Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Gary Spencer Millidge "That Strangehaven guy" ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.millidge.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [News / Blog](https://www.millidge.com/news-blog/) - [Website Shop Temporary Closure](https://www.millidge.com/website-shop-temporary-closure/) - Please note that the millidge.com website shop is currently unavailable. We have recently moved house and I’m currently without a studio, so all stock and packing materials are in storage. I will resume fulfilling orders as soon as possible. There will be an announcement on all my usual channels as soon as the shop reopens. - [Glad Tidings of Comfort and Dismay](https://www.millidge.com/glad-tidings-of-comfort-and-dismay/) - So that’s another year almost done and dusted. Just the celebrations, the gifts, the food, the reflections and the regrets yet to come. And you won’t need me to tell you what a grotesque year we’ve all lived through, but I hope that you found your own small pockets of joy somewhere amongst all that - [Back to the Beecroft...21 Years on](https://www.millidge.com/back-to-the-beecroft/) - A page of Strangehaven artwork is currently on display at the Beecroft Gallery in Southend, as part of their Lockdown Open exhibition... - [This Long Strange Trip: Strangehaven is 30 Years Old](https://www.millidge.com/this-long-strange-trip-strangehaven-is-30-years-old/) - Pretty much exactly thirty years ago, before eBay and Google, before there was Harry Potter, before the Macarena, before Toy Story and the first Mission: Impossible film, before Sex and the City and The Sopranos, when William S. Burroughs, Carl Sagan, Tupac and Princess Diana all still walked this planet, the first issue of my - [David Lynch 1946 - 2025](https://www.millidge.com/david-lynch-1946-2025/) - A short tribute to David Lynch, who died in January 2025, and who was a huge influence on both me and Strangehaven... - [The Patron Saints of Christmas](https://www.millidge.com/the-patron-saints-of-christmas/) - Season's Greetings, my festive friends! Above is my annual festive illustration for this year - a magically manipulated image of a photo from the local area's significant snowfall back in 2018. Number five in a series. It probably says a lot about me that these days I couldn't imagine going out in that sort of - [Patreon launch](https://www.millidge.com/patreon-launch/) - I have just launched a Patreon so I can complete Strangehaven: Epilogue. Patreon is an online platform that allows folks to financially support their favourite creators... - [The Final Chapter - Strangehaven: Epilogue](https://www.millidge.com/the-final-chapter-strangehaven-epilogue/) - I‘ve had my head down working away on an epilogue to Strangehaven, ingeniously entitled Strangehaven: Epilogue... - [Heartburn](https://www.millidge.com/heartburn/) - In September I underwent a hospital procedure to fix my chronic arrhythmia by having tiny little lines burned into the inside of my heart.... - [A Cosy Covid Christmas](https://www.millidge.com/a-cosy-covid-christmas/) - Gary’s back here with your annual Christmas Millidge news round-up and traditional festive card illustration. A little more sombre this time... - [Twenty Years Moore](https://www.millidge.com/twenty-years-moore/) - Portraits is a fresh tribute to Alan Moore, sporting a new cover illustration by Gary Spencer Millidge. - [Bubbling Over: Thought Bubble 2023](https://www.millidge.com/bubbling-over-thought-bubble-2023/) - Gary visited the Thought Bubble Festival yet again this November, and can't help but to relay his enthusiasm for the event... - [A heart-stopping moment](https://www.millidge.com/a-heart-stopping-moment/) - This afternoon, I underwent my long awaited electro cardioversion procedure at Southend University Hospital... - [The Return of...Original Art Sales](https://www.millidge.com/the-return-of-original-art-sales/) - The long-time embargo on selling original Strangehaven art has been lifted, and various pages have been made available for purchase. - [Deconstructing Strangehaven: Interview Roundup](https://www.millidge.com/deconstructing-strangehaven-interview-roundup/) - A busy summer of interviews, from the Deconstructing Comics podcast, Dread Central's website, and lots on YouTube... - [Meanwhile...12: Destiny's End](https://www.millidge.com/meanwhile-12-destinys-end/) - The final episode of Strangehaven book IV is to be published in Meanwhile 12, now crowdfunding... - [Number 12 with a Bullet](https://www.millidge.com/number-12-with-a-bullet/) - Gary makes it onto Giallo Julian's Top 15 Indie Creators of 2022 list on the Dread Central website... - [Thoughts on Thought Bubble 2022](https://www.millidge.com/thoughts-on-thought-bubble-2022/) - Three years after out last comics event, we return to Harrogate to enjoy another fantastic weekend courtesy of the Thought Bubble Festival... - [Shadow Self: The Art of Tula Lotay](https://www.millidge.com/shadow-self-the-art-of-tula-lotay/) - A visit to Tula Lotay's exhibition of movie poster and comic book cover art in Leeds' Corn Exchange as part of the Thought Bubble festival last November... - [Why I Hate Christmas](https://www.millidge.com/why-i-hate-christmas/) - This year's Christmas message finds Gary trying to analyse why he hates the big build up to the grand holiday season and looking back at a strange, mixed year... - [In Praise of Strangehaven](https://www.millidge.com/in-praise-of-strangehaven/) - The Comic That is Impossible to Finish. In Praise of Shadows’ YouTube video analysis of Strangehaven and the trials and tribulations of self-publishing... - [Baby, Baby, Baby, they're Out of Print](https://www.millidge.com/baby-baby-baby-theyre-out-of-print/) - All the Strangehaven graphic novels are now sold out; how it happened and what's happens next... - [Southend Zine Scene](https://www.millidge.com/southend-zine-scene/) - A fab new fifty-year history of 'alternative' Southend, the music, the 'zines, the whole counterculture and including an interview with me about Strangehaven, my early fanzines and more... - [Twin PIX: The Art of Simo](https://www.millidge.com/twin-pix-the-art-of-simo/) - I was asked to write an introduction for a collection of artwork by the phenomenal Simo, aka Martin Simpson... - [Meanwhile, more Meanwhile…updates](https://www.millidge.com/meanwhile-more-meanwhileupdates/) - Meanwhile…#11 (featuring Strangehaven: Destiny episode #10) has just been funded on Kickstarter, and it’s listed in the current edition of Diamond’s Previews catalogue, so you can now place an order for it at your local comic shop. As well as myself, the 136-page comics anthology features contributions from Roger Langridge, Sarah Gordon, Ginny Skinner, Mulele - [Kickstarting Meanwhile…#10](https://www.millidge.com/kickstarting-meanwhile10/) - Meanwhile…#10, including the long-awaited Strangehaven: Destiny episode 9, is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter.... - [A Christmas Conundrum](https://www.millidge.com/a-christmas-conundrum/) - Festive greetings, dear friends and followers! My Christmas image this year is the second in a series of digital illustrations based on my photos from the massive snowfall of 2018, a scene depicting Marine Parade in Leigh-on-Sea, overlooking the Thames Estuary. It's not looking quite so Christmassy on the Belton Hills this year, but calendars - [Bursting my Bubble](https://www.millidge.com/bursting-my-bubble/) - Sadly, I won’t be attending the Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival this weekend. I had been very much looking forward to the festival, not having attended any comic events since my busman’s holiday at Thought Bubble in 2019. This would have also been my first signing in event in over three years! But after much - [Support Bubble](https://www.millidge.com/support-bubble/) - UPDATE: Due to personal circumstances, I will no longer be attending Thought Bubble this year. However, I do very much hope to attend in 2022. - [Strangehaven Optioned for Film and TV by IDW Entertainment](https://www.millidge.com/strangehaven-optioned-for-film-and-tv-by-idw-entertainment/) - So, I can now announce that Strangehaven has been optioned for film and television by IDW Entertainment. For those that don’t know, an option gives IDWE the exclusive right to develop Strangehaven for television, film, and other media. While this doesn’t make a Strangehaven TV show or movie a certainty, it does make it somewhat more likely. And I - [Storyteller Nominated](https://www.millidge.com/storyteller-nominated/) - Award nominations are always gratifying to receive, especially if the nominations are collated from a poll of fellow comic book professionals, as indeed the Harvey Awards are. What made it even sweeter was that I discovered this fact on my birthday, and after suffering two and a half days with a migraine. My book, Alan Moore: Storyteller has been - [Alan Moore: Telling stories](https://www.millidge.com/alan-moore-telling-stories/) - I haven't (at the time of writing) seen it myself yet, but the book I spent the vast majority of last year writing is listed in the current Diamond Previews catalogue dated February 2011. I haven't been making a lot of noise about it up until now as (a) I got told off by one - [Pictures in an Exhibition](https://www.millidge.com/pictures-in-exhibition/) - While the rest of the Internet was discussing the Eisner nominations last night I was at the private viewing of the new exhibition at London’s Cartoon Museum, The Great British Graphic Novel. It has been meticulously planned and intelligently curated by Paul Williams and Anita O’Brien, ably assisted by the rest of the very talented - [Spirit of Hope](https://www.millidge.com/spirit-of-hope/) - Shortly after the devastating earthquakes and subsequent tsunami that left so many dead, missing and homeless in Japan in March this year and New Zealand, I was asked to contribute to a charity anthology called Spirit of Hope by the UK’s new non-profit organisation The Comic Book Alliance. At that time, I was still trying - [Return of the prodigal anthology](https://www.millidge.com/return-of-prodigal-anthology/) - New format Meanwhile… officially announced for January 2017 “If Cinema Purgatorio is the new Warrior Magazine, then Meanwhile… is the new Escape.” – Bleeding Cool Following the recent specifics-bereft tease that Meanwhile… was being relaunched in January 2017, publisher Soaring Penguin Press has issued an official press release providing further details of the new format. - [T-Bubs-13: A Busman’s Holiday](https://www.millidge.com/t-bubs-13-busmans-holiday/) - This year’s Thought Bubble festival was a little different for me in that I didn't have a table, or indeed any panel or signing duties, so in effect I was there as a regular punter, albeit on a bit of a busman’s holiday. And I have to admit that it was not only stress-free but - [It’s Happening Again](https://www.millidge.com/its-happening-again/) - Yes! The day has finally arrived, my friends. David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks returns for a new series on Showtime in 2016. But until then, you’ll have to amuse yourself with all-new episodes of Strangehaven which returns in the new British anthology Meanwhile… According to my sources, Meanwhile…#1 has been printed and is - [Animal instinct](https://www.millidge.com/when-i-first-played-red-light-company/) - When I first heard the Red Light Company album a couple of months ago, I immediately tried to buy tickets for one of their live shows. I was disappointed as all dates were sold out, so I bought a couple of tickets way in advance for last week’s gig at London’s Scala venue. As I - [Top