Sold Out

Following on from Forbidden Planet's amazing review of Zarjaz #12 we sold our last copies of two of the Massacre For Boys back catalogue:



Massacre For Boys in Colour was our first attempt at an anthology and also our first attempt to go full colour. It was made up of some uncollected material prepared for the UK Thing anthology and the MFB website, but then heavily fortified with new stuff including a beautifully illustrated Walking Wounded "Zombies on a Plane" 6-pager and my own favourite, The Crusader: Honey Trap. I'd like to get this back into print with a second edition but that will have to wait because the follow-up, Back In Action (or possibly All Action) is taking priority.



I loved Walking Wounded #2. It was our first comic with proper lettering (thanks to Bolt-01) and it features to my mind Steve and I's best collaboration to date - The Glasshouse. This was printed at a larger format then we're using now, and sadly will probably stay out of print. Never fear though because I put the whole thing online already and there will be a re-mastered US-format version in the trade collection, if not sooner.

You can read WW#2 and indeed buy WW#1 (Nazi zombies vs British soldiers) and WW#3 (Nazi soldiers vs British monkeys) on our never yet-revamped website. Get them whilst they're hot.

Blackshirts of Exmoor

Meanwhile, somewhat west of the western front...


Page 1 by Steve.

Blackshirts of Exmoor tells us something about Brace. It will be lettered, coloured and included in Massacre For Boys: Back In Action.

Walking Wounded: Death On The Rock

What we've done here is taken the classic formula for British war comics and then added monkeys to the mix. As you would expect, this has resulted in a publication that could be described as the greatest comic in comic history.

Well, it probably won't be described as that, but it could be.

Worries

Here's a panel from page 8:



You will note the rather fine lettering, courtesy of Mr Bolt-01. We are delighted that Bolt has agreed to letter our comic once again.

Monkey Sandwich

Detail from Death on the Rock, page 4:

In other news, our bold push to get people reading Walking Wounded #2 by giving it away has been blogged about by Forbidden Planet and noted comics journalist Danny Graydon.

The Fuhrer Adventures

Here's the first page of Walking Wounded #3, and it's that man again:



Love him or loath him, you'd be mad to love him.

The Secret Comic

One MFB publication you won't find us hawking at events such as the SP Expo is Walking Wounded #0.



Although we're very proud of this comic, it's rather rough and ready compared to our subsequent efforts. The main story was written and illustrated back in the 90s and when we finally came to putting it together our lack of lettering know-how resulted in a fairly amateurish look. Given the progress we've made since Steve and I both feel it's something that we don't want to be pushing very hard these days.

Still, that's not to say I won't sell you a copy if you want one. You can buy WW0 from the Massacre site if the fancy takes you, or alternatively I note that it's still available from Smallzone too.

The support strip, Beales on Wheels, should probably be counted as the first Walking Wounded story of the MFB era. We'll no doubt re-master both pages at some point but meanwhile this is how we put it out originally: