World Book Day Deals And New Biodegradable Comic Release!

So, it's World Book Day in the UK this week, and to celebrate I have made the Kindle version of Grynbad And The Seven Soups free to download for this weekend only, in all countries!

Treat yourself to some fun soup-related pirate hijinks here.

Also, as part of a UK-only deal, The Last Of The Navel Navigators is available for just 99p as part of a Kindle Countdown Deal for the weekend (and Amazon have even seen fit to temporarily reduce the price of the paperback). 

For all your hillbilly bellybutton needs, click here. 

And in other news, I've finally released print versions of the 100% Biodegradable Collection 1 and 2 on Amazon (with more to follow in the future). The first collection went straight to number 1 of the Amazon Best Sellers chart 'Cult Graphic Novels' category, so it's worth buying for just £6.99 whilst it's cheap.  

Both collections feature 25 self-contained strips from an amazing selection of creators, including the likes of Dan Cornwell, Alan Burrows, Brett Burbridge, Tony Suleri and many more.  You can buy them at the following links:

mybook.to/biocol1paperback

mybook.to/biocollection2

100% Biodegradable 20 is out now!

Well, slap me with a ten tonne trout and call me Kenneth!  We've only gone and reached our 20th issue.  Champiooooon!!!

To celebrate that particular milestone, issue 20 is an absolute whopper; 48 pages, at the same low price of 69p/$0.99.  And it's jam-packed with more than 20 creators, and lashings of wonderful carnage!

And who better to kick off the carnage-fest than Alan ruddy Grant himself, alongside Alan ruddy Burrows, with their legendary 'Funguys'.  Watch them gatecrash the Last Supper, with sobering consequences! (based on a true story, no doubt)

Also inside issue 20: A lowly cleaner deals with major abandonment issues after everyone in the entire world leaves for a different time line, in 'Time Waits' by David Hailwood, Gary O' Donnell, Anne-Marie-Webb and Ken Reynolds. 

An alcoholic orc and his overweight companion attempt to tap into the unexplored market of Beer Beards in 'Rubbernorc: Vital Delivery' by Paul Eldridge, Brett Burbridge and Ken Reynolds. 

A caveman discovers the future's not all it's cracked up to be in 'Wrong Time, Wrong Place' by Chris Sides, Rory Donald and Ken Reynolds. 

Steampunk scientists attempt to cook up a popular new alternative to the Pseudo Lab Rat in 'Pet Peeve' by Ken Reynolds and Jordi Perez Estevez. 

Up against a deadly alien peril, the crew of the Skow unleash the full might of their secret Scottish weapon in 'Skowdogs' by John Freeman, David Hailwood, Dave Thomson and Ken Reynolds. 

On a vastly overpopulated earth, two government agents attempt to keep the population in check and rack up a hefty kill bonus in 'Supply and Demand' by David Hailwood and Tony Suleri. 

An android underdog bites off more than he can chew in 'Rumblebot Rampage' by Tim West and Edward R. Norden. 

A security operative on the late shift begins to suspect strange things are afoot in 'Elevator' by Tomek Kontny and Mikolaj Ratka. 

A nervous rabbit fears the universe is out to get him in 'Tense' by Pablo Iten and Ktaiwanita.

The digital anthology is 48 pages, colour and B/W, and suitable for readers aged 15+ (due to a hint of blood and gore)

You can buy it at the following places (with ComiXology soon to follow):

Drivethru:

http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/237810/100-Biodegradable-20

Comicsy:

http://www.comicsy.co.uk/biomekazoik/store/products/100-biodegradable-issue-20-digital-download/

Comichaus:

https://www.comichaus.com/app/

Reviews:

"A "must read" for all lovers of sci-fi and fantasy comics." - Haydn Hades, AP2HYC

"The kind of smart script and stylish art that would feel right at home in the pages of the galaxys greatest comic!" Alex Thomas, Pipedream Comics

"Good old fashioned sci-fi escapism, and the art of Tony Suleri is worth the entrance fee alone" Andy Oliver, Broken Frontier

The Last Of The Navel Navigators is out now!

