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

Hold on to your Time Hat, folks!

Coming to issue 20 of 100% Biodegradable (due out in March) - Time Waits by David Hailwood (Toxic, Sliced Quarterly) and Gary O' Donnell (The Thing art book, Something Wicked) with colours by Anne-Marie Webb and letters by Ken Reynolds.

Time Waits...for all your robo-donkey/rampaging dino needs!

Can't wait for March?  Then check out the back issues on Drivethru here: http://www.drivethrucomics.com/browse/pub/6130/Biomekazoik

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

100% Biodegradable 19...slithering out of a radioactive lake near you!

The latest issue of 100% Biodegradable has just been released on Comicsy and Drivethru, under a gloriously insane carnage filled wrap around cover by the Master Of Madness Lukasz Kowalczuk!

Inside issue 19 of 100% Biodegradable: A seaside clash between Mods and Rockers is met with nuclear retaliation in Mods Versus Mutants by David Hailwood, Neil Bryant and Tony Suleri.  

Captain Jerry Kowalski breaks out of the nut house and straight into a sanity-bending military mission in Off The Reservation by Chris Sides, P.L.Woods, Liam O’ Connor and Ken Reynolds. 

An ancient alien life form makes first contact with Scotland’s finest in part five of Skowdogs by John Freeman, David Hailwood, Dave Thomson and Ken Reynolds.  

An obsessive autograph hunter visits hell to seek favour from the devil in Sam Quadrant by Shaun Avery and Dave Snell.  

A psychotic headless chocolate addicted android assassin takes exception at a pushy client interrupting his cartoon hour in David Hailwood and Dave Thomson’s Faceless.

And the golden age of flight is brought to a swift standstill by a pernickety Traffic Warden in Fight Or Flight by David Hailwood and Brett Burbridge.

The digital anthology is 37 pages, full colour, and available for just 69p at the following links:

Drivethru:

http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/228489/100-Biodegradable-19

Comicsy:

http://www.comicsy.co.uk/biomekazoik/store/products/100-biodegradable-issue-19-digital-download/

A release will follow on both ComiXology and the Comichaus App.  In the meantime, you can download/view previous issues here:

https://www.comixology.co.uk/100-Biodegradable/comics-series/17594

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

Biodegradable In Da Comichaus

All 18 issues of 100% Biodegradable are now available to read on the newly launched Comichaus app - a streaming comic book app for Android and Apple devices.



Touted as 'the Netflix for comics', the app is free to download and includes a two week free trial.

There's hundreds of terrific Indie comics already included on the app, such as Ken Reynold's supernatural steampunk 'Cognition' series, Jon Laight's super heroic 'Brethren Born' and Jimmy Furlong's delightfully titled 'Shit Flingers' anthology. So, follow the link below and get speed reading now!



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

Dan Cornwell is...Judge Dredd!

...Well, alright, he's not actually Judge Dredd (as the photo below will attest.  Hardly regulation uniform!), but he is drawing a 5 part Dredd strip written by the mighty John Wagner which debuts in 2000ad next wednesday.

In celebration of this monumental achievement, issues 8 and 12 (which contain 'The Last Batch' by Chris Sides, Dan Cornwell and Ken Reynolds, and 'Area 101' by Chris Redfern and Dan Cornwell) are free on Drivethru for the next week!

You can download them at the following links:

http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/145662/100-Biodegradable-8

http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/178076/100-Biodegradable-12

And check out a preview of Dan's Dredd strip on Lew Stringer's comic blog here:

http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/dan-cornwell-makes-his-2000ad-debut.html

Don't forget to pick up a copy of 2000ad on Wednesday!

Issue 17 preview

With Issue 17 of 100% Biodegradable nearing completion, here's a preview of some of the strips appearing inside.

In Capsule by Brian Pearlman and Armin Ozdic (with colours by Liam O'Connor and letters by Ken Reynolds) a musician seeks shelter from the rain in a hotel from hell.

In Waste Of Time by Tony Suleri and David Hailwood, a scientist solves mankind's waste crisis by using the past as a dumping ground...with dire consequences!

In the third part of Skowdogs (written by John Freeman and David Hailwood, and illustrated by Dave Thomson), the crew of the Skow face off against an ancient alien race, deadly mercenaries, and technology gone haywire. 

And in the concluding part of Alan Burrows and Paul H Birch's Switchblade, the titular character finds himself up to his neck in giant psychotic dentistry obsessed mutant germs!

Previous issues of the digital sci-fi anthology are available to buy for just 69p/$0.99 at the following places:

http://www.drivethrucomics.com/browse/pub/6130/Biomekazoik

https://www.comixology.co.uk/100-Biodeg…/comics-series/17594

http://www.comicsy.co.uk/biomekazoik/

Bottoms up, old chums!

For those still chasing the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, 100% Biodegradable 8 is free for the weekend on Drivethru, and the second print collection (containing Chris Sides and Dan Cornwell's brilliant St. Patrick's Day zombie strip 'The Last Batch') has been reduced in price to just $7 (less than £6 for 110 pages of carnage!)

Grab yourself a bargain!

