Coming soon from Soaring Penguin Press is a collection of The Bad Bad Place by David Hine and Mark Stafford, first serialised in Meanwhile…, the British publisher’s anthology title, beginning in 2014.
It seems that Faraway Hills, the modern community built on the site of the far, far older Crouch Heath, did not satisfy all the needs of the community. When the Castavette Estate reappeared on the edge of town, years after it had been demolished, those needs, those urges, those cravings were satisfied. But at what price?
A madman, the town’s former Town Crier, reveals, story by story, the various individuals that disappeared into a mysterious sprawling Victorian manor at the border of the town.
A page from “The Bad Bad Place” Part Two by David Hine and Mark Stafford, as published in Meanwhile…
David Hine and Mark Stafford are the team responsible for The Man Who Laughs and Lip Hook, and deliver a tale of Urban Unease, a horror tale of dreams turned dark, and a mother’s soul blackened with revenge…
Mark has remastered many of the pages of the strip for this new collection, which will get a big push at Thought Bubble Festival at its new location in Harrogate in November. Both David and Mark will be at the Soaring Penguin table at the event.
Mark will also be at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival next month to launch a print edition of his comic Kangkangee Blues and supporting the Cartoon Museum, and is also a guest of Malta Comic Con in November.
David Hine is currently working on The Marked for Image Comics with artist Brian Haberlin, which launched next month.
• Check out the book here on the Soaring Penguin Press web site
• David Hine is online at www.waitingfortrade.com
• Mark Stafford is online at www.hocus-baloney.com
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “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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