Ink & Drink Comics

06/25/2025

Ink & Drink gets a shoutout in this excellent profile of longtime I&D contributor Steenz over at Pages and Panels. Check it out!

Based out of St. Louis, Steenz Stewart is the lead cartoonist for the syndicated comic strip Heart of the City and co-creator of the graphic novel Side Quest: A Visual History of Roleplaying Games . Throughout their career they have had many roles in the world of comics: Illustrator, Editor, Prof

06/25/2025

Catch Jim Ousley tonight at Betty’s Books, where he’ll talk about his journey from Ink & Drink contributor to self-publisher to Eisner Award nominated writer.

Comics U Session 3: Self-Publishing with Jim Ousley
Wednesday, June 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Betty's Books
RSVP to hold your spot at slicexpo.org/comics-university-2025

Self-publishing is a great way to step into the comics industry. Comics writer Jim Ousley will walk us through the ups and downs of self-publishing. Joining local comics collectives, crowdfunding, and pitching to publishers are all steps towards making your mark in the comics industry!

Jim Ousley is the Eisner-nominated writer of The Atonement Bell, Butcher Queen: Black Star City and Butcher Queen: Planet of the Dead, published by Red 5 Comics. Besides being a contributor to Storm King Comics’ John Carpenters Tales for a Halloween Night , he also wrote the horror anthology The Dead Palace and co-wrote the action-comedy anthology The Rough & Tumble. He is currently at work on his next series The Agony of Stars and lives in St. Louis with his wife Terese, sons Jordan and Jace, & his dog Maisy who is trying to eat his house.

05/02/2025

Saturday May 3rd is ! Come out to any of these fine stores and snag your copy of new free minicomic ON THE HOUSE round 13: STLiens!

- The Wizard's Wagon (U City Loop)
- Heroic Adventures (Edwardsville)
- Fantasy Shop St Charles
- Comic Headquarters (South County)
- All American Collectibles / MO's Comics (South City

04/22/2025

It’s Shakespeare! It’s wrestling! It’s Hamletmania by Ink & Drink’s own Aaron Walther and Greg McCrary, and its second issue is funding now on Kickstarter! The campaign ends tomorrow, so please pledge to help bring it to life before it’s too late.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/secondthoughtcomics/hamletmania-2?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5QmOhHge5fO2R-Huacdohl3kgV84NciZXWdFAQv_Xsjhjbg9d86BaUVrjqPA_aem_8he4FNi88GUvRwY3aSlxgQ

The intergalactic wrestling comic book adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet is BACK for ROUND TWO!

12/26/2024

Get a Barnes & Noble gift card for the holidays? Use it to snag a copy of our brand new anthology, RELAPSE!

Relapse, the St. Louis-based comic collective Ink and Drink Comics' new non-fiction anthology fittingly creates a context for this collection's stated intent in finding the artistic merit in the ordinary and the mundane.

12/14/2024

Coming soon: RELAPSE, an Ink & Drink Comics nonfiction anthology! An 80-page giant of autobiography, history, true crime, social commentary, and more, now at the printers--keep an eye on this space for release details. Cover illustration by Christian J Meesey.

11/15/2024

Comics YouTuber Michael Fitzgerald Troy takes a look at our superhero anthology LIQUID COURAGE 2!

What a super fun superhero anthology by some major indie talent headed by the great Christian J. Meesey aka MEESIMO Please join me for a look inside Get Ink ...

10/24/2024

Come find Team Ink & Drink at Slicexpo this Saturday! We’ll be at table 10.

It may not seem obvious if you haven’t gone looking for it, but St. Louis has a thriving comics scene, with countless writers and artists crafting everything from genre fiction to give you thrills …

10/21/2024

Love Shakespeare? Love wrestling? Then you’ll REALLY love Hamletmania by Ink & Drink’s own Aaron Walther and Greg McCrary, funding now on Kickstarter.

Shakespeare's Hamlet interpreted as an intergalactic wrestling comic!

08/24/2024

You marveled at Adam Davenport’s stunning covers on over a dozen of our early Ink & Drink books, but they have nothing on this giant, stunning mural at the James Dean Museum in Fairmount, Indiana. Wow!

Artist, Adam Davenport’s, mural commissioned by The James Dean Museum is complete! It’s a MASTERPIECE!!! Art of Adam Davenport James Dean Town of Fairmount Main Street Fairmount, Indiana Grant County Indiana Visitors Bureau Only In Indiana Visit Indiana

08/03/2024

Check out this groovy sci-fi comic with art from Ink & Drink’s own Sam Washburn, funding now on Kickstarter!

A retro-inspired Sci-Fi comic book for lovers of pulp adventure and comedic odd couples.

07/27/2024

Ink and Drink is back at Alamo Drafthouse today in support of Deadpool & Wolverine! If you haven’t seen the film yet, come out to a matinee today, and you can get an original drawing by Magz Thurston!