Stinz (2010 Fine Line Press) 2nd Edition comic books

2nd Edition. "Sorting Things Out" By Donna Barr. The black Half-horse stallion discovers that a promotion is very far from being a vacation. With Captain Gift's help, he's just succeeded in straightening out his racially unenlightened human platoon members when he receives a letter from home. Stinz's female-unaware drill instructor is sneering at Stinz for being upset over the news he's received from his fiance, Bruena -- until they both discover she needs him home, right now, and why. Stinz gets immediate compassionate leave, and returns home to face two other stallions -- his sire and Bruena's. Well, sooner or later every Half-horse family with a son goes through this ceremony. 24 Pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

2nd Edition. "Old Man Out" ("Hooves of Death") by Donna Barr. Stinz mowing down the hay and some of his neighbors. The tradition of The Old Man, the last shock of corn to be harvested in the fall, leads to a moment of nobility on Stinz's part -- and a moment of violence for a pushy neighbor. Kindness, poverty, jealousy and deliberate comical nastiness round out a little more of the Geisel Valley's personalities who don't know when to stop kidding. And if they keep playing this rough, somebody's going to get hurt. Hooves of Death is a bonkers take on the Ninja genre. 36 Pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

2nd Edition. "The Bobwar" (Geiselic Proverbs and "Relativity") By Donna Barr. When Stinz was a young colt, he went to live with a mean-tempred uncle, who decided to update his farm with a bale of barbed wire. Stinz keeps his mouth shut about how his uncle disposed of the dangerous wire, and his lapse comes back to haunt and hurt his own son. Children have their own legends, and the grown-ups very seldom are privy to their folklore. More sayings of the Geiselthal, with illustrations -- and how exactly to trace half-horse bloodlines (take notes -- and some Aspirin). "Donna is one of the most gifted writers and artists in comix today. Read STINZ. Its good." -- Roberta Gregory, Winging It, Artistic Licentiousness. 36 Pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

2nd Edition. "A Marvelous Resistance" (Out of Step, The Marvelous Resistance notes) By Donna Barr. Stinz hasn't left the Geiselthal in 30 years -- and today we find out why. He has to tell Sergeant Gift all about it. He hasn't even told Bruena, and now he's forced to. It's not a nice memory . Out of Step is how Stinz feels with all the new developments in his valley under the Baroness's new regime. "Donna Barrs STINZ is an addictive delight, for fantasy-lovers, Teutonophiles, or anyone who treasures a well-told tale. Stinz Löwhard and his friends may be half-horses, but in Barrs capable hands they become mirrors of those friends we all know: the ones we laugh with, fight with, get drunk with, and love. She understands Everyman, number of legs notwithstanding, the gorgeous but subtle tapestry of emotion woven into every incident, no matter how ordinary, shows her deep eye for humanity-watching, and thats a rare talent." -- Joellyn Auklandus, Elfquest: Hidden Years, The Wild Hunt. 56 Pages, B&W. Cover price $6.50.

2nd Edition. New Soul consists of a number of short episodes, including Eating Crow, Fine Girl You Are, Freaks, and Patrons. Stinz gets invited to the Prince's court (don't ask), and in trying to retun home, receives such a shock at the entry-way he runs back out into a strange new world he is not prepared to cofront. He is captured and held as property, then escapes, is captured by Gypsy Centaurs and gets a whole new makeover by the Gypsy Centaurs. Oh, and the Baron's centaur, Jesi, has a scary date with Stinz's daugher Reet. 32 Pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

2nd Edition. "New Flesh" -- includes "Many Happy Returns" and "Show me" and "Soup to Nuts" By Donna Barr. Stinz is still out in the world with people he doesn't know, who shock and horrify him. His son in law comes to try to rescue him. His other relatives are just trying to make a fast buck. Oh, where is all of this going to lead? And who the hell is that with the TEETH? Donna Barr is one of the comic worlds most unique talents. She has constructed a fully realised fantasyscape to tell her stories and tells them through a style and voice that are definitely one-of-a-kind. Using an idealised Bavarian agricultural landscape as her starting point, Barr has been taking good-natured pot-shots at humanity with an affable centaur soldier-turned-farmer and his family, since 1986 when she adapted characters from her own book into the lead strip in Eclipse Comics fantasy anthology The Dreamery.The stories here, mostly printed from her postings on www.moderntales.com, occur in a universe that has expanded enormously from the simple life in the idyllic Geisel Valley. Stinzs world has bloomed into a full blown tapestry of drama, politics, war and wild adventure, and the characters have aged accordingly. Now Read This! Graphic Novel Review and Recommendations by Win Wiacek. 36 Pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.

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2nd Edition. "Tribals"-- One little bullet can cause a world of pain. But in Stinz's world that pain can be metaphysical on top of physical, changing birds into lizards, strangers into newlyweds, or men into reluctant gods. 36 Pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.