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26/07/2024

David's Shenton's FORTY LIES is long-listed for this year's Polari Prize.

Publishing weird comic books since 1975 with Gilbert Shelton, Hunt Emerson, Alan Moore and Robert Cr

09/07/2024

03/07/2024

Recently unearthed from storage, a chance to get hold of this classic work at a bargain price.
COMIX: THE UNDERGROUND REVOLUTION
While mainstream comics have graced newsstands since the 1930s, there has long been an underground comics scene brewing deep beneath the surface. Underground comic books (which took the name "comix," using the "x" to signify their adult nature) erupted in the 1960s as a reaction to ultraconservative and patriotic comics produced by the large corporations that featured characters like Captain America and Superman. Bored with moralistic tales, artists such as Robert Crumb, creator of Zap Comix and Fritz the Cat; and Gilbert Shelton, creator of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, produced a new and revolutionary style, freely attacking politicians, the war in Vietnam, and corporate America. Comix is an homage to both the motivation and the talent of the artists working then and now in the genre. Beautifully illustrated throughout with original artworks the book graphically expresses a range of attitudes on topics ranging from s*x, drugs, and rock n' roll to politics, big business, and women's liberation. This is the first book from the UK to explore the artwork and countercultural legacy of comix, key events in the history of this medium, and biographies of its most influential artists and writers.

288 pp Hardcover limited first printing. isbn 9781843402206 Cover price £25

Get it here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196478813584

22/04/2024

B***y Joseph, Comics Laureate hosts a panel about diversity at the Century Club on Saturday.

Bobby Joseph, writer, publisher and the first UK Comics Laureate of colour, invites four up-and-coming creators from the Black and Asian community to discuss their work and the challenges that people of diversity face in the industry.

12/04/2024

Our annual stock-take in the warehouse has turned up a couple of rare items.
The first printing of the paperback edition of JERUSALEM with Alan Moore's cover art. Get it here:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204739682687

Also a few copies of the hardcover FROM HELL MASTER EDITION with Eddie Campbell's colouring:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204739674338

Publishing weird comic books since 1975 with Gilbert Shelton, Hunt Emerson, Alan Moore and Robert Cr

29/02/2024

Is this the best review ever? From Professor Richard Bruce Parkinson, author of ‘A Little Gay History.’

A great read for LGBT History Month is ‘Forty Lies: a Work of Ipsedixitism’ [declaring things without supporting evidence]. It is created by David Shenton, an internationally acclaimed gay cartoonist, who has assembled forty episodes from his life and work to present a roughly chronological sequence recording gay experiences from the past 70 years, including (this is a random selection): coming out with Jason and the Argonauts, moustache-care, AIDs, knitting (with patterns), Joan Collins and a bucket, a feline ‘Ginger Tom of Finland’, pretty policemen, Clause 28, London snapshots, twenty-two years of home life (with Wright’s Coal tar soap), the author’s four December weddings, and activism of many different types, all in some 280 pages of cartoons. ‘Forty Lies’ forms a life story (note the anagram) that parallels Kate Charlesworth’s magnificent ‘Sensible Footwear, A Girl's Guide: A Graphic Guide to Le***an and Q***r History 1950-2020' (2019). This wonderful book is sharply observed, visually and verbally dazzling, and every page displays what my artist father would have termed ‘bloody good draughtsmanship’. It is passionately committed to gay rights, very wise, moving, and every page of it rings true. It is VERY funny. No description can do justice to this graphic tour de force, so please just read it!

Forty Lies: a Work of Ipsedixitism. London: Knockabout Comics 2023.

18/02/2024

Press Release - February 17, 2024
Magician/Author Alan Moore Joins Steve Moore and Five Artists to Present The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic



Internationally celebrated publishers Knockabout Ltd (UK) and Top Shelf Productions (USA) are proud to announce the publication date of the long-awaited THE MOON AND SERPENT BUMPER BOOK OF MAGIC. Born of the longstanding creative partnership between legendary writer Alan Moore (From Hell) and his creative and magical mentor Steve Moore (no relation), this celebration of magic and the occult has been meticulously under development for nearly two decades and is brought to life through a combination of prose, illustration, and sequential art from five incredible artists. This veritable compendium of the magical, the mystical, and even the macabre will be on sale in October 2024.

