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Showing posts with label Atomeka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atomeka. Show all posts

16 June 2022

The Bogie Man - Chinatoon; by Atomeka Press

A couple of recent purchases (and the death of Garry Leach) has spurred me on to look at Atomeka Press. A look at the Grand Comics database (here) is helpful (thanks for the images!) but incomplete. So, I thought I'd try and rustle up my own complete (?) list of Atomeka publications.

I've looked at the original A1 series (from 1989) here
The Epic comics anthology (from 1992) is here
A1 series (from 1992) is here
Damien Darke is here
Atomeka miscellany is 
A1 True life bikini confidential is here
Bojeffries Terror Tome is here
Eddy Current by Ted McKeever is here

The Bogie man - Chinatoon by John Wagner / Alan Grant and with art by Robin Smith ran for 4 issues backin 1993 (in classic US comic format).

The Bogie man - Chinatoon by Atomeka; art by Robin Smith, script by John Wagner & Alan Grant, issue 1

The Bogie man - Chinatoon by Atomeka; art by Robin Smith, script by John Wagner & Alan Grant, issue 2

The Bogie man - Chinatoon by Atomeka; art by Robin Smith, script by John Wagner & Alan Grant, issue 3


The Bogie man - Chinatoon by Atomeka; art by Robin Smith, script by John Wagner & Alan Grant, issue 4


8 June 2022

Atomeka - Eddy Current by Ted McKeever

A couple of recent purchases (and the death of Garry Leach) has spurred me on to look at Atomeka Press. A look at the Grand Comics database (here) is helpful (thanks for the images!) but incomplete. So, I thought I'd try and rustle up my own complete (?) list of Atomeka publications.

I've looked at the original A1 series (from 1989) here
The Epic comics anthology (from 1992) is here
A1 series (from 1992) is here
Damien Darke is here
Atomeka miscellany is 
A1 True life bikini confidential is here
Bojeffries Terror Tome is here

Eddy Current by Ted McKeever was published in 3 volumes (see ad in Bojeffries terror tome) in 2005

Eddy Current by Ted McKeever, book 1 - Atomeka Press

Eddy Current by Ted McKeever, book 2 - Atomeka Press

Eddy Current by Ted McKeever, book 3 - Atomeka Press


3 June 2022

Atomeka - Bojeffries Terror Tome

A couple of recent purchases (and the death of Garry Leach) has spurred me on to look at Atomeka Press. A look at the Grand Comics database (here) is helpful (thanks for the images!) but incomplete. So, I thought I'd try and rustle up my own complete (?) list of Atomeka publications.

I've looked at the original A1 series (from 1989) here
The Epic comics anthology (from 1992) is here
A1 series (from 1992) is here
Damien Darke is here
Atomeka miscellany
A1 True life bikini confidential is here

Now, thanks to friend of the blog Reuben Willmott we can look at the publication that started me off down this particular rabbit-hole...Yes it's the Bojeffries Terror Tome...
Contents are as follows:
1). Bojeffries - Festus: dawn of the dead [script by Alan Moore; art by Steve Parkhouse]
2). Baby cakes [script by Neil Gaiman; art by Michael Zulli]
3). Mr Monster - monster museum [Michael Gilbert]
4). Hotwire DE [Steve Pugh]
5). The Proxy [script by Ramsey Campbell; art by David Lloyd; lettering by Bambos]
6). Eddy Current - prologue [Ted McKeever]
7). Scarecrow [Charles Vess]
8). Eddy Current - judgement [Ted McKeever]
9). Bojeffries - Song of the terraces [script by Alan Moore; art by Steve Parkhouse]

You'll probably receignised the cover as a recreation of an old Warrior cover...issue 12 to be precise

as editor Dave Elliott points out (see below) the art is by Garry Leach (albeit based on the original Steve Parkhouse cover)

if you look really hard you can spot some subtle differences between the pieces - the background here (below) is different, for instance 


And here's what the cover to issue #2 would have been...again art is by Garry Leach in a Steve Parkhouse style (which he totally nails!)

and here's that picture in colour - thanks Dave!


26 May 2022

Atomeka - A1 bikini confidential

A couple of recent purchases (and the death of Garry Leach) has spurred me on to look at Atomeka Press. A look at the Grand Comics database (here) is helpful (thanks for the images!) but incomplete. So, I thought I'd try and rustle up my own complete (?) list of Atomeka publications.

