Helldorado: East Eats West

by C. Michael Hall, Martin Coccolo (Illustrator)

Gunfights Kung fu Monsters If Hammer Films had hired a band of Hong Kong filmmakers to create a Spaghetti Western, they'd have created Helldorado An unspeakable act of violence has altered reality itself, and a supernatural evil looms over the town of El Dorado. The most horrific myths of the Far East threaten to engulf the American West in darkness, and the only thing standing between a vengeful Chinese vampire, its army of undead minions, and the end of humankind is an unlikely band of erstwhile heroes: an heiress, a gambler, an aging sheriff, his deputy, and a warriorpriest.

72 pages, Paperback

First published August 7, 2012

About the author

Inspired to make mini-comics by an issue of Shannon Wheeler’s Too Much Coffee Man, C. Michael Hall (you can call him Mike) bumped around the small press comix scene in the late 1990s and early 2000s, where he was best known for his semi-regular series, The Adventures of Dr. Mystery, Man of Action. He was a founding partner in comics publisher Ape Entertainment (which rocketed to great success seemingly 30 seconds after Mike left the company) and is the author of Make Your Own Comics: The Small Press Primer, as well as co-creator of Ape Entertainment’s Go-Go Gorilla and the Jungle Crew. His most recent works include Bronze Age Funnies, which Mike describes as "a political satire with beheadings and nudity;" Library of the Living Dead, an educational comic book which became a viral sensation in its online form (the book enjoyed over one million downloads in its first month of release); Monster Clash, another educational comic; Helldorado: East Eats West, a mini-series written for Ape Entertainment; Hooligan, a forthcoming digital book which Mike co-created with series artist Dustin Evans; and Graphic Novel Collection Development, a guide for librarians interested in adding comics to their collections. A librarian in addition to his comics work, Mike continues to produce educational comics for various libraries around the country (links to Mike's educational comics can be found on the "Webcomics" page of his website).

Mike has a BS in History and Political Science from McPherson College. He resides somewhere in Kansas with his wife Lily (also a librarian!) and their three cats. In addition to his freelance work, he teaches courses in comics and cartooning at a small community college.