Biodegradable Issue 3

Issue 3 of the bi-monthly sci-fi digital comic anthology '100% Biodegradable', which I edit and write for, is out now!

Deep sea divers, deadly supernatural hell hounds, loved up aliens, and lashings of wondrous carnage and mayhem!

The comic is 30 pages, B/W and colour, featuring strips by Tony Suleri (Scar Comics, Futurequake), Mark Bertolini (Markosia, FUBAR Press) Carl Yonder (Action Lab Comics, Comixtribe) Dave Hailwood (Toxic, Strip Magazine), Dave Thomson (Strip Magazine, Dr WTF?) Simon Mackie, Mike Parsons and Denis Vermesse (cover by Carl Yonder, with design work by Assistant Editor John Kirkham)

All three issues of 100% Biodegradable were recently reviewed on the comic website A Place To Hang Your Cape and received an overall score of 8/10.  The reviewer, Robert Wallis, said a lot of positive things about the comics, and concluded with "Hailwood is a great economical storyteller and the artwork is consistently impressive. The standout story, however, comes in Issue 3: the images conjured up by Denis Vermesse “Life & Death” bring to mind Neil Gaiman‘s Sandman. The series is close to becoming a more-than reliable brand, and with, perhaps, a few more risks, it could be magnificent"

 So if you've got 69p/99 cents to spare, then please grab yourself a copy from DriveThru Comics or Comicsy

100% Biodegradable 2 Now Available!

100% Biodegradable Issue 2 is now available to buy from Drivethru comics and Comicsy, at the ridiculously affordable price of 69p/$0.99. 

Issue 2 of the digital sci-fi anthology features work by Tony Suleri, Stuart Giddings, Simon Mackie, Dave Thomson, Mike Parsons, David Hailwood, Paul Harrison-Davies and Neil Alexander.

Wise cracking one-eyed mutants…dissectable clones…vengeful photocopiers from outer space and gay aliens in love…oh my, yes, there’s a little something for everybody! 

We've got a lot of great work coming up, with contributions from regulars, newcomers and seasoned pro's alike.  So stay tuned, and keep an eye out for issue 3 which will be available mid-March. 

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'Maintains the quality, with truly knockout art from Tony Suleri and wonderfully funny stuff from Dave Hailwood and Stu Giddings' - John Freeman, Down The Tubes.

Zarjaz 9 Available Now

Issue 9 of 2000ad Fanzine 'Zarjaz' is now available to buy for £4.00 (including postage and packing) from the Futurequake shop - just follow the link.

http://www.futurequake.co.uk/shop.php

As well the Judge Dredd strip 'Death By Misadventure' written by myself and illustrated by Stuart Giddings, there's plenty of other character tributes, including a Sinister Dexter strip, Orlok the assassin and, my personal favourite, Shako the Killer Polarbear by the ever marvellous Richmond Clements and Bryan Coyle.

The comic's black and white, and wrapped in a rather lovely colour cover by Nigel Dobbyn.

Strip previews can be viewed here:

http://thequaequamblog.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html

Temple APA Issue 5 - Out Now!

Issue 5 of the Temple APA Digital Showcase is now available to download for free on the main site (http://www.templeapa.ning.com/).

It's quite a sizeable chap, being over 160 pages long and 80 megs, but there's quite a bit of quality comics material in there.

As well as featuring contributions from the likes of Stuart Giddings, Steve Tanner, Malcolm Kirk, Simon Mackie and Tony Suleri, there's also a 68 page feature on Insomnia Publications, showing previews of their upcoming projects, and containing a book list of everything they've got coming out.

You can download the PDF of issue 5 from the front page of the Temple website, or using the following link:

Right click this link and choose 'save as'

The next issue of the Temple is due out on 12th December, so if you're a comic artist or writer who'd be interested in contributing, just sign up on the main site. Both amateurs and pros are welcome!

Preview of A Better Place

Here's a two page unlettered sneek preview of me and Stuart Giddings latest five pager, A Better Place, which involves a psychic cab driver with a psychotic hatred for advertising salesmen.

Stu's next request was for me to write a Terror Tale with a Haunted Knight in it, so we'll see how that goes.

He is the Law! (and so is the artist)

Thought I'd post a preview page from a Dredd strip myself and Stu Giddings are working on. We'll probably put the strip up in the fan section of the 2000ad website when it's done, and perhaps send it Dave Evans way (as he runs the majority of 2000ad related fanzines).

Stu only has two pages to go, and is doing a rather brilliant job (which I put down to extensive research gained from his real life job as a copper)