strolls in looking for a rumble! Written by Ken Eppstein, Drawn by Michael Neno
The Uncanny Crystal Skulls: Aleister Crowe serenades his cellmate with song about his favorite "back from the grave" type 60s garage band. If his cellmate knows what's good for him, he'll clap at the end! Written and Drawn by Bob Ray Starker. Aleister Crowe co-created by Ken Eppstein and Darren Merinuk.
Eddie and Squid Won't Die: Detective Markie Hill wants to know why her biker zombie and would-be-minions seem to have a mind of their own. Eddie and squid just want to stop wreaking like corpses. Both have a showdown as they seek answers to their problems in the same occult bookshop!
Artists
Andy Bennett: Andy Bennett is a comics artist and illustrator from Columbus, OH. He started his comics career at CALIBER COMICS on titles like Saint Germaine, Negative Burn, and Ghost Sonata. Andy’s work has appeared in Nix titles including The Living With Explosions series and Nix Comics Quarterly (NCQ). Andy co-created the characters Eddie and Squid in NCQ.
Most recently he has contributed new stories for "Strange Horror" at Aazurn Publishing, and completed two volumes of the all-new graphic novel series "Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders" with co-creator Joe Meadows from Tripwire Comics.
Michael Neno: Columbus, OH native Michael Neno has been writing, drawing and publishing comic books, coloring books, zine and minicomics for nearly forty years. Michael has Cracked Magazine, Dark Horse, Caliber, Cretin Comix and many others. Michael has contributed to multiple Nix Comics titles and is the only artist to have appeared in all 10 issues of Nix Comics Quarterly. Michael co-created The Vicar and associated characters in those pages.
Michael Neno has created album covers, posters and merchandise for the bands The Cretins, Tod and the Bad Ideas, Atomic Zombies, The Judex, The Wholly Saints and The Lowlies, as well as concert calendar posters for Natalie's and signs and posters for Elizabeth's Records.
Bob Ray Starker: Bob Ray Starker is a Columbus based musician and artist. His bands have included Whoa Nellie!, The Sin Shouters, and (perhaps most notortiously) The Sovines. His self published comics and cartoons include Cap’n Haphazard and an annual social media driven beloved series of halloween stories. Bob has perhaps contributed the most pages to Nix Comics, co-creating the characters in the Nix Western Comics series and the Pander Bear webcomic as well as work in Nix Comics Quarterly.
