Freakshow: A Cool New Comic From Dublin

[Doc_Holliday]

Hey folks,
I'm sorry to plug here, but I recently discovered a really great comic. I live in Dublin, happened to hear about a comic published here that had cool characters and great art. I checked it out, I really love it, and I've met the guy who writes it, and he's a lovely bloke, so I thought I'd spread the word as much as possible.

Freakshow is set in the late 1950s in Los Angeles and New York, and the writer describes it as an outsider's look at the separate world we know from old movies.

The characters are superb, but I don't want to give spoilers so I won't go into who they are or what they get up to.

Suffice to say that there is a strong crime/detective story theme, but taken on from a really unusual and fresh angle.

Well, I apologise for plugging, but at least it's on someone else's behalf. I love the comic, and it would make me really happy to see it do well. It's already on sale in the UK.

Freakshow is published by Atomic Diner publications, 2 Exchequer St, Dublin 2.

You can get information from robatomicdiner@eircom.net, and you can order it from http://www.silverbulletcomics.com/
and
http://www.milehighcomics.com/

Please try it out and post nice things about it here, and finally please don't hate me too much for going so far off topic.



Latest issue on sale at

[Noisybast]

So, er, are you on script or art...?


;)

[Doc_Holliday]

Heh, I don't blame you for asking...

Nah, I'll level with you, it's written by a guy who owns Dublin's coolest comic shop, Sub City, I've been going there for about ten years, and I really like Rob. (The writer)
I myself am merely a comic-reading slacker that frequents the place since mid teens.

I picked up the comics recently and felt like it would be very cool if I could spread the word in any way...

[Mike Carroll]

I, too, am a big Freakshow fan! I really recommend it - it's very well written (by Robert Curley) and the artwork is great (the issues alternate between Stephen Thompson and Stephen Mooney on the artwork).

The sixth issue is already out, with the seventh on the way. In fact, if you visit Sub-City and ask nicely, they might show you some of the artwork for issues 8 and 9.

-- Mike

[Jared Katooie]

Hooray for Irish comics!

[johnnystress]

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[Dudley]

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[johnnystress]

resisiting the urge to post a pic of Frank "Thats a Cracker" Carson, Ardal O Hanlon, Dave Allen etc etc

Here's a link to my favourite Irish comic, MBLEH!

must keep an eye out for Freakshow

Link: Clamnuts

[johnnystress]

nnngghh


"So I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller', he said 'Not you again"

Thats a cracker
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[maryanddavid]

frealshow is pretty good, art on the early issues was a bit shakey, but improves with each issue, give it a whirl, i think its available thru previews
david

[Art]

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