Print Collection:

http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/198700/100-Biodegradable-Collection-2

Issue 8 Freebie:

http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/145662/100-Biodegradable-8

And keep your eyes peeled for preview pages from the upcoming 100% Biodegradable Issue 16, due out very soon indeed!

An avalanche of comics!

Right, bit of a meaty update for you.

Firstly, not one but two 100% Biodegradable print collections have just launched on Drivethru.

100% Biodegradable Collection 2 features 26 strips from professional creators, indie regulars and promising newcomers across the UK and abroad, including Dan Cornwell (Rok of the Reds, Futurequake), Gary Crutchley (2000ad, WESTERNoir), Jim Alexander (2000ad, Judge Dredd Megazine), Jon Haward (Judge Dredd, Tales Of The Buddha), Paul H. Birch (Toxic, Creepy Kofy Movie Time), Paul Harrison-Davies (Boom! Studios 'Zombie Tales', Blank Slate's 'Nelson'), Tony Suleri (Slumdroid, Bulletproof) and many more.

It collects selected stories from issues 7-10 of the digital anthology, including a preview of the first explosive episode of Death Duty by John Freeman and Brett Burbridge (the full series can be read in issues 7-14 of the 100% Biodegradable digital anthology), and is available for $12 (slightly less than a tenner) at the following link:

http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/198700/100-Biodegradable-Collection-2

100% Biodegradable Collection 3 features 24 strips from the likes of Andrew Hartmann (Torsobear, Sh*t Flingers), Kek-W (2000ad, Commando), Lukasz Kowalczuk (Slime!, Aces Weekly), Tomislav Tikulin (Asimov's Science Fiction, Analog) and many more.

It collects selected stories from issues 11-14 of the digital anthology; whether it's rampaging robots, surfboarding teenage werewolves, or Elvis in a phlegm suit you're after, there's a little something for everyone.
http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/198714/100-Biodegradable-Collection-3

And in other news 100% Biodegradable issue 14, which contains the final explosive instalment of John Freeman and Brett Burbridge's Death Duty series, has just been released on ComiXology for just 69p.  Treat yourself to some quality sci-fi carnage!

https://www.comixology.co.uk/100-Biodegradable-Vol-14/digital-comic/432999

And in case all that isn't enough to give you a sci-fi overload, 100% Biodegradable 15 is out now!

Here's a few previews of what to expect inside...

First up, the start of a brand new 8 part series from John Freeman and Dave Thomson...Skowdogs!  A small rundown starship with its misfit crew seek out new worlds, new civilisations - and try to make as much money as possible without getting killed...

And then we have Climate Exchange by Dave Roberts and Edward Whatley, in which the discovery of a receipt for planet earth could prove to be mankind's ultimate salvation...or destruction.

From Alan Burrows (2000ad, Eagle, Red Dwarf) and Paul H. Birch comes the first of a three part classic series starring the ever charismatic Switchblade.

All this, and more, in the next 36 page edition of 100% Biodegradable...available now on Drivethru and Comicsy

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)

100% Biodegradable 11 Out Now!

Issue 11 of 100% Biodegradable is out now, with more pages, more action, and more insanity that you could shake a mutated tentacle at!

Inside this issue, which features a rather smashing cover by Andrew Hartmann and Charlie Hogg: The eclectic crew of The Flaming Heston take a less than relaxing vacation in Jimmy Furlong and Andrew Hartmann's 'Moby Douche'...

...a middle aged barbarian sets off on a quest to restore his manliness, a downtrodden detective discovers the morbid truth behind an influx of street drugs, Travis Wilson takes a bad trip through the dark recesses of his mind in part 5 of John Freeman (Judge Dredd Megazine, Crucible) and Brett Burbridge's Death Duty...

...and a surfboarding werewolf goes head to head with the unhip Pat Boone loving menace that is Frankenteen in Kek-W (2000ad, Cap'n Dinosaur) and Lukasz Kowalczuk's Surf Wolf. All this, and more!

Grab Issue 11 on Drivethru here for just $0.99:

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

Issue 10 out now!

Issue 10 of 100% Biodegradable is out now on Drivethru and Comicsy (with ComiXology release to follow at a later date), priced $0.99/69p

Inside this issue: Truckers tear their way across Hell’s Highway on an ill conceived mission of mercy, a lone soldier battles invaders and isolation, two apocalypse survivors face off against the psychotic android scourge known as The Milk Machine, the return of Jim Alexander (2000ad, Metal Hurlant) and Jon Haward's (Judge Dredd Megazine, Tales Of The Buddha) popular detective series 'Sideburns', and Travis Wilson crosses the hazardous mutant filled London wastelands in the fourth instalment of John Freeman (Crucible, Judge Dredd Megazine) and Brett Burbridge's Death Duty series. All this, and more!

The digital anthology is 30 pages, colour and b/w. 15+ age rating, due to the occasional touch of blood and gore.

Reviews:

"A brilliant mix of dry humour, action, and story driven narrative." - Robert Bagley, A Place To Hang Your Cape

"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

“Featuring a range of styles, themes and ideas, there’s sure to be something of interest for all comic fans.” Ian J. Simpson, Geek Syndicate

And keep your eyes peeled for the first 100% Biodegradable print collection, which contains 30 strips from issues 1-6 of the digital anthology and will be released on Drivethru very soon indeed!