War of the Independents
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| War of the Independents | |
 Promotional artwork for the War of the Independents Art by Dave Ryan |
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| Publisher | Red Anvil Comics |
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| Format | a core limited series including crossovers |
| Publication date | 2008 |
| Number of issues | 6 plus tie-ins |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Richard Kane Ferguson, Dave Ryan |
| Penciller(s) | Dave Ryan |
| Inker(s) | Peter Palmiotti |
| Colorist(s) | Greg Waller |
War of the Independents (WOTI) is an upcoming six-issue crossovers comic book mini-series featuring several different independent comic book characters and will be published by Red Anvil Comics.[1]
The story started with the events that occurred in Dave Ryan's indie book from 2000 Penance comic book created by Dave Ryan. The two villains Kane and Orcus are attempting to open the doorway to RazorJack's world and conquer Earth. The heroes combined powers are not enough to stop the two alone, so they recruit heroes throughout space and time to help.
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War of the Independents saga is the brainchild of comics creator Dave Ryan, who credits his inspiration to the internet:
| “ | The inspiration came to me one day as I sat next to the recently finished Infinite Crisis and Civil War issues and glanced at the ‘friends list’ on my MySpace profile. It had occurred to me that no one has ever tried to unite the independents for a mega-crossover, but just as important to me was all the creators who have a dream but are stuck in a nightmare of self-publishing and will probably never be able to deliver their characters to the public. This was a way to do both.[2] | ” |
The story revolves around the villains Kain and Orcus trying to create a reverse tower of Babel to open the doorway to RazorJack's world and conquer Earth. The villains make their first appearance in Ryan’s own book “Penance,” The heroes in Penance are not strong enough to deal with Orcus and Kain, so they recruit heroes from throughout time and space.[3]
The series will feature a variety independent characters such as Mike Allred's Madman, Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo, Richard Dominguez's El Gato Negro, Sam Keith's The Maxx, Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon, Frank Dirscherl's The Wraith, Scott McCloud’s Zot, and hip-hop legends of Public Enemy (who have their own indie comic).[4]
