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Luke Cooper’s new comic, “Pumpernickel”, out now from Markosia

By John Freeman on April 28, 2023

Out now from Markosia via DriveThruComics, and other outlets, is Pumpernickel, the latest comic creation of writer-artist Luke Cooper.

Rebecca Turner is a miracle. Not expected to make it to her first birthday, Rebecca is now eleven years old. She’s a little weird but her parents love her all the same.

Except they aren’t really her parents, because she’s not really Rebecca Turner.

She’s a changeling called Pumpernickel, swapped with the real thing ten years earlier by the Hidden People who now want her to come home and are having trouble taking no for an answer.

But Pumpernickel likes living as a human and loves her adoptive parents. She therefore has no intention of leaving and will protect her stolen life by whatever means necessary, fair(y) or foul…

Here are some sample pages and panels…

Pumpernickel by Luke Cooper - Sample Art

Pumpernickel is written and illustrated by Luke Cooper, who’s also the creator of Hollow Girl and Alone Not Lonely as well as Figments and A Glimpse of Hell, some titles available through AmazonUK.

He was also an artist on Jim Alexander’s Wolf Country and the award-winning Good Cop Bad Cop, his interpretation of the character helping inspire the novel.

He also drew Burlap: Death Waits for No One, written by Jesse Baer and published through Covenant Comics, as well as producing numerous covers and pin-ups for various comic titles.

• Buy Pumpernickel from AmazonUK (Affiliate Link) | ISBN: 978-1915387974

• Check out Pumpernickel on DriveThruComics now

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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.