Hilarious face-changing adventures by one of the greats of British comics!
Ken Reid is consistently name-checked by the greats of comics – from Alan Moore to Kevin O’Neill, John Wagner to Pat Mills – for his unique art that is matched only by his enduring sense of humour.
In a hardcover edition befitting his status as one of the all-too-forgotten greats of British comics, we present his timeless Faceache– the humorous adventures of Ricky Rubberneck, the boy with a “bendable bonce” whose skin stretches like rubber. At will, he can scrunge his face into anything, whether it’s mimicing others or turning into monstrous creatures – but always coming a cropper!
This is the first collection of this long lost classic from the hugely popular and long-running Buster comic.
The latest release from The Treasury of British Comics is one of the forgotten greats of British comics. Faceache is arguably the greatest work of Ken Reid, an illustrator consistently name-checked by the greats of comics – from Alan Moore to Kevin O’Neill, John Wagner to Pat Mills.
Faceache is now available to pre-order along with a special edition – limited to 150 copies – that includes a special print of one of Reid’s classic Faceache strips.
A boy with skin like stretch rubber who could “scrunge” his into any shape, this stunning hardcover collects these darkly comical one-page tales for the very first time, with glowing introductions by Moore as well as Reid’s son, Anthony. These humorous adventures of Ricky Rubberneck, the boy with a “bendable bonce”, see him “scrunge” his face into anything, whether it’s mimicking others or turning into grotesque creatures – but he’s always coming a cropper!
Get your Halloween weekend off to a screaming start with two special events in London ths Saturday (28 October)!
To celebrate the success of the new Scream! & Misty Special, Gosh! Comics welcomes artists and writers from its pages on Saturday afternoon, while Orbital Comics hosts a special evening event with former Scream! editor Simon Furman and current editor Keith Richardson!
Halloween at Gosh keeps the scares going into the afternoon of Saturday October 28th with a scream-a-riffic signing of the much-anticipated Scream and Misty One-Shot! Horrible Hannah Berry, Sinister Simon Coleby, Gruesome Grainne McEntee, Barbaric Ben Willsher and Angry Alec Worley will all be here from 4-5pm to put their ghoulish scrawl on your copies of the magazine! So come along and meet the ghoulish gang, and get yourself a signed copy of this year’s creepiest comic! If you can’t make it and would like a signed copy, drop us an email to info@goshlondon.com to arrange a reservation or mail order.
Orbital Comics 8 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7pm – late
Orbital Comics welcome you to join us after hours for an exclusive talk with original Scream editor & Dracula File writer Simon Furman, Andy Oliver and current Scream editor Keith Richardson. Get here early and you may even find the opportunity to pick up some cool signed stock!
Two of Britain’s best-loved supernatural comics have been resurrected this Hallowe’en and merged into one terrifying tome featuring all-new stories!
Max the crazy computer makes a welcome return in The Thirteenth Floorby Guy Adams, John Stokes and Frazer Irving; the fangs are out in The Dracula Fileby Grainne McEntee and Tristan Jones; weirdos, warriors and weasels plucked from the pages of various 70s and 80s British comics congregate in Death-Man: The Gatheringby Henry Flint; Kek-W and Simon Coleby collaborate on Black Max, the German World War One fighter pilot that’s descended from a race of bat-people; the high-rise horrors of Birdwood are back in Return of the Sentinelsby Hannah Berry and Ben Willsher; and fairies can be frightening in Fate of the Fairy Hunterby Alec Worley and DaNi.
All this packed, kicking and screaming, behind a Henry Flint cover – PLUS there’s the terrifying variant cover by Glenn Fabry and Adam Brown, available only through comic book stores via Diamond Distribution with code AUG171919!
Make sure your Hallowe’en goes with a scream this year – get the Scream! & Misty Special! Out now from all good newsagents and comic book stores, plus digitally from the 2000 AD webshop and apps!
THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR by Guy Adams (w) John Stokes, Frazer Irving (a) Simon Bowland (l) Built in the eighties, Maxwell Tower was then a state-of-the art tower block controlled by a sentient computer called Max. Programmed to serve and protect his residents, Max transports any ‘outsiders’ causing mischief to his horrifying 13th floor- a place where nightmares become reality! Defunct for years, Max is back and ready to dish out punishment!
THE DRACULA FILE by Grainne McEntee (w) Tristan Jones (a) SG (l) Chased out of Eastern Europe over three decades ago, The Prince of Darkness, Dracula, escaped to Great Britain and never left! The bloodsucking beast has been stalking the streets of our capital for years. But in that time he has made some very deadly enemies…
DEATH-MAN: THE GATHERING by Feek (w) Henry Flint (a) SG (l) He is Death’s reluctant servant — charged with purging the world of the living from those dark forces who do not belong there. His only goal is to succeed so he too can finally rest in peace. Now his services are required by a group of brilliant and bizarre heroes…
BLACK MAX by Kek-W (w) Simon Coleby (a) Len O’Grady (c) Jim Campbell (l) Baron Maximilien Von Klorr was a skilled German WWI fighter pilot who struck fear into the Allied Forces as he attacked them with his two giant bats. It has been close to hundred years since the ‘Batmaster’ last plagued the skies, but now he is back, undead and just as dangerous as ever!
