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''Common Grounds'' is a six-issue comic book limited series created by writer Troy Hickman and published by Top Cow Productions in 2004. The series examined the life of superheroes and villains in and around a chain of coffee shops called ''Common Grounds''. Common Grounds received two Eisner Award nominations in 2005, for "Best Short Story" and "Best Anthology." ==Overview== The series began in 1994 as the black-and-white mini-comic, ''Holey Crullers'', written by Hickman and drawn by Jerry Smith, and was circulated through mail order and direct sales at comic book conventions (resulting in very few copies of Crullers being in existence today). In 1997, ''Wizard'' magazine became aware of the cult comic, and devoted a four-page article to it (a first for a photocopied, black-and-white mini-comic). Then, serendipitously, in 2003, Wizard editor Jim McLauchlin became editor-in-chief of Top Cow Productions, and quickly contacted Hickman about getting the rights to the Holey Crullers scripts. By the beginning of 2004, Common Grounds had been launched as a six-issue series, featuring Hickman's stories and new artwork by comics superstars such as Dan Jurgens, George Pérez, Mike Oeming, Chris Bachalo, Sam Kieth, Angel Medina, Carlos Pacheco, and Ethan Van Sciver. Jurgens was the regular artist, providing art for one short-story every issue, while one of the guest artists provided the art for the other(s). The series received a great deal of critical acclaim and garnered an even larger cult following, and in November 2007, a trade paperback was published collecting all six issues. The series' fame continued to grow even after publication had ceased, and in the summer of 2005, it received two Eisner Award nominations (Best Anthology and Best Short Story for "Where Monsters Dine," drawn by Angel Medina). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Common Grounds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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