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JW Harp

Bio

Until his decades-long disappearance, JW Harp was known for his trippy underground comic strip Captain Thetan, about a seafarer whocontrols reality for himself and others. This otherworldly character appeared in a dozen issues of the classic rare underground zine Sandanista Romp. JW has reemerged thanks largely to eSpec Books' Systema Paradoxa series. In 2023, JW started Skilletfire Studios with comic-book author Scott Eckelaert. Under the Skilletfire Studios mantle, JW has produced the graphic novel Boylon Heights, and the Gimme Five Comics series. Since its launch, Gimme Five Comics has included work by Artyom Topilin, Elena Cerisciola, John L. French, Keith Lansdale, and Joe R. Lansdale with more to come.JW grew up in the seedy parts of South Carolina, which is all of it. He feels part Canadian and part Costa Rican these days. He lives inNorth Carolina. Please get in touch with him at jwharp@skilletfire.com.

JW Harp Books

Mad Dogs & Englishmen book cover

Mad Dogs & Englishmen

Alan Smale
Mount Misery book cover

Mount Misery

James Chambers
Ghost of the Dawnlands book cover

Ghost of the Dawnlands

Robert E. Waters
The Last Summer book cover

The Last Summer

Jacob Jones-Goldstein
Snapped Up book cover

Snapped Up

Aaron Rosenberg
Blind Devotion book cover

Blind Devotion

Ty Drago
Skeptic Soup book cover

Skeptic Soup

Michael A. Ventrella
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