Once upon a time, there was a mad-eyed tea drinking Englishman who wrote down some crazy, feverish scribblings involving a young hillbilly with a magic bellybutton, who travels the universe with his goat, Brian.

Those very same scribblings were awarded a distinction at the university of Chichester, as part of a creative writing MA, which goes to show that even distinguished lecturers love a stinky old goat (and wizards. Let's not forget the overweight wizard whose beard is infested with pixies!)

Anyway, that same aforementioned mad-eyed tea drinking Englishman (with a rather dashing beard - no pixies in this one!) has finally managed to wrangle all the scribblings together into the form of a children's book, which goes by the title: 'The Last Of The Navel Navigators'. It is now available to buy (in print, and digital) on Amazon, Kindle, Kobo, iBooks, Nook and a few other places. You can even read a short sample taken from the first two chapters on some of those sites.

Here's the blurb...

"Discovered in a swamp and raised by hillbillies, Jellybean 'Gator Bait' Skratcher soon learns he has the astounding ability to open portals to other worlds, using his bellybutton.

He sets out on an epic adventure across a hostile universe, led by a scatterbrained stork who's made it his mission in life to deliver Jellybean to the right parents, or die trying.

But when your best friend's a goat, and your greatest hope for survival relies solely upon a talentless magician who can only do card tricks, nothing is likely to go as planned!" So, dust off your pyjamas, grab yourself a goat, and get poking that bellybutton! It's time to embark upon the ultimate hillbilly bellybutton odyssey!

Navel Navigators Covered by Brett

Here's a peek at the three stages of artwork that went into the front cover design for the upcoming 'The Last Of The Navel Navigators' children's novel (in which a young boy with a magic bellybutton sets off on a madcap journey across the universe, without having a clue what he's doing, where he's going or how to get back).

Artwork by the ever brilliant Brett Burbridge.

Death Duty is out now!

Death Duty: Renegade from 100% Biodegradable - On Sale Now!

Death Duty: Renegade is available now in digital or print from DriveThru Comics http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/226483/Death-Duty-Renegade.

In a war-torn future, crime and disloyalty to the Terran Empire are punished with conscription into mercenary law enforcement squads: soldiers consigned to do or die in order to prove their commitment to the common good. 

Those who serve out a full year are entitled to a bonus and financial rewards for their work – and even the opportunity of early amnesty.

Of course, very few survive what is known as DEATH DUTY: the average life expectancy for a recruit is four months…in some cases, much less!

Dissidents in the Terran Empire are put on the infamous List – tracked down by Death Duty squads and terminated for their rebellion with extreme prejudice. 

Described by some as ruthless assassins working with the worst of intentions, Dutymen - and women - see themselves as simply being paid to kill to keep the Empire safe. For most of them, exactly who they kill doesn’t matter – until one of their number, Travis Wilson, begins to question the missions they’re assigned and goes AWOL...a wanted man.

Death Duty: Renegade, the first in a trilogy of stories starring Travis Wilson and Rourke (Rourke created by John Freeman and Liam Sharp) is written by John Freeman (Doctor Who, Judge Dredd Megazine, Black Ops Extreme) with David Hailwood (100% Biodegradable, TOXIC), drawn by Brett Burbridge (Octal, 100% Biodegradable) and lettered by Ken Reynolds (Cognition, Sliced Quarterly)

DEATH DUTY: RENEGADE collects the first full length Death Duty strip first published in 100% Biodegradable, and includes the “lost” first episode planned for an unpublished WarWorldz anthology comic, drawn by Alan Burrows (Dan Dare, Commando).

Edited by Dave Hailwood, the Death Duty: Renegade collection is published by Crucible Press, a new comic imprint established by the team behind the comics website downthetubes.net, in partnership with Biomekazoik Press.

