Bliss on Tap Publishing

One author who was far from shy on the pot topic was Brian Phillipson, the co-founder and president of Bliss on Tap publishing. I wasnt surprised as his booth was one of the only places where I could find cannabis in comics at this and last years New York Comic Con. They publish Weed Magic, a comic book series which had its first issue released dur... ing the week of 4/20/17. There have been two follow up issues since, both released on the weeks of 4/20 in the following years with every copy costing $4.20. And odes to the stoner holiday dont end there. If you took a hit every time you saw those numbers in the first issue, you might find yourself in a kush coma before reaching the last panel. Laced with humor from the first page to the last panel, Weed Magic features the tale of two friends that fail to get weed on 4/20 before the dispensaries in LA sold out. So, they decide to cop buds from a man in an alley while desperate to score some smoke for the holiday. He claimed it was magic but they didnt take it seriously. It wasnt until they smoked half of their supply and gained superpowers that they realized they were the caretakers of the last of this magical weed. HT: Do you read many comics and graphic novels? HT: Have you seen any other comics featuring pot? BP: Not so much in comics that Ive read. The stories arent matching how many people smoke weed. HT: Did you have any concerns before releasing Weed Magic? BP: Yes. Weed Magicwas one of my earlier ideas. First off, it was mid-2000s so I thought, can you get away with it? Will a distributor put it in stores? Can I sell it for $4.20? And there were the nagging thoughts of someone is going to do this, someone is going to do this, and every year no one did it. But so many comic writers are stoners and so many stoners read comics. Thats when I thought, someone has got to do it and its going to be me. So, I finally ask the distributor are we allowed to put this out? and they started cracking up which was the first good sign. So I followed up with well youre not ...Read More