Out now, Four Shorts is a collection of four short stories by writer and artist Albert Campillo Lastra that have as a common link the futility of human actions and their constant struggle against the inevitable, the destruction of the species itself.
Available now from Markosia, this work is a compilation of stories – “Daddy goes for food”, “The Deadly Cycle of the West”, “Under the Cherry Blossom Tree One Spring Night” and “The Last Man on Earth” – that arise from the author’s nostalgia for those comic magazines on which he spent the little money he had when he was a kid.
In “Daddy Goes for Food” we follow the adventures of a little bird who leaves the safety of his nest to go in search of food for his children and the dangers he will face when he crosses the path of a terrible scientist with evil plans for humanity.
In “The Deadly Cycle of the West” you must make sure you are not in the crosshairs of any of the cruel characters who walk through this deadly story. Will you be able to turn the next page?
“Under the Cherry Blossom Tree One Spring Night” is a story of bad people who wait with little or no patience for the arrival of a messenger in a remote place. But not everything will go as planned.
And finally, “The Last Man on Earth”. Its title says it all.
Albert Campillo Lastra is an illustrator, graphic designer and writer from Barcelona who claims he now embarks on the adventure of writing and drawing a comic, taking advantage of a summer without holidays!
• Written and illustrated by Albert Campillo Lastra, Four Shorts is out now and available from all good book shops | ISBN 978-1917459532 | AmazonUK Affiliate Link
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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.
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