WHAT THE CRITICS SAID:

“ A ripping yarn that’s hitting all the right beats”

- A Place to Hang Your Cape

"Death Duty has a real throwback feel to it, like a cross between David Lloyd and vintage Alan Grant.”

- Pipedream Comics

Biodegradable 19 out now on ComiXology!

100% Biodegradable 19 is out now on ComiXology for just 69p!

Featuring mutated Mods, devil-stalking autograph hunters, headless chocolate-addicted robotic assassins, mentally unstable government agents, steampunk traffic wardens, and an alien's close encounter with a Scotsman. Not to mention an eye-gouging crab-tastic cover by Lukasz Kowalczuk.

https://www.comixology.com/100-Biodegradable-Vol-19/digital-comic/620704

And in other news, Ken Reynolds currently has a Kickstarter running for the second collection of his experimental comic anthology, Sliced Quarterly.

Featuring contributions from Chris Sides, Simon Mackie, Lukasz Kowalczuk and many more.  Check it out here: 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/201581505/sliced-quarterly-vol-2-experimental-comic-antholog

The Biodegradable apocalypse!

As a new year slithers purposefully towards us, the time of the Biodegradable apocalypse is at hand!

Issue 22, due out in September 2018, will be the last planned issue of 100% Biodegradable...but we'll be going out with a bang!  In fact, issues 20 to 22 have had to have their page count expanded (but not their price) just so we can fit all the carnage in.  There'll be classic strips from the likes of Alan Burrows, Alan Grant, Ian Edginton and many of our regulars, such as Brett Burbridge, Dave Thomson and Tony Suleri.

With such quality contributions on the cards, why is 100% Biodegradable ending, you might ask.  Well, it was always my intention to aim for the 5 year mark, and with issue 22 I'll have achieved just that.  Much as I'd love to keep the comic going, editing 100% Biodegradable is ridiculously time consuming and I rarely have a moment spare to get any writing done.  As well as the next Death Duty and Skowdogs series, I have several novels to finish off, more sitcoms to write, and various other comic mini-series to plan and release.

So, 2018 will be the year the comic beast died...though there's nothing to stop 100% Biodegradable crawling back out of its grave at some point in the future, once I've cleared my schedule a bit (after all, you can't keep a good undead hell-beast down).

To all the creators, readers, and reviewers who've supported 100% Biodegradable over the last 4 years, you have my deepest gratitude.  You have helped make it a comic that I'm extremely proud of, and I look forward to actually having the time to re-read past issues without the next issue's deadline looming on the horizon.

Before I sign off for the year, here's a preview of some of the strips appearing in 100% Biodegradable's last three issues.  As you'll see, there's still plenty to look forward to.

- Dave Hailwood

Funguys by Alan Grant and Alan Burrows

Time Waits by David Hailwood, Gary O' Donnell and Anne-Marie Webb

Rumblebot Rampage by Tim West and Edward R. Norden

Biodegradable Collection 4...and more!

The 4th 100% Biodegradable print Collection, which collects selected strips from issues 15-18 of the digital anthology, is out now on Drivethru!

The 110 page collection features 15 strips from professional creators, indie regulars and promising newcomers across the UK and abroad, including Liam McCormack Sharp (Wonder Woman, X-Men), John Freeman (Judge Dredd Megazine, Dr Who), Brett Burbridge (Sliced Quarterly), Alan Burrows (2000ad, Commando), Mats Engesten (The Final Deathrace), Tony Suleri (Slumdroid, Bulletproof) and many more.

You can buy it at the following link, for just $12/£9:

http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/226489/100-Biodegradable-Collection-4

And in celebration of its release, there's also a special '3 for 2' bundle available for a limited time, containing 100% Biodegradable Collections 1-3 for just $24/£18!

