Crime / Detective
BLOODZ N' CRIPZ
Available:
Issue #1,
£2.75
Publisher: Bailey Brothaz
Pages: 28
Format: A5 Colour Cover
A warts n' all account of life in the hood. There are no good guys and bad guys here. No cops and robbers. Only the gangs, and their gang law. Presented in an unusual style that merges Japanese Manga with British Underground this comic is hard hitting and un biased in it's almost documentary style storytelling.
Issue #1
£2.20
Creator: Andrew Reed
Format: A4 Card Cover Greyscale
Pages: 28
A compelling and gritty drama from the acclaimed creator of Cruel Britannia. Dirge is the story of Dirge Morgan. On the run one night after murdering his parole officer. A character driven story with detailed artwork and a healthy dose of black humour.
Andrew's distinctive style is a good example of the diversity within Underground UK comics today.
Suitable for mature readers
EVIL EYES
Available
£2.80
Publisher: Terrier Comics
Creator: Ed Traquino
Pages: 24
Format: A4 b/w interiors
An unusual crime story from the master of the twist endings, Ed Traquino. Maybe you remeber his "Terrier" anthology? Well now Ed is flexing his creative wings and has crafted a longer than usual tale, but with his signature sharp originality and hard edged sensibilty.
See more of Ed's work on his website at:
Recommended for mature Readers
FIRST BUT NOT THE LAST
Available
Issue #1,
£2.50
Creator: Justin Roden
Pages: 40
Format: A5 - B/W
A sexually graphic, and gruesome comic:
When Detective Bodan finds his partner half dead near to the woods, a doctor is asked to crack him and find out the truth, however, the truth is stranger than fiction!
Mature readers over 18 only
Issue #2,
£9.95
Publishers: Headpress
Pages: 92
Format: 190x255mm Paperback with B/W interiors
This gruesome collection of murder and depravity contains highly adult themes and is not for the weak minded.
It contains some stunning artwork, and often quite disturbing imagery. Some of the characters are taken from real life other are fictional, but sometimes the boundries between the two are not clear which make the stories all the more chilling.
Believe me this one almost went in the horror section.
Recommended to readers over 18 only
£2.95
Creators: Steven Grant, Tom Mandrake & Dave McCaig
Pages: 48
Format: US b/w interiors
It's one two-fisted tenacious old man against the world - and don't bet on the world.
PAT NOVAK-once San Francisco's toughest PI, now wiles away his retirement on his houseboat, under the watchful eye of his granddaughter. All that peace comes to a sudden end when his past, a case involving a dirty senator who ran a deranged SEX CULT on the side, comes back with a vicious vengeance. With enemies old and new to contend with, NOVAK must use his relentless crime solving skills to undue his greatest case- and destroy his reputation!
No stone will be left unturned!
REPORTER
Available
Issue #1,
2,
3,
4,
£2.00
Creator: Dylan Williams
Pages: 28
Format: US Ashcan Colour Cover
This series is set in a self contained universe. Each story stands on it's own, but is linked to the others in some way. Obviously influenced by Stray Bullets, but hey, you can't get a much better influence than that. Top notch writing, and fluid artwork. Issue three even tells a flashback laden story with art only. It's only fair I warn you, that 'Reporter' also contains some strange fantasy elements.
There is also a collection of stories available in "Little Black"
STRANGE AND YARLATH
Available
Issue #1,
£2.00
Creators: Rob Whitelock and Phil Salter
Pages: 32
Format: A5 B/W
The story of two criminals who are not quite playing with the full deck.
The art is a mixture of realistic panels and dark cartooning all presented in landscape format. There is some dark humour, but the bulk of the story is just plain dark. A hard, but rewarding read.
TO NAIL THE KILLER WITH ALL EFFORTS
Available
Issue #1,
£1.20
Creator: Rob Jackson
Pages: 24
Format: A5 B/W
This is a fun comic with a story told in th style of a Hong Kong cop film. Even the title parodies some of the clumsy translations that are typical of English versions of these movies.
It's an original idea for a comic outside of the manga stuff, and works really well in places, sometimes verging on parody, but somehow avoiding banality.
Robs artwork has a simple, almost childlike style that adds more subtle humour to the story.
Available
Issue #1,
Issue #2,
£2.00
Publishers: ADP Comics
Creators: Chris Atkins & Ed Doyle
Format: UK B/W Interiors
Pages: 32
A man witnessing a crime becomes far too involved with both a female police officer and the man who committed the crime, with explosive results.
This three part series skilfully twists and turns through it's well crafted and violent story.
Suitable for mature readers
ZIP GUN PRESENTS: NOIR
Available
Issue #1
£1.50
Temporarily out of stock - sorry.
Creators: Dave Goodman & Various,
Pages: 24
Format: A5 Colour Cover
Created especially for the Noir themed CAPTION 2002 festival, this little collection of crime stories is a real showcase for the emerging pantheon of new small press artists in the UK.
Featuring work by: Colin Dinnie, Sean Azzapardi, Dan Hartwell, and Wes Stockford to name but a few.