The secrets of the celebrated Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels (sorcery by appointment since circa 150 AD) promise to be revealed in THE MOON AND SERPENT BUMPER BOOK OF MAGIC. This clear and practical grimoire of the occult pairs the knowledge of the proprietors of the aforementioned Grand Egyptian Theatre with illuminating visual delights from artists Kevin O’Neill, John Coulthart, Steve Parkhouse, Rick Veitch, and Ben Wickey. Unprecedented in its scope and splendour, this tome is full to bursting with illustrated instructional essays, activity pages, biographies of the great sorcerers, and forbidden knowledge sure to tantalize even the most disillusioned of adults into believing in magic once again.

THE MOON AND SERPENT BUMPER BOOK OF MAGIC
Written by Alan Moore & Steve Moore
Art by Kevin O’Neill, John Coulthart, Steve Parkhouse, Rick Veitch, and Ben Wickey
Book design by John Coulthart

ISBN 978-0-86166-289-0 | 300 x 230 mm hardcover | 352 pages | £39.99 (UK)
Co-published by Knockabout Ltd & Top Shelf Productions
Available everywhere books are sold in October 2024

Publishing weird comic books since 1975 with Gilbert Shelton, Hunt Emerson, Alan Moore and Robert Cr

08/02/2024

Original Crumb artwork on sale in the Knockabout eBay shop now.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204646478597
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204646481024

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for R. Crumb Original artwork for R.Crumb My Troubles With Women limited edition. at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.

16/11/2023

GREY THURSDAY suggestions

Alan Moore’s VOICE OF THE FIRE 25th anniversary edition with signed bookplate ( https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196083444190 )
Hunt Emerson’s LIVES OF THE GREAT OCCULTISTS ( https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193655261526 ) or PHENOMENOMIX ( https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203874456745 )
David Shenton’s hilarious and poignant gay autobiography and history FORTY LIES ( https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204508652396 )
Sayra Begum’s heart-rending MONGREL (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203080594855)
Bobby Joseph’s scathing satire SCOTLAND YARDIE ( https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192069873922 )

And lots more in Knockabout’s eBay shop.

FORTY LIES = LIFE STORY. "A rollicking romp through q***r culture" Peter Tatchell. "I love Forty Lies. It's so beautiful, rich and multi-layered" Steven Appleby.

20/10/2023

A wonderful launch for David Shenton's FORTY LIES at Q***r Britain last night, with David reading some of the stories in the book.
You can get it here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204508652396

10/10/2023

Insightful and brilliant review of FORTY LIES

David Shenton’s had a very successful career as a cartoonist, but one largely restricted to London publications and gay magazines, which means he’s unknown to a significant percentage of those frequenting comic shops, even the more enlightened boutiques. His extensive and hilariously self-effaci...

03/10/2023

The first copies of David Shenton's FORTY LIES are now in the Knockabout shop.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204484681326

Publishing weird comic books since 1975 with Gilbert Shelton, Hunt Emerson, Alan Moore and Robert Cr

02/10/2023

Bobby Joseph becomes the new UK Comics Laureate!! https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/02/bobby-joseph-becomes-first-person-of-colour-appointed-uks-comics-laureate?fbclid=IwAR0oMrWRpBdxF97FxDWCx20i3uR6RCTaWEt0YzmUPtnWxTGZJ62AwOWuaIQ

Comic book author and graphic novelist wants to spend time in the role tackling industry’s lack of diversity

15/08/2023

Warehouse find. Just uncovered the wonderful French Homage to Gilbert Shelton and The Freak Brothers - Fabuleux Furieux.
Since the recognition of Robert Crumb, the US Underground comic strip has now won its respectability and acceptance. However, we too often forget to do justice to the most popular of its authors, a certain Gilbert Shelton: father of the legendary Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy's Cat, who now lives and works in France. His comics are read throughout the world. However, since the 70's, his influential pen has also nourished several generations of cartoonists, leaving an undeniable imprint on their own work. On the initiative of Olivier Josso, author and coordinator of the project, this copious album entitled Fabuleux Furieux! - Tribute in Freak Style collects some 192 pages by 80 authors, natural children of Shelton and his drug influenced Pieds Nickeleés: Baudoin, Hunt Emerson, Jano, Pic, Zou, Lewis Trondheim, Menu, Mattt Konture, Pakito Bolino, Blanquet, Fredox and many others, each testifying to their deep gratitude to this monument of subversive humour, sharp observation and peerless drawing. The ensemble brings together a tribute as furiously joyful as it is diverse...

