by Matt Dembicki

I edited this anthology and many of the contributing writers and artists are from the D.C. area, including Michael Cowgill, Jason Axtell, Brooke Allen, Steve Loya and Andy Kettler.

Local comics writer Jason Rodriguez is editing a new comics anthology for Fulcrum Publishing titled Colonial Comics: New England: 1620-1750, scheduled for release this coming fall. Cover art is by local artist Scott White. Here's the blurb from the press release:

"Colonial Comics is a graphic novel collection of 25 stories focusing on the period from 1620 through 1750 in New England. A collaboration of historians and graphic artists tell the stories about Puritans and free thinkers, Pequots and Jewish settlers, female business owners and dedicated school teachers, whales and livestock, slavery and frontiers, and many other aspects of colonial life. Coming September 2014!"