Black Market Presents… Tree App
by Zach Chapman, Dean Kotz and Chris O’Halloran
BLACK MARKET PRESENTS…
Zach Chapman is a horror and science fiction writer and an occasional editor, letterer and podcaster based in Austin, TX. He is the independent creator of comic series Kaiju Blues, The Spellslinger and Dino Knights. Find him on IG and Twitter @chappyzach.
Dean Kotz studied painting at West Chester University and has been professionally drawing comics since 2009. He has worked with Image, Dark Horse, Dynamite, and IDW. He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. Find him on IG and Twitter @deankotz.
Chris O’Halloran is a comic book colorist for some of the biggest American comic publishers including DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Dark Horse and more.
This is one of the few stories that I've read and it stuck with me. I asked Zach what inspired the story and he said it's actually about the ignorance and destruction of comics through the 1950's Comics Code Authority. If I remember right it basically strangled books and their reach towards kids because a few adults didn't understand.. but I could be off there.
Anyway. He does a full page by page director commentary on this story if anyone is interested in hearing his thoughts behind the process:
https://youtu.be/iw9prO8W9GA?si=0EMqTD3n_YOHt-MN
This is great! Could we also get a non-vertical scroll version of the comics like this that were designed for traditional pages? I hate seeing that panel with the kid in algebra class get chopped up like that.