One Fisted Tales

From 1990 to 1994, Slave Labor Graphics published One Fisted Tales, an 11-issue anthology series that reveled in the absurd and the offbeat. Guided by a rotating cast of creators like Sidney Mellon, Jeff John, and Scott Saavedra—who also contributed art alongside Larry Welz—the series served up a scrappy, irreverent mix of short stories that often blurred the line between satire and surrealism. It stands as a spirited artifact of the early-'90s indie comics scene, where the emphasis was on raw creativity and a punk-rock sensibility rather than superhero spectacle.