Coven of Angels (1995, Jitterbug Press)

Coven of Angels ran for 2 issues (1995–1996). In her early 20s, Kristen Brennan tried to break into comics as a writer (she's now 36.) Frustrated by the industry's de-emphasis on writing and the boy's-club politics, she started her own self-publishing imprint, Jitterbug Press. In 1993 they published two issues of a 64-page, black-and-white comics anthology, Coven of Angels. They sold out two printings of 5,000 copies each, which was about 10x the sales of her other indie self-publisher friends, but this was mostly because fan-favorite artist Joe Linsner painted the covers and Kristen provided a free give-away issue up front to every comics specialty retailer in the US as a free promotion before asking those retailers to take a chance on ordering.