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Improper Books A comic and book publishing studio focusing on creator-owned stories that have a touch of the fairy tale, the fantastical, or the otherworldly.

Improper Books is a publishing studio focusing on creator-owned stories that have a touch of the fairy tale, the fantastical, or the otherworldly. Originally founded in 2009 by Benjamin Read (Writer), Laura Trinder (Illustrator), and Chris Wildgoose (Illustrator). While collaborating on the set of the UK independent feature ARMISTICE (2013), the trio discovered a mutual love for comics, illustrate

d books, and the darker side of fairy tales, and set about making their own. From that, the idea of Improper Books was born; a collective of like-minded writers, illustrators, and other creatives with the know-how to make comics, books, and apps, all of which would have a touch of the fairy tale, the fantastical or the otherworldly, and based on a creator-owned model that is fair to all involved. Since its inception, the group has grown to include Nathan Ashworth (Colourist), Jordan Boyd (Colourist), Jim Campbell (Letterer), Derek Dow (Colourist), Sara Dunkerton (Illustrator), Luke Foster (Editor), Matt Gibbs (Writer/Managing Editor), Zoë Horn Haywood (Designer), Rose Hewlett (Production Director), Mark Kendrick (Digital Media), André May (Colourist), Bevis Musson (Illustrator), and Alexa Rosa (Colourist/Flatter).

Seasons Greetings from all us Improper folk. We hope you have a wonderful time and enjoy the celebrations. Thank you, fo...
24/12/2019

Seasons Greetings from all us Improper folk. We hope you have a wonderful time and enjoy the celebrations. Thank you, for your marvellous support throughout the year. It truly is appreciated.

Thank you to everyone that makes Thought Bubble: The Yorkshire Comic Art Festival possible! The tireless organisers, ama...
11/11/2019

Thank you to everyone that makes Thought Bubble: The Yorkshire Comic Art Festival possible! The tireless organisers, amazing volunteers, incredible creators and, of course, the wonderful attendees. Huge thanks from all of us at Improper. It was a fantastic weekend, and we enjoyed it greatly.

And thank you to everyone who stopped at our table to chat or picked up some of our books. Hugely appreciated, and we hope you enjoy them! Thank you from us all; from Laura Trinder, Christian Wildgoose, Matthew Gibbs, Sara Dunkerton, and Bevis Musson. See you again soon!

Not long now until Thought Bubble: The Yorkshire Comic Art Festival. Who's going to be there?Most of us Improper folk ar...
07/11/2019

Not long now until Thought Bubble: The Yorkshire Comic Art Festival. Who's going to be there?

Most of us Improper folk are! Laura Trinder, Matt Gibbs, Sara Dunkerton, and Bevis Musson will be in the comiXology Originals Hall tables 155-156, while Chris Wildgoose will be in The Pride Hall, on table 2.

We'll have the full range of our comics and books with us at Thought Bubble, including MULP Issue #5, the fifth and final part of the Sceptre of the Sun story arc, by Matt & Sara.

MULP: Sceptre of the Sun Issue #5, by Matt Gibbs & Sara Dunkerton, is out today, thanks to supporting UK comic shops!Th...
06/11/2019

MULP: Sceptre of the Sun Issue #5, by Matt Gibbs & Sara Dunkerton, is out today, thanks to supporting UK comic shops!

This final instalment, sees both our heroic and villainous rodents taking shelter together inside the volcano that lies at the very heart of the mysterious, tropical valley that they discovered hidden in Antarctica. As they gather their bearings and wits, what new discoveries await them inside the volcano? And, as they finally close in on the Sceptre, will their fragile alliance last?

Praise for MULP: Sceptre of the Sun so far:

“This has all the elements of a classic kids’ adventure like TINTIN itself: secrets and experts and exotic locations; infiltration, reputation and ducking for cover.” Stephen L. Holland (Page 45)

“It’s an extremely clever, well rounded story they’ve built here, one that isn’t beholden to its influences but also isn’t embarrassed by them.” Alasdair Stuart (travellingman.wordpress.com)

“Most anthropomorphic adventure series, such as Rupert Bear or Bryan Talbot’s Grandville series, take their characters as human analogues to the extent that they are human size, MULP does not – in MULP the mice really are mice sized.” Jeremy Briggs (downthetubes.net)

It's not long now until we'll be at Thought Bubble: The Yorkshire Comic Art Festival on the 9-10th November. You can fin...
28/10/2019

It's not long now until we'll be at Thought Bubble: The Yorkshire Comic Art Festival on the 9-10th November. You can find us in the comiXology Originals Hall, on tables 155-156, and our Christian Wildgoose in The Pride Hall, on table 2. We'll have the full range of our comics, plus the new MULP: Sceptre of the Sun Issue #5. Hope to see you there!

