Week One, Volume 63 of the digital only anthology Aces Weekly, published by David Lloyd, is available now, and comes crammed, as ever, with a variety of strips for your on screen enjoyment.
The stories in this volume offer cool and kooky hired killers in “Sicarios” from Roberto Corroto Cuadrado and Ertito Montana, continued from Aces Weekly Volume 60; nutty space stuff in “Babaluba” from David Guti, who is also working on an animated version of this strip; the grit and grim reality of a life of crime in “Black” from Tobias Taitt and Anthony Smith; mystery and metaphysics in the extraordinary “Lazarus” from Paco Vilchez Barea; a savage story of soldiering on a far-future battleground in “Outpost Z” from Pablo Barbieri Guionista and Jorge Luis Gabotto; a planet-full of machines substituting for all organic life in “The Unsuspecting Saviour” from Fer Calvi; and the epitome of the weird and wacky, in “Dr Strange-glove” from Philip Alan Whitmore, Bambos Georgiou and Mychailo Kazybrid.
“All that in up to 150 pages, including Extras, delivered every week in seven parts right down the super highway into your audio and visual receivers, via the wonders of technology only,” publisher David Lloyd, digital comics advocate and pioneer enthuses. “And for only £1 per week, in any currency.
“So. That’s the deal. Sound good? It is. Trust me. We’re at acesweekly.co.uk and we’re always home. Come join us.”
• Aces Weekly can be yours for just £1 per week, and comes directly to you, always and forever, through continuing volumes, one after the other and every week, in seven parts. Subscribe at www.acesweekly.co.uk
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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