Tuesday, 13 May 2025

Black Tower Wilberforce: A Jack's Lot Is Not A Happy One

A4
B&W
28 pp
£6,00
https://www.lulu.com/en/en/shop/terry-hooper-scharf/wilberforce/paperback/product-1zkwmp8n.html

Wilberforce—a Sergeant on the Metropolitan Police Detective Force.

But Wilberforce was no common “Jack” (police officer). Even before working with the famous Chung Ling Soo (The Case Of The Thames Serpent), Wilberforce had “tasted the chin strap” on many tough cases –even a stint in the Army saw him used because of his detective skills.

Here, Ben R. Dilworth, gives us a sneak peek into Wilberforce’s Case Notes for 1896.

“A Jack’s lot is not a happy one” and Wilberforce was not just dealing with the ordinary criminals such as the nobblers, rampsmen, smashers, mobsmen, snoozers and skinners…. ...there were the spectres, the satanic followers, vampires and other monsters —things the ordinary copper never usually encountered and often scoffed at the stories of. Wilberforce knew better.

Monday, 12 May 2025

Are You An American Comic Publisher

I have heard from many who ventured into comic publishing that, despite all the talk of comic

stores being willing to stock Indie titles, very few were willing to. I have also hear how, at conventions where they spend a lot -a LOT- of money on tables they are pushed out of the way of the main crowds, mainstream comics and toy sellers.

Please, if you are an Indie publisher let me know the problems you have had at events as well as trying to get stores to take your books.

We all need to help each other out and highlight problems small publishers face.

Thank You

Sunday, 16 February 2025

2025 COMIC HAUL FROM ANGOULÊME FESTIVAL - Part 1

Tuesday, 16 July 2024

Browner Knowle V2 No. 2

24 pages

Black and White zine w/colour covers.

N.B. MATURE READERS ONLY

£5.00

order via https://www.paulashleybrownart.com/browner-knowle-volume-2-number-2

According to Mr Brown:

"A shopping list of the lost and desperate. A last-but-one will and testament to artistic futility. A spit in the face of The New Graphic Novel Orthodoxy. The difficult twelfth album nobody understands until twenty years later. And none of these things. "

Honestly. At times I could slap his bottom! And just when everyone though Browner Knowle had vanished . Vol. 2 number 1 was published in October 2023 and you can still order via the store. A 9 month wait between issues is not bad since each is self contained and some of the bigger publishers have been a year or more to bring out part of a series. Hey, I think he deserves this...

The Brian Bolland Delayed Comics Award 2024

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know it is not delayed but this is my blog so there!

One thing you can expect is good, solid black and white work; look at the pages above and also the brickwork -all hand drawn mind you and Ole Slow Hand does good brick work (shaky on the art but superb at garden walls). And someone was noting the other day that they hate trying to draw tartan patterns so use an app that offers copy and paste for that. Seriously? Look how good it looks (yeah, too many "looks") hand drawn -buy a ruler!

Take a look at his web page and you can see more art -and some in colour, too!

As for the pages below; total manic insanity -just look at the insane faces. Last time I saw something like this was when Asda had a sale on alcohol. This is from Staring At The Rude Boys while below is from Endless. And if you are expecting any humour here....have you ever read an issue of Browner Knowle??!

All of Us Orphans will have you in stitches if you are on the right meds. Somewhere In Another Room would be a black and white short directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring a young Tom Bell. Enigmatic ending. Fires On The Horizon... again something that works nicely. But having written that Mr Brown was doing this before Morrissey was invented.

If you like independent comics, art and creators then there is no reason not to buy a copy and check it out. I mean..£5.00!!!

And if you cannot be bothered supporting creative talent well....