Bad Machinery

There’s a five-page preview of issue 3 of GREAT BRITISH BUMP-OFF: KILL OR BE QUILT on my Patreon (an unlocked post open to all). That’s five pages of comics, right? And you thought you were getting none this week. The issue’s out on June 18th.

This Saturday (May 3rd) I am doing a Free Comic Book Day signing at Gosh Comics in London, between 1 and 2pm. The details are below. Perhaps I will see you there!

The Bad Machinery archive (2009-2017) has lived on GoComics for several years now, and I know a lot of you have enjoyed re-reading it there. Recently, a few readers have been in touch about the archive being placed behind a paywall. This is something GoComics has done across their platform as they (like many others) navigate the decline in web advertising.

My long-term plan is to bring the archive back to my own site where it can be read for free again. But it’s going to take some time – I’ll need to re-output every page from the original high-res files. GoComics used the updated versions from the Oni Press books, which include lots of edits and bonus pages. Those are the versions I’d like to restore, but I’m currently missing the first half of the series in a suitable web format. Unfortunately, the copies on GoComics are heavily compressed, and not really usable as-is. With over a thousand pages to prepare, it’s a fiddly task, and time is always tight.

If you’re keen to revisit the series sooner rather than later, the collections are still available. A few people have also asked if I could release Bad Machinery digitally on Gumroad, like I did with Scary Go Round, but unfortunately Oni Press holds the digital rights, so that’s not an option right now.

Thank you for taking an interest in these old comics. Rest assured, they’re on my to-do list.