Tens](https://www.millidge.com/top-tens/) - Having being alerted to Bridgeen Gillespie’s blog post on her Top Ten Independent Comics today, it reminded me that I had been asked for my Top Ten All-Time Comics Works by the Hooded Utilitarian website this summer. My initial thought on reading Bridgeen’s list was that it was remarkably similar to my own, but once I pulled out mine it turned out to - [Me Me Magnificent Me](https://www.millidge.com/me-me-magnificent-me/) - There's probably little that is as narcissistic as choosing to write, draw and publish your own material and expect people to buy it, and being asked to participate in interviews to talk about yourself and your work will only massage your ego even further. So, you'll understand if I fail to excuse myself and to - [PO Box Bollocks](https://www.millidge.com/po-box-bollocks/) - For all its faults, twitter is a splendid way of expressing one’s frustrations in a timely manner. Another thing it’s good at is getting responses where previously you would have never expected any. Justin Bieber might retweet your appeal for a lost cat for example, or you might convince Richard Dawkins that God exists. Yesterday - [On the Floor Once More](https://www.millidge.com/on-floor-once-more/) - So, I shall be at the fantastic Thought Bubble festival this time next week (14-15th November), and signing copies of Meanwhile…#1 (as well as my evergreen Strangehaven trade paperbacks and possibly some other bits and pieces) on the Soaring Penguin table throughout the weekend. Soaring Penguin are exhibiting in the New Dock Hall area at - [Storyteller sneak preview](https://www.millidge.com/storyteller-sneak-preview/) - British publisher Ilex Press have officially released several spreads from my forthcoming book Alan Moore: Storyteller as well as the fabulous final cover as created by Chip Kidd and José Villarrubia. Chip came up with the concept and used one of José’s classic photos to produce a set of book spine models, which were then, - [Electronic Al](https://www.millidge.com/electronic-a/) - This week Alan Moore celebrates his 60th birthday, and much of the comics community will be celebrating along with him. (I’ll assume you know who he is and the part he’s played in elevating the comics art form to unprecedented heights. If you don’t know who he is, then please do yourself a favour and - [Meanwhile…in Previews this December](https://www.millidge.com/meanwhilein-previews-this-december/) - For my friends and readers in the US and the rest of the world, Meanwhile…#1 is at last available to order from your local comics retailer or mail order dealer. It’s listed in the current issue of Diamond Comics’ monthly catalogue Previews (December 2014) under Soaring Penguin Press. If you want to support the Meanwhile… - [Escape to the Country](https://www.millidge.com/escape-to-country/) - Treviso Comic Book Festival 22nd-25th September 2016, Treviso, Italy. I made my first official comic event appearance last weekend since Thought Bubble in late 2014, foregoing a few more days at the drawing board to accept the incredibly kind invitation from the Treviso Comic Book Festival - to not only attend their show as a - [LICAF 2018 - Drowning in comics culture](https://www.millidge.com/licaf-2018-drowning-in-comics-culture/) - Last weekend was my one and only festival appearance this year, at LICAF, the Lakes International Comics Festival in Kendal, held over the weekend of 12th-14th October 2018. - [storm in a teacup](https://www.millidge.com/storm-in-teacup/) - Nice review of my Comic Book Design at Michael Crouch’s Storm Comics Blogspot. Thanks to Michael, and thanks to Dave Whitwell for the heads up. UPDATED: Since posting this on my Facebook page, Marc Arsenault has informed me of his fine review of the book over at Wow Cool, and you can read it here. - [Is it that time already?](https://www.millidge.com/is-it-that-time-already/) - The fact that it’s almost just about very nearly a whole damn entire year since I posted anything on this blog probably only comes as a surprise to me, and me alone. And I’m shocked and embarrassed, but I suspect no one is losing sleep over that particular fact. So, taking all that into account, - [Review: Weasel #4](https://www.millidge.com/review-weasel-4/) - Dave Cooper is a creator of the highest calibre. If you’re not aware of his work (and you should be) I can only describe it as somewhere between... - [Post-valentine cure-all at Orbital Comics](https://www.millidge.com/post-valentine-cure-all-orbital-comics/) - Like a slightly anaemic grey-haired cherub, flying in from stage left I have the perfect antidote for all those lonely hearts who are destined to spend St. Valentine’s Day evening at home alone with a bottle of Southern Comfort and DVD box set of Peter Sellers’ Pink Panther movies (i.e. me). On the 15th February - [They're all gone now](https://www.millidge.com/theyre-all-gone-now/) - The second (and in all probability, final) printing of the Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman book has just sold out. Diamond has taken the last few off my hands in order to cover a remaining handful of outstanding book store orders. It's a project that I am immensely proud of, and to see - [Funny how things turn out](https://www.millidge.com/funny-how-things-turn-out/) - Strange Maven's Diary #1: When I was just about old enough to grasp a crayon, I started to scrawl my own Batman comics (albeit in yellow wax) into old, partly used hardcover notebooks... - [The joys and wonders of self-publishing](https://www.millidge.com/the-joys-and-wonders-of-self-publishing/) - Strange Maven's Diary #2: Over the past couple of months, the emphasis of my life has moved almost entirely over to the joys and wonders of self-publishing... - [Bull-etin](https://www.millidge.com/bull-etin/) - By far the saddest news I heard since Strangehaven#1 went off to press was the closure of The Bull Inn, Hockley, Essex... - [Burnt Custard](https://www.millidge.com/burnt-custard/) - Negative Burn, the award-winning anthology from Caliber Comics published a self-contained and previously unpublished Strangehaven 8 page strip, "Custard Creams" in issue #24... - [Everything just went sort of mental](https://www.millidge.com/everything-just-went-sort-of-mental/) - Strange Maven's Diary #3: Late September, 1995; everything just went sort of mental, all of a sudden, just before Strangehaven #2 hit the stands... - [UKCAC'95](https://www.millidge.com/ukcac95/) - Photos of the Small Press Gang at UKCAC'95... - [One of the things I promised myself](https://www.millidge.com/one-of-the-things-i-promised-myself/) - Strange Maven's Diary #4: Being only quarterly, so much tends to happen between issues, it's difficult to know what to write about... - [The Staros Report 1996](https://www.millidge.com/the-staros-report-1996/) - Maybe some of you have read about this curious thing called The Staros Report... - [Formaline here please...](https://www.millidge.com/formaline-here-please/) - Formaline is a beautifully produced 288 page book, packed with strips by self-publishers and small-pressers from all over the world... - [Comics Forum #10](https://www.millidge.com/comics-forum-10/) - I got a phone call out of the blue from Win Wiacek from the Comic Creator's Guild asking me to write a article for the society's magazine Comics Forum... - [What a summer that was](https://www.millidge.com/what-a-summer-that-was/) - Strange Maven's Diary #5: The turmoil of the direct market continues. Diamond Comics' acquisition of Capital Distribution in retrospect was almost inevitable... - [An Englishman in San Diego](https://www.millidge.com/an-englishman-in-san-diego/) - San Diego Comic-Con International 1996, and you can't get a decent cup of tea anywhere... - [The hours of loneliness](https://www.millidge.com/the-hours-of-loneliness/) - Strange Maven's Diary #6: The more successful I've become, the less time I've had to spend writing and drawing... - [Radio Strangehaven](https://www.millidge.com/radio-strangehaven/) - Mixtape cassette compilations sent in by readers for the aural pleasure of Mr. Millidge... - [McGoohan's Legacy](https://www.millidge.com/mcgoohans-legacy/) - When ITV first screened The Prisoner, I was a young lad of six years and its impact was conveyed to me by my elder brother... - [Independents Day 1996](https://www.millidge.com/independents-day-1996/) - Page 45's second annual Independents Day was another fabulous event, surpassing even last year's fine occasion... - [Criss-crossing the globe](https://www.millidge.com/criss-crossing-the-globe/) - Strange Maven's Diary #7: It’s been another fun-packed few months for the author of your favourite Devonian mystery comicbook series... - [Planet Strangehaven](https://www.millidge.com/planet-strangehaven/) - Short reviews of music, stories, ceramics and offspring from readers of Strangehaven... - [The Staros Report 1997](https://www.millidge.com/the-staros-report-1997/) - So, you like comics? You like good comics? You like “alternative” comics? Sure you do. You’re reading Strangehaven, aren’t you...? - [Eddie, me and a life-size cardboard cut-out of Uma Thurman](https://www.millidge.com/eddie-me-and-a-life-size-cardboard-cut-out-of-urma-thurman/) - I packed my teabags and kettle for San Diego Comic-Con International 1997... - [Fairy lights on plastic trees](https://www.millidge.com/fairy-lights-on-plastic-trees/) - Strange Maven's Diary #8: Christmas was the one time of year I always looked forward to. As a kid, the magic of Christmas and the promise of heaps of presents was irresistible... - [if it’s Wednesday, it must be New York](https://www.millidge.com/if-its-wednesday-it-must-be-new-york/) - My report from the SPX 1997 and the East Coast signing tour with Paul “scary bastard” Grist and Chris “The Report” Staros,.. - [The novelty of being a minor celebrity](https://www.millidge.com/the-novelty-of-being-a-minor-celebrity/) - Strange Maven's Diary #9: It really has been an extraordinary few months. My exertions attempting to get the ... - [How To Draw And Sell Comic Strips](https://www.millidge.com/how-to-draw-and-sell-comic-strips/) - A brief review of “How To Draw And Sell Comic Strips” by Alan McKenzie... - [UKCAC’s swansong](https://www.millidge.com/ukcacs-swansong/) - The very last United Kingdom Comic Art Convention to be organised by Frank Plowright and Hassan Yusuf took place in Manchester... - [The banana police](https://www.millidge.com/the-banana-police/) - Strange Maven's Diary #10: At last Strangehaven reaches double figures and I guess I can allow myself a little satisfaction, even though... - [On submissions: A little bit of advice for budding artists](https://www.millidge.com/on-submissions-a-little-bit-of-advice-for-budding-artists/) - I received the second issue of a neat small press comic called Floid, accompanied by a letter from its creator Adam Jakes... - [The Heckler #1 review](https://www.millidge.com/the-heckler-1-review/) - Last Summer I had a visit from a young chap called Ben Graham who wanted to interview me... - [Floid #2 review](https://www.millidge.com/floid-2-review/) - I don’t know how old Adam Jakes is, but the impression I get is that he’s a young artist/writer with a lot of potential. His inking style... - [The blind leading the blind](https://www.millidge.com/the-blind-leading-the-blind/) - Advice for budding self-publishers: Just before last issue went to press, I received the following letter and the second issue of a small press comic called... - [Dream Factory #1 review](https://www.millidge.com/dream-factory-1-review/) - Dream Factory is an ambitious project, published by a group of creators from the Exeter area. It’s a comfortable mix of comic strips... - [covered in blood and