We stand second to no man nor beast nor skinless, snaggletoothed, jawfaced, mollusc monster in our admiration of writer Cy Dethan and his extended clan of cannibalistic brethren. And I'm not just saying that because I'm scared, but I swear you see their table at a con and its like The Comics Have Eyes or something. Shit. family of talented co-creators. So it was with bladder weakening terror great joy that we received the following death threat press release hidden inside the bodily orifice of a dead tiger shark left rotting on the doorstep of SPBM mansions in our email. Pin you eyelids back, pilgrims, and read...
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Remission Impossible:
Cancertown Returns as Volume 2 Pre-orders Open
Cancertown 2: Blasphemous Tumours
Writer: Cy Dethan
Pencils and Inks: Graeme
Howard
Colours: Peter Mason
Letters: Nic Wilkinson
Original
Designs: Stephen Downey
Publisher: Markosia
Released: November 2012
Sequel to the “Where
the f*** did that come from?” indie hit, Cancertown: An
Inconvenient Tooth, Cancertown 2: Blasphemous Tumours finds a
dangerously ill Vince Morley tumbling between warring worlds as the
barriers between his two realities cave in around him.
In May 2009, an unknown
team unleashed their first creator-owned work, Cancertown, on an
unsuspecting world. As the scrappy indie outsider flew off the stands
at Bristol Con at its astounding launch weekend, comic book legend
Bryan Talbot said:
“For a first
graphic novel from a new creative team, Cancertown is remarkable...
We’re seeing here the first outing of creators who will make their
mark on the future comic industry.
Don’t say I didn’t warn
you."
It seems the warnings
weren't enough as the sickness has returned. November 2012 sees the
launch of the sequel at the Thought Bubble Sequential Arts Festival
in Leeds, and it's taken a turn for the darker.
The Cancer Cell has
grown and mutated to include the talents of Graeme “Dick Turpin and
the Crimson Plague” Howard on pencils and amazing new discovery
Peter Mason on colours.
With nightmarish
intensity in both visuals and storytelling, this second volume of
Cancertown hurls the reader head-first through the looking glass. The
foundations are shaking, the old powers are falling and all the
scores must be settled before the dust ever will.
Read a free 11-page
preview: HERE
Pre-order Offers:
Pre-order and Thought
Bubble Launch Special Offers
£12 Cancertown 2
(prepaid, pre-order for posting or collection)
£15
Cancertown 2 (buy from the table at Thought Bubble Launch)
£20 Cancertown
1 and 2 (pre-order or from the table for posting or
collection)
Everybody who pre-orders will be entered into a
draw to win a framed original sketch of the Cancertown characters by
Graeme Howard.
Every pre-order will also have a DVD containing
the following:
Postage: £2.50 UK,
£4.00 Rest of World.
Payment must be received for
pre-orders by 1st November 2012 to qualify for pre-order price,
competition and extras DVD.
Normal cover price
of book is £16.99 (180 pages, colour).
You can pay by
cheque or Paypal.
Please visit
HERE
or email cy@cydethan.com
for more details, to place your order or for payment information.
“Should’ve known better than to trust an
angry, blinded monster with a spaz-hand and a grudge.”
Six
months after the events of Cancertown: An Inconvenient Tooth, Vince
Morley is a dangerously sick man. Bugf**k is in a psychiatric
hospital, sticky fingers picking through the darkest corners of the
mind that brought Cancertown into existence. The crossing points
between Morley’s two realities are wearing thin and all the rules
are changing.
“I got my hand bitten off trying to save
the world’s biggest c**t from something worse than him. Don’t
pretend you know anything about me.”
Within Cancertown,
something new has appeared – a creature of horrific violence and
limitless rage. The foundations are shaking and the old powers are
falling, one by one. Papercut, deadliest of the Cancertown players,
seeks out Morley to claim the favour he owes her – a favour that
could cost him more than just his life.
We can no longer protect you. Cancertown 2:
Blasphemous Tumours is coming...
Reviews of Cancertown 1: An Inconvenient Tooth
"I described it to someone asking me what
it was about as a "rip-roaring mindf***".
John
Freeman, Down the Tubes
"The book grabs you by the throat right
from the start and drags you kicking and screaming into the vividly
twisted world of Cancertown...what we have here is a well crafted,
fantastical story that demonstrates what a comic book should be. I
for one can't wait to read more tales from Cancertown."
The
Sidekickcast
"Cancertown: An Inconvenient Tooth is
one of those rare treasures in its originality, well written and
beautifully drawn.
Cy Dethan has scripted an exceptional story. If
you like horror stories mixed with detective novels you are going to
love it."
Comic Shop Voice
" I bloody
loved this graphic novel.
“It was a complex, dark and
twisted fantasy with a heavy noir feel to it.Think Maltese Falcon
crossed with Criminal Macabre and a dash of Alice in Wonderland,
trippy as hell (God knows what sort of dreams I'm going to have
tonight!)...Seriously though, pick this up as it’s one hell of a
read."
Geek Syndicate
"The thought put into the story was
exceptional, the heart between Bugf**k (not really her name) and her
father was real and Vince's predicament is never far from his mind
and he knows it. The twist behind the origins of the leaders of
Cancertown wasn't something I was expecting.
Essentially, Dethan put together a hell of a book."
Comics
Related
"Cancertown leaps out of the page at you,
grabs you by the jugular and doesn’t let you go. Simply put, it’s
weird, disturbing and any number of other words that you’d
associate with horror. It is also compelling and, in the tradition of
the best horror comics, has just the right mix of action, adventure
and mystery thrown in to keep you guessing."
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