Undead Ballads #1
64 pages, color, 7.25"x7.25"
20% off if pre-ordered before 4/30. Ships 5/2026
Picking up where the stories in the Undead Ballads collected trade paperback left off, and continuing the Nix Rock 'n Roll comics tradition of horror straight from the garage! These stories are informed and inspired by musical artists and songs by Alice Cooper, the Pack, The Cramps, Davie Allan & the Arrows, Al Perry and the entire "Back from the Grave" catalog. They are also inspired by trashy 70s movies like The Wild Angels and Sugar Hill.
The Vicar: Looking for Danger: Alberto finally leaves the Vicar's Choir after an explosive show at a West Texas dive named the New Rose. The garage rock monster slayer has no time to find a replacement though, as a rockabilly werewolf comes sniffin' for revenge! written by Ken Eppstein, drawn by Michael Neno.
Eddie and Squid Won't Die: Detective Markie Hill looks for answers as to why her zombie pawns won't return to the grave. Eddie and Squid want answers, too... But mostly because they are starting to stink. Like all smart people, they converge on a book store to find the info they need! Written by Ken Eppstein, Drawn by Andy Bennett.
The Uncanny Crystal Skulls: Aleister Crowe serenades his cellmate with his favorite 60s garage song. A little murder ballad about a hacking your bandmates' heads off to get a record deal!
THE ARTISTS:
Andy Bennett: Andy 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.
Website: B3NN3TT.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/b3nn3tt/
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 graphics, including 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.
Website: www.nenoworld.com
Facebook:: www.facebook.com/michael.neno/
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.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bobraystarker/