Over 350 pages worth of comics carnage from the likes of Dan Cornwell, Jim Alexander, Kek-W, Lukasz Kowalczuk, Dave Thomson and many more.

http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/228539/Three-For-Two-BUNDLE

Wrap around Rourke

With issue 17 of 100% Biodegradable preparing to slither out of the cracks between worlds and emerge into the light, here's a quick peek at the lovely wrap around 'Rourke Of The Radlands' cover by Bill Storie and Brett Burbridge.

Originally created by John Freeman (Judge Dredd Megazine, Crucible) and Liam Sharp (Batman, Wonder Woman) for Marvel UK's 'Strip' comic in the 90's, Rourke proved so popular that there was even talk of doing a mini-series featuring popular characters from the Marvel universe.

Liam Sharp's faxes, featuring Rourke, Monark Starstalker and Wolverine.

Sadly Marvel UK ceased to be before that could happen, though the original Rourke strip was reprinted in Issue 16 of 100% Biodegradable, after a brand new lick of paint from Brett Burbridge.

You can read more about the history of Rourke and Marvel UK on John Freeman's Down The Tubes.

Issue 17 of 100% Biodegradable features Rourke's first brand new solo outing in over 20 years, ably illustrated by Bill Storie (Spaceship Away, Sci Fi Art Now), scripted by David Hailwood and John Freeman, coloured by Brett Burbridge and lettered by Ken Reynolds.

The new issue will be available later today, so keep your eyes peeled!

Comixology Carnage!

Issue 16 of 100% Biodegradable is out now on ComiXology!

Recently awarded 8.3 out of 10 on Fanboy Nation, and described as 'some of the best science fiction storytelling outside of 2000ad' on Pop Culture Bandit, the latest issue features a whole wealth of sci-fi and fantasy carnage from the likes of Liam Sharp (Wonder Woman, X-Men, Batman), John Freeman (Judge Dredd Megazine, Crucible), Brett Burbridge (Octal, Sliced Quarterly), Alan Burrows (Eagle, 2000ad), Paul H Birch (Toxic, Creepy Kofy Movie Time), Luciano Fleitas (H-alt, The Chronicles Of Terror) Paul Bradford (H-alt, Indie Comics) and more.

Issue 16 of the quarterly digital anthology is available for just $0.99/69p at the following links:

Comixology: https://www.comixology.co.uk/100-Biodegradable-Vol…/…/506359

Comicsy: http://www.comicsy.co.uk/…/100-biodegradable-issue-16-digi…/

Drivethru: http://www.drivethrucomics.com/…/208262/100-Biodegradable-16

100% Biodegradable 16 - out now!

Issue 16 of the 36 page quarterly sci-fi anthology 100% Biodegradable has just launched on Comicsy and Drivethru (with a ComiXology release to follow at a later date).

Inside the issue:

Almost exactly 27 years after its original publication in Marvel UK's 'Strip', Liam Sharp (Wonder Woman, X-Men, Batman) and John Freeman's 'Rourke Of The Radlands' returns, with a brand new lick of digital paint from Brett Burbridge!  

This won't be the last we see of Rourke, either.  Bill Storie and Brett Burbridge are currently hard at work illustrating a brand new Rourke strip (scripted by John Freeman and David Hailwood) for issue 17.

Also inside issue 16...A Mars base gets infected by a deadly alien parasite in Paul Bradford (Octal, Hallowscream) and Luciano Fleitas' (H-alt, The Chronicles Of Terror) haunting sci-fi tale 'The Ides Of Mars'.

Luciano's artwork is pretty damned gorgeous, and if you fancy drooling over more of it, check out his deviant art page.

The crew of the Skow 709 run a gauntlet of ancient alien deathtraps in the second part of 'Skowdogs' - a brand new 8 part series by John Freeman (Judge Dredd Megazine, Crucible) and Dave Thomson (The Psychedelic Journal of Time Travel, Dr WTF?).   

