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Sneak Peek: Steampunk adventure South of Bedlam out now from Luke Cooper

By John Freeman on May 9, 2021

Midwinter Creations is the home for the work of Luke Cooper, creator of Hollow Girl, Figments and A Glimpse of Hell, and artist on Wolf Country and the True Believers Award-winning GoodCopBadCop – and he has a new comic out now, a steampunk adventure titled South of Bedlam, which looks terrific.

In steampunk London, young Pippa Redington – daughter of a reknowned detective – puts her inherited skills to use tracking down a murderer who preys on the unfortunate women of the night.

Upon discovering that he is more than he appears, however, Pippa is forced to turn to her eccentric inventor companion to come up with a cunning way to catch … Spring-Heeled Jack!

“South of Bedlam is a fun steampunk detective story,” Luke’s says, “perfect for fans of the genre and bad-ass female comic characters in general!”

• South of Bedlam is available here as a digital download on DriveThru for just $1

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.