Description

Melting Pot                        Comics Lot w/ Bonus Sketchbook
Featuring content by Kevin Eastman of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fame.
Writers: Kevin Eastman & Eric Talbot
Artists: Kevin Eastman & Eric Talbot
Colorist: Simon Bisley
Letterer: Steve Lavigne
Editor: James Vance
All Covers by: Kevin Eastman & Simon Bisley

Independent and/or Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books which are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority. They were most popular in the United States between 1968 and 1975, and in the United Kingdom between 1973 and 1974. This comic listing published by Kitchen Sink Press is an Independent and/or Underground comix.

The Melting Pot is an adult graphic novel by Kevin Eastman, Eric Talbot, and Simon Bisley featuring Richard Corben-like painted artwork. Welcome to a land of monsters, beasts that walk like men, and a place of survival of the fittest. This is an uncompromising vision in the same vein as the animated movies Heavy Metal & Heavy Metal 2000!

Story/Spoilers
In issue #1, A woman warrior in a battle-damaged starfighter crash-lands on a harsh and brutal planet where a few of the survivors of the “Big Dump” – the forced arrival of the planet’s population were stranded. Now nearly 300 years after the “Big Dump”, the factions or the “melting pot” of assorted alien races battle for supremacy of the planet. Daily survival is the best most can hope for as the woman warrior soon learns that this strange world is not a place for the weak. An army of millions lead by the evil and twisted Lord Tyler makes its yearly journey to the fortress of Shantarr to extract the yearly tribute. Ambassadors from Shantarr meet Lord Tyler and his army to make a plea to lessen the payment in order for their people to avoid starvation. The ambassadors are brutally killed and Lord Tyler announces that Shantarr will be destroyed the following morning.

Next in issue #2, Dawn… a wall of screams erupts as Lord Tyler’s army of millions descends upon Shantarr – a vision the inhabitants will remember until their deaths, which comes soon enough as the city dies Later, Lord Tyler demands a woman. The exotic and mysterious Sade submits herself to Lord Tyler… as well as several members of his army and in doing so transmits a fatal plague in them all. Lord Tyler, faced with the knowledge of his impending death, goes into an insane rage and kills anyone and everyone in his path.

Next in issue #3, In the shocking aftermath of last issue, Lord Tyler flees into the Badlands and slays anything that moves. Will he return in time to lead his troops into battle? Plus, a mysterious woman warrior cuts a swath of terror across the land on the way to her fateful meeting with Lord Tyler.

Finally in issue #4, Lord Tyler rejoins and leads his armies into the Holy Land. The battle is joined and carnage reins supreme. That is until the arrival of the Holy One…

All First Printings
Publisher: Kitchen Sink Press, Inc.
Publication Date: 1993 – 1994
Format per comic: FC, 32 pages, Comic, 10.25″ x 6.5″
UPC: None Stated
——————————————————————————–

Melting Pot Sketchbook
Writer: Kevin Eastman
Artists: Kevin Eastman, Eric Talbot & Simon Bisley

Includes full artwork and black & white sketches, character designs and bios. Plus, bios for the creators.

First Printing
Publisher: Tundra Publishing Ltd.
Publication Date: 1990
Format: FC/BW, 46 pages, TPB, 10.25″ x 6.25″
ISBN: None Stated
——————————————————————————–

Comics lot contains: Melting Pot (1993 – 1994) Issues #1-4 & Sketchbook (1990).  Kitchen Sink Press, Inc. / Tundra Publishing, Ltd.

Comics & Sketchbook are bagged & boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

Collectible Entertainment note: Comics 1,2,3,4 & Sketchbook are all New & Unread.  Very Fine to Very Fine + condition.  Beautiful Set!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Kevin Eastman and/or Simon Bisley collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Recommended.

Please read return policy.