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Grab a copy of “The Bogie Man: The Incomplete Case Files”

By John Freeman on February 24, 2025

The Bogie Man: The Incomplete Case Files by Alan Grant and John Wagner, illustrated by Robin Smith, is now available from The 77 Publishing’s online store.

Launched in 1989 it remains to this day Britain’s biggest-selling independent comic, later collected into a graphic novel and followed by three further stories – “The Manhattan Project” (1992), “Chinatoon” (1993), and “Return to Casablanca” (2005).

The Bogie Man by Alan Grant and John Wagner, illustrated by Robin Smith

Collecting the classic strip with a new chapter, glossary and pin-ups, this deluxe limited edition hardback is the signed hardback, edition, comprising of over 300 pages. It includes a new strip, “Key Largs”, created as part of the book’s 2023 Kickstarter campaign, to accompany “The Bogie Man”, “Chinatoon”, and “Return to Casablanca”.

(“The Manhattan Project” is not included, being both in colour and somewhat dated).

“The Bogie Man, it’s fair to say, was a labour of love for all of us,” John said last year, “a joy to work on, not only for the laughs we had doing it, but for the pleasure of creating something based in Scotland where Alan Grant and I both grew up.”

• Grab a copy of The Bogie Man: The Incomplete Case Files here from The77 Publishing

• The Bogie Man Official Site – includes a full history of the strip and more

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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.