Independent Press Spotlight: Vogarth

By John Freeman on September 9, 2025

Have you discovered Ben Hunt’s Vogarth? You could remedy all that by checking out the strip’s official website and grabbing a copy of the Vogarth: Colour Cosmic Comic Capers hardback book… and other items, too.

Vogarth is the stories of a vagabond zombie space pirate, Astro Punk, and the last of a noble race zombie space pirate lover, Katika, who, armed with the her adult entertainment toys and Vogarth’s space ship and mystical powers take on the galaxy – and usually fall about giggling.

Needless to say, adult humour abounds. “Think Heavy Metal meets Rick & Morty,” Ben said of the strip, the collections the result of an ongoing crowdfunding campaign,” with a touch of Tank Girl.

“Full colour. Hardback. Completely unhinged.

“If you’re into indie comics, weird sci-fi, post-apocalyptic punk vibes, or just love supporting original graphic novels – this is your call to arms.”

Vogarth is a clearly crazy project, supported by a host of fans, among them the late Dave Taylor (artist on 2000AD, Batman, and more, who passed recently).

“I’m not sure how old I was, let’s say I was around 11, when I ventured into the little park close to my mom’s and my house in the sleepy old seaside town of Hoylake. I’d not stepped three feet through the rusty gates when half a house brick hurtled past my unsuspecting head, followed by a kid with crazy curly blonde hair shouting something like ‘That wasn’t meant for you, honest!’

“This is how Ben Hunt entered my life. We went on to become fast friends, partly because Ben was a fellow lover of comic books. Ben self published a comic called Vogarth, and I’d like you to fall in love with it as I did…”

• Check out Ben Hunt’s Vogarth here: vogarth.co.uk | Follow Vogarth on Facebook | Vogarth GoFundMe

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as 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.