The first three issues of The Lake Erie Monster Comics have been sold out for long time, so we’re making them FREE to read online! Below you will find links to high rez PDF files of each issue, plus the very very limited Summer Special issue we did when we dropped issue 5!
READ THE LAKE ERIE MONSTER #1!
READ THE LAKE ERIE MONSTER #2!
READ THE LAKE ERIE MONSTER #3!
READ THE LAKE ERIE MONSTER SUMMER SPECIAL!
Issues 4, 5 and 6 are all still available in the Shiner Comics Store!
Excited to announce, from 1984 Publishing! SANDWICH ANARCHY, The Cult Culinary Posters of Melt Bar & Grilled. This substantial hardcover collects a decade of John G's eye-popping "gig posters" for Melt Bar and Grilled's famous Sandwich Specials. Check out some previews at 1984 Publishing's facebook page!
Here's the full Press Release: http://tinyurl.com/SandwichAnarchy-PressRelease
Pre-orders are now open! For Sandwich Anarchy, 1984 Publishing is doing something unique and offering two Deluxe Editions for pre-order at http://1984publishing.com/store! The Deluxe Edition includes a FREE Blu-ray of Turnstyle Film's Draw Hard, a short documentary about John G and his work. The Deluxe Sketch Edition (limited to 50) also includes Draw Hard AND an original Sketch by John G on the title page of the book. You can order the Regular Edition HERE.
NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! The Lake Erie Monster #6!
Fans of Rust-Belt Horror that aren't able to make it to the Release Party at Weird Realms on Friday, February 10th, 2017, OR visit one of our retailers the following week can now place an order for The Lake Erie Monster #6 by following THIS LINK!
ALL pre-orders will be shipped out ON Friday, February 10th so that they'll arrive the following week.
Cleveland, OH: It’s the dawn of a new era of rust belt centered horror at the release party for The Lake Erie Monster #6, a comic book by John G, Liz Valasco and Jake Kelly, from 6pm to 9pm on Friday, February 10th, 2017 at Weird Realms at 11508 Lorain, Cleveland.
Shiner Comics is proud to announce the publication and release of the sixth issue of The Lake Erie Monster, a natural follow-up and evolution of the popular comic by Jake Kelly and John G. This issue is the beginning of a new paradigm for the series. Where the first five issues featured episodic installments of the title story “The Lake Erie Monster”, along with short back-up tales, The Lake Erie Monster #6 presents three self-contained, “one-and-done” stories by three different creators while maintaining the tradition and fun that the series is known for.
If you’ve never read The Lake Erie Monster this new issue is the perfect opportunity to check it out. Readers will not need to have read the first five issues to pick up The Lake Erie Monster #6 and dive into the murky depths of terrifying region-specific horror comics. With John G’s Wolves of Birdtown you’ll take a walk with an insomniac through a dense, questionable neighborhood in the middle of the night. In the beautifully rendered Young Skin by Liz Valasco you’ll have a front row seat to witness a young girl confront the creepiness of being trapped by a mysterious entity. Finally, find out the gruesome fate of A Girl in a Garbage Truck by Jake Kelly, a tale so fraught that it needs no explanation.
All of these stories are presented by The Lake Erie Monster’s Goulardi-esque horror host “The Commodore”, a zombified version of Commodore Perry. He also makes an appearance in an all new one-page history lesson in The Commodore’s Cleveland. Peppered throughout the issue are the much loved, hand-drawn ads for other local small businesses, designed specifically to look like old comic book ads by the creators of the comic.
Also available at the event will be copies earlier issues of The Lake Erie Monster, as well as of A Race Anthology: Dispatches From a Segregated City co-published by City Club of Cleveland and Guide to Kultchur that John G contributed to with Lawrence Daniel Caswell, and Jake Kelly’s massive 420 page book FLYERS: 2000-2015.
Weird Realms, Cleveland’s Nerd Store, is primarily a gaming store packed to the gills with tabletop, role playing, miniature skirmish and collectable card games. There are even tables in the back dedicated to playing these games, along with a selection of snacks (including the state’s largest variety of vegan jerky) and coolers full of specialty sodas. In addition to the games, Weird Realms carries all the deep nerd cultural artifacts that inform those games and stimulate the imagination. From H.P. Lovecraft paperbacks to Hawkwind LPs to Adventure Time DVD box sets, Weird Realms carries books, comics, toys, movies, records, zines, and supplies for all types of nerdy endeavors. The store also features a bonkers 128 square foot mural by Jake Kelly adorning the wall overlooking the gaming tables.
The Lake Erie Monster #6 will hit the shelves of all other area stores the following week of February 10th, as well as be available to order online at shinercomics.net.
Questions or Comments:
shinercomics@gmail.com
Weird Realms
11508 Lorain
Cleveland, Ohio 44111
weirdrealms.com
beckett@weirdrealms.com
The HUGE 24" x 36" GODZILLA Poster is now available in the Shiner Comics Store.
Originally drawn for the GOJIRA Art Exhibit at Derek Hess Gallery in Cleveland that opened in October 2015.
Price includes shipping, but it might be too late for Christmas. If you are in the Cleveland area, shoot me an email (shinercomcs@gmail.com) and we could even arrange a delivery.
We recently sold out of print copies of The Lake Erie Monster #2, so we want to make it as easy as possible to download and read the digital versions of both that issue and The Lake Erie Monster #1. The digital version of The Lake Erie Monster Summer Special 2014, featuring the stand alone story The Weight of a Fly by Jake Kelly, is also available for FREE.
As always, you can still purchase the print editions and digital versions of the other issues in the Shiner Comics Store!
This is the new home of Shiner Comics, which is mostly the illustration work and comics/zines publication output of John G.
This site has updated info on The Lake Erie Monster comics series by Jake Kelly and John G, updates on the most recent illustration work and the monthly specials at Melt Bar & Grilled. You can now purchase the comics here in this site's store.
There is also information about, and links to, Draw Hard, TurnStyle Film's short documentary about John G and his work.
Updates will be posted on this blog regularly, as well as over on shinercomics.tumblr.com.