I've looked at the original A1 series (from 1989) here
The Epic comics anthology (from 1992) is here
A1 series (from 1992) is here
Damien Darke is here

Now, thanks to friend of the blog Reuben Willmott we can look at the A1 bikini confidential promotional material

Atomeka Press A1 True life Bikini confidential - art by Alan Davis (colours by Garry Leach)

Atomeka Press A1 True life Bikini confidential - art by Garry Leach

Atomeka Press A1 True life Bikini confidential - art by Brian Bolland

Atomeka Press A1 True life Bikini confidential - art by Adam Hughes with Garry Leach & Michael T Gilbert

Atomeka Press A1 True life Bikini confidential - back cover art by Brian Bolland

Atomeka Press A1 True life Bikini confidential - art by Garry Leach


18 May 2022

Damien Darke - Atomeka Press

A couple of recent purchases (and the death of Garry Leach) has spurred me on to look at Atomeka Press. A look at the Grand Comics database (here) is helpful (thanks for the images!) but incomplete. So, I thought I'd try and rustle up my own complete (?) list of Atomeka publications.

I've looked at the original A1 series (from 1989) here
The Epic comics anthology (from 1992) is here
A1 series (from 1992) is here

Now, thanks to friend of the blog Reuben Willmott we can look at an Atomeka title that was never published...




I'd agree with Reuben that this is clearly the character Dylan Dog - from the adverts above we can see that 2 series were planned ('The living dead' and 'Trapped in time') but neither saw print.

5 May 2022

A1 (1992) by Atomeka & Epic

A couple of recent purchases (and the death of Garry Leach) has spurred me on to look at Atomeka Press. A look at the Grand Comics database (here) is helpful (thanks for the images!) but incomplete. So, I thought I'd try and rustle up my own complete (?) list of Atomeka publications.

I've looked at the original A1 series (from 1989) here
The Epic comics anthology (from 1992) is here

Now, thanks to friend of the blog Reuben Willmott we can look at some more Atomeka titles...

From 1992 this production with Epic was a colour (!) [rather than black & white] run featuring new material

A1 book one, Epic comics & Atomeka, 1992, cover by Glenn Fabry
all contents details here - controbutors include Ilya, Steve White, Roger Langridge, Glenn Fabry, Annie Parkhouse & more

A1 book two, Epic comics & Atomeka, 1992, cover by Hunt Emerson
all contents details here - contributors include Steve White, Nick Abadzis, Roger Langridge, Philip Bond, Peter Milligan, Jamie Hewlett, Glyn Dillon & more

A1 book three, Epic comics & Atomeka, 1992, cover by Simon Bisley
all contents details here - contributors include Dan Abnett, Gary Erskine, Pedro Henry, Colin MacNeil, Roger Langridge, Peter Milligan, Jamie Hewlett, Glyn Dillon & more

A1 book four, Epic comics & Atomeka, 1992, cover by Jamie Hewlett
all contents details here - contributors include Peter Milligan, Jamie Hewlett, Glyn Dillon, Dave McKean, Roger Langridge & more

29 April 2022

Epic - an anthology, by Atomeka

A couple of recent purchases (and the death of Garry Leach) has spurred me on to look at Atomeka Press. A look at the Grand Comics database (here) is helpful (thanks for the images!) but incomplete. So, I thought I'd try and rustle up my own complete (?) list of Atomeka publications.

I've looked at the original A1 series (from 1989) here

Now, thanks to friend of the blog Reuben Willmott we can look at some more Atomeka titles...

Epic comics - an anthology, Atomeka Press, 1992, book one - cover art by Dave McKean

Epic comics - an anthology, Atomeka Press, 1992, book two - cover art by Dave Dorman

Epic comics - an anthology, Atomeka Press, 1992, book three - cover art by Doug Braithwaite

Epic comics - an anthology, Atomeka Press, 1992, book four - cover art by Colin MacNeill

Interior art contributors include John M Burns, William Simpson & D'Israeli.

All in all, sounds well worth looking out for.

6 April 2022

Atomeka Press - A1 (original series)

A couple of recent purchases (and the death of Garry Leach) has spurred me on to look at Atomeka Press. A look at the Grand Comics database (here) is helpful (thanks for the images!) but incomplete. So, I thought I'd try and rustle up my own complete (?) list of Atomeka publications. I'm going to start with the (original) A1 title and then move onto other series. All of the below have great contributors and are well worth tracking down. 

As ever, if you spot I've missed anything then just let me know...

A1 - issue 1 (1989) - cover by Garry Leach

A1 - issue 2 (1989) - cover by John Bolton (below) and Dave McKean (rear cover)

A1 - issue 3 (1989) - cover by Brian Bolland


A1 - issue 4 (1989) - front cover by Simon Bisley, back cover by Moebius

A1 - issue 1 (1989) - cover by William Stout

A1 - issue 1 (1989) - cover by Jamie Hewlett

The A1 true life bikini confidential - cover by Adam Hughes