Founded | 2014 |
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Founder | Albert Asker |
Country of origin | U.S. |
Headquarters location | Boise, Idaho |
Key people | Gaz Asker |
Publication types | Comics |
Nonfiction topics | History, Autobiography |
Fiction genres | Adventure, Humor |
Idaho Comics Group (ICG) is an independent comic book publishing company from Boise, Idaho, that was founded in 2014 by Albert Frank Asker. [1] ICG publishes two comics anthologies: the officially licensed [2] Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho and Idaho Comics. The anthologies bring attention to comic book writers and artists from the state of Idaho; [3] sales from the comics benefit the Boise Public Library. [4]
Idaho Comics Group has not published anything since 2016, though it did produce a podcast from 2016 to 2019.
All the comics published by Idaho Comics Group are crowd-funded. [5] The Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho anthologies, published in 2014, 2015, and 2016, feature Tarzan stories by writers and artists from the state of Idaho. (Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs lived in Idaho during three different periods in his life.) [6]
The companion piece Idaho Comics anthologies, published in 2014 and 2015, feature articles on the history of comic books in Idaho that expand on subjects touched on in the Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho introductions. Articles in the Idaho Comics comics also bring attention to autobiographical comics writer Dennis P. Eichhorn and his contributions to sequential art in Idaho.
Notable creators associated with Idaho Comics Group include Albert Asker, Gaz Asker, Todd Clark, Dame Darcy, Dennis Eichhorn, Randall Kirby, Scott Pentzer, and Charles Soule. [7]
On August 30, 2014, Idaho Comics Group made its debut at the 2nd Annual Boise Public Library Comic Con with their two offerings: Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #1 and Idaho Comics #1. [8]
On October 6, 2015, The Best American Comics 2015 was released, and Idaho Comics Group contributors Dennis P. Eichhorn's Real Good Stuff #s 1–2 and Dame Darcy's "Voyage of the Temptress" were named to the list of "Notable Comics" published from September 1, 2013, to August 31, 2014, by series editor Bill Kartalopoulos. [9] (Dame Darcy's "Voyage of the Temptress" made its print debut in Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #1.)
On August 27, 2015, ICG comic books were featured in a library exhibition at Boise State University. [10] On October 7, 2015, ICG publisher Al Asker gave a talk on the History of Comic Books in Idaho at Boise State University. [11]
On October 13, 2015, ICG publisher Albert Asker remembered his late friend Dennis Eichhorn in a video produced by The Idaho Statesman . [12]
Idaho Comics Group founder Albert Frank Asker edited Tomorrow Girl #6 (due out May 29, 2024, from Antarctic Press), which features a story entitled "Aztlantis Attacks!" by Mexican comic book creators Baltazar Cardenas (writer), Rocío Pérez (artist), and Rodo Farías (colors). [13]
Features work from the following Idaho writers and artists: [14]
Features work from the following writers and artists:
Features work from the following writers and artists:
Features an article on the history of comic books in Idaho with a special emphasis on Edgar Rice Burroughs and his time in Idaho working as a cowboy/adventurer, ranch hand, photography and stationery store owner, gold prosecutor, and city councilman in Parma, Idaho. Also features an autobiographical story by Dennis Eichhorn about the time Lyle Smith recruited him to play football at Boise Junior College (now Boise State University).
Idaho Comics #1 features work by:
Features a brand new autobiographical story by Dennis Eichhorn about the time he was investigated by the Salt Lake City Police Department over a comic book he published in Moscow, Idaho, in 1974; as well as two other autobiographical stories by Eichhorn. Features a continuation on the article on the history of comic books in Idaho — again with special emphasis on Edgar Rice Burroughs and the comic books published in Idaho based on his characters.
Idaho Comics #2 Features work by:
The Idaho Comics with Albert Asker podcasts serve as a compendium piece to the Idaho Comics Group comic books, adding depth and breadth to the subjects touched on in the "History of Comic Books in Idaho" articles. Each month Asker interviews a person with ties to comic books in Idaho. Episodes of Idaho Comics with Albert Asker can be found on iTunes, SoundCloud, and Stitcher. (There is another podcast coming from this group, called The Idaho Comics Group Sports Report and Podcast.)[ citation needed ]
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