192 pages hardcover printed on heavy paper stock.
Get it here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204430153594

Publishing weird comic books since 1975 with Gilbert Shelton, Hunt Emerson, Alan Moore and Robert Cr

15/06/2023

Knockabout is exhibiting at The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 29 Sept – Oct 1 2023! A celebration of comic art from across the world. Join us in Bowness-on-Windermere where David Shenton will be signing his new book FORTY LIES and Hunt Emerson will sign PHENOMENOMIX and LIVES OF THE GREAT OCCULTISTS, along with his other titles. For events, guests, news & tickets go here www.comicartfestival.com

Our events will include live draws, interviews, presentations, workshops, exhibitions, book launches, Little LICAF activities, a Comics Marketplace and provide a chance to get up close to the best comic creators in the world!

08/06/2023

I'm nominating Bobby Joseph for the next Comics Laureate with LICAF

12/02/2023

A bundle of 20 issues of Judge Dredd The Megazine in the Knockabout eBay shop -https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195595378612

12/02/2023

Now in Knockabout's eBay shop - signed limited edition of R. Crumb Draws the Blues - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195595389076

12/02/2023

Now in Knockabout's eBay shop - signed limited edition of R.Crumb's My Troubles with Women -

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for My Troubles with Women by R. Crumb signed Limited HC at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products.

16/01/2023

Sayra Begum's MONGREL is published in French this week by Delcourt under the title Je suis métisse. in time for the 50th Angoulême comics festival.

11/11/2022

Kevin O’Neill’s funeral will take place on November 30th at 2pm at Kemnal Park Cemetery, A20 Sidcup Bypass, Chislehurst, BR7 6RR
Any comics professionals who want to attend please let Tony at Knockabout know by the 21st , so the family can get an idea of numbers.

If anyone wants to read a piece/homage/memory then please let me know by the 21st. Or if you don’t wish to do it yourself it can be read out by the officiant.

07/11/2022

Kevin O'Neill 1953 - 2022

One of the best British comics artists, Kevin O’Neill died last week after a long illness. Condolences to Kevin's family.

03/11/2022

Hunt Emerson is having an exhibition at the Atlantis Bookshop in London (the world's most famous occult bookshop) of original art pages from the Lives of the Great Occultists written by Kevin Jackson. If you're in London and anywhere near the British Museum, do drop in and take a look.

Publishing weird comic books since 1975 with Gilbert Shelton, Hunt Emerson, Alan Moore and Robert Cr

09/10/2022

Gilbert Shelton was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Harvey Awards at NY Comic Con last night. Brilliant.

06/10/2022

What is the best book by Hunt Emerson?
Dante's Inferno, Rime of the Ancient Marine, Calculus Cat, Lives of the Great Occultists, Phenomenomix or something else.
Check them all out in the Knockabout eBay shop.

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22/08/2022

https://downthetubes.net/weird-and-wonderful-hunt-emerson-on-his-riotous-new-collection-of-superbly-strange-strips/

Long and entertaining interview with HUNT EMERSON

Rory Milne talks to Hunt Emerson about his recently-released Phenomenomix collection…

03/06/2022

Wonderful review of Hunt Emerson's PHENOMENOMIX at
https://theslingsandarrows.com/phenomenomix/

Hunt Emerson is the UK’s greatest living cartoonist. It’s a source of great joy, therefore, that his longest running and most sustained work is now gathered in this magnificent collection.
Every page is unfettered joy, the expressions gleeful, the situations suitably preposterous and the visual asides a delight. It’s peak Emerson.
Buy it here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203874456745
or from your usual supplier from June 16th.

21/03/2022

Hunt Emerson's wonderful new book PHENOMENOMIX is now out in paperback.
Get it here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203874456745