glass](https://www.millidge.com/covered-in-blood-and-glass/) - Strange Maven's Diary #12: I returned to my home/studio one day this summer to find that it had been broken into; nothing had been stolen, but the intruder had... - [Comics'99...with a flake in it](https://www.millidge.com/comics99-with-a-flake-in-it/) - Enter Kev F. Sutherland, organiser of the National Comic Awards who turned a mere convention into a fully blown festival, Comics 99... - [Small Press Updates](https://www.millidge.com/small-press-updates/) - Brief reviews of Floid #3, The 5 Horsemen #1 & #2, Dream Factory #2 and The Prisoner in Portmerion... - [Original card artwork auctioned for charity](https://www.millidge.com/original-card-artwork-to-be-auctioned-for-charity/) - I've once again contributed a piece of artwork to Kev F. Sutherland's annual Bristol Comics Festival charity event. This year Kev is compiling a set of playing card illustrations by comics artists and I was invited to contribute. The illustration features Strangehaven characters Alex and Janey on the six of hearts card. The original art - [The Dunsford millennium project](https://www.millidge.com/the-dunsford-millennium-project/) - Just on the northwest edge of the national park of Dartmoor in Devonshire, England lies the charming, picturesque village of Dunsford... - [Strangehaven art aids Red Cross charity auction](https://www.millidge.com/strangehaven-art-aids-red-cross-charity-auction/) - In the wake of the recent terrorist attacks on the US, I've donated a page of art from the first issue of Strangehaven in support of Oni Press' efforts to raise cash for the American Red Cross disaster relief fund. The artwork (pictured) will be auctioned alongside many other unique pieces donated by comics professionals - [Meanwhile... #4 finally scheduled](https://www.millidge.com/meanwhile-4-finally-scheduled/) - The much delayed Meanwhile... #4 featuring a reprint of my hard-to-find Strangehaven-related strip, "Chicken" has finally been scheduled for a July 2001 release. Originally published in the enormous Belgian anthology album, Formaline (December 1995) the four-page strip was promised to publisher John Anderson in early 1998 for inclusion in the fourth issue of his British - [Second print for Brotherhood](https://www.millidge.com/second-print-for-brotherhood/) - The entire original print run of the second trade paperback collection, Strangehaven: Brotherhood has sold out, prompting a second printing from Abiogenesis Press. Despite an even larger print run than the first Strangehaven volume Arcadia, Brotherhood has sold out even faster than the original volume. The second printing is now available in comic shops, book - [First time in France](https://www.millidge.com/first-time-in-france/) - I'll be attending the Festival International de la Bande Dessinee in Angouleme, France for the first time this January. I will be appearing at the Knockabout/Top Shelf booth, which is located in the Champs du Mars marquee between 24 and 27 January. I will also be back manning my own booth at the annual UK - [Secret stash uncovered](https://www.millidge.com/secret-stash-uncovered/) - Comics industry heavyweight Wizard the Comics Magazine issue #126 dated March 2002 features a short interview with me in a two-page full-colour feature written by Mike Searle. The regular Wizard column "Secret Stash" is devoted to my independent comic book series Strangehaven, one of "comics' hidden gems" according to the header. It also features a - [Millidge goes to comics Mecca: comics festival report](https://www.millidge.com/millidge-goes-to-comics-mecca-comics-festival-report/) - Gary visits the 29th Festival International de la Bande Desinnée in Angoulême, France... - [Review: The Invisible Art of...](https://www.millidge.com/the-invisible-art-of-writing-books-for-graphic-novel-sections-of-public-libraries/) - Reviews of Son of Invisible Art by Joss O'Kelly and The 101 Best Graphic Novels by Stephen Weiner... - [Review: Whatever #4](https://www.millidge.com/whatever-4/) - Regular readers of my small press reviews in these pages will remember Adam Jakes who published three issues of his Floid comics... - [Review: Paradigm #1](https://www.millidge.com/review-paradigm-1/) - Several months ago I received a photocopied dummy of a new comic from a pair of independent creators, as I often do. But unlike many... - [Review: Whitechapel Freak](https://www.millidge.com/review-whitechapel-freak/) - The first time I saw David Hitchcock’s work was when he approached me at my booth at the Bristol convention a couple of years ago... - [Top marks for Strangehaven #14](https://www.millidge.com/5117-2/) - Steven Grant has just reviewed Strangehaven for his Permanent Damage column on the Comic Book Resources website, "A great argument for comics-as-literature." Be prepared to scroll down the page, as Steven writes long columns. Another overwhelmingly positive review of the Strangehaven trade paperback collections has appeared on the excellent Spinner Rack website, written by Niall - [Abiogenesis books go exclusive with Diamond](https://www.millidge.com/abiogenesis-books-go-exclusive-with-diamond/) - Press Release: 18 September 2002 Abiogenesis Press, publishers of the Strangehaven graphic novel series is very happy to announce that they have signed an exclusive distribution deal for the US bookstore market with Diamond Book Distributors. Publisher and creator Millidge said, "Strangehaven was originally conceived to appeal to the general book-reading public and I've always - [Uno strano rifugio Italiano](https://www.millidge.com/uno-strano-rifugio-italiano/) - A special Italian-language sixteen-page excerpt from the first issue of Strangehaven is now downloadable from Italy's premier comics website Ultrazine which this month features Strangehaven in a big way. It's the first ever official translation of a Strangehaven story and appears on the site along with a short series review and lengthy interview (in both - [Tripwire reprints Millidge interview with new art](https://www.millidge.com/tripwire-reprints-millidge-interview-with-new-art/) - The UK's Tripwire Magazine is celebrating ten years of its sporadic publishing schedule with a new 160-page square bound collection of reprinted articles and interviews alongside various new pieces of artwork from assorted comics creators. Among the features selected is the "Ten Questions" interview with me as originally published in August 2000 and also my - [Millidge contributes cover to Nucomix #12](https://www.millidge.com/millidge-contributes-cover-to-nucomix-12/) - The February issue of Nucomix, the British small press anthology, features a brand new cover illustration by yours truly. Specially commissioned for the issue, it features the Rik Hoskin character, The Activist. Priced at an entirely reasonable £1.50, you can purchase a copy (via PayPal) from the rather spiffing Nucomix website at www.nucomix.co.uk while stocks - [Abiogenesis to publish massive Alan Moore tribute book](https://www.millidge.com/abiogenesis-to-publish-massive-alan-moore-tribute-book/) - Abiogenesis Press are proud to announce the publication of Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman, shipping in May 2003. This massive 352-page trade paperback contains contributions from a star-studded line-up of over 100 of the world's top authors, artists and comics creators paying tribute to the master of comics writing to celebrate his 50th - [Strangehaven nominated for horror award](https://www.millidge.com/strangehaven-nominated-for-horror-award/) - Strangehaven #14 by Gary Spencer Millidge and published by Abiogenesis Press in May 2002 has been nominated for a 2003 International Horror Guild Award in the "Graphic Narrative" category. The awards, designed to recognise "outstanding achievements in the field of Horror and Dark Fantasy" have been running for eight years and nominations are based on - [After several pints of Old Speckled Hen](https://www.millidge.com/after-several-pints-of-old-speckled-hen/) - Strange Maven's Diary #15: Another year, another issue of Strangehaven... - [The Evolution of a Charity Book](https://www.millidge.com/the-evolution-of-a-charity-book/) - The story behind the benefit book, Alan Moore: Portrait of An Extraordinary Gentleman, in celebration of Alan's 50th birthday... - [Italy's velvet Strangehaven](https://www.millidge.com/italys-velvet-strangehaven/) - Following the short translated excerpt from issue 1 which appeared on the Italian/English language site Ultrazine, the independent Italian publisher Black Velvet has licensed the full rights to publish Strangehaven in Italy. The first Italian issue has already been released (June 2003) in the US "prestige" format, with each subsequent volume intended to contain two - [Strangehaven Ignatz nomination](https://www.millidge.com/strangehaven-ignatz-nomination/) - Strangehaven has been nominated for a 2003 Ignatz Award in the Outstanding Series category. The awards are presented annually at the SPX Expo in Bethesda Maryland, with this year's event being held on 5 - 7 September. The Ignatz is a festival prize with nominations made by a specially selected panel of cartoonists and the - [Millidge draws the Simpsons](https://www.millidge.com/millidge-draws-the-simpsons/) - In a surprising turn of events, Gary Spencer Millidge has written and drawn a fourteen page Simpsons comic for the forthcoming US issue of Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror. Each year, the guys at Bongo Comics open the doors to guest creators and allow them to present their own interpretation of The Simpsons in their - [Gary's international gallery](https://www.millidge.com/garys-international-gallery/) - A four-page "Gallery" feature on the art of Gary Spencer Millidge is included in the current issue of the prestigious American magazine International Studio, "the Illustrated Journal of the Romantic and the Fantastic," published by Coppervale International. Six examples of the best of Millidge's paintings and illustrations are reproduced in full-colour across four oversized pages, - [Millidge's Croatian Moore](https://www.millidge.com/millidges-croatian-moore/) - Gary Spencer Millidge's Alan Moore biographic, "An Extraordinary Gentleman," from the recent Abiogenesis Press publication Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman has been published in the Croatian language in the first issue of Q-Strip magazine. Printed at twice the size of its original publication in English, the biography takes up 12 pages of the - [Millidge items in two charity auctions](https://www.millidge.com/millidge-items-in-two-charity-auctions/) - Two charity auctions are currently taking place featuring items created by Gary Spencer Millidge for the Alan Moore: Portrait of An Extraordinary Gentleman book, and for a Christmas Deck of Cards. Firstly, Gary has created a unique, one-off, reformatted full colour version of his Alan Moore biographic, originally reproduced in monochrome in Abiogenesis Press' highly - [Alan Moore tribute book raises over $36,000 for charity](https://www.millidge.com/alan-moore-tribute-book-raises-over-36000-for-charity/) - Editors Gary Spencer Millidge, smoky man, and Omar Martini are proud to announce that the charity tribute book, Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman, has raised a figure approaching $37,000.00 (US) for Alzheimer's charities. Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman is a massive 352-page trade paperback featuring mostly all-new contributions in celebration of - [Moore with a Bang!](https://www.millidge.com/moore-with-a-bang/) - The prestigious French magazine Bang! published by Beau Arts/Casterman features the Alan Moore biographic, "An Extraordinary Gentleman" by Gary Spencer Millidge in their "superhero special" fifth issue. The strip was originally published in English in the Abiogenesis Press charity publication Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman, and has since been translated into Italian (for - [Bram Stoker awards shortlist Moore book](https://www.millidge.com/bram-stoker-awards-shortlist-moore-book/) - The Anglo-Italian charity tribute project, Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman, published by Abiogenesis Press and Black Velvet Editrice has finally received recognition from the unexpected direction of the Bram Stoker Awards. The 352-page book, edited by Gary Spencer Millidge and smoky man has been shortlisted for the Horror Writer's Association's 2004 Bram Stoker - [Katchoo and Cloak for charity auctions](https://www.millidge.com/katchoo-and-cloak-for-charity-auctions/) - As usual for the Bristol Comic Festival, Gary has contributed to the now traditional Deck of Cards - this time a top trumps style deck - with the card sets and original art to be auctioned off in aid of the charity ChildLine. From a list of comics characters that he'd never drawn before, Millidge - [A peek inside the life of a cartoonist](https://www.millidge.com/a-peek-inside-the-life-of-a-cartoonist/) - Strange Maven's Diary #11: I receive a lot of letters asking about a self-publisher’s typical daily routine. I thought that I’d devote this issue’s editorial... - [The Strangehaven Readers' Top 10 Contemporary Comic Books](https://www.millidge.com/the-strangehaven-readers-top-10-contemporary-comic-books/) - Compiled from the dozens of lists which I’ve received since my first one from Jonell Napper over two years ago and I’ve received a steady stream of them since... - [Year of frustration](https://www.millidge.com/year-of-frustration/) - The last issue of Strangehaven - issue #12 - shipped in time for Halloween 1999, and at that time, I was hoping that there would be a new issue in time for the Comics 2000 festival over the Easter weekend of 2000. As my long-suffering readers are fully aware, that deadline has come and gone - [Millidge interviews...Gary Spencer Millidge](https://www.millidge.com/millidge-interviews-gary-spencer-millidge/) - Now that the agonising wait for the new issue of Strangehaven is finally over, I thought I would catch up with its creator... - [Strangehaven June 2002 News Digest](https://www.millidge.com/strangehaven-june-2002-news-digest/) - News of a new four-page Strangehaven strip, interviews, reviews and upcoming appearances... - [9-11](https://www.millidge.com/9-11/) - Like everyone else, I was numbed by the horrific events of 11 of September 2001. I watched the unreal, endlessly looped footage on the TV... - [Review: Too Much Coffee Man #11](https://www.millidge.com/too-much-coffee-man-11/) - After ten issues, Shannon Wheeler, the creator of one of comics’ most bizarre “superheroes,” Too Much Coffee Man, in his infinite wisdom... - [Crisis? what crisis?](https://www.millidge.com/crisis-what-crisis/) - How Top Shelf almost went out of business but were saved by the Internet’s comics community... - [Requiem for Methuselah](https://www.millidge.com/requiem-for-methuselah/) - Strange Maven's Diary #16: Without deadlines nothing much would ever get done. If time were infinite, there would be no incentive to ever finish anything, like that... - [The return of the London Con](https://www.millidge.com/the-return-of-the-london-con/) - You know, it’s just typical. Not a single comic event in London for six whole years, then three come along at once... - [Studio International](https://www.millidge.com/studio-international/) - The Spring 2003 issue of the revamped, International Studio featured a four-page portfolio featuring the artwork of none other than... - [Sim’s Legacy: Aardvark dies at 300](https://www.millidge.com/sims-legacy-aardvark-dies-at-300/) - There can’t be many of you reading this who haven’t read some, or at least, heard of Dave Sim’s Cerebus. I daresay a fair percentage of you are big Cerebus fans... - [Workin' for The Man: Millidge and the Simpsons](https://www.millidge.com/workin-for-the-man-millidge-and-the-simpsons/) - Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror: It’s not often that anyone gets the chance to have an input into an iconic series, however small... - [Strangehaven nominated for 2004 Eagle Award](https://www.millidge.com/strangehaven-nominated-for-2004-eagle-award/) - Strangehaven has received yet another major industry award nomination, this time for an Eagle Award for titles published during 2003. The Eagle Awards, originally established in 1976, have been resurrected this year for Mike Allwood's Comics Expo, held at the Ramada Hotel in Bristol, England, in November 2004. The nominations are decided by a ballot - [Millidge shows you how to do it](https://www.millidge.com/millidge-shows-you-how-to-do-it/) - A new "how to" type book has just been published, Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel by Mike Chinn includes lots of examples from culled from the pages of Strangehaven and features specifically commissioned cover art by Gary Spencer Millidge. As you can see above, the new cover artwork retreads a familiar theme, adapted from - [Alan Moore Portrait now in Spanish](https://www.millidge.com/alan-moore-portrait-now-in-spanish/) - A Spanish version of the incredibly successful Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman book, already published in the UK by Abiogenesis Press and in Italy by Black Velvet Editrice, has finally been released by Recerca Editorial. A slightly slimmer tome, coming in at 304 pages (due to the decision to omit the lengthy Sim/Moore - [Insomnia lost project mini-comic published](https://www.millidge.com/insomnia-lost-project-mini-comic-published/) - Before Strangehaven, there was Insomnia. Gary has produced a new mini-comic consisting of archive material, his first such project since the days of Amon*Spek in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Millidge had been working on an idea for an ongoing comic book series for a couple of years prior to Strangehaven. Certain similarities may - [Millidge media blitz](https://www.millidge.com/millidge-media-blitz/) - Following a summer stuffed with interviews for assorted media, several features on Millidge have started to pop up in some unusual publications. A full-page feature in the October 2004 issue of local arts magazine The Map (written by Tim Humphrays and with photography by John Attwell) can be found between interviews with animator David Elvin - [The Evolution of a Charity Book Part 2](https://www.millidge.com/the-evolution-of-a-charity-book-part-2/) - Alan Moore: Portrait of An Extraordinary Gentleman has raised almost $37,000 for sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease... - [Insomnia - the Galaxy's best mini-comic of 2004](https://www.millidge.com/insomnia-the-galaxys-best-mini-comic-of-2004/) - Online comics magazine Comic Book Galaxy has published it's "Best of 2004" list, and Gary Spencer Millidge's recent publication Insomnia takes the "Best Mini-Comic of 2004" accolade. Alan David Doane writes, "With an extremely limited print run, these might all be gone already. Gary Spencer Millidge uses the mini-comics form to reveal all about the - [Strangehaven - ahora en Español](https://www.millidge.com/strangehaven-ahora-en-espanol/) - Following the success of the Italian Strangehaven published by Black Velvet, Gary Spencer Millidge has signed a licensing agreement with European publishing giants Planeta DeAgostini for a Spanish language version of Strangehaven. Planeta DeAgostini will be serialising the series in trade paperback format and has already signed up for the first three volumes, Arcadia, Brotherhood, and - [A new Conspiracy](https://www.millidge.com/a-new-conspiracy/) - Abiogenesis Press are pleased to announce the publication this summer of the third Strangehaven trade paperback, Conspiracies. The new book, as usual written and illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge, will collect the stories from issue 13 through 18 of the Strangehaven periodical. Like the first two volumes, Arcadia and Brotherhood, it will run to 176 - [Heroically struggling against cruel fate](https://www.millidge.com/heroically-struggling-against-cruel-fate/) - Strange Maven's Diary #17: Well, it’s another year and as per usual, it’s another editorial feature comprising little more than a list of lame excuses and apologies... - [No Sleep 'til Bedtime](https://www.millidge.com/no-sleep-til-bedtime/) - Inspired by what I had seen at the first UK Web & Mini Comix “Thing” last year, I decided that a good way to plug the gap between issues of Strangehaven... - [Will Eisner](https://www.millidge.com/will-eisner/) - Obituary: There’s really not much I can add to the literally hundreds of tributes to Will Eisner, who sadly passed away on... - [And another Thing...](https://www.millidge.com/and-another-thing/) - The UK Web & Mini Comix Thing 2005. For a number of years, there was only one major comic event in the UK. Then all of a sudden there was... - [In and Out](https://www.millidge.com/in-and-out/) - Insomnia, the mini-comic I produced late last year in a limited edition of just 100 signed and numbered copies have now all sold out... - [Staircases and Windmills](https://www.millidge.com/staircases-and-windmills/) - Have been gripped by a fly-on-the-wall TV documentary about a high-profile homicide prosecution shown on BBC Four over last weekend... - [Picked by the Planet](https://www.millidge.com/picked-by-the-planet/) - Finally received my complimentary copy of the first issue of the new Forbidden Planet International Magazine, featuring an article... - [All Finished But Still Delayed](https://www.millidge.com/all-finished-but-still-delayed/) - The good news is that after the final push this week, the completed digital files for both Strangehaven #18 and Strangehaven: Conspiracies were delivered... - [Perfect Weather For A Funeral](https://www.millidge.com/perfect-weather-for-a-funeral/) - Yesterday I travelled to my Aunt Doll's funeral at Mortlake Crematorium in West London with my sister Brenda. It was... - [Celebrating ten years of Strangehaven](https://www.millidge.com/celebrating-ten-years-of-strangehaven/) - It's over ten years since the first issue of Strangehaven hit the comic shops and Gary is celebrating with a new issue, a new trade paperback and a special in-store signing. Strangehaven #1 was published in July 1995 and in the intervening years, many things have changed, many things have stayed the same (including the - [Ten Years, my brain hurts a lot](https://www.millidge.com/ten-years-my-brain-hurts-a-lot/) - Strange Maven's Diary #18: How time flies when you’re enjoying yourself... - [Obituaries](https://www.millidge.com/obituaries/) - Over the past two months, our industry has lost two young, enthusiastic pro-active advocates of independent/small press and ‘real mainstream’ comics... - [Comics, Sport and Suicide Bombers](https://www.millidge.com/london-summer-2005-comics-sport-and-suicide-bombers/) - London, you may have noticed, has been the in the news a bit over the past month or two... - [Rubbing Shoulders with the Hulk](https://www.millidge.com/rubbing-shoulders-with-the-hulk/) - London Film & Comic Con 2005 at Earl's Court. Not the sort of event I usually attend as either guest or punter... - [Strangehaven invades europe](https://www.millidge.com/strangehaven-invades-europe/) - Strangehaven is now set to be published in the native languages of Portugal and France in addition to the already-published Italian editions and upcoming Spanish version. There is also a translated Brazilian edition in the