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We all know the Kids from Ipecac’s release “Let’s Get Busy”, which was one of the first albums to appear on Mike Patton‘s label.

Now almost 10 years later, the Kids of Widney High are releasing their own comic book!

“World Premiere of THE KIDS OF WIDNEY HIGH comic book!

Live Performance by The Kids of Widney High

All of the artists of the comic will be signing along with the band!

FRIDAY, JUNE 5th from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at The Comic Bug, 1807 Manhattan Beach Blvd.  Manhattan Beach, CA 90266

After months of anticipation, The Kids of Widney High comic is finally hitting the streets!  Written entirely by the members of The Kids of Widney High and illustrated by some of the comic book industry’s top talent, this gorgeous 36 page book is a milestone event in both rock n’ roll history and comic book history!

The Kids of Widney High is a music group composed of mentally disabled students from a special education high school Los Angeles. The band consists of several (typically mentally) disabled students on vocals, with the instruments usually being played by teachers and session musicians. The group originally began as a song-writing class in 1988 taught by Michael Monagan, and has evolved since into two groups, one made up of graduates that performs in local clubs and the other a group of current Widney students in the songwriting class.

“This wasn’t some occasion where a celebrity rock band casually said ‘oh, we’d like you to make a comic book,” said editor/publisher Mike Wellman.  “The Kids of Widney High were hands on from the very beginning, telling the stories they wanted to tell.”  Every word of dialogue in the book was taken from extensive interview sessions with the eight members of the rock band and then compiled into a story of adventure and triumph.

A handful of very talented artists contributed to the book including: Robbi (Maintenance) Rodriguez, Rafael (Sonambulo) Navarro, Rikki (The Monacle and Jimmy Specs) Niehaus, Chuck (Black Metal) B.B., Neal (Negative Burn) Von Flue, Chris (Bainst) Brandt, and cover art by Jim Mahfood.

All of the artists will be present for Friday’s signing and some of them will participate in a live art show during the performance by The Kids of Widney High.

“Comic books are the only print media capable of capturing the energy of rock n’ roll outside of a gig poster,” said Wellman.  “This event is going to bring it all to life for the folks to see!”

The signing/performance is free for all ages.  Refreshments will be served and the artists will be selling select pieces of original artwork.

For more information on THE KIDS OF WIDNEY HIGH, check out www.kidsofwidneyhigh.com

For more about The Comic Bug and store directions, go to www.thecomicbug.com or call (310) 372-6704.”

So if you are able to (and live locally), please get down to the launch this Friday and pick up a copy or two of the new comic.

Stubbadub will have a few copies of the comic to give away soon so keep an eye out for a competition in the near future.