Down, Set, Fight! 10th Anniversary Edition

By Chad Bowers and Chris Sims

Illustrated by Scott Kowalchuk

“With nothing else like it on the shelves, this title is playing on its own field. Pad up; it packs a wallop.” —Booklist

One man versus every mascot in professional sports—THEY WILL ALL BE PUNCHED! Chad Bowers (Deadpool: Bad Blood, X-Men ‘92), Chris Sims, and Scott Kowalchuk’s heartwarming and hilarious Down, Set, Fight! returns in a deluxe tenth anniversary hardcover, perfect for fans old and new alike!

“Fearless” Chuck Fairlane was football’s fastest rising star, but his career came to a screeching halt when he was expelled from the league after goin’ HAM and causing the biggest brawl in the history of sports. Years later, Chuck has found peace as a high school football coach, until costumed mascots begin attacking him for seemingly no reason. Before long, Chuck's going to discover that you can't run away from the past—but you CAN punch it square in the face!

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Chad Bowers is a comics writer and creator from South Carolina. With cowriter and pal Chris Sims and artist Scott Kowalchuk, he created the Yalsa–nominated original graphic novel Down, Set, Fight! for Oni-Lion Forge. With Sims, Chad’s other credits include the fan-favorite Marvel Comics series X-Men ‘92, Infinity Wars: Sleepwalker, Guardians of the Galaxy: Monsters Unleashed, and the best-selling original graphic novel Deadpool: Bad Blood. He’s also written and produced comics for PBS, Image Comics, IDW Publishing, Dynamite Entertainment, and BOOM! studios. After years of being encouraged by his high school’s coaching staff to join the football team, Chad played exactly two games before all agreed maybe he’d be better off pursuing his passion for making comics. No mascots were injured in either game.
Chris Sims is an award-winning writer and podcaster from South Carolina, where he met Chad Bowers while working at a comic book store. He currently lives in Minneapolis, where the winters do go on for quite some time, with his wife, AC, and his dog, Boberry Biscuit Sullivan-Sims, who is both the best little puppy on Earth and a goblin sent from Hell to punish mankind for their hubris.
Scott Kowalchuk is a Toronto-based illustrator and graphic designer with over ten years experience. In that time he has produced work for DC Comics, Atari, Image Comics, Oni Press, and many more.
Release Date: June 25, 2024
Length: 160 pages
ISBN13: 9781637154427
“Kowalchuk’s rock ’em, sock ’em art fits the action, and Sims and Bowers’s slam-bang, slapdash script manages to be both cynical and fuzzily warmhearted.” – Publishers Weekly
“With plenty of good old-fashioned fistfight action, tongue-in-cheek humor, and messages about honesty and mentoring, this comic would appeal especially strongly to sports-loving young men, teenage and up, who may be reluctant readers. Kowalchuk's blocky, slightly retro art renders the action with clarity and zest.” – Library Journal