War of the Independents

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caption = Promotional artwork for the War of the Independents, an apparent homage to Marvel's Civil War event.
Art by Dave Ryan
schedule =
format = a core limited series including crossovers
publisher = Red Anvil Comics
date= 2008
issues = 6 plus tie-ins
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writers = Richard Kane Ferguson, Dave Ryan
pencillers = Dave Ryan
inkers = Peter Palmiotti
colorists = 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. [ [http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/w/warindep.htm War of the Independents Scorecard ] ]

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.

Overview

War of the Independents saga is the brainchild of comics creator Dave Ryan, who credits his inspiration to the internet:

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. [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=9473 “War of the Independents” with Dave Ryan] , Comic Book Resources, February 26, 2007 ]

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", Sean Koury's Bounty Hunter, and hip-hop legends of Public Enemy (who have their own indie comic). [ [http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/w/warindep.htm War of the Independents Scorecard] ]

ee also

*List of characters featured in War of the Independents

References

External links

* [http://www.waroftheindependents.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.comicspace.com/daveryan Dave Ryan's Comic Space page]