Stan Yan grew up in Denver, Colorado and went to school at the University of Colorado in Boulder where he got his bachelor’s degree in accounting. Due to the lack of sex-for-recruiting for accounting students, Yan’s life took the tragic turn into sales for the securities industry, where he wallowed in ethical poverty on-and-off for thirteen years. Yan takes his frustrations out by penning graphic novels such as The Wang. For the last two years, Yan has given up on financial security and become a full-time freelance cartoonist, illustrating SubCulture for Ape Entertaiment, creating comic strips for the financial and sales industry, and picking up odd illustration and teaching jobs when folks are feeling agonizing pity for him. Do your conscience a favor and hire him. You can find him at squidworks.com/Stan

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New This Quarter

24 Hour Comics People - A collection of finished stories from the 2007 Denver 24 Hour Comics Challenge held October 20, 2007 at Enchanted Grounds. Features stories include those from Squid Works' own Lonnie Allen, Meredith Funk, Craig Gassen, Michael O'Keefe, John Peters, Al Steffen, Ethan Wenberg, Tim Winkelman, Stan Yan, and Ellen Yu. 608 page b&w digest, color square bound cover, mature, $34.95 US. Cover designed by Lonnie Allen.
NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD ON WOWIO

Making a Mini Comic: The Mini Comic by Stan Yan – Stan Yan walks you through his personal process of creating mini comics by walking through his process for making this mini comic. Designed as source material for kids' enrichment programs and Summer camps, this text can also be very useful for adults who are looking to fine tune their approaches to creating promotional comics that can be used to break into the competitive comic book industry. 16 page b&w digest, general $2.00 US.



Also, this quarter, work by Stan Yan can be found in Back Issue #26 (TwoMorrows Publishing), Jesus Hates Zombies: Those Slack Jaw Blues (Alterna Comics), and Bend Oregon's own Source Weekly. Back issue features Stan's Mr. T Zombified in Michael Aushenker's article about the mohawked TV icon. Jesus Hates Zombies features a pin-up by Stan of the Last Supper Zombified. Stan's illustrations also grace the printed pages of the Source Weekly in their weekly Wandering Eye, I Love TV and Left Field columns.

More information and the complete catalog go to www.squidworks.com/offerings.html , and don’t forget to have your favorite comic retailer order from us on your behalf to save you shipping costs. Have them find out how at www.squidworks.com/dealer.html.

Reviews and News This Quarter

SubCulture by Kevin Freeman & Stan Yan by Ape Entertainment
• “Indy Book of 2007” ~ Fanny’s Awards, TheComicFanatic.com, 1/2008
• Interview with Stan Yan on Independent Propaganda


Read the complete reviews and news at www.squidworks.com/reviews.html

Upcoming Events

Meininger’s Kid’s Art Club – Saturday, March 29th from 1 - 3 pm at Meininger Art Supply at 5th & Broadway in Denver, join Squid Works’ own Stan Yan to teach Comics and Cartooning to kids 8-12 years of age and families welcome. Free event.
StarFest – April 18th – 20th at the Denver Marriott DTC. Join Chris Salas, Tanya Higgins, John Peters, Brendan Wenberg, and Stan Yan as they exhibit their latest wares, sign books, and do zombicatures for fans.
Stumptown Comics Fest – April 26th – 27th at the Lloyd Center Doubletree, the Squid Works’ own Stan Yan is scheduled to travel to Portland, Oregon to sign his latest books and do zombicatures for fans.
MoCCA Art Fest – June 7th & 8th at the Puck Building in Lower Manhattan, join Andy Glass, T. Motley, John Peters and Stan Yan as they sign their latest books and do sketches and zombicatures for fans.
Comic-Con International – July 23rd – 27th at the San Diego Convention Center, join Tanya Higgins, Chris Salas, Brendan Wenberg and Stan Yan as they sign their latest books and do zombicatures for fans.

More event information and updates can be found at www.squidworks.com/events.html

New Free Webcomics

SubCulture by Kevin Freeman and Stan Yan – Stan and Kevin have been working hard on new strips, and they are tickled to announce that the first new strip will launch February 26th, and new strips will follow every Tuesday and Friday. In preparation, the first six promotional strips, done last summer, will be rerun and serve as the first in what we hope to be a long, continuous streak of new material. Mature.

The Wang by Stan Yan - Borne from the characters from the critically-acclaimed and provocative graphic novel series, this new weekly strip views current and universal social, political and human issues through the eyes of The Wang’s relationally dysfunctional cast. Mature.



View these and other regularly-updating and archived webcomics at www.squidworks.com/online.html. And, of course, don’t forget to let us know what you think by posting comments on our web forum via the “Forum” link or submitting your own review of our comics via the “Review” link. If we use your comments of shamelessly promote ourselves, you could win a free book!

Thanks again for supporting small press comics!

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Why people hate Stan so much:
The Wang - Stan's graphic novel series and now FREE weekly webcomic (every Monday). Click through for sample pages and the latest reviews / hate mail. Mature.
SubCulture - Illustrated by Stan Yan, Written by Kevin Freeman for Ape Entertainment. Now a FREE webcomic updated each Tuesday and Friday! Mature.
REVVVelations - Written and Colored by Stan Yan, Illustrated by Jolyon Yates -- Weeklyish FREE webcomic. Mature.
The Tickle Tape - Stan's daily financial webcomic.

The Pre-History of the Wang - This is why The Wang is so darn funny. See where the characters from The Wang come from when Eugene was on steroids. Mature Readers. FREE Weeklyish webcomic. Colors are new.