Volume 69 of Aces Weekly, the dazzlingly delightful digital comics anthology published by David Lloyd and team, has just launched.
Once again, this volume offers a massive mix of supercool strip stuff coming straight out of the sky to you in seven parts over seven weeks in up to 150 pages, including Extras, for just £1 per week, in any currency.
Expect a mad metamorphosis in “Mr Custa” by Philip Alan Whitmore, Bambos Georgiou, and Mychailo Kazybrid; a shape-shifting conjurer in “Finn” by Petri Hänninen and Andrea Meneghin; a fight for survival in “Space Junk” by Carlos Pascoa; a parking problem in “Late Shop” by Marco Torti and Claudio Mangiafico; a wartime dash for freedom in “Slim Chance” by Ale Mangiarotti; handy-fisted hired killers in “Sicarios” by Roberto Corroto Cuadrado and Ertito Montana; crazy conmen in “Soros and Leblanc, Inc” (coming soon); and a real identity crisis in the extraordinary “The Whale House” by Andrew Cheverton and Tim Keable.
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.