May is here at Indie Graphic Novels and we are very happy to report that this group is going strong! To add to this good news, overall comic sales in America and Canada have risen to levels unseen since 1994.

This rise in sales, after a 10 year industry wide slump for comics, is truly unprecedented. This news is reported by Comic Book Daily and Comic Chron. Each source uses book sales reporting numbers directly from Diamond Distributors.

This an excellent time to be publishing indie titles in order to add to the growing number of comics and graphic novels being distributed and sold on a national level. There is clearly plenty of room for new artists and stories as evidenced by sales alone.

Welcome New Members
Welcome to MDiPascale, AlexLandish, HippyGirl5, SympatichnaCzarina, PlanetKhaos, Dream-Engineer, CarpeDiemCarousel, DougGarbark, VincentDorian, TARDISgirl908, RaindeerFalcon, andreadotta, GuntherGoltz, gustav-plume, cyomAn, Obman-Veschestv, Earthsoul22, Last-Kiss-of-Damaris, magdielshiranui, Reality-or-nothing, cjjoughin, zarran67, Teagle, Supa-Syrex, senilephilosopher, daaku-no-tenshi, Carisna, anghorkheng, GhostPockets, JigsawPuzzleTree, vocher, malara-art, dbmichel, Kebiru, icadraws, Ealaincraft, Josh-Iapetus, ashbox75, FrontierEnforcer12, inisipis, JamalIgle, RickBrowder, Rothmansmoker, Zakosauris, towbson and Rivenis.

New Indie Comic And Book News
This month we are featuring Holiday Wars. This title features the art by member Swimming Bird aka Michael Odom with inks from Arturo Said, colors from Giuseppe Pica and written and created by Scott King.

Holiday Wars, the art for which makes up the header of this month's newsletter, follows a group of people who learn about a war on humanity conducted by magical and mystic beings which are led by a mysterious villain. These people run into the physical embodiments of our traditional holidays including a surly Sasquatch who does enjoy his booze - which I believe is the personification of any quality Drunksgiving holiday.

The book is in two volumes, has enjoyed success on Kickstarter and Amazon and is available on Comixology in digital formats.

New Affiliates
We are very proud to announce that Indie Graphic Novels has 45 affiliate groups to date. Members of our affiliates may enter their work to our galleries as associate members of this group!

Our newest affiliate group is Pulp Hero a group dedicated to classic pulp novels and illustration in the tradition of pre-comic code books like The Shadow, Zorro and Conan.

Artists and Writer Interviews
Do you have a book that you have or would to have like published? Are you a part of a creative team that’s planning a print run? Are you the compulsively creative publisher at your own comic company? Have you launched a title that you’d like to share with fellow artists and writers? Well, Indie Graphic Novels wants to help you promote your titles.

Contact Indie Graphic Novels Moderator Paul Schmitt for more information.

Comic Conventions
C2E2 was in Chicago, IL. last month and Indie Graphic Novels members Little Guardians attended this huge event and survived the savage experience along with many incredible artists and illustrators.

Speaking of savage experiences - do you have comic con horror stories of your own? We would like to hear 'em.