The Treasury of British comics imprint have announced two new limited edition hardback versions of two upcoming titles...
First up (here) is a £19.99 priced version of Concrete Surfer (script by Pat Mills and art by Christine Ellingham)
The description says...
Sent home to Britain
after her parents fail to establish a new life in Australia, Jean Everidge is
forced to rely on family charity, moving in with her Aunt, Uncle and cousin
Carol, successful gymnast, beloved of teachers and pupils alike, and all round
charming “top girl”. Jean has one solace left to her – skateboarding, surfing
the concrete pavement, while forgetting all her troubles, and feel free. But
Jean’s freestyling talent soon attracts attention, and if there’s one thing
Carol can’t stand, it’s being out of the spotlight. With the new skatepark
freestyle contest coming up, just how far will Carol go to stay number one?
And this reprint volume from Starlord (here - priced at £29.99)
The blurb says...
The
earliest adventures from one of 2000 AD’s greatest series – Strontium Dog – is
now reprinted in colour for the first time in decades.
Reprinted
with its original colour pages, Strontium Dog: Search and Destroy is a
sumptuous 144-page hardcover collecting the origins of John Wagner and Carlos
Ezquerra’s hard-hitting story of prejudice and violence.
The
210 x 276mm book, with a new introduction by co-creator John Wagner,
feature gorgeous artwork by Ezquerra, along with Brendan McCarthy, and Ian
Gibson.
Strontium
Dog: Search and Destroy brings back into print one of the seminal series of
British comics, a science fiction Western that merges everything from time
travel to a trip to Hell itself. This new edition, with colour centre spreads
lovingly restored, is a must for fans and collectors alike, putting these
stories back to their rightful place as one of the key series in the annals of
British comics.
Originally
published in Starlord, 2000 AD’s sister comic, these early stories had a
profound effect upon readers, including future film director Edgar Wright.
After the comic merged with 2000 AD, Johnny Alpha quickly became a fan
favourite character and Strontium Dog remains one of the most iconic strips in
the history of British comics.
The
series is set in a world where nuclear war has left two classes of people – the
mutants and the Norms. The mutant, their bodies warped by Strontium 90 fallout,
are a persecuted minority barred from public life and herded into ghettos.
Their only option for employment is as ‘Strontium Dogs’, bounty hunters
tracking down the scum of the galaxy for cold, hard cash. It’s a difficult and
dangerous life where only the toughest can survive. But Johnny Alpha and his
Viking partner, Wulf Sternhammer, are the toughest there is.