Diversion: The Gathering

When I was a kid, up until someone thought it would be a great idea for me to take art lessons, I wrote and drew stories. Not always comics, as I didn't have access to alot of comics at the time, but generally the process of storytelling with art. As we are want to do when we grow older, I did fall out of reading comics in general, but I continued to sketch and continued to write. Over the years I've infrequently maintained a webcomic, and I've plotted and scripted a number of ideas, but outside of internet self-publishing, I had no idea how I'd ever have a story published.

Enter The Gathering. The Gathering is literally a group of people, friends, collaborators, who came together on forums and decided that they were going to do it this time. They would self-publish their own print comic. What they are doing is publishing a themed black and white anthology comic (quarterly) for a reasonable price (cheaper than that 20 page Avengers story you may have purchased this week!), with up and coming writers and artists who are finally getting that chance to put out their stories and art. It's a beautiful thing, both the community that's developed and the opportunity it affords for newcomers. To actually be able to say, "Yes, I have had something published," instead of being completely unproven.

Right now, GrayHaven Comics, which publishes The Gathering, is raising money to help put out the Horror-themed fourth volume, "Into the Abyss." There's even a story in there written by me. You can help out by contributing through Kickstarter here, and you can purchase that volume here. There's some pretty cool incentives if you contribute to the Kickstarter campaign, so take a look at those as well.

Help participate in something different. Help support small press comics. Enjoy new and original stories.

Your support is appreciated.