Issue #0

This issue follows Mike as he is arriving in Albuquerque. He stumbles upon a coffee shop called "Burial Grounds", in which he meets a very over-enthusiastic barista by the name of Alice. After which, he gets ready to start his investigations. It offers an inroduction to the character, as well as hints at bits and peices of the world and story to come.

• Writer & artist: Jeremy Owen,
• Editor & story collab.: Greg Freeland II
• Featuring pinup art by Andrew Mark

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BLUDGEON is an idea that started back while I was in college. The image to the left was drawn back in 2001. My friend and editor, Greg Freeland, had assembled all of his friends from high school into a group called "The Hooligans" (hence the H on the costume) which consisted of superhero alteregos of themselves. When we met in college I followed suit and Bludgeon was born.

Since figuring myself out as a gay man, and finding the bear community, I have always wanted to see a gay bear superhero comic. So, I started revisiting the character in my head... as a solo character learning to live life alone (no longer part of a tema) and learning things about himself as a man who's recently figured himself out.

The series will spend as much time on him as a hero and the sci-fi/horror aspects of the book, as it will on him as a man living his new life.