Giant Days 17 is out today (August 3rd), in your local comic shop or via Comixology (new issues usually go up at lunchtime). This issue is about archeology and despair. It also features a lot of the trademark witticisms and bon mots that you’ve come to love. Written by me, art by Max Sarin & Liz Fleming, colours by Whitney Cogar. Cover by Lissa Treiman.
If you’re looking for back issues, I have a few (including #17) in my UK store.
Giant Days has made it to SWEET SIXTEEN! As of July 6th, the new issue is out - and proud. It’s in comic shops and on Comixology, so what are you waiting for? If you’re looking for back issues (or the latest) I have a few copies of issues 8-16 in my UK shop.
If you want to pre-order Bad Machinery 6: The Case Of The Unwelcome Visitor (featuring, as ever, a heap of new material) from your local comic shop, the Diamond Previews code is JUL161781 - otherwise, it’ll be available though all the normal channels in September.
To celebrate Giant Days being nominated for two Eisner Awards this year (best continuing series and best writer), I’m taking all the Google ads off the site for a month. I hate running ads; they keep a roof over my head in slow months, but it is my pleasure to shut them all down for a little while. As soon as I can, I’d like to turn them off forever.
And there are plenty of other ways to support Scary Go Round - until Saturday June 4th, use code “DES” to get 20% off my books and comics in my UK store. I’ve added some Bad Machinery 3 and 5 softcovers (hard to get in the UK) that I found in the shed too. Or if you prefer, you can sign up as a subscriber from $3 a year.
Other news: Giant Days 15 is out this Wednesday (June 1st). It’s a good one!
(Cover by Lissa Treiman)
Last week I was on holiday, and during a quiet afternoon, I started scribbling ideas down for a tenth Bad Machinery story. “Plenty here”, I thought to myself, rubbing my hands together, “plenty here”.
It seems cruel to write that and then to say that I’ve decided to put Bad Machinery on an indefinite hiatus. We’ve been here before, of course, but the difference now is that I’m writing a monthly ongoing book (amongst other things) – plotting, writing and drawing six-month arcs is a bridge too far. I was speaking to someone earlier this week and describing my workload, and realised that I was describing something ridiculous when I looked into their eyes. They were spinning like slot machine reels.
I’ve written before about how much I love the Bad Machinery characters – and I really do. I know what the tenth case looks like, but I want to make it the best one, and that feels out of reach at the moment. Obviously the door is not closed on Lottie et al. They will be back.
Bobbins.horse will continue, Monday-Saturday in the meantime. I know it’s a weird comic, but I think I can do daily webcomics a hundred times better than I could ten, fifteen years ago, and I can make six a week without a lot of difficulty.
Thanks for sticking with this old fool.