Switchblade gains a new client as giant mutated germs infest the city in the second part of a 3 part series by Alan Burrows (Eagle, 2000ad), Paul H.Birch (Toxic, Creepy Kofy Movie Time) and Steve Harrison (Fast Car magazine, The Sunday Sport)  

And finally, in an attempt to tackle spiralling crime rates, the police force unleash a bizarre  group of mutants and super freaks to dispense their own unique brand of criminal justice...The Odd Squad by David Hailwood and Tony Suleri.

Grab the latest issue on Comicsy here or Drivethru here for just 69p/$0.99!

More Issue 14 sneak peeks!

Well, since Issue 14 is mere hours away from completion, here's a peek at some of the other strips appearing inside.

From Andre Mateus and Tony Suleri there's 'Old Bill' - an ageing detective who's struggling to remain useful in a technologically advanced society.

Then there's Last Breath by David Hailwood, Dave Snell and Ken Reynolds, in which even the stars provide no escape from a persistent zombie outbreak.

And rounding off the issue, there's the final instalment of John Freeman and David Hailwood's Death Duty series, ably illustrated by Brett Burbridge, and lettered by Ken Reynolds.

There'll be more news on the series that'll be replacing Death Duty coming soon, so stay tuned! (or, er, pop back later)

100% Biodegradable Issue 13

Inside issue 13 of 100% Biodegradable...

A war hungry colonel cryogenically freezes himself in the hope of skipping ahead to where the action's at in Tony Suleri and David Hailwood's Everlasting Peace.

A diminutive space skull seeks vengeance on humanities overlords in Kek-W (2000ad, Cap'n Dinosaur) and Lukasz Kowalczuk's (Aces Weekly, Vreckless Vrestlers) Tiny Skull Attack

Travis and Rourke take on a ruthless undead army of Deadbolts in the penultimate part of John Freeman (Judge Dredd Megazine, Crucible) and Brett Burbridge's Death Duty

A young girl with incredible powers might be all that stands between humanity and extinction in Chris Redfern (Futurequake, Sliced Quarterly) and Edward Whatley's (The Gathering, Dober-Man) Atomic Control.

The 36 page anthology also includes contributions from Dave Dye, Emmet O' Cuana, Danos Philopolous and more!

Issue 13 is priced at just 69p/$0.99, and available from the following places:

http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/186613/100-Biodegradable-13

http://www.comicsy.co.uk/biomekazoik/store/products/100-biodegradable-issue-13-digital-download/

(Cover illustrated by the amazingly talented Edward Whatley)

Biodegradable 12 Previews

With issue 12 of 100% Biodegradable due out next month, here's a couple of previews to show what we've got in store.

First up, Area 101 by Chris Redfern (Futurequake, Sliced Quarterly) and Dan Cornwell (Rok of the Reds, Dogbreath).

Issue 12 also features a marvellous back cover based on their strip, illustrated by the ever talented Brett Burbridge (http://brettburbridge.com/blog/)

Incidentally, Dan Cornwell is currently gearing up for the launch next month of Rok Of The Reds (written by Alan Grant and John Wagner), which can be pre-ordered from Black Hearted Press here: http://bhpcomics.tictail.com/product/rokofthereds1

And for our second preview, we have the concluding part of Jimmy Furlong and Andrew Hartmann's chaotic carnage-fest known as...Moby Douche!

You can catch the first part of Moby Douche in Issue 11 of 100% Biodegradable, on sale in the following places:

https://payhip.com/biomekazoik (where issue 1 is currently free)

https://www.comixology.co.uk/100-Biodegradable-Vol…/…/326584

http://www.comicsy.co.uk/…/100-biodegradable-issue-11-digi…/

http://www.drivethrucomics.com/…/168989/100-Biodegradable-11

Also keep an eye out for the new Shit Flingers Bestiary from Jimmy and Andrew, coming to Kickstarter in the next few weeks.