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According to Lying in the Gutters, fine publication Event Horizon is in a spot of bother due to a lack of pre-orders.

It's definitely worth your pennies, if only for the 2000AD alumni Liam Sharp has managed to include such as Ashley Wood, Glenn Fabry and Simon Bisley. It also includes up-and-comers such as Winter Special artist Kev Crossley (who, funnily enough, has also contributed to the next issue of The End is Nigh...)

Think of it as a British version of Heavy Metal, without the adverts for porn ... sadly.


The article:

Event Horizon" Vol. 3 is in trouble. Too few preorders are giving Mam Tor cash flow problems, and the book may not be published.

The only way for this volume to see print is for fans and retailers to order copies now. Right now. This week.

"Event Horizon" is the Liam Sharp ("Event Horizon") graphic anthology in the style of "Heavy Metal," but with far more of a British flavour. It boasts contributors including Sharp himself, Ashley Wood, Steve Niles, Glenn Fabry, Simon Bisley and, well, me. Their Web site is here. And here are a few of preview pages from Volume 3 from "Chase Variant," written by me, illustrated fully by Bagwell.
   
If you're a retailer, check your order and see if it justifies adding a few more copies of issue #3. The code is MAR063302. The code for Vol 2 is SEPT053014.

If you're a reader, tell your retailer you want a copy of Vol. 3 this week. Give him the code if necessary.

If you don't, Vol. 3 of "Event Horizon" goes away. And it's far too fine an experimental adventure into graphic storytelling to allow that.

Damn. This should be saved if poss.

Bolt-01

It'll be a real shame if it dissapears into its own Event Horizon, as it's nice just to see somebody doing something so positive.  

The sort of thing that would have gone down gangbusters in the late 80's, it's just harder to get peoples hands in their pockest these days with fewer readers buying fewer comics.

I certainly hope to see them at bristol with issue 3 anyway.

Cheers

Paul

Plus you if you pre-order it you can get it wrapped in brown paper so that peopel don't know you're buying the space-boobies magazine.

Looks very good- you can see samples here

but at $20 a pop I'm not surprised no-ones buying it

(ashley wood is soooo good)

Link: mamtor-event horizon

Yeah but that's twenty dollars of fake half price American money, and you're getting a chunky sized mag for your money, around 140 to 200 pages for the first two.

I haven't actually got around to reading this, but I'm interested. Can anyone tell me is it mostly self contained stories or are there any serials. I want to support this thing if it's on the edge, but I'm really not ready to invest any sort of money in stories that I might never get to complete.

I got the first one (I normally only buy these things at festivals and haven't been to one since issue 1), but it seemed to be self contained stories.

$20 dollars a pop but you get lots for your money - compare page for page what you get to the Meg or tooth and it's far better value...

The response from one, nameless, comic shop: "We didn't sell a single copy of issue two, so why should we pre-order issue three?!"

Oh dear ...

Well, that's a bit crap mike, what they've asked is:  "If you're a reader, tell your retailer you want a copy of Vol. 3 this week. Give him the code if necessary."

Not:  "badget your retailer saying 'oh go on, I'm not buying one but order some in anyhway'"

I did ask them to pre-order me a copy, but he said they were too expensive to order just one (go figure) ...

Similarly, but still off topic, last Wednesday the new Who comic was released. Only one newsie in Leigh stocked it but hadn't put it on the shelves and were returning it without putting them out. I asked to buy three of the ten they had and after much arguing they sold them to me. I went back in yesterday and was told they sent the rest back because they didn't think there'd be any interest. Newsie also said he was sick of people asking about it...

Aaaah, the irony ...