DISRUPTION: An Anthology

© 2014 J.N. Monk. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of J.N. Monk.

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Produced by J.N. Monk Copyediting: J.N. Monk and Zach Pettit Cover Art: Anna-Liza Ybarra Design and composition: McAlister Grant Assembly: Z Akhmetova

The individual copyrights are as follows:

“Grovers” © 2014 J.N. Monk and Kelly Angel. “Mechan Folly” © 2014 Mark Fraley. “A Break” © 2014 Clay Lindvall. “Gestos” © 2014 Catia Moreira. “…” (Untitled) © 2014 Zofia Zabreska. “Monday” © 2014 Krystal Ureta. “Friendship Comic” © 2014 Jacob Stern and Zach Pettit. “Topside” © 2014 J.N. Monk and Z Akhmetova.

FOREWORD

It’s used a bit loosely, but disruption as a theme seemed like a great way to cut to the core of storytelling: every story is about conflict or its effects, how we maneuver around them or, in some cases, don’t.

In these stories things go wrong, or get weird. And we suspect you’ll like it.

-Zach Pettit, co-editor

When I first took on this project, I had no idea that the chosen title and theme would eventually apply to my life on a very literal level.

What had originally been planned as a small showcase for comics I had written somehow ballooned into a very large anthology with twenty-two contributors. But during ten months of blown deadlines, multiple dropouts (well over half the roster in fact), missed engagements, frequent delays, and agonizing frustration, I was ready to call it quits many times over.

Over that same span of time I relocated from Ohio to Florida, moved in with one of my best friends and began planning for a wildly different future than the one I had in mind when all of this started.

Some way or another, despite numerous instances where I was ready to put my head through a wall (and on one occasion actually did), we were able to pull together a pretty great assortment of tales from more than a few rising stars in the comic scene, and finally—finally—the result looks absolutely fantastic. In the end, I’m quite happy that I let this thing literally disrupt my life.

And hopefully, you will too.

-J.N. Monk, head editor

GROVERS

Art by KELLY ANGEL

Script by J.N. MONK

MECHAN FOLLY

Art and Script by MARK FRALEY

A BREAK

Art and Script by CLAY LINDVALL

. . .

Art and Script by ZOFIA ZABZREKSA

MONDAY

Art and Script by KRYSTAL URETA

TOPSIDE

Art by Z AKHMETOVA

Script by J.N. MONK