Roachmill
Roachmill is an American comic book created by Rich Hedden and Tom McWeeney, published first by Blackthorne Publishing and then by Dark Horse Comics.
Publication history
Blackthorne Publishing put out the first six issues of Roachmill before creators Hedden and McWeeney were lured away by Dark Horse Comics. Dark Horse published an additional ten issues before the series was canceled. Dark Horse also published a special introductory Roachmill story in Dark Horse Presents No. 17, to announce the acquisition of the character. Additional Roachmill stories have been published in Dark Horse Presents issues No. 28, 139 and the Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special.Solo stories featuring Roachmill's rival Zoo-Lou have been published in Munden's Bar Annual No. 2 and in Dark Horse Presents No. 67. Roachmill and Zoo-Lou also made cameos in San Diego Comic-Con Comics No. 1.
Two trade paperback collections were issued. The first, Roachmill Book 1: Framed, collects the first four issues. The second, Roachmill Book 2: The Greatest Roachmill Stories Ever Told, features the final two Blackthorne issues, and the Roachmill stories from Dark Horse Presents issues No. 17 and 28. Both books were published by Dark Horse.