18/10/2018

This Saturday, 20th October, Chris Wildgoose & Laura Trinder are guests at Nottingham Comic Convention; they'll have copies of their Improper work, including the PORCELAIN series and NIGHT POST, and Chris will also have copies of BATGIRL, etc.

You can find them on on tables U57 & U58, on the Upper Level of the convention.

They will also be doing a couple of panels on the day: Laura will be on the ALL AGES COMICS panel at 12:30, while Chris is on the MAINSTREAM COMICS panel at 13:45.

More details here: http://www.nottinghamcomiccon.co.uk/

17/09/2018

It's Thought Bubble Sequential Art Festival this weekend! We will be in the Ask For Mercy Marquee on tables #7-8, with Benjamin Read, Chris Wildgoose, Laura Trinder, Sara Dunkerton, Matthew Gibbs, and Bevis Musson, and all of our comics. Hope to see you there.

12/03/2018
Improper Books » PORCELAINE 03. Mère – Paris Book Fair & Signing Tour

Benjamin Read & Chris Wildgoose will be signing PORCELAINE 03. Mère at Livre Paris on March 17th & 18th, and will also be signing at BDnet Nation, BDfugue.com | Votre libraire BD en ligne Besançon, and Momie Grenoble in the days beforehand, thanks to Éditions Delcourt.

More details here: http://www.improperbooks.com/2018/03/porcelaine-03-mere-paris-book-fair-signing-tour/

Porcelaine 03. Mère Date de parution: 21/02/2018 ISBN : 978-2-7560-5444-5 Scénariste: Benjamin Read Coloriste: Andre May Illustrateur: Chris Wildgoose Série: PORCELAINE Collection: CONTREBANDE

29/01/2018

We will be at Orbital Comics on Saturday, 24th February, signing our books between 2:00pm and 6:00pm. Benjamin Read, Chris Wildgoose, Laura Trinder, and Matt Gibbs will be attending. If you're in London that weekend, please do stop by and say hello.

27/11/2017
Improper Books » GOSH! PORCELAIN Signing – Thursday, 30th November

Thanks to Gosh London, Benjamin Read & Chris Wildgoose are signing in London on Thursday, 30th November, between 6:00-7:00pm. They will be signing copies of their PORCELAIN series – PORCELAIN: A Gothic Fairy Tale, PORCELAIN: Bone China, and PORCELAIN: Ivory Tower.

http://www.improperbooks.com/2017/11/gosh-porcelain-signing-thursday-30th-november/

Thanks to GOSH! Comics, Benjamin Read & Christian Wildgoose are signing in London on Thursday, 30th November, between 6:00-7:00pm. They will be signing copies of their PORCELAIN series – PORCELAIN: A Gothic Fairy Tale, PORCELAIN: Bone China, and PORCELAIN: Ivory Tower.

25/10/2017
Downthetubes

Downthetubes

Tony Esmond reviews Porcelain Volume 3 - Ivory Tower written by Benjamin Read, art by Christian Wildgoose, colour by André May and lettered by Jim Campbell, published by Improper Books and launched at this year's lakes International Comic Art Festival: http://downthetubes.net/?p=41089

30/09/2017

Our star-crossed Prince riding to save the... Well, not all is what it seems in BRIAR, which plays with familiar fairy tale tropes.

28/09/2017

Jack and Cornelius arriving at the Egyptian dig site, but is everything what it seems in MULP: Sceptre of the Sun?

26/09/2017

The Porcelain Maker being guarded by one of his creations in PORCELAIN: A Gothic Fairy Tale.

24/09/2017

Will a tough climb lead to disaster for our intrepid mice heroes in MULP: Sceptre of the Sun?

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