Amazing and Fantastic tales

Amazing & Fantastic Tales 5, featuring work by Jim Alexander and Jon Haward (whose 'Sideburns' strip appears in 100% Biodegradable 4), along with many other fine creators, is on sale now. 

This is the final issue, bringing to a close their regular series ‘Kroom’ and Wild West mash-up, ‘The Last Posse’.  Rounding things off is the self-contained comic strip ‘Facts of Life’, which shows what happen to a young man taught the facts of life using goldfish! 

They're selling issue 5 for £3 including p&p.  Buy all 5 issues for £13 including p&p.  If you're interested, drop them a line at this e-mail address and they'll invoice you via paypal: planetjimbot@gmail.com

Also, if you're in the Glasgow area, the official launch will be held in conjunction with the Scotland Cartoonists club, which meets up at the pub called Drury Street, located on Drury Street, Glasgow.  Join them on Thursday 7th May from 6.30pm onwards.  All five issues of Amazing & Fantastic Tales will be on sale. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/467328906758264

You can read a review on Down The Tubes here: http://downthetubes.net/?p=21492

A second Sideburns strip will be appearing in 100% Biodegradable soon, so keep your eyes peeled for it!

Issue 9 preview - Lucid Dreams

Coming to Issue 9 of 100% Biodegradable (due out late June) - Lucid Dreams by Scott Melrose and Denis Vermesse (with lettering by Ken Reynolds).

Stunning artwork from the ever versatile Denis, and a gripping story from Scott make the upcoming issue well worth a look.

Although Scott is new to the comics scene, he's already made quite an impact and his latest 'Bloody Mother' collaboration with Denis Vermesse was recently accepted by Something Wicked (a fantastic anthology from those splendid gentlemen at Futurequake Press).

Submission Guidelines

What we are looking for:  Self-contained sci-fi, fantasy, horror and adventure strips, 1-6 pages in length.  Twist in the tale strips tend to work well, as do stories with entertaining larger than life characters and scenarios.  Strips should be aimed at a 15+ age group (please keep nudity/swearing and drugs references to a minimum, if possible.  There are occasionally exceptions, if the strip is good enough).  Completed strips (as opposed to scripts) are preferred, and stand a much greater chance of being accepted.  Sequential art samples are welcome from those artists who have no writing partner but are interested in getting involved.  There are also plenty of one page scripts on offer for those artists who are too busy to commit to anything longer.

Subjects for writers to avoid:  Zombies (we already have more than enough of those, thanks), people going into crrrazy Virtual Reality worlds (unless there’s a REALLY original twist involved), stories in which a bunch of soldiers mindlessly shoot things …but in space!  Anything for the 'spandex and cape' crowd (i.e., no Superheroes).

Page Dimensions:  Minimum of 2063x3150 pixels, 300 dpi, RGB, JPGS.  Full colour strips preferred, but not vital.

All contributors receive a free digital copy of the comic their strip appears in, and retain the rights to their work (though it's appreciated if they give it at least 6 months after publication in 100% Biodegradable, before having the strip published elsewhere).  If their strip also features in the Print On Demand collection, this will be made available to the contributors at cost price, with the option to buy and even sell as many copies as they like.  We are also very supportive of contributors who have comic related Kickstarters, and are happy to offer digital issues of 100% Biodegradable, as rewards tiers.

Other than that, there is no payment involved.

Send submissions/queries to Dave Hailwood at:  biomekazoik(at)gmail.com

Please note:  We are currently CLOSED to submissions, as all our pages are full!  This may change at a later date (if we have any strips drop out, etc).

Easter Comic Deals!

To celebrate the upcoming weekend chocolate binge, Issue 1 of the quarterly sci-fi anthology '100% Biodegradable' is free to download on Drivethru comics.  Grab it here: http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/122137/100-Biodegradable-1

As an added bonus, you can also grab issues 1-6 at a reduced price, in a special bundle here:  http://www.drivethrucomics.com/product/128359/100-Biodegradable-BUNDLE

Or check out the recently released Issue 8, containing strips by John Freeman, Dan Cornwell, Valentin Ramon, Brett Burbridge and many more!

