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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.

  

ABOUT FAT CAT FUNNIES

Fat Cat Funnies began in 2007 in Boston, MA. It has produced a number of print books over the years, and it's back making quality comics again. Our mission is to make them free digitally by the page. Once we have enough pages, we'll offer printed comics and books for sale. 

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