Ink-wash illustration from STEPPERS: a smoke cloud with glaring eyes looms over Mickey in a star-badged cap, a scowling crow, a shattered TV and a grinning rabbit
STEPPERS Vol. 1 cover: Mickey and a crow in front of a burning castle, red background, yellow title
STEPPERS · Vol. 1 · Out now

Mickey is out
of prison.

And he’s pissed.

STEPPERS reimagines the Happiest Place on Earth as a gritty industrial noir: a 112-page hardcover drawn in high-contrast ink wash and inspired by 1920s rubber-hose animation. By C. Clyde & Henry Miller.A 112-page hardcover noir drawn in high-contrast ink wash, inspired by 1920s rubber-hose animation. By C. Clyde & Henry Miller.

112 pp · Hardcover
· 8.5 × 5.5 in · Rated M

In person.

Two fests, an author talk and a book club this fall. Come hear about STEPPERS, flip through the books and say hello.

Two fests, an author talk and a book club this fall.

OCT
04
Sun · 11 AM–4 PM
Fort Collins Small Press FestSpeakingWolverine Farm Publick HouseSun · 11 AM–4 PM · Speaking
Wolverine Farm Publick HouseFort Collins, CO
Details
OCT
17
Saturday
Pikes Peak Zine FestSpeakingUCCS Berger Hall, Colorado SpringsSaturday · Speaking
UCCS Berger HallColorado Springs, CO
Details
OCT
22
Thu · 6–8 PM
Poster: Free Mickey, appropriating icons as political resistance, with cartoonist C. Clyde. Thursday, October 22, 6 to 8 PM, 2114 Market St, DenverFree Mickey: a STEPPERS author talkAuthor talkThe Shop at MATTER, 2114 Market St, DenverThu · 6–8 PMRSVP
The Shop at MATTER2114 Market St, Denver, CO
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NOV
12
Thursday
STEPPERS book clubOnline · DiscordOnline on Discord, hosted by I Want More Comics & GamesThursday
Hosted by I Want More Comics & GamesThornton, CO
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Nine appearances since 2023, from Fort Collins Comic Con to the Denver Zine Fest.See the full record

The work.

Graphic novels, serialized comics and strips. Every page of it drawn by hand, and most of it free to read.

Every page drawn by hand, and most of it free to read.

Graphic novel · Vol. 1 out nowGraphic novelSTEPPERS

Mickey is out of prison. And he’s pissed.

A noir about labor, legacy and the violence of poverty, wrapped in the look of 1920s animation.

STEPPERS Vol. 1 cover: Mickey and a crow in front of a burning castle, red background, yellow title
Webcomic · Issues 1–3 freeWebcomic · 1–3 freeProcessing — The Comic, Created by Clyde.

What if every afterlife exists?

Having believed in nothing, Clyde lands in the Department of Processing: the afterlife’s bureaucracy for non-believers.

Processing #4 cover preview: a figure meditating atop a boulder under an orange skyProcessing #3 cover: a screaming woman with hellish figures in her handProcessing #2 cover: a man in a suit seated on a stool, washed in blue lightProcessing #1 cover: three faces split by a beam of light
Issues 1–4 · #4 on the drawing table
On the drawing tableSTEPPERS Vol. 2 · art underwayProcessing #4 · art underwayNatural Enemies #1 · in developmentFollow along

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Self-portrait of C. Clyde sitting on the floor, holding a sign that reads: What does heaven look like to you?
About

Why “Clyde”?

“The Created by Clyde moniker is based on the generational impact of my father, Clyde, and his father before him, and how that relates to what I want to say as an artist.”

C. Clyde is a comic book writer and artist. His books run from neo-noir to dark comedy to something close to memoir, and every page is 100% human created.

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Find it on a shelf.

Buy local when you can. These Colorado shops have STEPPERS on the shelf.

Denver · BallparkThe Shop at MATTER2114 Market St, Denver
EnglewoodMutiny Comics & Coffee3483 S Broadway, Englewood
LakewoodDanny the Comic Shop1580 Teller St, Lakewood
LakewoodCollectibles Marketplace8425 W Colfax Ave, Lakewood
ThorntonI Want More Comics & Games550 E Thornton Pkwy, Thornton
Run a shop?STEPPERS and Processing are available wholesale, at a standard discount on 5+ copies.Wholesale at a standard discount on 5+ copies.Get in touch