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John Higgins brings his comic book series Razorjack to the Quantum anthology and the creation of WesterNoir afterward this month .
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John Higginsis bringing backRazorjacktoTime Bomb ’s anthology comic bookQuantum#11 . With a brand - new , exclusiveRazorjackstory with colouristSally Jane Hurstand a ten - varlet report that fetch his foresightful - time SF creation into the existence ofWesterNoir , the western horror serial which boast in the Quantum title . Co - Jehovah ofGreysuitwithPat Mills , John is considerably known for his work for 2000AD , alongside Marvel , DC and as the colourist forAlan MooreandBrian Bolland’sThe Killing Joke , for Alan Moore andDave Gibbons’Watchmen , and forRich JohnstonandSimon Rohrmuller’sWatchmensch . He also wrote and drew theBefore Watchmenseries , Curse Of The Crimson Corsair .
Razorjackwas originally self - published by John Higgins as Jack Publishing but has been published by Com . X , Titan and Rebellion inJudge Dredd Megazinein the quarter of a century since . It tell the story of three college student who make an hatchway into The Twist Dimension and consequently become a target for the murderous Razorjack , bring in the police to deal with a very unlike variety of sea wolf . WesterNoir , originally created by writerDave Westand artistGary Crutchley , first appear as a black - and - white comic published by Accent UK . It has since been develop into a full - colour serial of original graphic novels published by Time Bomb , with the WesterNoir stories in Quantum face raw stories in the same context .
John Higgins explained why this new outing for Razorjack appealingness to him , say " Razorjack is a creative scabies , and regularly learn Time Bomb creators at conventions . Recognising the enthusiasm and concentrated work that plump into autonomous publishing every time we had met up , I felt I was talk to like given creators . A figure of fourth dimension Dave West and I had talk about lick on something together , and eventually we sat down and talked ideas . WesterNoir seemed like a comfortable tantrum for a Twisted Sister incursion . I felt the adventure templet Dave and Jemma had in blank space was versatile enough to seamlessly slip a Razorjack time travel tale within a western supernatural setting . The WesterNoir premise earmark a neat little wrench ending that the unconstipated readers of Quantum will in the future be able to place in the saber saw of clue [ WesterNoir writers ] Dave and Jemma have put into the mythology of their western world ! "
Quantum , before long to enter its third year , has become a democratic backbone of the British indie comics scenery . This has been in part due to its front in British newsdealer , a rarefied achievement for UK indie comic press . Featuring a aggregation of tale from ' domain which are not our own ' , the anthology includes furore best-loved story such as Major Rakhana by Steve Tanner and Roland Bird , alongside Modern stories such as Space Banshee Exorcist by Katie Cunningham and Danielle Wiebe .
Quantum#11 is expected in UK newsvendor towards the conclusion of February , and will alsosoon be usable to pre - order through Diamond UK.Subscriptions to Quantum lineal from the publishing house are available to UK occupant . VisitQuantum Comics at patreon.comfor more details .
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