Release: June 1999
www.insaneclownposse.com stated May 1999 as releasedate
Script: Jesse McCann
Pencils: Robert E. Brown
Inks: Robert E. Brown
Colors: Wil Quitana, Starlight Runner
Letters: Oscar Gongora, Comicraft
Publisher: Chaos! Comics
Pages: 22
Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope are the psychotic, multi-platinum recording artists known as the Insane Clown Posse! These regulars on the Howard Stern show now get their own wicked mad comic that ties in with their new Island & Psychopathic Records release of The Amazing Jackel Brothers CD this May. Join The Dark Carnival, a seeping circus of lunacy, madness and excess that travels time and space to distort pleasant youthful memories into a horrific living nightmare. Learn the truly nasty origin of the twisted clowns, confront the timeless Riddlebox and meet the faces of The Dark Carnival including The Ringmaster and The Great Milenko, an illusionist from the nethervoid of the shadow walkers. Juggalos, come one come all to the greatest show on earth! Spread the word! Parental advisory. Explicit lyrics and violence.
This was the first Chaos Comic done for ICP. It originally was meant to come out every month and include the news in the back as a substitute for the newsletter from the fan club. But being online, you know the news from the comics are way outdated now. You could have ordered the Limited Edition cover.. or you could have gotten them free from Hot Hits, or whoever else was just handing them out, meaning they were not as "rare" as it seemed.