The following preview of The Freebooters Collection presents the first four pages of chapter 11 of The Freebooters, originally slated to be published in 1997 in BWS:STORYTELLER #10. Picking up where the story left off in chapter 10 (STORYTELLER #9), we join Axus the Great, Blind Swig, and Jenna as they minister to the extremely hung-over Eeyeekaldu, the inkeeper of Axus' tavern and inn, The Ram & Peacock. Yeeky, as he is known to friends, had been prompted the night before to overindulgence in strong drink as a result of the mayhem caused by disappointed patrons at The Peacock -

 

- said mayhem having ensued after Axus, off on an impromptu adventure, failed to appear for his usual evening performance. This preview material appears here, finished and in color, for the first time ever.

The Freebooters Collection, published by Fantagraphics Books in September 2005, also presents the additional 12 pages of chapter 11, as well as an unpublished 26 page alternate origin of The Freebooters from 1995, and many new story pages created specially for this edition.

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