Catechism No. 1 – The Creed
LESSON FIRST: ON THE END OF SECRET ACRES

‘Q.’
‘Secret Acres was made by Barry Matthews and Leon Avelino.’
‘Q.’
‘Barry Matthews claims rural Vermont as his place of origin. He pursued and captured an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Cornell University and was named a Best New American Voice. He has worked for a large dot com ever since. Leon Avelino was born in the Philippines and raised on New York’s upper west side. Also possessed of fairly useless degrees, he has been working in comics companies large and small for the better part of his life. They reside in Jackson Heights, New York.’
‘Q.’
‘Secret Acres is a comics publishing company, founded in 2006. Currently, the company publishes story collections and original graphic novels. Secret Acres sells and distributes its creators’ mini-comics and other self-published works. The website is host to serialized versions of some of these comics as well as critical writing on literary comics. Secret Acres can be seen exhibiting at better comics conventions.’
‘Q.’
‘Leon and Barry founded Secret Acres because they love good comics and want the world to know and love these comics.’
‘Q.’
’You should find good comics and read them. There are many good comics to read, and to read about, on this website, at comics conventions and your local comics retailers and booksellers. Further direction can be found under the Links button above. Good comics are also for sale directly from their creators. Links to the sites of Secret Acres’ creators can be found under the Artists button.’
‘Q.’
‘Secret Acres comics are available for purchase on this website, at comics conventions in which the company exhibits, from amazon.com and at the finest comics retailers and booksellers. You can contact Secret Acres at the address, phone number and e-mail address listed below. For submission information, please click on the notice to your left. Secret Acres comics are distributed by Tony Shenton and Diamond Distribution. Contact information for our distributors can be found under the Links button above.’
‘Q.’
We don’t have a creed.
‘…’
We still don’t have a creed.