With
issue 4 of the
100% Biodegradable anthology launching in May, it's time to start showing previews of the strips appearing inside.
First up, '
Sideburns: Conjoined Sins' by
Jim Alexander,
Jon Haward and
Nigel Dobbyn (artwork (c) Jon Haward).
This strip first came to my attention when it appeared in Issue 2 of the short lived
Bulletproof comic anthology from
Matt Yeo (which was also Marren Kane's first home, and featured the likes of
Alan Grant,
John Freeman and
Alan Burrows). As well as enjoying Jon's dark and gritty artwork, the quirky elements of Jim's script (such as reverse strippers) made it stand apart from your average detective story.
Anyway, they very kindly agreed to let me republish the strip and it's well worth a read if you didn't catch it the first time around (sadly their other Sideburns strip has been tricky to track down, otherwise I'd reprint that one as well).
A bit more about the creators:
Jon Haward is the artist and co-creator of
Tales of the Buddha, who has worked on other iconic material such as
Judge Dredd, 2000ad, Dan Dare, Spider-man, Shinobi, Warhammer and
Mutant Chronicles. He's also worked on graphic novels for
Classical Comics that have won awards;
Macbeth, The Tempest and
Frankenstein.
Keep your eyes peeled for his new
Simba Khan series coming soon to
Aces Weekly, which is written by the rather talented
Paul H. Birch (who has also contributed to this issue
of 100% Biodegradable)
http://hawardarthouse.blogspot.co.uk/
Jim Alexander has written
Judge Dredd - Calhab Justice, O'Rork and
Pandora for the
Judge Dredd Megazine, and
The Grid for
2000 AD. He has also worked for
Marvel, DC, Tokyopop and
Metal Hurlant. He currently writes
Ben 10 and
Generation Rex for
Cartoon Network Action Pack.
In 2012 he set up a small-press label called
Planet Jimbot. Its publications include
Amongst the Stars
(drawn by
Mike Perkins),
Wolf Country (drawn by
Luke Cooper), the anthology
Amazing & Fantastic Tales and
Savant (drawn by
Will Pickering and
Fin Cramb; originally conceived for Strip Magazine).
He is also involved in several projects for
Metal Hurlant Chronicles, which will air in the US this April on
Syfy. The trailer for
Whiskey In The Jar, starring
Michael Biehn and
James Marsters, can be viewed
here. It's based on a comic script by
Jim Alexander and
Gerald Parel, and adapted for TV by
Guillaume Lubrano and
Jim.
http://jimalwriter.blogspot.co.uk/
Nigel Dobbyn has worked professionally as an illustrator since 1988, producing comic strips for
2000ad, Sonic the comic, The Dandy, The Beano and
Warhammer.
Check out his full bio here:
http://www.nigeldobbyn.co.uk/portfolio/
