Caliber Presents - Volume 1

Caliber Presents #1

by Gary Reed, Joe Pruett, Gary Scott Beatty (Illustrator)

The original Caliber Presents anthology title was one of Caliber's inaugural releases and featured predominantly new creators, many of which went onto successful careers in the comics' industry. In this new version, Caliber Presents has expanded to graphic novel size and while still featuring new creators also includes many established professional creators with new visions. Creators featured in this first issue include nominees and winners of some of the industry's major awards including the Eisner, Harvey, Xeric, Ghastly, Shel Dorf, Comic Monsters, Horror Comics, and more. Although the anthology will primarily feature all new, self-contained tales, it will also spotlight existing Caliber titles with a preview, present classic Caliber short stories from its archives, and an artist sketchbook. In this first volume of the all-new Caliber Presents, Alex Sheikman presents a science fiction tale inspired by the spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leon. Joe Pruett and Ken Meyer Jr. team up on an introspective tale of a mundane life punctuated by tragedy. Jason Walz illustrates a tale of cosplayers at conventions. Sam Costello and Steven Perkins team up for an unexpected look at victims. Gary Reed and Laval Ng show a glimpse from the pages of Saint Germaine's "Magus." Renton Hawkey and Nick Barber present a look at the promise of tomorrow. Mark Bertollini and Jerome Eyquem tell a tale of instant time travel. Gary Scott Beatty takes us to the cool age of Jazz and E. Mayen Briem and Emerson Dimaya take us further back for a horror tale during the war years. Ben Sherrill and Rowel Roque show us a futuristic big game hunting trip and for the artist sketchbook feature, Mark Bloodworth from "Clive Barker's Hellraiser," "Midnight Mortuary," and "Deadworld" shows off his art.

122 pages, Paperback

First published April 7, 2018

About the author

There is more than one author with this name

Gary Reed was a prolific comic book writer and publisher. He was formerly the publisher of Caliber Comics and Vice President of McFarlane Toys.

Also wrote under assumed names (including Brent Truax, Kyle Garrett, Randall Thayer).

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was cool to see Caliber came back with a new anthology series. Negative Burn was really good back in the day. This is a bunch of small time creators telling short stories so the quality is mixed. I think Joe Pruett was the only creator I recognized. Still, known or not, there's some good stories in this.