works. For Portugal, an agreement has been signed with Edições Devir for Strangehaven to run as a series of books - [Our Pier Burned Down Again (Part 3)](https://www.millidge.com/our-pier-burned-down-again-part-3/) - The buildings at the end of the world's longest pleasure pier were destroyed by fire the other week. We residents of the seaside town... - [Two Signings in One Day](https://www.millidge.com/two-signings-in-one-day/) - As part of Strangehaven's 10th anniversary celebrations and to launch Strangehaven: Conspiracies, a special double-store signing was arranged... - [Stood Up At The Altar Of Comics](https://www.millidge.com/stood-up-at-the-altar-of-comics/) - Unfortunately, copies of Strangehaven: Conspiracies failed to show up in time for my ACE Comics shop signings... - [A Mini Disaster Movie of My Very Own](https://www.millidge.com/a-mini-disaster-movie-of-my-very-own/) - I had intended on filing one last entry prior to leaving for the land of garlic and onions, but my beloved Ferrari laptop was temporarily out of action... - [This Book May Change My Life](https://www.millidge.com/this-book-may-change-my-life/) - I received this morning, in my latest mail-order comics parcel, a book entitled Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life... - [Simply the Best](https://www.millidge.com/simply-the-best/) - George Best was one of those extremely rare footballers who transcended club loyalty. I was a young boy when George was at the height of... - [Small Press Hits the Big Time (This Week Only)](https://www.millidge.com/small-press-hits-the-big-time-this-week-only/) - The new issue of the Judge Dredd Megazine (cover dated 7 March) contains a rather fantastic survey of the British small press scene... - [A Close Encounter With Success](https://www.millidge.com/a-close-encounter-with-success/) - On the last Saturday in October, I took a drive up the M1 to Bedford for my first visit to the Close Encounters comic shop. I'd been invited to the relatively new shop in the midlands of England by the brothers/owners Jeff and Bub who, as it happens, turned out to be very nice and - [We Lose Another Great](https://www.millidge.com/we-lose-another-great/) - Very saddened to learn about the sudden death of innovative illustrator and designer Seth Fisher, who fell accidentally from the roof of... - [R.I.P. Ossie - King of Stamford Bridge](https://www.millidge.com/r-i-p-ossie-king-of-stamford-bridge/) - Just about like every other Chelsea fan over the age of 40, I was stunned and devastated at the news of Peter Osgood's untimely death this afternoon... - [R.I.P. Ivor Cutler](https://www.millidge.com/r-i-p-ivor-cutler/) - I just heard today that surrealist Scottish poet and musician Ivor Cutler died last week. His records were a constant source of... - [Entertainment Weekly lauds Strangehaven](https://www.millidge.com/entertainment-weekly-lauds-strangehaven/) - Entertainment Weekly, quite possibly the world's most important entertainment industry periodical, posted a very positive review of Millidge's trio of Strangehaven trade paperbacks on their website. Reviewer Nisha Gopalan writes, "Strangehaven is something of an anomaly: It ambles; it stalls; it digresses. Yet remarkably, it works. Be this a function of his deft pen or - [On the Verge of Greatness...](https://www.millidge.com/on-the-verge-of-greatness/) - ...or on the verge of the most monumental collapse in Premiership history. Chelsea need just one more point to secure back-to-back Premiership titles... - [Euro Final 1](https://www.millidge.com/euro-final-1/) - Very much counter to my expectations, last weekend's Eurovision Song Contest was almost enjoyable... - [Euro Final 2](https://www.millidge.com/euro-final-2/) - The eagerly awaited European Champions League Final took place last Wednesday on the sodden turf of the Estade d'France in Paris... - [Strangehaven Tour (and England's Dream) Ends on 1st July](https://www.millidge.com/strangehaven-tour-and-englands-dream-ends-on-1st-july/) - Finally, the 10th Anniversary European Tour is over. Last weekend I attended the London Film & Comicon.... - [Back On The Road Again](https://www.millidge.com/back-on-the-road-again/) - News of two upcoming appearances, at the Saint Malo Festival and the Birmingham International Comic Show... - [Grauniad Rewievs Starngehevan](https://www.millidge.com/grauniad-rewievs-starngehevan/) - British national broadsheet newspaper The Guardian's Craig Taylor has reviewed the third Strangehaven volume, Conspiracies in today's edition... - [Go Figure Fantasy](https://www.millidge.com/go-figure-fantasy/) - For the past few weeks I have been working on something called Draw Fantasy Figures – a tutorial ‘how-to' book... - [Lost Girls Found](https://www.millidge.com/lost-girls-found/) - One of the assorted packages waiting for my return from holiday contained the long, long, long awaited Lost Girls... - [Communication Breakdown... Having A Nervous Breakdown](https://www.millidge.com/communication-breakdown-having-a-nervous-breakdown/) - During the past few weeks, we here at Abiogenesis Towers have been having more than the usual amount of communication difficulties... - [Bigger than Abba](https://www.millidge.com/bigger-than-abba/) - A sudden spate of orders from Sweden recently have alerted me to the fact that Strangehaven was given a splendid review in the Scandinavian comics... - [Fantasy Figures Finished](https://www.millidge.com/fantasy-figures-finished/) - James McKay and I have completed our book, Draw Fantasy Figures for New Holland Publishers, with a day or two spare prior to the deadline... - [Hard boiled eggs and nuts](https://www.millidge.com/hard-boiled-eggs-and-nuts/) - Pets, they certainly weren’t my idea, I can tell you. In addition to all the usual Christmas festivities, we here at Abiogenesis Towers have had to contend with a couple of pet-related incidents which haven’t exactly facilitated my preparations for the New Year as regards the new issue of Strangehaven and the like. Almost inevitably, - [What's in a blad?](https://www.millidge.com/whats-in-blad/) - Don't you just hate those trendy job-specific buzzwords? What I've been working on this week is a BLAD which I had been commissioned to supply. Unless you're 'in publishing' you may not have any idea what a BLAD is. I certainly didn't when I was asked to create one, and I'm a publisher. Fortunately, the - [Watching the Watchmen](https://www.millidge.com/watching-watchmen/) - Recently received in my mailbox was my complimentary copy of the 20th Anniversary Watchmen tribute book from Italian publishers Lavieri. It's a 240 page trade paperback containing articles and illustrations from a wealth of comics talent including Giuseppe Camuncoli, Eduardo Risso, Jay Stephens, Dave Hitchcock and Chris Weston. It was put together by my co-editor - [Taking it to the Max](https://www.millidge.com/taking-it-to-max/) - DC Thompson, owners of the world famous Beano launched a new monthly this week - Beano Max. It's an upscaled version of the weekly comic and it's hard to judge from this first issue how it will pan out. It's a special Comic Relief tie-in and as such has a wonderful array of guest stars - [I'm taking the Costa Brava plane](https://www.millidge.com/im-taking-costa-brava-plane/) - For the second year in a row I have been invited to attend the Alicante University comic convention, Unicomic on the east coast of Spain. Last year it clashed with our previously booked vacation at Center Parcs and I had to pass, but this year I was able to accept. It takes place at the end - [Not Dead](https://www.millidge.com/not-dead/) - Above: Night of the Living Dead Opera. Photo ©1995 Squonk Well I must admit, it has been some time since I posted to this blog and following a number of concerned emails from caring readers of Strangehaven, I thought it best to allay some of the more hysterical fears by a short post here. Gary - [wizards and warriors](https://www.millidge.com/wizards-and-warriors/) - Actual bona fide proof that I have not been entirely idle over the past eighteen months comes in the form of the publication of Draw Fantasy Figures, an instructional book that would not have been possible without the astonishing artistic contribution of the wondrous James McKay. It's intended for 'beginners of all ages,' so if - [Happy New Year](https://www.millidge.com/happy-new-year/) - Wishing all my friends, family, readers and business associates a wonderfully happy, healthy and prosperous 2008! My New Year's resolution? More Strangehaven I guess. Fingers crossed. - [Appearance News](https://www.millidge.com/appearance-news/) - While in the midst of preparing myself for my annual appearance at the rather splendid Bristol Comics Expo next weekend, I have been alerted to a very positive review of the Strangehaven series so far on the Forbidden Planet International Blog Log. Written by the former Nostalgia & Comics staffer Richard Bruton. During the month - [What's my name again?](https://www.millidge.com/whats-my-name-again/) - Above: Photo by Sean Azzopardi I'm still recovering from the fallout of my attending the Bristol Comic Expo last weekend, with plenty of follow-up emails and admin to take care of, but I just had to share this craftily compiled musical montage by former Bristol Festival organiser and founder Kev F Sutherland. Keep watching and - [San Diego agogo](https://www.millidge.com/san-diego-agogo/) - I made my first appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con in six years last month, albeit a relatively low-key one due to the recent lack of new Strangehaven material. Still, it was tremendous fun to hook up various comics peoples that I haven’t seen for all those six years or more – including Eddie Campbell, - [The Wrath of Caen](https://www.millidge.com/caen-get-no-satisfaction/) - My appearance at last weekend's Caen Book Fair (Salon du Livre Caen) in Normandy, northern France was, as most of my European trips seem to be, an uplifting and enlightening experience. Invited by Jean-Marie Le Callonec, owner of the bande desinée bookshop La Cour des Miracles and subsidised by the Caen city council, I did - [community spirit](https://www.millidge.com/community-spiri/) - Those rather lovely chaps over at AOL's comics community website Comics Alliance, specifically the young Mr. Wayne Beamer, have recently posted a rather blushingly positive piece on Strangehaven which you can view here with the merest click of your mouse. Thanks guys, I am not quite gone and not quite forgotten either. - [Talking Inkheads](https://www.millidge.com/talking-inkheads/) - The local branch of the arts group Metal invited me to give a talk to a group of comics creators at Chalkwell Hall on October 2nd as part of a five day, residential culture LAB called Inkhead, a week of study and creativity in the Essex seaside town of Southend. Chalkwell Hall is a beautiful Grade - [Big Brother Strikes Again](https://www.millidge.com/big-brother-strikes-again/) - A couple of news reports emerged recently, which although unconnected, both I think potentially have serious implications for civil liberties here in the UK. The first I noticed on the news ticker at the local gym and couldn’t actually believe it until got home and checked it out on the BBC news website. There are - [Number 51 With a Bullet](https://www.millidge.com/number-51-with-a-bullet/) - That mighty fine blogger Alan David Doane has just posted his numbered list of 100 Must-Read Graphic Novels, and I am proud to say that Strangehaven has been included at a very respectable number 51. Doane is a long-established and well-respected online comics journalist who has been blogging for over six years and writing about - [master of none](https://www.millidge.com/master-of-none/) - The