Introduction by Jonathan Ross (British talk-show host and comics maven)

176 pages, $18.95, Print run: 2,000, Distributor: Atlas/Bookmasters

Beware the creatures of the night—They have lawyers!

Alanna Wolff and Jeff Byrd have an unusual law practice: defending monsters and the supernaturally afflicted!        

In this collection of stories, the attorneys represent a wide variety of clients, from a mad scientist who falls in love with a woman in another dimension, to a gangster gorilla boss, to a tycoon’s childhood invisible friend. Readers also learn more about the personal lives of the attorneys and of their intrepid secretary, Mavis, who has her own adventure with a runaway robot. Contents including issues 30, 37, 38, 39, and 40 of Batton Lash’s Supernatural Law comic book series as well as Mavis #4, an additional Mavis story that was dropped from issue 4, and 20 all-new pages.

The Monsters Meet on Court Street is volume 6 in this ongoing graphic novel series that mixes humor, horror, and the law to produce a unique and fun reading experience. The previous volumes collect issues 1-36 and Mavis 1-3. The most recent volume, The Soddyssey, was published in 2008. That book received the award for Best Graphic Novel in the 2009 Benjamin Franklin Awards, sponsored by the Independent Book Publishers Association. More information on the history of Supernatural Law and the other books in the series can be found at www.exhibitapress.com

Funding for this book will be used to complete the production work (scanning of artwork for the older issues and adding lettering and tones, producing the new pages, preparing files for the printer); pay for the printing (approximately $6,000), shipping, and storage of the books.

What You Get

You can support this project by signing up to become the monster of your choice, from a spirit or a creature to a mummy, witch, werewolf, vampire, or even Godzilla! If you pledge at the werewolf level, for instance, you get a copy of the book with a personalized drawing in it, a signed print of the cover, your name in the acknowledgments, a cool set of six buttons, and a great Graphitti Designs Supernatural Law T-shirt . And at the Ghoul level, we add in a women's Mavis T-shirt, an out-of-print poster, and a signed copy of the 1992 strip collection Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Supernatural Law.

At the top three levels, you’ll have your likeness drawn into the book, as a jury member in the new story Batton is doing. At the Kong level, Batton will do a painting for you, with your choice of Wolff & Byrd, Mavis, or a classic monster (Dracula, Frankenstein monster, The Bride, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Wolf Man). And at the Godzilla level, you’ll get everything at the Werewolf level plus the complete Supernatural Law library: All six deluxe trade paperback collections, personalized by Batton with a drawing on the inside cover; all the issues that haven’t been collected into the trades, including issues 41-45, Supernatural Law 101, and Mavis #5; and a signed copy of the long out-of-print first issue of Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre. In addition, you will get your likeness drawn as a member of the jury in the new story, an 11” x 14” painting with your choice of subject, and signed copies of the two limited-edition books The Life-Partner of Frankenstein and The Gods Must Be Litigious, as well as the out-of-print Tales from the Vault.