The Awesome Comic

Designed by Kirsty Hunter & Sha Nazir

Cover Art byKirsty Hunter

Edited byKirsty Hunter

First printing 2016Published in Glasgow by (BHP Comics) Black Hearted Press Ltd.

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creators.

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A big thank you to everyone who submitted work for the anthology and the fantastic creators who attend

glasgow comic con every year.

It is a period

of driverless trains. Rebel neds,

strike from hidden places, prowling for

victims in Glasgow’s Empire.

A LONG WAY DOWN, IN GLASGOW’S UNDERGROUND...

THERE MAY BE TROUBLE AHEAD...

KRISSSHHHH - - HHHWOOOO

I’M ON THE WI-FI.

YES. I’M ON MY WAY, SEE

YOU SOON!

WELCOME ABOARD MA’AM.

TAKE A SEAT, ENJOY THE FORCE.

OH AND HIM? HE’S JUST MISREPRESENTED, YOU’RE

IN SAFE HANDS!

POW!POW!

...ALL WAS WELL IN GLASGOW’S UNDERGROUND.

KRISSSHHHH - - HHHWOOOO

I’M ON THE WI-FI.

YES. I’M ON MY WAY, SEE

YOU SOON!

WELCOME ABOARD MA’AM.

TAKE A SEAT, ENJOY THE FORCE.

OH AND HIM? HE’S JUST MISREPRESENTED, YOU’RE

IN SAFE HANDS!

POW!POW!

...ALL WAS WELL IN GLASGOW’S UNDERGROUND.

Jack Lothian and Sha NazirSHA NAZIR is an illustrator, designer and publisher who has worked on a diverse range of books from graphic novel, Laptop Guy to his newest book, Comic Invention: The World’s First Comic which accompanies an exhibition at The Hunterian Art Gallery. JACK LOTHIAN is a film and television writer. His television credits range from Ashes to Ashes and Shameless, for which he wrote the final episode, to Outcasts and Teachers, which gained him nominations for Best Writer at the BAFTAs and Best Young Writer at the Broadcast Awards.

The Smallest Knight - Catriona LairdCATRIONA LAIRD is a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone with a passion for storytelling, specifically comics. She was raised on the Beano and the Dandy and developed an interest in graphic novels in her teens. She currently has a short webcomic online and plans for more in the very near future.

Preikestolen - AK ThaysenAK is an artist, writer, and poet from Texas. She has a Bachelor’s in Painting and a second Bachelor’s in English Literature, graduating both summa cum laude & Phi Beta Kappa. She is currently working on a Master’s degree in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. She has bicycled across 4 countries, traveled to 23, and lived in the US, Denmark, the Czech Republic, and Scotland.

Who is actually reading my submissions? - Lucasz KowalczukLUKASZ KOWALCZUK creates stupid comics for smart people. Post-apocalypse, wrestling, mutants, shotguns, lasers, almost no super-heros.

Loneliness - Zuzanna DominiakZUZANNA DOMINIAK is a published artist and illustrator with a bewitching style. Her work, inspired by the likes of Junji Ito and Daniel Clowes, marries grotesque horror and experimental narrative stories. Zuzanna teaches, collaborates and brings other artists together as an active member of the Edinburgh League of Comics.

Bufo Proelium, Bufo Paenitet - Neil Slorance and Craig CollinsCRAIG COLLINS is a writer and cartoonist known for surreal horror comedy books Roachwell and Crawl Hole and experimental supervillian Battle Royale Metrodome, in collaboration with Iain Laurie. In collaboration with Mark Brady, Craig will launch the medieval warfare funfest Medieval Times at GCC2016, alongside an essential Ross Geller Fanzine.

Detective Paws: Chapter 1 - Danielle Banks and Finn LeMarinel (Death Wants Hugs)Death is a smug, lonely, charismatic and outrageously dense octopus who preys on folk that don’t tell stories about detectives who are also labradors. Danielle and Finn aren’t so easily fooled. They do write stories about detectives who are also labradors. They go by the name ‘DEATH WANTS HUGS’. Danielle is an illustrator and Finn is not.

Drift - Peony GentEdinburgh based illustrator, originally from the fens of Cambridgeshire. Enjoys watching re-runs of the crystal maze and contemplating the void. Please feel free to contact for collaborations or commissions or questions.peonygent@hotmail.co.uk / peonygent.tumblr.com

Ny’s Journey for Comic Con 2016: How it all started - Ny AliNY ALI graduated with a HND in Illustration and is based in Glasgow. She works in different mediums such as Watercolour, Papercuting and Photoshop. Selling quirky prints, commissions, original papercuts and fanart; she is inspired by everyday life,

THE Creators

cartoons, anime and books. Check out her stuff online @Nytastic.

Schema - Dean Varga and MOM ComicsDEAN VARGA and MOM Comics are the possessors of an omnipotent, comic creating shared consciousness. SCHEMA was created through the process of international collaboration. Fresh to the scene, Dean deals in politics and weirdness equally. MOM is the co-founder of the Los Angeles Womens’ Comics Creators League. Find Dean on Twitter @dean_varga and MOM at www.momcomics.org.

Wolf - Ell J WalkerELL is a rarely seen tea-drinker and comic artist who lives in a small flat in Edinburgh, where she surrounds herself with everything she needs; her laptop and drawing tablet, a bass guitar and several games consoles. And lots of tea.

Sweet S.A. - Gareth K. Vile and Jessica TaylorGARETH is theatre editor of The List, post-graduate student at the University of Glasgow and an idiosyncratic cultural critic who owes his emotional success to Sha Nazir. JESSICA TAYLOR is a freelance illustrator living and working in Glasgow, though originally from New York City. Jessica recently graduated from Glasgow School of Art’s Communication Design Department, where she focused on Illustration.

Meninists - Silvia Carrus

The Legend of the White Lady - David Lucarelli and Henry Ponciano

T.rex Vs Triceratops - Michaela Hunter and John Grieve

Battle of the Bell O’ The Brae - Maximised Comics

Grave Wax - Heather Palmer and AD MacRitchie

A Tale of Two Bees - Louis Carden

Eck La Peck - Silver Girl, Baer Sum and E.Wind

CandyBones - Paul Bristow and Mhairi Robertson

Untitled - Fiona Scott Patrick

Rights and Responsibilities - David Robertson

Guiding Lights - Gabbie Scanlon

Vessels - Dave Cook