RETURN OF THE SENTINELS by Hannah Berry (w) Ben Willsher (a) Annie Parkhouse (l) Two twin blocks of high-rise flats tower over the working-class area of Birdwood. Known by the locals as The Sentinels, one block has remained empty for years. Unbeknownst to most, it hosts a gateway to a terrifying, alternate Earth.
FATE OF THE FAIRY HUNTER by Alec Worley (w) DaNi (a) Maz Smith (l) Young Wanda Hannigan has a difficult decision to make – help a powerful fairy to get one over on her horrible boss, or stay loyal to her fellow human being. Patricia Milson may be a grumpy taskmaster, but can you ever truly trust one of the fairy folk?
PLUS: rainy day activities, your spooooooky horroscope and pin-ups by Warwick Fraser-Coombe and Mike Hoffman
Two of Britain’s best-loved supernatural comics have been resurrected this Hallowe’en and merged into one terrifying tome featuring all-new stories!
Max the crazy computer makes a welcome return in The Thirteenth Floorby Guy Adams, John Stokes and Frazer Irving; the fangs are out in The Dracula Fileby Grainne McEntee and Tristan Jones; weirdos, warriors and weasels plucked from the pages of various 70s and 80s British comics congregate in Death-Man: The Gatheringby Henry Flint; Kek-W and Simon Coleby collaborate on Black Max, the German World War One fighter pilot that’s descended from a race of bat-people; the high-rise horrors of Birdwood are back in Return of the Sentinelsby Hannah Berry and Ben Willsher; and fairies can be frightening in Fate of the Fairy Hunterby Alec Worley and DaNi.
Make sure your Halloween goes with a scream this year – get the Scream! & Misty Special!
Fleeing vampire hunters from behind the iron Curtain, Count Dracula returns to Great Britain with an unquenchable thirst for blood!
Unable to accept that the supernatural defector has slipped through his fingers, Rumanian KGB officer Stakis decides to defy his disbelieving superiors and destroy the unholy horror that has plagued the world for centuries.
Will 1980s London become the Count’s permanent, new feeding ground?
Published by Rebellion’s new Treasury of British Comics imprint, written by 2000 AD stalwart Gerry Finley-Day, and featuring Eric Bradbury’s nightmarish vision of horror’s greatest icon, The Dracula Fileis a book that you can really sink your teeth into!
Marney the Fox is the next collection from The Treasury of British Comics imprint – a Lassie-style tale of a lone fox up against wicked humans via Watership Down and Fantastic Mr Fox.
Appearing in Buster comic weekly from June 1974 to September 1976, the series detailed a lone fox cub’s desperate struggle to survive in a dangerous world. Written by the late Scott Goodall, the series was lavishly illustrated by artist John Stokes, and represents one of the lost gems of British comics of the 1970s.
Part Dirty Harry, part Judge Dredd, ALL BADASS – One-Eyed Jack is returning to the streets in June!
A new collection of the classic series from Valiant is the first volume in Rebellion Publishing’s new Treasury of British Comics line.
A very limited edition featuring a bookplate signed by co-creator John Wagner now available to buy, as well as the standard edition.
Police Detective Jack McBane is the toughest, meanest law enforcer in 1970s New York City. Despite having lost his left eye in the line of duty, McBane will stop at nothing to rid the crime-infested streets of scumbags and villains – even if it means having to occasionally break the rules!
Written by John Wagner and featuring the dynamic artwork of the late John Cooper, One-Eyed Jack is a seminal comic strip which helped shape and change the course of British comic books forever.
Part Dirty Harry, part Judge Dredd, ALL BADASS – One-Eyed Jackis returning to the streets in June!
A new collection of the classic series from Valiant will be the first volume in Rebellion Publishing’s new Treasury of British Comics line.
A very limited edition featuring a bookplate signed by co-creator John Wagner is now available to pre-order, as well as the standard edition.
Police Detective Jack McBane is the toughest, meanest law enforcer in 1970s New York City. Despite having lost his left eye in the line of duty, McBane will stop at nothing to rid the crime-infested streets of scumbags and villains – even if it means having to occasionally break the rules!
Written by John Wagner and featuring the dynamic artwork of the late John Cooper, One-Eyed Jack is a seminal comic strip which helped shape and change the course of British comic books forever.
We’re very pleased to unveil the new cover for the first collection of Tom Tully, Mike Western, and Eric Bradbury’s “British Spider-man” series The Leopard from Lime Street.
Originally published between 1976 and 1985, The Leopard from Lime Street – Book Onewill be published in paperback in July, with a special limited edition hardcover available exclusively from Rebellion Publishing.
One of the most requested reprints from the recently-acquired archive, The Leopard from Lime Street is essentially the British Spider-man – a hugely popular home-grown teenage superhero called Billy Farmer, who lives with his Aunt Joan and Uncle Charlie when he is scratched by a radioactive leopard at the local zoo.
Gaining leopard-like strength, speed, reflexes, and tree-climbing abilities, when he’s not fighting crime, Billy sells photographs of himself to the local paper, using the money to support his frail aunt while contending with his violent, greedy and lazy uncle.
With warmth, wit, and stunning artwork by Mike Western and Eric Bradbury, The Leopard from Lime Street is a gem of 1970s and 1980s British comics, now eagerly awaiting its return to shelves!