Strangehaven readers among you will probably be wondering what else the rather tardy author has been amusing himself with during its current absence from the bookshelves. Well, in addition to the assorted non-fiction books that I have been writing (currently working on Comic Book Design for Ilex Press, due next spring), a large portion - [perfect timing?](https://www.millidge.com/comic-timing/) - Just a quick update to alert any London-based readers that a page of my Strangehaven artwork will be on display at the world-famous Harrods shop in Knightsbridge until the end of October. It's part of an exhibition called "Comic Timing" featuring (as I understand it) some thirty pieces of artwork by British creators. That is - [Super Nova](https://www.millidge.com/super-nova/) - I was lucky enough to see one of my favourite singer-songwriters of all time last night, Heather Nova who performed at the Shepherd Bush Empire, her first UK gig for many years. Heather's voice sent shivers up and down my spine as she played a tight set consisting of the best known songs from her - [season's greetings 2008](https://www.millidge.com/seasons-greetings-2008/) - Better late than never, I have posted my Flash Christmas card here. Have a good one, troops! Update: Adobe Flash no longer supported in modern browsers: Here are the photos used in the animation. - [Lockdown, Storm Alex and Glad Tidings](https://www.millidge.com/lockdown-storm-alex-and-glad-tidings-3/) - This year’s virtual Christmas card from me to you is a little different – this image was based on a photo I took during the great snowfall of 2018 in nearby Belfairs Woods. Walking alone through the park, shin-deep in snow, with more snow falling, in eerie silence and not another soul in sight was - [Every time a bell rings...](https://www.millidge.com/ring-out-solstice-bells/) - …an angel gets his wings I can hardly believe it, but even though those hot summer days seem only like a few weeks past, It’s already time for my end-of-year annual update. For my now-traditional seasonal illustration, I’ve done something a little different this year, paying homage to my favourite Christmas film (and actually one - [Where We Live: the Las Vegas benefit anthology](https://www.millidge.com/las-vegas-benefit-anthology-from-image-comics/) - Where We Live is an important new anthology from Image Comics to benefit the victims and survivors of the Las Vegas massacre on 1st October 2017. The brainchild of Las Vegas resident and writer/artist extraordinaire J H Williams III, it’s a 256-page full colour trade paperback featuring over 150 creators, and I’m extremely proud to - [Christmas Isn’t Just a Day…](https://www.millidge.com/christmas-isnt-just-a-day/) - …It’s a Frame of Mind On the face of it, 2019 has not been a productive year for me. There’s been no new issue of Meanwhile… and ergo no new Strangehaven. But work has been continuing behind these dusty curtains and word is that there will be a Meanwhile… relaunch next year. I have also - [Humbug!](https://www.millidge.com/humbug/) - So, I’m not one for making new year’s resolutions, but I think I really should resolve to stop making predictions about what I expect to achieve in the coming year in these Christmas messages of mine. My own personal road to the netherworld has been paved with more gold than stored in the Bank of - [Destiny takes a break](https://www.millidge.com/destiny-takes-a-break/) - The somewhat overdue issue #9 of Meanwhile… has finally been scheduled for release, and will be available in comic shops worldwide this November. Meanwhile…#9 features part two of the stunning Needleman by Martin ‘Simo’ Simpson, Sarah Gordon’s The Collector, the penultimate episode of Mark Stafford and David Hine’s The Bad Bad Place and a second - [r.i.p. patrick mcgoohan](https://www.millidge.com/rip-patrick-mcgoohan/) - This won't be news to anyone of course, but I couldn't allow the passing of Patrick McGoohan to go without a mention on this blog. As Danger Man, McGoohan was already a hero figure for the infant Millidge, but his subsequent TV series The Prisoner influenced not only a large part of writing, but also - [blues vs. blues](https://www.millidge.com/blues-vs-blues/) - If there ever was a football match that might divide my loyalties it would be high profile cup tie between the club I’ve supported since I was a seven-year old, Chelsea, and my local team, Southend United. And as luck would have it, Southend United and Chelsea were drawn to play together in the third - [open other end](https://www.millidge.com/open-other-end/) - My nephew Reece Millidge has been an animator of some note for many years, his fine reputation built on his commercial work for Nexus Productions in London. Yesterday he received the fantastic news that the Smith-Foulkes film This Way Up on which he is credited as Lead Animator has been nominated for an Oscar in - [Goodnight Cambridge](https://www.millidge.com/goodnight-cambridge/) - I’ve been racking my brains trying to remember the first time that I saw the mighty Robyn Hitchcock play live. I’m sure that it must have been with the Egyptians, although as former members often join him onstage, I have some doubts whether it was after their recording career. It’s likely that it was one - [more by accident than design](https://www.millidge.com/more-by-accident-than-design/) - With news reaching me that my book Comic Book Design which I spent the best part of six months writing last year is now beginning to emerge at comic shops, bookstores and the usual Internet mail order retail outlets, I thought perhaps that it is a little overdue that my own blog should better make - [Comic Book Design out now](https://www.millidge.com/comic-book-design-out-now/) - Gary Spencer Millidge’s new book surveying and analysing design in comics and graphic novels, Comic Book Design has just been published in the UK, with the US edition due out on July 7th. This stunning volume consists of 160 full-colour 10″ x 11″ pages, featuring a diverse array of images selected from a wide range - [David's Dynamic Ceramics](https://www.millidge.com/davids-dynamic-ceramics/) - Reporting on a visit to my brother David's huge solo exhibition of ceramic sculptures at Hyde Hall, near Chelmsford.... - [my kind of town](https://www.millidge.com/my-kind-of-town/) - While in Barcelona for a few days recently in order to celebrate my friend Mike’s last few days of singledom, I took some time out to try to track down some of the city’s comic shops. Unfortunately, due to a combination of poor research, a terrible free road map from the hotel foyer and the - [the spurge strikes again](https://www.millidge.com/spurge-strikes-again/) - Tom Spurgeon has today posted a mammoth interview with me on his essential Comics Reporter website, primarily dealing with my latest tome Comic Book Design. Tom also pays great complement to the book, he writes, "if I had this book to check out and read during high school study hall, I'd be on my 21st - [spencer millidge, who?](https://www.millidge.com/spencer-millidge-who/) - Well I can't really compete with the fact that Bryan Talbot has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Sunderland University, but I'm not sure even he can claim to be a character in Doctor Who. Or two, even. A brand new Doctor Who story appearing on the BBC website commemorating the moon landings - [smoky donation](https://www.millidge.com/smoky-donation/) - My good friend (and co-editor on Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman) smoky man tells me that his Italian Watchmen project has so far raised a total of 2,500 euros for AIMA (the Italian Alzheimer charity). The Italian language Watchmen 20th anniversary tribute book was published in 2006 by Lavieri and featured included my - [bon dieu, je suis ou maintenant?](https://www.millidge.com/bon-dieu-je-suis-ou-maintenan/) -  The French translation of Strangehaven, published by those wonderful Akileos people, is now being promoted through the website digiBiDi via a cool a new online comics reader. I am not a huge advocate for reading comics online, but this is certainly a nifty little gadget and the best webcomics 'reader' that I've come across. - [winter wonderland](https://www.millidge.com/winter-wonderland/) - Here in this corner of England, we experienced quite a substantial snowfall last week and I made the effort to get out and take some snaps. I had intended to post a flash sideshow Christmas card of the best of my photos, but time has run short, so I’ll just paste a few below and - [Is it a bird... is it a plane? No, it's a bird.](https://www.millidge.com/is-it-bird-is-it-plane-no-its-bird/) - By accident I stumbled upon the just-announced Eagle Awards nominations web page and was surprised to discover that Comic Book Design has been included in the shortlist for nominations for an award in the "Favourite Comics-Related Book" category. It's obviously very gratifying and should anyone wish to vote they can do so here. Not that - [Lucky, Lucky Chelsea](https://www.millidge.com/lucky-lucky-chelsea/) - So ‘the enemies of football’ have finally won club football’s greatest prize. Frank Lampard and John Terry lifted the Champions League trophy after their dramatic win over Bayern Munich, capping a traumatic rollercoaster of a season for Chelsea. A club in utter disarray just ten weeks ago, on the brink of a Champions League last - [Merry Christmas 2010!](https://www.millidge.com/merry-christmas-2010/) - Due to my being quite ridiculously busy throughout 2010 on a number of projects (including a new book, announcement imminent) I have unfortunately been unable to illustrate my traditional annual Christmas card for friends, subscribers, industry contacts and other honoured individuals. Indeed, I’ve actually even been too busy to buy any, let alone write them - [From Leigh to Leeds](https://www.millidge.com/from-leigh-to-leeds/) - After two false starts in recent years, I'm finally attending Leeds' Thought Bubble comics festival at the weekend, 19-20th November. I'll have a table in Saviles Hall, alongside my long-time pal Chris Staros with his latest Top Shelf line of books. It's the first event at which I've exhibited for way, way too long, and - [Happy Holidays 2011!](https://www.millidge.com/happy-holidays-2011/) - Is it that time again already? Festive love to every single one of you. - [A Christmas Message](https://www.millidge.com/a-christmas-message/) - Now that the Mayan Prophecy has turned out to be another false alarm, I have reluctantly accepted that there is little chance of avoiding the onset of Christmas 2012. Therefore I can now wish all my fans, readers, clients, friends and random blog browsers the most enjoyable of festive celebrations, regardless of religious affiliation. Any - [The Royal Mail Strikes Back](https://www.millidge.com/the-emma-strikes-back/) - I’m delighted to inform all of you who read my previous blog post, PO Box Bollocks, that the Royal Mail Twitter Team wrote to me via email to respond to my concerns. That was after I had been asked by @RoyalMail to ‘follow’ them on twitter, so that they could send me a ‘private’ message - [Victory!](https://www.millidge.com/victory/) - So, the Royal Mail Twitter Team responded to my second reply. Here’s the gist: I’m sorry you remain dissatisfied with my colleague’s response. The advice provided by our PO Box team is that the requested payment of £59.40, representing the difference between a PO Box collection and delivery service, has been correctly applied. Unfortunately I’m unable to - [The long awaited return of...](https://www.millidge.com/the-long-awaited-return-of/) - Not a dream! Not a hoax! Not an Imaginary Story! Strangehaven will return in May 