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SHIFT Presents… Pulp! celebrating best of British indie comics

By John Freeman on May 31, 2025

A smashing-looking anthology of indie British comics, SHIFT Presents… Pulp! goes on sale next week in a hardback deluxe version format, followed by newsstand release in July.

Published by the team behind the SHIFT anthology, SHIFT Presents… Pulp! is a call back to old black and white UK comics, featuring strips by Chris Geary, John Charles, Tom Newell, Rob Jones and more.

“We wanted to make a little ‘catalogue’ of some indie titles we love… so started compiling this, and got a bit carried away!” says publisher Adrian Clarke.

Bursting at the seems at 160 pages, SHIFT Presents… Pulp!features full chapters of varying genres, and interviews with the creators so you can get to know more about them and their creations – but still as affordable as possible.

Produced in A5, black and white, running to over 130 pages of strip and eleven pages of interviews, the newsstand edition cost £7.99.

The more “deluxe version” features colour strips and will be on sale soon, offered in a larger format, and in hardback, only available from the SHIFT store.

“About two thirds of the strip pages are colour and converted for greyscale for the main release, the rest were made in black and white,” Adrian notes.

• Shift Presents… Pulp! contains approx. 135 pages of comics and 11 pages of interviews | Preorder your copy here

Featuring…

• Serraq by Chris Geary
• Bete Noire by Andrew Clemson and Kris Wantowhy
• Technofreak by John Charles, Barry May and Tom Newell
• Past Futuremann by Charlie Etheridge-Nunn and Lane Lloyd
• Griff Gristle by Rob Jones, Michael Sambrook and Rory Donald
• The Troll by Oisin Roche
• Flesh & Blood by Simon Lewis and Chris Geary

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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.