Great new off fans of this awesome series:
The creative team of Dan Abnett and I.N.J. Culbard journeys once again to an alien occupied England where anthropomorphic citizens fight off the interstellar invaders in Wild's End.
https://www.comicon.com/2023/03/15/wilds-end-begins-again-at-boom-studios/ (https://www.comicon.com/2023/03/15/wilds-end-begins-again-at-boom-studios/)
Huh. I thought that ended well, although I'll be happy to get more. Tracking down the trades was a bloody nightmare, though, and so I hope Boom does a reprint to allow more people to read this series. It's great.
Yes a reprint of the earlier volumes would be great - I've still yet to read them as I've failed to track down (reasonably priced) physical editions.
Its a shame the earlier volumes seem so hard to track down as this is a superb series of minis and certainly deserves to be read by as many folks as possible.
As IndigoPrime says the end of the final mini really wraps things up well and wasn't expecting any more, so this is a nice surprise. Really happy to see the Wild's End world being explored more but hope they keep away from the characters in that, the blurb suggests they are which is great to hear.
But much as I love this stop it, and crack on with Brink and dare I dream, more Brass Sun INJ!
I'm not sure where I found Wild's End originally. I have a digital copy from something. But when I went to buy it... yikes. After about a week, I managed to line up all three trades: one from a surprise appearance at an Oxfam store, one from an eBay seller, and one from a UK comics shop I'd never heard of. All three copies arrived in at least very good condition, but Boom really needs to reprint them all (or do a deluxe HC).
Really nice little reminder I never read the last mini series, and it's been so long a full reread might be required.
Cracking series, and yes, those aftermarket prices are wince inducing.
I really enjoyed this series, and will check my hardback shelf now!!
My only real prob with whole series was a niggly thing about predators and prey mixing, and what they all ate and how their species interacted with others, (and the random size thing...) a wee niggle I know, but I thought if that had been part of the story set up it would have been perfect.
Quote from: Proudhuff on 16 March, 2023, 03:01:01 PMI really enjoyed this series, and will check my hardback shelf now!!
My only real prob with whole series was a niggly thing about predators and prey mixing, and what they all ate and how their species interacted with others, (and the random size thing...) a wee niggle I know, but I thought if that had been part of the story set up it would have been perfect.
I'm assuming that's what the new series is about. How the predators have turned in with the 'lanterns' and now use them to cook the prey species for a good chowdown.
Its a dog eat rabbit world.
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 16 March, 2023, 03:59:47 PMQuote from: Proudhuff on 16 March, 2023, 03:01:01 PMI really enjoyed this series, and will check my hardback shelf now!!
My only real prob with whole series was a niggly thing about predators and prey mixing, and what they all ate and how their species interacted with others, (and the random size thing...) a wee niggle I know, but I thought if that had been part of the story set up it would have been perfect.
I'm assuming that's what the new series is about. How the predators have turned in with the 'lanterns' and now use them to cook the prey species for a good chowdown.
Its a dog eat rabbit world.
:lol:
Now this would be a great thing to have in the Megazine!!
I own the trades, but certainly wouldn't begrudge Matt running the entire thing in the Meg. It's funny. The Meg has gone through so many iterations, and some of the reprint periods were bloody awful. Preacher taking up half the mag was horrible, and it was particularly galling in that it just... stopped. But around vol 4, things all felt a bit smarter. Finite series (or chunks) were chosen, and we got oddities like Lazarus Churchyard, and then the first Hellboy run. Scarlet Traces rocked up at the end of the volume. And that creator-owned slot was variable, but I fondly recall reading Lilly MacKenzie.
I've no idea what the financial implications are for this stuff, but perhaps there's something that can be done once the IDW well runs dry of good stuff to cast the net a little wider again.
Speaking of which, oi! Paul Grist! When are we getting more Demon Nic?!
Yeah, I liked that one. More, please!
Quote from: Hawkmumbler on 31 March, 2023, 05:50:23 PMSpeaking of which, oi! Paul Grist! When are we getting more Demon Nic?!
I'd settle for more of any of the strips that he been teased for the last 10ish years.
More Mudman - meant to be...
More Kane - on its way...
More Jack Staff - coming...
One day all this stuff will be there and that'll be a right ol' treat.
Quote from: broodblik on 15 March, 2023, 06:51:12 PMGreat new off fans of this awesome series:
The creative team of Dan Abnett and I.N.J. Culbard journeys once again to an alien occupied England where anthropomorphic citizens fight off the interstellar invaders in Wild's End.
https://www.comicon.com/2023/03/15/wilds-end-begins-again-at-boom-studios/ (https://www.comicon.com/2023/03/15/wilds-end-begins-again-at-boom-studios/)
Thanks for the heads up, I've preordered!!!
Presumably this will also be collected in a trade, which will be on sale for a single nanosecond?
Quote from: Hawkmumbler on 16 March, 2023, 12:57:35 PMReally nice little reminder I never read the last mini series, and it's been so long a full reread might be required.
Cracking series, and yes, those aftermarket prices are wince inducing.
I'd only got the 3rd series in TPB, and chasing up the earlier two saw the prices and stepped back! Will just have to reread once I complete the big comic sort out!
You might get lucky, like I did. Keep an eye on eBay, Facebook ads and good second-hand options like Oxfam.
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 24 June, 2023, 02:04:39 PMYou might get lucky, like I did. Keep an eye on eBay, Facebook ads and good second-hand options like Oxfam.
:thumbsup:
I absolutely love this series. Do hope BOOM reprint the graphic novels. It certainly deserves a wider audience.
What it needs is a deluxe HC edition. (Also reprints for the original trades!)
Quote from: IndigoPrime on 17 August, 2023, 01:48:16 PMWhat it needs is a deluxe HC edition. (Also reprints for the original trades!)
This! ^^^^
Chonky paperback omnibus of the first three books due February 2024 (https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Wilds-End-Book-One-by-Dan-Abnett-author-I-N-J-Culbard-illustrator/9781608861590).
The original, critically acclaimed trilogy of graphic novels of the cult-favorite anthropomorphic alien invasion collected together for the very first time!A cozy English country village enjoying the peace of the 1930s is invaded by deadly alien machines, forcing a ragtag group of survivors into hiding in the no-longer-storybook woods. A war veteran with PTSD, an agoraphobic writer, the town outsider, the local newsman, and a sheltered young man are forced to face life and death, the mysteries of the universe, and perhaps most horrifying, the callous officials who use the chaos of war to advance their own ends, attempting to discover the chilling origins of the invasion and keep each other safe. Wind in the Willows meets War of the Worlds, written by multiple New York Times bestselling author and an award-winning comic book writer Dan Abnett (Guardians of the Galaxy) and illustrated by award-winning graphic novelist I.N.J. Culbard (Doctor Who) in the classic sci-fi tradition with an anthropomorphic twist, Wild's End reveals powerful acts of humanity persevering in the face of war on a worldwide scale. For the first time, the original trilogy of the cult-favorite anthropomorphic alien invasion graphic novels are collected here!. Collects Wild's End: First Light, Wild's End: The Enemy Within, and Wild's End: Journey's End.
Yup, will be having me one of those beauties.
Quote from: O Lucky Stevie! on 21 August, 2023, 05:41:56 AMChonky paperback omnibus of the first three books due February 2024 (https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Wilds-End-Book-One-by-Dan-Abnett-author-I-N-J-Culbard-illustrator/9781608861590).
Ohhhh didn't know this was coming. Thanks for the heads up must get that!
Great to see it. I'd highly recommend grabbing it before it goes out of print. I hope Boom will do a HC too.
Take my money!!!