
FAT CAT FUNNIES
The Early Years
These are among the first full comics I did on my own and with my kind and talented friends. They were done with a heart full of the best intentions, an immense drive to create, and a loving madness for the medium of comic books.
I've arranged the galleries to function as much like a comic book as I can. Click on the cover image, and they will go into a full screen mode where you can read it one page at a time.
Small Town Type - Issue 1 - Published 2007
Art, Story, Printing, and Created by Ian Chase Nichols
The beginning of Billy Burroughs's journey is here. Can a young man with a small-town heart realize the potential that others have chosen for him or can he find his own path?
This book was started while I was working at the Nantucket Historical Association at the Whaling Museum Gift Shop. In addition to writing and drawing these, I worked at a print shop at the time, so I printed, stapled, folded, and trimmed them too. My pal Jay Kennedy and I would take them to shows and some of the local shops put them on their shelves. I'm grateful to the comics community for supporting my early efforts. I think we eventually put about
While crude in areas, the honesty and love is undeniable. I hope you enjoy seeing Billy take flight.
Dime Box Comics - Issue 1 - Published 2012
Cover by Ian Chase Nichols
Sub Saunders - Art and Story by Ian Chase Nichols
The Black X - Written and Drawn by Nate Lovett
The Return of Daring - Story and Gray Tones by Ian Chase Nichols, Pencils and Inks by Tony Rubino
Space Smith - Story, Pencil Assist, and Gray Tones by Ian Chase Nichols, Pencils and Inks by Jay Kennedy
Fantomah - Story and Art by Paul Bryant
The Architects by Camille Lospennato (Nichols)
Pinup by Shawn Griffin AKA Griffin Ess
This collection of stories features a group of characters that are in the public domain. My friends and I got together and made new stories that harken back to the foundational era of the superhero genre that has endured and remains popular to this day.