• Real Name: Ben Lichius
• Gender: Male
• Age: 33
• Location: Durham, North Carolina (United States)

• Joined: Dec 12th, 2006
• Last Visit: Sep 20th, 2008

User Tags: ape entertainment, comic book, historical fiction, horror, independent, pirates, super hero

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The Black Coat: "Heart of Ice" 

The Black Coat ventures into the untamed New York wilderness to do battle with the legendary Chenoo – a man-eating beast from the North in this self-containted 30-page one-shot. Written by Ben Lichius and drawn by Gabiel Hardman.

The Black Coat: "First Blood" -- Preview! 

A 14-page self-contained Black Coat story appearing in issue #2 of "Comics Now" Magazine this Spring (2008).

The Black Coat: "...Or Give Me Death." #2 

The Black Coat is back... but all is not well! As a monster stalks the streets, and a Gypsy assassin arrives in New York, The Black Coat is forced to battle both inner — and outer — demons to save the city from the evil machinations of The League.

The Black Coat: "...Or Give Me Death." #1 

April, 1775. The two greatest mysteries in New York City are: “Who is the masked super-spy known as The Black Coat?” and “Is he dead or alive?” Find out for yourself in the follow up to the pulp-inspired, action-packed first series.

[ Posted by Das_Tenna on Mar 18th, 2008 4:28 AM ]...

I like it. The idea, the setting and the drawings are awesome.
Keep the project up.

[ Posted by JustBill on Mar 16th, 2008 12:10 PM ]...

RE: New Black Coat story in "Comics Now" #2 - out this month!

Wow, this is GREAT news, I can't wait to see this!

[ Posted by Gogtad on Feb 22nd, 2008 8:18 PM ]...

black coat is such a good idea man i love it.

one of the best books APE has out right now.

thanks for the add!

[ Posted by RDRICCI on Feb 21st, 2008 4:44 PM ]...

Thanks for the ADD!
Great Work!

[ Posted by McQ on Feb 21st, 2008 2:14 PM ]...

Hey thanks for the befriend.

I really enjoyed "Or Give Me Death" (for some reason it was a little hard to come by up here) looking forward to reading more.

[ Posted by markalester on Feb 7th, 2008 3:29 PM ]...

Hey Ben! Great work. Cool characters. Very, very nice.

[ Posted by trinitycomics on Sep 30th, 2007 2:27 AM ]...

The Wraith #1 available to buy from new printer

The Wraith #1, the 44-page extravaganza comic book, which first premiered back in April this year, is newly available from our new printer, and the vast improvement in quality is there for all to see. Here's the promotional blurb for the issue. I urge everyone here interested in fine, independent comics, to give this one a go.

Please click here to buy.

[ Posted by BenttiBisson on Sep 18th, 2007 10:28 PM ]...

Good stuff!

[ Posted by Supercharger on Aug 31st, 2007 10:22 AM ]...

The Black Coat is the real deal, from artwork to story everything is meaty, pulpy and down right amazing.
Awesome work guys!

[ Posted by bloodedemon on Aug 22nd, 2007 7:15 PM ]...

Thanks for friending me. Your book is a not so gentle breath of fresh comic goodieness. I bought it at Wizard World Chicago and was not for a moment disappointed in it . If anyone who is reading this have not read this book they should right now.And if you have time take a look at mine and see what you think.

[ Posted by intergalactic on May 3rd, 2007 8:00 PM ]...

Yep still interested :) Trying to clear some work time for it. Any preferences or just go hog wild? :)

1 Reply [ Latest posted on May 3rd, 2007 10:14 PM ]

[ Posted by The_Black_Coat on May 3rd, 2007 10:14 PM ]... Whatever you like is fine. Thanks! Can't wait to see it!

[ Posted by intergalactic on May 3rd, 2007 1:13 AM ]...

just stoppin' by again. Still lovin' the concept :)

1 Reply [ Latest posted on May 3rd, 2007 7:17 PM ]

[ Posted by The_Black_Coat on May 3rd, 2007 7:17 PM ]... Thanks! Are you still interested in doing a pinup? :) Hope everything is going well!

[ Posted by MacGlaspyn on Apr 12th, 2007 11:59 AM ]...

Amazing work! This is by far one of the best pieces of work I have read this year. Well done all around!

[ Posted by TiredOrangeCat on Apr 8th, 2007 12:38 AM ]...

Holy explitive deleted, talk about the most awesome concept ever. Im pretty sure we need more victorian and revolutionary tales of dark daring do and highway men. LOVE it and I will waiting in anticipation for anything new you have.

[ Posted by intergalactic on Apr 7th, 2007 12:55 AM ]...

Way cool stuff :)

Here's that thing I was talking about.
http://www.blakeneymanor.com/sounds/python/themeso
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[ Posted by Lovecraft13 on Mar 24th, 2007 1:58 AM ]...

I love this stuff!

[ Posted by jdacosta on Mar 22nd, 2007 8:07 AM ]...

Hey,
I'm just so happy to be a part of the book now- I can't wait to see what kind of character I turn into!

[ Posted by lordbronco on Mar 20th, 2007 3:15 PM ]...

Yeah! Just love the inking style, and the historical setting, the ahhrr-Pirates! Thanks for posting such excellent work!

[ Posted by White_Picket_Fences on Mar 19th, 2007 9:07 AM ]...

Amazing preview guys! I cannot wait for the new series!

--Matt Anderson
Co-Creator/Writer WHITE PICKET FENCES

[ Posted by thiago on Mar 14th, 2007 4:45 PM ]...

Tkz for adding! What a great comic you have.

[ Posted by NYCPulpAdventures on Mar 9th, 2007 10:03 PM ]...

The Black Coat...

SHEER GENIUS.

Pulp action/adventure makes the world go round

[ Posted by Frogze on Feb 26th, 2007 7:39 AM ]...

Hi Ben!
Looks like there's an insane amount of people here! Good to see I know a few already ;-)

[ Posted by cinemacomics on Feb 25th, 2007 2:08 AM ]...

Just finished the trade--great job guys!
--Jay

[ Posted by alessio_nocerino on Feb 13th, 2007 5:31 PM ]...

Thanks for the add Ben, great stuff!!!
Alessio

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alessionoce/

[ Posted by AaronThomasNelson on Feb 2nd, 2007 3:58 PM ]...

Thanks for the add, The Black Coat! ;)

Nice gallery, too...