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Dark & Golden Books
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Dark & Golden Books are dedicated to charting a less travelled course through the history of British comics, finding and celebrating mislaid and forgotten classics. https://darkandgolden.bigcartel.com/
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · 3d
2x Brett Ewins and Peter Milligan collects two stories by one of the great UK comics duos for the first time. Rooney's Lay shows the space age and sleaze colliding in newly wild ways, while in the disquieting In The Penal Colony, they unforgettably adapt Kafka's story.
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Reuben Willmott @reubs.bsky.social · 4d
40 years since this UKCAC took place. I wasn’t there, but 6 years ago I did get this booklet for it is full of marvellous artwork. Here’s a brief selection
-Alan Davis/Paul Neary
-Kevin O’Neill
-John Higgins
-Glenn Fabry

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Marktech @marktech.bsky.social · May 13
Regular reminder of the Best Cartoon Ever, by Kevin Woodcock
The Best Cartoon Ever, by Kevin Woodcock: in the first panel, a child in art class has drawn a horrific child-style picture of her mother, captioned "MUMMY": it has stiff bristles on its head, snaggle teeth, one huge eye and one tiny one. In the second panel we see the mothers waiting outside the school: one of them exactly resembles the child's drawing.
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Reuben Willmott @reubs.bsky.social · 4d
Dave Gibbons contribution to the 1988 anthology AARGH!
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · 4d
Simon Harrison's Shuk & Doode chronicles the wild misadventures of two demons who have escaped from hell, plus urban satanism, cat burglary and many other moments from the night life of a big city. They grin! They leer! They stole my popcorn! Originally published in C&VG.
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · 22d
2 x Carol Swain is a perfect intro to the elusive, intriguing work of Carol Swain. A road trip reveals troubling truths, and the spectre of war hangs uneasily over a small town. With new introductions and an interview with the artist.

Now available to order here: darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Sep 9
Signs of the Times is a collection of three satirical series from the wild world of Kevin Woodcock! A timeless collection of jet-black comics that you won't be able to stop thinking about.
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Aug 28
2 x Chris Reynolds is a collection of Space Food, from 1990, where sci-fi and kitchen sink collide in an uneasy fashion, and 2005's The Animals' War, where time travel proves to be less of a blessing than first thought, and the landscapes are littered with dark warnings.
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Aug 25
Our first zine of UK comic ephemera collects together some of the most historic and attractive of the price stickers that UK comic shops have used over the last 50 years. Both a valuable record of how comics have been sold, and a potent nostalgia bomb.
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Black Eye Books @blackeyebooks.bsky.social · Aug 19
The Cheese Heads through the lens of Carol Swain (Way Out Strips). One of the many guest artists in the pin-up section of the Complete Collection, available for preorder at go.blackeye.ca/nick
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OK Comics @okcomics.bsky.social · Aug 18
This just in from @douglasnoble.bsky.social and @seanazz.bsky.social!
Sightings of Wallace Sendek is an excellent, Lynchian take on the mysterious allure and disappearance of a rock star. By two of the best creators in the British indie scene.
Order your copy today: okcomics.co.uk/products/sig...
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Aug 18
Early Gigs collects the underground comics work of
@davegibbons90.bsky.social
for the very first time! Out of print since their first publication, get your hands on this vital, vibrant work now! darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
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House of Harley @houseofharley.bsky.social · Aug 18
Two stories by one of my favourite cartoonists, the late Chris Reynolds. Chris once told a mutual friend that he thought his own stories were hilarious. Never quite seen that, until this I read this @darkandgolden.bsky.social collection. Space burgers, animal's war. It all makes sense now.
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Aug 13
The cartoons of Kevin Woodcock are an unnerving trip to a place that is just not quite right. In these glimpses of unease the funny bone is always exposed and the widest grin belongs to a skull. Discover one of the most distinctive voices in British cartooning.
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Aug 11
2x Brett Ewins and Peter Milligan collects two stories by one of the great UK comics duos for the first time. Rooney's Lay shows the space age and sleaze colliding in newly wild ways, while in the disquieting In The Penal Colony, they unforgettably adapt Kafka's story.
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Andy Oliver @andywpoliver.bsky.social · Aug 9
Me interviewing the legendary Carol Swain at Comica Festival in 2014.
A shot of the stage at Comica Festival in 2014 with Broken Frontier’s Andy Oliver interviewing cartoonist Carol Swain.
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Aug 7
Simon Harrison's Shuk & Doode chronicles the wild misadventures of two demons who have escaped from hell, plus urban satanism, cat burglary and many other moments from the night life of a big city. They grin! They leer! They stole my popcorn! Originally published in C&VG.
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ies or no zines @iesornozines.bsky.social · Aug 3
I picked this up from @goshcomics.bsky.social earlier this week.

Two prime Carol Swain stories, full of gentle humanity, slightly absurd and beautifully rendered comic pages.
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Aug 3
2 x Carol Swain is a perfect intro to the elusive, intriguing work of Carol Swain. A road trip reveals troubling truths, and the spectre of war hangs uneasily over a small town. With new introductions and an interview with the artist.

Now available to order here: darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Aug 3
Our very own Douglas has something coming out soon that you might want to take a look at.
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Douglas Noble @douglasnoble.bsky.social · Aug 3
Coming soon from Split Books, and open for pre-orders, perhaps the definitive edition of Sightings of Wallace Sendek, the first of four volumes collecting collaborations between myself and @seanazz.bsky.social

Find out more here: www.phatcomics.co.uk/product/sigh...
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Aug 3
2 x Carol Swain is a perfect intro to the elusive, intriguing work of Carol Swain. A road trip reveals troubling truths, and the spectre of war hangs uneasily over a small town. With new introductions and an interview with the artist.

Now available to order here: darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Jul 30
Signs of the Times is a collection of three satirical series from the wild world of Kevin Woodcock! A timeless collection of jet-black comics that you won't be able to stop thinking about.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Jul 24
2 x Chris Reynolds is a collection of Space Food, from 1990, where sci-fi and kitchen sink collide in an uneasy fashion, and 2005's The Animals' War, where time travel proves to be less of a blessing than first thought, and the landscapes are littered with dark warnings.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Jul 23
Our first zine of UK comic ephemera collects together some of the most historic and attractive of the price stickers that UK comic shops have used over the last 50 years. Both a valuable record of how comics have been sold, and a potent nostalgia bomb.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Jul 15
Early Gigs collects the underground comics work of
@davegibbons90.bsky.social for the very first time! Out of print since their first publication, get your hands on this vital, vibrant work now! darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
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Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social · Jul 14
The cartoons of Kevin Woodcock are an unnerving trip to a place that is just not quite right. In these glimpses of unease the funny bone is always exposed and the widest grin belongs to a skull. Discover one of the most distinctive voices in British cartooning.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
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