2014. Those of you who have been patiently (and not-so-patiently) awaiting news of the next issue of Strangehaven since they read issue #18 many moons ago may want to read that again. I’ll wait. Strangehaven will return in May 2014. - [Not Long Now...](https://www.millidge.com/not-long-now/) - Well now, let’s see, it may have been quite some time since I’ve written a blog post, but in my defence, I suspect that most people reading this would rather I be doing something like drawing the next episode of Strangehaven, as opposed to blogging about the last film I saw or my problems with - [Happy Holidays](https://www.millidge.com/happy-holidays/) - To one and all, I wish you festive fun for the holiday season, however you celebrate and whatever you believe in, but most of all I sincerely wish you peace, love, health and happiness throughout the forthcoming year. And remember: Enjoy comics responsibly. - [On My Way to the Lakes](https://www.millidge.com/okay-so-i-can-finally-confirm-that-i/) - Okay, so I can finally confirm that I will be attending the Lakes International Comic Art Festival next month (17-19th October). This will be my first comic event appearance in an official capacity in a couple of years or so, and I will be signing copies of Meanwhile…#1 at the Soaring Penguin table in the - [Strangehattanhenge](https://www.millidge.com/strangehattanhenge/) - Well, this is interesting and unusual. Evidently I have been proposed as one of the possible topics for presentation at a one-day symposium at the University of Cambridge in March 2015, called The Alchemical Landscape. Other proposed topics include Alan Moore, Derek Jarman, Arthur Machen, Alan Garner, Children of the Stones and Quatermass and the - [Knight of the Golden Light at the Chess Hall of Fame](https://www.millidge.com/knight-of-golden-light-at-chess-hall-of/) - Long-time readers of Strangehaven in its periodical format may remember my cover to issue #6, which featured an inset of the good Doctor Houseman (given that name, incidentally, almost ten years before Hugh Laurie’s Doctor House hit our screens). The background section of the artwork consisted of a Knight of the Golden Light’s costume and - [No sh*t, I’ve drawn another comic cover for Titan](https://www.millidge.com/no-sht-ive-drawn-another-comic-cover/) - The new Diamond Previews (a catalogue of forthcoming comics and related ephemera) is published this week and contains listings for two publications featuring my work. The first is the previously blogged-about Meanwhile…#5 (featuring episode 5 of Strangehaven: Destiny), while the second is my cover for Titan Comics’ Sherlock: The Blind Banker #2 (an English language - [Invisible girl](https://www.millidge.com/invisible-gir/) - So no, I’m not part of DC’s Rebirth, but I have sold my soul and become a corporate whore. I’ve contributed a variant cover for Titan’s Heroes: Godsend #4 (out in June) which is listed in Diamond’s April Previews catalogue (out today I believe), so if you want a copy you may need to pre-order it - [I Know When You’re Awake](https://www.millidge.com/i-know-when-youre-awake/) - This year’s traditional Christmas message from me is different this year in that a new episode of Strangehaven has been released into the wild during the year, for the first time since 2006. And yes, I’ve been feeling the love from readers both old and new, and I’m grateful to you all for that. It’s - [Meanwhile...an update (sort of)](https://www.millidge.com/meanwhilean-update-sort-of/) - Hardcore Strangehaven addicts will no doubt have been suffering withdrawal symptoms so far this year due to the lack of a new issue of the anthology Meanwhile... Last year four issues were published each containing a brand new full-colour episode of Strangehaven, but thus far issue five remains unpublished. The good news is that publisher - [Treviso, Land of Prosecco](https://www.millidge.com/treviso-land-of-prosecco/) - Poster for Land Escapes exhibition, all images ©2016 their respective creators. In what will probably be my sole “official” appearance this year, I will be a guest at the Treviso comic festival this upcoming weekend 23-25 September. I don’t have any details of signings or talks to hand, but I suspect I’ll be doing a - [Anything is possible](https://www.millidge.com/anything-is-possible/) - So, that’s another year pretty much done and dusted, and by all accounts 2016 has not been the greatest in terms of celebrity deaths and politics, amongst other things. I certainly have no desire to rake over all those unsavoury coals (there will be plenty doing that in the days to come), but the last - [Minotaur no more?](https://www.millidge.com/minotaur-no-more/) - Photo: Essex Live News The Bull Inn pub in Hockley, Essex, suffered a devastating fire on the 3rd August, and those of you familiar with Strangehaven’s The Minotaur will have already noticed the similarity in appearance. Indeed, the Grade II listed 16th Century country pub was a regular haunt for me in the mid-1980s and 1990s, - [A change in management](https://www.millidge.com/a-change-in-management/) - Illustration: Andrew Richmond John Anderson of Soaring Penguin Press, publisher of the comic book anthology Meanwhile… (currently serialising Strangehaven book IV, Destiny, of course) has taken on a new business partner and co-owner. And it’s none other than veteran editor and perennial comics enthusiast the ever-lovin’ blue-eyed Tim Pilcher. Way back in either 1993 or 1994, - [Return to the City of Lakes](https://www.millidge.com/return-to-the-city-of-lakes/) - I have been keeping a very low profile as far as event appearances are concerned in recent times, and plan to continue to do so until Strangehaven: Destiny is completed, but I have received a late invitation (from my publisher) to appear at the LICAF, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal, next month. - [Let me Introduce you to...](https://www.millidge.com/let-me-introduce-you-to/) - I’ve been lucky enough to have been asked to write not one, but two introductions for comics projects in recent months, and although I wrote them some time apart, they both turned up in my mailbox this week, on consecutive days. Here and There deluxe set The first of these to show up was for - [Dark Skies and Silver Linings: Twenty-five Years of Strangehaven](https://www.millidge.com/dark-skies-and-silver-linings-twenty/) - Twenty-five years ago, the first issue of my self-published comic book series Strangehaven shipped to distributors... - [The Blind Banker Cover Process](https://www.millidge.com/the-blind-banker-cover-process/) - A layer-by-layer breakdown of a cover commissioned by Titan Comics, for their Sherlock: The Blind Banker series. - [Meanwhile...Cool and Collected](https://www.millidge.com/meanwhile-cool-and-collected/) - Publishers Soaring Penguin have launched a crowdfunding campaign for a trade paperback collection of the first four issues of Meanwhile…”the best anthology you’ve never heard of”… for an anticipated July 2021 release. The book will collect all the content from the first four issues of the British anthology in a 220 page, full colour package. - [Comics & Consulting with Chris](https://www.millidge.com/comics-consulting-with-chris/) - Chris Staros, Editor in Chief at Top Shelf Productions (now part of the IDW empire) is now offering an after-hours/weekend consulting service to provide personalised career advice for comics creators and other budding industry professionals. - [Arcadia sells out](https://www.millidge.com/5068-2/) - Official press release: The first trade Strangehaven paperback collection, Strangehaven: Arcadia has gone back to press, selling out quickly after the recent publication of the second volume, Strangehaven: Brotherhood. Millidge said, "the response to the second volume has been phenomenal and has sparked a tremendous increase in sales of the first volume too. "The second printing - [Strangehaven #13 confirmed for June 2001](https://www.millidge.com/strangehaven-13-confirmed-for-june-2001/) - At last, the long-awaited Strangehaven issue #13 is complete and scheduled for publication in early June 2001 or possibly as early as the last week in May. It's the first new issue of Strangehaven in over a year, due to a number of frustrations I've suffered recently. Continuing the story from Strangehaven #13 and the Strangehaven: - [Sick of superheroes](https://www.millidge.com/sick-of-superheroes/) - I've written a guest editorial for the British fanzine Tripwire's "Sounding Off" column, ("where people associated with the comics industry chat about something that's important to them") which was published in its volume 4, number 9 issue, dated December 2001/January 2002. 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ISSN 2055-3463 Published April 2015 Published by Soaring Penguin Press The British comics anthology featuring comics by David Hine & Mark Stafford, Yuko Rabbit, Thierry Labrosse, Rainbow Buddy and all-new Strangehaven by Gary Spencer Millidge in glorious full colour. Includes Strangehaven: Destiny, Part Three, "All Fingers and Thumbs" (14 pages) written and illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge. 56 pages · Comic magazine on heavy glossy stock · 7 ⅛" x 10 ⅛" · 180mm x 257mm Colour cover · Colour & B/W interior - [Meanwhile… #4](https://www.millidge.com/product/meanwhile-4-2/) - Edited by John Anderson Cover by Darryl Cunningham. ISSN 2055-3463 Published September 2015 Published by Soaring Penguin Press The British comics anthology featuring comics by David Hine & Mark Stafford, Yuko Rabbit, Darryl Cunningham and all-new Strangehaven by Gary Spencer Millidge in glorious full colour. Includes Strangehaven: Destiny, Part Four, "Ultimate Destination" (14 pages), written and illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge. 56 pages · Comic magazine on heavy glossy stock · 7 ⅛" x 10 ⅛" · 180mm x 257mm Colour cover · Colour & B/W interior - [Strangehaven #3](https://www.millidge.com/product/strangehaven-3-b/) - Written & illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge ISSN 1359-2084 Originally published December 1995 · Second printing July 1996 Published by Abiogenesis Press Alex is troubled by his nightmares, romance blossoms between Adam and Ronnie, and a member of the clandestine Knights of the Golden Light is unmasked. 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Includes Strangehaven: Destiny, Part Seven, "Spirits of the Afterworld" (14 pages), written and illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge. 96 pages · Perfect bound softcover · 6 ½" x 9 ¼" · 166mm x 235mm Colour cover · Colour & B/W interior - [The Collected Meanwhile…](https://www.millidge.com/product/collected-meanwhile/) - Edited by John Anderson Cover by Sally Jane Thompson ISBN 978-1-908030-43-6 Published August 2021 Published by Soaring Penguin Press An omnibus collecting all the stories from Meanwhile...issues #1-4 totalling over 200 pages. This hefty tome features the first four parts of Gary Spencer Millidge's Strangehaven: Destiny, David Hine and Mark Stafford's Bad Bad Place, Yuko Rabbit's 10 Minutes, and standalone stories by Chris Geary, Sally Jane Thompson, Krent Able, Jenny Robins, Euan Cook, Krystian Garstkowiak, Thierry Labrosse, Frances Castle, Rainbow Buddy, and Darryl Cunningham. Cover by Sally Jane Thompson. Square bound format. 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(Italian Language)](https://www.millidge.com/product/strangehaven-6-italian/) - Written & illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge ISBN 88-87827-40-0 Published February 2006 Published by Black Velvet Editrice Italian language edition, reprinting Strangehaven issues #11-12, the eight-page "Custard Creams" Strangehaven short by Millidge and an all-new guest-creator strip, "Dreaming of Nimoi" by smoky man, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Franco Brambilla. Also includes additional columns by smoky man. 64 pages · Perfect bound softcover · 6 ½" x 9 ½" · 166mm x 240mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [Alan Moore: Ritratto di uno Straordinario Gentleman
