Handbooks, while certainly not unique to the comic industry, have perhaps been embraced by comics more fervently than in any other field. Teddy and the Yeti, you'll note, has handbook entries in the backs of every issue for no other reason than I like 'em (I have heard from at least one other person who enjoys them, too, to be fair). When you think about them and realize that comic handbooks are simply statistical and historical reference guides for fictional characters and places, it's difficult to image why they're so prevalent in comics today, but they're here and I'd imagine that they're not going anywhere.
Dave Ryan, mastermind behind the War of the Independents series, is putting together a new handbook featuring characters from the series. A big fan of handbooks myself, I of course made one for Teddy and the Yeti. Much of the information is the same as what's listed in the issues of Teddy and the Yeti, but this time around I added a quote from Chet Raymo so it'd sound smart and meaningful. How academic!
The Teddy and the Yeti War of the Independents handbook entry is posted above. Below are some other pages that will, I'm told, be published both in print as well as electronically. I'll try to keep up on it and let everyone know when it shows up in comic shops.
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