Idaho Comics Group is an independent comic book publishing company from Boise, Idaho which publishes the officially licensed[1]Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho anthology and Idaho Comics. ICG was founded in 2014.

Origin

ICG was formed in order to publish Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho, an anthology to benefit the Boise Public Library in Boise, Idaho[2] and to bring attention to comic book writers and artists from the state of Idaho.[3]

Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #1 (2014)

Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho anthology features work from the following writers and artists:

NOTE: Charles Soule is not actually from Idaho. He wrote a story illustrated by Boisean Allen Gladfelter.

Idaho Comics #1 (2014)

Idaho Comics #1 features an article on the history of comic books in Idaho and an autobiographical story by Dennis Eichhorn about the time Lyle Smith recruited him to play football at Boise Junior College (now Boise State University). Idaho Comics #1 features work by Dennis Eichhorn, Albert Frank Asker, and Gaz Asker.

Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #2 (2015)

This Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho anthology features work from the following writers and artists:

  • Monte Michael Moore (painted covers for DC Comics and Marvel Comics)  COVER ARTIST
  • Bill Schelly (Alter Ego (magazine), The Eye, Fandom's Finest Comics)
  • Dennis Eichhorn (Real Good Stuff, Extra Good Stuff)
  • Randall Kirby (BOP! Comics, Anything That Loves)
  • Scott Pentzer (Sports Superstars, Rock 'N' Roll Comics, Rose & Gunn, Sade)
  • Adrianne Presnell (6x6)
  • Steve Willhite (FUBAR, Jesus Hates Zombies, Mother Russia)
  • Jay O'Leary (Push)
  • Bob Beason (Captain Bengal)
  • Geoffery C. Everts (Disney cartoons animator, Jethro's Rad Euro-Zine 2.0)
  • Jake Scholl (Blade of the Broken)
  • Bethany Schultz Hurst (award-winning poet of Miss Lost Nation)
  • Gaz Asker (Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #1, Idaho Comics #1)
  • Albert Frank Asker (Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #1, Idaho Comics #1, 6x6)

Idaho Comics #2 (2015)

Idaho Comics features a continuation on the article on the history of comic books in Idaho and an autobiographical story by Dennis Eichhorn about the time he was investigated by the Salt Lake City Police Department over an comic book he published in Moscow, Idaho in 1974. Idaho Comics #2 features work by Dennis Eichhorn, Albert Frank Asker, Jim Sumii, Gaz Asker, Scott Fife, Reilly Clark, Jim Looney, Seth Tobacman, and Damon Bradshaw.

Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho #3 (2016)

Features work from the following writers and artists:

  • Ward P. Hooper (Mayor's Art Award, 2005; Best Idaho Visual Artist 2007 and 2012) COVER ARTIST
  • James Lloyd (Art Director of the Treefort Music Fest, Mystic Pets, Cowboy Comics)
  • Dennis Eichhorn (Real Stuff, Real Good Stuff, Extra Good Stuff, The Adventures of Ace International)
  • Jacob Bear (Hawk and Dove, Batbear, Deadpooh)
  • Randall Kirby (BOP Comics)
  • Joseph Bradshaw (Kingdom Of Freedom)
  • Treycen Fluckiger (Why Not?)
  • James Lichtenberg (Why Not?)
  • Hector Diaz (Art Director for Nampa's Dia En Downtown)
  • Scott Pentzer (Sports Superstars, Rock 'N' Roll Comics, Rose & Gunn, Sade)
  • Damon Bradshaw (Push)
  • Gaz Asker (Art Director of Idaho Comics Group)
  • Albert Frank Asker (Editor-In-Chief, Idaho Comics Group)

NOTE: This issue features a special letter of encouragement from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anthony Doerr.