Time to mount up and head out of Pomorele… but are there some things best left unsaid?
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Crucible: The Quest – Episode Seven
Fisticuffs on the streets of Pomorele! But no-one messes with Zingamy’s chosen few…
Read Crucible on Tapastic!
With five episodes of Crucible complete but little sign of STRIP Magazine making an immediate return to the UK news stand, we’re continuing our push to bring you the story digitally (at first, at least), dependent on support…. Read More ›
SciFi Serial Killers and Drunk Zombies take over 100% Biodegradable!
Werewolf romance, undead wildebeests, murderous aliens, lonely giants, kung-fu kitchen antics… must be time for another slice of digital comic carnage in the form of 100% Biodegradable, then! Feast your eyes on a freakshow of a comic anthology wrapped… Read More ›
“Cabal” finally returns to Judge Dredd Megazine… sort of!
Judge Dredd Megazine comes crammed with its usual mix of Dredd universe-inspired thrills, including “Concrete Sky” – a ‘floppy’ reprint of “Judge Karyn” strips by John Freeman and artist Adrian Salmon
Revolutionary War: Motormouth preview stirs some (good and bad) Marvel UK memories
Marvel have released a preview of Revolutionary War Part 6: Motormouth #1, on sale 12th March, which centres on the return of one of Marvel UK’s better-known characters thanks to her many appearances in Marvel tiles since the final days… Read More ›
Crucible Comic #1 available for Kindle, work in progress on #2
We’re pleased to announce that the first issue of a US-comic styled, digital edition of our Crucible comic is now also available for Kindle and in PDF format from Scribd. Work is progressing steadily on Issue 2, with Jim Campbell at… Read More ›
New Italian publisher launches SF, fantasy comics range
Admittedly, this isn’t actually British comic news – but bear with me, there is a British connection! A few years ago I wrote a number of comic strips for an Italian publisher, CJL, who were seeking to use comics as… Read More ›
The Really Heavy Greatcoat Review of the Year 2013
The Really Heavy Greatcoat by myself and Lancaster-based artist Nick Miller was published fairly regularly for about 20 years, last featuring regularly in print in Comics International (yes – it was that long ago, now!). The strip was published for… Read More ›
‘Crucible’ released for iPad
The first issue of a US-comic styled, digital edition of our Crucible comic by John Freeman and Smuzz is is now available for just 69p from Apple’s ‘Newsstand’ store. You can also subscribe to the title – our hope is… Read More ›
Marvel UK: Things That Might Have Been
The recently-announced news that Marvel was to bring back a number of Marvel UK characters in a new limited series, Revolutionary War, by Alan Cowsill and Andy Lanning next year prompted memories of some of the projects that were in… Read More ›
Crucible: A Brief Guide to Pomorele
Taken from The Walking Guide to Shoorec by Ewek Venzlor For the last 50 years Pomorele has prided itself as ‘The Fishfree Sea’ and their Seacatchers pride themseelves on bringing back to the harbour a wide variety of ‘Hingies’, ‘Nippies’… Read More ›
Crucible Poster Now Available
We’re pleased to announce the availabilty of three posters based on our Crucible story. Two feature art by Bernard Kolle, featuring Sylvana and Truug, characters from the strip Crucible. One is the final version of the art featured on the… Read More ›
Brave Intentions…
We spied a band wagon…
Crucible: The Quest – Episode Six
Battle in the mud to keep a prize that could be even more deadly!
Crucible: The Quest – Episode Five
Gaining a Task – and the chance for huge rewards – is one thing. Keeping it is another…
Crucible: The Quest – Episode Four
The Rules of Tasking – some of them, at least – explained. For more directives, click here
Crucible: The Quest – Episode Three
The mysterious bureaucrats, the Taskmasters, discuss the assigned adventurers with some concern…
Crucible: The Quest – Episode Two
The Task is Assigned by the Task Masters…