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

100% Biodegradable 8 out now on Drivethru and Comicsy!

Issue 8 of 100% Biodegradable - the quarterly sci-fi digital comics anthology - is now available to buy on Comicsy, Drivethru and ComiXology for a mere 69p/$0.99.

Featuring the likes of Dan Cornwell (artist of the upcoming Rom Of The Reds by Blackhearted Press), Val Ramon (D4ve, Outre), Stuart Giddings (Futurequake, Meanwhile), Tony Suleri (Slumdroid, Bulletproof), John Freeman (Crucible, Judge Dredd Megazine), Chris Sides (Dark Matter, British Showcase Anthology), Jimmy Furlong (Spod!, Something Wicked), Brett Burbridge (Steampunk Originals), Ken Reynolds and more.

Sink your teeth into another mighty fine slice of digital comic carnage!

And please give us a 'like' on Facebook, if zombies, mutants, robots, aliens and gun totting mercs are your kind of thing.

Issue 8 out now on ComiXology!

Issue 8 of 100% Biodegradable is out now on ComiXology, priced 69p/$0.99 and can be purchased here: http://bit.ly/1DeddG0

Inside the latest issue of the 30 page digital comic anthology: a bad batch of booze spells undead disaster for St. Patrick's Day revellers, mankind sinks its trigger-happy teeth into intergalactic assassination, the president of earth sells his race down the river, advances in gene-blending reveal a darker side to humanity, and Travis Wilson battles the demons of his mind in the continuation of eight part sci-fi series 'Death Duty'.

Featuring the likes of John Freeman (Marvel UK, Judge Dredd Magazine), Val Ramon (D4VE, Outré), Chris Sides (Dark Matter, British Showcase Anthology), Dan Cornwell (the upcoming Rom of the Reds for Black Hearted Press), Tony Suleri (Slumdroids, Cosmogenesis), John Kirkham (Time Out, Lost Property) and more!

 The comic will also be available on Comicsy and Drivethru at the weekend  

(Preview images - Cover by Dan Cornwell, Death Duty by John Freeman, Brett Burbridge and Ken Reynolds, Tomorrow Will Be Different by Jimmy Furlong, Val Ramon and Nic J Shaw).

Issue 7 Out Now!

Issue 7 of 100% Biodegradable is now available to buy on Comicsy or Drivethru for a mere 69p!

Along with your usual smattering of brain munching goblins, boneheaded barbarians and delusional psychiatric patients, Issue 7 of the 100% Biodegradable anthology features a new ongoing series - Death Duty, by John Freeman (Dr Who Magazine, Judge Dredd Megazine, Crucible) and Alan Burrows (2000ad, Starblazer, Commando).

'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.  The average life expectancy for a recruit is four months, hence the street slang for the job: Death Duty.

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.  For most of the Dutymen, 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 also features the character 'Rourke', created by John Freeman and Liam Sharp (2000ad, X-Men, Batman) for use in the pages of Marvel UK's Strip comic, more than 20 years ago.

Here's some previews of what you'll find inside this 30 page anthology.

First up, some blood drenched blackly comic mayhem from Jimmy Furlong (Something Wicked, Spod! Oddities From Space) and Andrew Hartmann (Futurequake, Seqapunch Quarterly) in the form of Gremian The Machine Elf

Next, we unravel the misfortunes of one lone space traveller in Happier Times, by Chris Redfern (Futurequake, Zarjaz) and JT Pegg (2000ad, Judge Dredd Megazine).

And of course where would life be without a little monkey magic from Tony Suleri, David Hailwood,  and Ken Reynolds with Pubba Gintaro in: A Date With Death!

Enough waffle - go forth and check out the comic at the links at the top of the page.  If you're going to buy Biodegradable, I'd advise doing so before January 1st, as there's a new VATMOSS EU law that may cause many digital businesses to fold due to the impossibility to comply (our comic will continue, but some of its outlets may be forced to close or raise prices).