Illegal Magic

Don’t let them catch you using it.

The Comic Jam
The Comic Jam

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Magic is pretty and beautiful and wild and wonderful…and sometimes it is totally illegal! Mind your step around these stories of magic done wrong.

Story by Patrick Hicks | Art and Letters by Tom Bevis
Story by Daniel Anderson | Art and Letters by Sam Prowse
Story, Line Art, and Letters by Tom Bevis | Color Art by Shania Duchene Butler
Story by Lukas Wever | Art and Letters by Jack Van Thomme
Story by Fern Lamb | Art and Letters by Eric Carman

Patrick Hicks lives in Minnesota and has been writing since that time he shattered his leg in 7th grade. He’s written short stories, comics, and once spent a year interviewing a former Mafia Made Man and writing a novel of his life (seriously). Has been known to drop everything and start structuring a new story at all hours of the night. He loves discussing outlines and story structure and can be reached on https://www.instagram.com/patrickhickspy/

Tom Bevis is a lifelong comic book reader, a comic book podcaster, and former film critic. A student of the Sean Corbin Art Studio, Bevis has created the webcomic series Modern Seinfeld, Hogwash, and the Mad Libz-inspired Frankenstrips. He and his work can be found on Instagram at @tomixdoescomix and less frequently on Twitter at @tomixdoescomix. In fact, he can be found almost anywhere as @tomixdoescomix, including Red Bubble, where his drawing of a parrot dressed as the Winter Soldier was recently suspended. If you’re into it, you can also find his podcast by searching for Comic Dwarves wherever you get your podcasts these days.

Daniel Anderson is a sunshine Cali kid living in rain-drenched Portland, OR but agrees with the locals that the summers ARE nice. He slings pizza slices at an Italian restaurant to keep the lights on and writes comics in his spare time to keep his sanity. He’s a former soldier, current dreamer, and future reminiscer. Daniel got into comics when he was reinfected with his love of the medium, passed on to him by his friend Alex Zapata when they met in the Army.

Sam Prowse is a comic creator living in New Jersey. Occasionally he wanders off at night. No one knows where he goes, but when he returns his shoes are filled with mud and he’s clutching a freshly drawn page of sequential art. He never speaks of his midnight rambles in the Pine Barrens, but his eyes say it all. He’s seen things. Terrible things. Unimaginable things. We’ve spoken a bit about it and he wants me to tell you this: do not follow him into the barrens.
https://samprowse.com/page-samples

Lukas Wever lives in Toronto where he writes comics and makes music. His first release “Bad Endings” is out now. You can read it for free at https://lukaswever.com/. It’s got vengeful assassins, killer aliens, cannibalism, and the occasional twist ending. If you enjoy that kind of thing, check it out!

Jack Van Thomme illustrates comics and pitches in when he can. You can see the things he likes to draw and read the things he likes to talk about on Twitter and Instagram @Real_JackVT
https://www.instagram.com/real_jackvt/

Fern Lamb. Writer of words. Painter of pictures. Astonishingly British.
Is a fan of horror, sprawling sci fi and fantasy.
https://www.instagram.com/CynicismNostalgia/

Eric Carman gets shit done. Ask anyone around that doesn’t have an Eric Carman in their life. Are they getting shit done? No. Not at all. Get yourself an Eric Carman. The world will be better off for it.
https://www.instagram.com/carman439/

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The Comic Jam
The Comic Jam

A group of independent artists and writers collaborating to create short comics based on weekly themes.