The difficult second issue

Well, it took the Stone Roses and Elastica five years each, right? So, we're not doing soooooo badly.

Yes folks, Hitsville UK issue 2 is finally with us.

It's colourful, it's psychedelic, it's funny, it's sad, it's strange, it's even better than issue 1, it's 36 pages long and it's yours for just £3.50 in print or 69p(!) digital from Great Beast comics.

In issue 2, spiv-hop pioneer Jack Spatz competes in the local rap battle, Gerry comes to blows with his eccentric genius producer Greg Pastis, and The Dreadnoughts and Carrie Nation's Revenge face down neo-nazi agitators Aryan 51. Meanwhile, Greg sends Gwillum on a dangerous mystical mission to find THE SONG.

Forbidden Planet International's Richard Bruton described Hitsville UK 1 as "a bloody great accumulation of inspired madness, musical insanity and general chaos... a pure, unadulterated hit of a comic".

Andy Oliver of Broken Frontier said it was "a riotous, frenzied whirlwind of a comic book. I'll be pre-booking my tickets for the next gig!"

And cult comics writer David Hine wrote simply "Hitsville is a hoot!"

You can order issues 1 & 2 from the Great Beast store.

While you're there, check out other ace new comics from (deep breath) Robert Ball, Dan Berry, Warwick Johnson-Cadwell, John Cei Douglas, Isabel Greenberg and GB's founders Adam Cadwell & Marc Ellerby.

VERBOTEN SPHEROID

Big belated love to Forbidden Planet International who named us one of their favourite comics of September.

See here! 

http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2011/propagandas-best-of-september/

Will Kirkby's Tuk Tuk also looks proper good. Can't wait to get my hands on that. Will he be at Thought Bubble I wonder?

We just heard from Comic Heroes mag that they've reviewed us in their new issue, out 25 October. We don't know what they've said (but they told us they liked it).

Oh, and of course, Hitsville UK here: http://www.hitsvilleukcomic.com/

PLANET HITSVILLE!

BONJOUR!
I've just returned from France, and what should greet me in dear old broken Blighty but this very flattering review of our humble comic by Richard at Forbidden Planet International.


ICI!
http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2011/hitsville-uk-a-hit-oh-such-a-hit/

He gets it! The Clash, Phil Spector, Martin Hannett, Scooby Doo, Wacky Races (Dan will love that), Grant Morrison, Deadline... and he says (amongst other things) "it’s 36 pages of out and out brilliance."

(We didn't bribe him, I promise.)

C'EST FORMIDABLE!
Hitsville UK will be in some of Forbidden Planet's shops soon, details to follow.

OR, you could always head to our shop and get yourself a copy.

MERCI!

Gollum amongst the pigeons

New Stool Pigeon is out, featuring everyone's favourite Northamptonshire wizard. More fine comics in the middle and we got another nice plug from Forbidden Planet blog. Go find yerself a copy.

PROPS FROM FORBIDDEN PLANET

The comics section of The Stool Pigeon (including yours truly) just got a nice review on the FP blog.

The new Stool Pigeon is out about now, I believe, featuring more Gollum & Johnny Cash, and an interview with the beardy wizard Alan Moore. Hurrah, comics rule!