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(Spanish Language)](https://www.millidge.com/product/alan-moore-retrato-de-un-caballero-extraordinario/) - Curated by smoky man & Gary Spencer Millidge Cover by Enrique Jiménez Corominas Introduction by Terry Gilliam ISBN 84-931809-5-5 Published July 2004 Published by Recerca Editorial Over 100 of the world’s top authors, artists and comics creators pay tribute to the master of comics writing to celebrate his 50th year in aid of Alzheimer’s charities. Italian language edition. Includes a twelve-page comic strip biography of Moore by Gary Spencer Millidge. Note: This Spanish language edition contains 48 fewer pages than the English language version, primarily due to the exclusion of the "Correspondence From Hell" conversation between Moore and Dave Sim. This edition also replaces the four-page visual bibliography with a single page text version. 304 pages · Perfect bound softcover · 5 ⅞" x 8 ½" · 150mm x 215mm Colour cover · Colour & B/W interior - [Strangehaven #3
(Italian Language)](https://www.millidge.com/product/strangehaven-3-italian/) - Written & illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge ISBN 88-87827-25-7 Published July 2004 Published by Black Velvet Editrice Italian language edition, reprinting Strangehaven issues #5-6 and Q&As from Italian readers. 48 pages · Perfect bound softcover · 6 ½" x 9 ½" · 166mm x 240mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [Strangehaven #4
(Italian Language)](https://www.millidge.com/product/strangehaven-4-italian/) - Written & illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge ISBN 88-87827-30-3 Published December 2004 Published by Black Velvet Editrice Italian language edition, reprinting Strangehaven issues #7-8, with additional material by smoky man. 48 pages · Perfect bound softcover · 6 ½" x 9 ½" · 166mm x 240mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [Strangehaven #5
(Italian Language)](https://www.millidge.com/product/strangehaven-5-italian/) - Written & illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge ISBN 88-87827-35-4 Published July 2005 Published by Black Velvet Editrice Italian language edition, reprinting Strangehaven issues #9-10, with additional material by smoky man. 48 pages · Perfect bound softcover · 6 ½" x 9 ½" · 166mm x 240mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [Strangehaven: Arcadia vol 1
(French Language)](https://www.millidge.com/product/strangehaven-arcadia-french/) - Written & illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge ISBN 2-915168-26-1 Published 2005 Published by Akileos Large format, beautifully printed and presented French language edition of Strangehaven volume 1, Arcadia. Features a new cover by Gary Spencer Millidge. 176 pages · Perfect bound softcover with French flaps · 8 ¼" x 11 ⅜" · 210mm x 290mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [Strangehaven #2
(Italian Language)](https://www.millidge.com/product/strangehaven-2-italian/) - Written & illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge ISBN 88-87827-19-2 Published January 2004 Published by Black Velvet Editrice Italian language edition, reprinting Strangehaven issues #3-4 and Q&As from Italian readers. 48 pages · Perfect bound softcover · 6 ½" x 9 ½" · 166mm x 240mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [London Bone
(French Language)](https://www.millidge.com/product/london-bone-french/) - Written by Michael Moorcock Cover by Gary Spencer Millidge ISBN 978-2-917689-00-4 Published February 2008 Published by ActuSF French language paperback special edition of Michael Moorcock's London Bone and other short stories. Featuring new cover artwork by Gary Spencer Millidge. 102 pages · Perfect bound softcover · 5 ⅛" x 7 ⅛" · 131mm x 180mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman
(First Printing)](https://www.millidge.com/product/alan-moore-portrait-of-an-extraordinary-gentleman-first-print/) - Curated and edited by smoky man & Gary Spencer Millidge Cover photograph by Piet Corr Introduction by Terry Gilliam ISBN 0 946790 06 X Published May 2003 Published by Abiogenesis Press Over 100 of the world's top authors, artists and comics creators pay tribute to the master of comics writing to celebrate his 50th year in aid of Alzheimer's charities. 352 pages · Softcover · 6" x 8 ½" · 152mm x 216mm Colour cover · Colour & B/W interior - [Cerebus #198](https://www.millidge.com/product/cerebus-198/) - Written & illustrated by Dave Sim & Gerhard ISSN 0712-7774 Published September 1995 Published by Aardvark-Vanaheim "Minds" Part 12. Jaka finds out about Cerebus and Joanne. Includes an eight-page 'preview' of Strangehaven#1. 44 pages · Comic book · 6 ⅝" x 10 ¼" · 170mm x 261mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [Negative Burn #24](https://www.millidge.com/product/negative-burn-24/) - Edited by Joe Pruett Published June 1995 Published by Caliber Press Caliber Press' long-running anthology. This issue contains strips by Brian Bolland, Paul Pope and Doug Wheeler among many others. Cover by Mike Kaluta. Includes a new eight-page Strangehaven strip by Gary Spencer Millidge. 48 pages · Comic book · 6 ⅝" x 10 ¼" · 170mm x 261mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [Heroes: Godsend #4
(Variant cover)](https://www.millidge.com/product/heroes-godsend-4-variant-cover/) - Written by Joey Falco, art by Roy Allan Martinez Published July 2016 by Titan Comics Based on the hit NBC television series Heroes Reborn, featuring Farah Nazan. Cover artwork by Gary Spencer Millidge Also includes two page article on the making of the cover. 28 pages · Comic book · 6 ⅝" x 10 ¼" · 170mm x 259mm Colour cover · Full colour interior - [Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #9](https://www.millidge.com/product/bart-simpsons-treehouse-of-horror-9/) - Written & illustrated by Ian Boothby, Dan Brereton, Paul Dini, Gary Spencer Millidge & Ted Naifeh ISSN 1080-9139 Published October 2003 Published by Bongo Comics Featuring a 14-page From Hell parody written and illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge. 48 pages · Comic book · 6 ⅝" x 10 ¼" · 170mm x 260mm Colour cover · Full colour interior - [Strangers in Paradise #65](https://www.millidge.com/product/strangers-in-paradise-65/) - Written & illustrated by Terry Moore Published April 2004 Published by Abstract Studio Includes a painted illustration of Katchoo by Gary Spencer Millidge on the inside back cover. 24 pages · Comic book · 6 ⅝" x 10 ¼" · 170mm x 259mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [Sherlock: The Blind Banker #2 (Cover A)](https://www.millidge.com/product/sherlock-the-blind-banker-2-cover-a/) - Written by Steve Thompson, art by Jay Published February 2017 by Titan Comics Manga adaptation of the BBC television series. Cover artwork by Gary Spencer Millidge 36 pages · Comic book · 6 ⅝" x 10 ¼" · 169mm x 259mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [Spirit of Hope
Anthology](https://www.millidge.com/product/spirit-of-hope/) - Edited and Curated by Alan Cowsill ISBN 978-0-9569170-0-3 Published July 2011 Published by Comic Book Alliance An anthology featuring short stories from over 90 of the world's leading comics creators to help disaster victims following the 2011 Tohoku and Christchurch earthquakes. Includes a new full colour two page strip written and illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge. 112 pages · Perfect bound softcover · 6 ⅜" x 9 ½" · 162mm x 240mm Colour cover · Full colour interior - [Strangehaven: Arcadia
Volume 1](https://www.millidge.com/product/strangehaven-arcadia-ap/) - Written & illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge ISBN 0 946790 04 3 First published July 1998 · Third printing November 2003 Published by Abiogenesis Press Alex Hunter crashes his car while on holiday in South West England and awakes to find himself in the beautiful yet ominous village of Strangehaven. Murder mystery, romance, horror and afternoon tea collide in a series Alan Moore describes as “soap opera noir." This graphic novel collects Strangehaven issues #1 - 6. 176 pages · Perfect bound softcover · 6 ⅝" x 10 ¼" · 168mm x 260mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [Draw Dragons and Other Fantasy Beasts](https://www.millidge.com/product/draw-dragons-and-other-fantasy-beasts/) - Written by Gary Spencer Millidge Illustrated by James McKay ISBN -13978-1847731579 Published August 2008 Published by New Holland A back-to-basics tutorial book for the beginner, looking at tools and techniques required to create great fantasy art in easy-to-follow stages. 96 pages · Perfect bound softcover · 8 ½" x 11" · 216mm x 280mm Colour cover · Full colour interior - [Meanwhile… #9](https://www.millidge.com/product/meanwhile-9/) - Edited by John Anderson Cover by Frazer Irving. ISSN 2055-3463-09 Published September 2018 Published by Soaring Penguin Press The British comics anthology featuring comics by David Hine & Mark Stafford, Frazer Irving, Sarah Gordon, Boulet, Ginny Skinner and more! Includes "...Atlantis," a special one-off short story from Strangehaven, written and illustrated by guest creator Frazer Irving. New square bound format. Note: This issue does not include any material by Gary Spencer Millidge 96 pages · Perfect bound softcover · 6 ½" x 9 ¼" · 166mm x 235mm Colour cover · Colour & B/W interior - [Strangehaven: Conspiracies
Volume 3](https://www.millidge.com/product/strangehaven-conspiracies/) - Written & illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge ISBN 0 946790 07 8 First published September 2005 Published by Abiogenesis Press The latest instalment of Gary Spencer Millidge's supernatural, darkly humorous romantic murder mystery, set in the isolated, quirky village of Strangehaven. This graphic novel collects Strangehaven issues #13 - 18. 176 pages · Perfect bound softcover · 6 ⅝" x 10 ¼" · 168mm x 260mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [Strangehaven: Brotherhood
Volume 2](https://www.millidge.com/product/strangehaven-brotherhood/) - Written & illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge ISBN 0 946790 05 1 First published July 2000 · Second printing November 2001 Published by Abiogenesis Press Alex Hunter tries to make sense of being trapped in England 's weirdest village, the ghost of the beautiful woman who haunts his dreams and why the villagers celebrate Christmas in mid-summer. This graphic novel collects Strangehaven issues #7 - 12. 176 pages · Perfect bound softcover · 6 ⅝" x 10 ¼" · 168mm x 260mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [Insomnia mini-comic](https://www.millidge.com/product/insomnia-mini-comic/) - Written & illustrated by Gary Spencer Millidge Published October 2004 Published by Abiogenesis Press The abandoned precursor to Strangehaven, Insomnia, originally produced around 1991, presented here in mini-comic format. Contains 15 partially completed comic pages plus behind-the-scenes material, script pages, reference photographs, sketches, rough layouts and author commentary. Limited edition of 100 signed and numbered copies. 32 pages · Mini-comic · 5 ⅞" x 8 ¼" · 148mm x 210mm Colour cover · B/W interior - [Nucomix #12](https://www.millidge.com/product/nucomix-12/) - Edited by Simon Bowland Published March 2003 Published by Swan Graphics British comics anthology fanzine. Cover by Gary Spencer Millidge 24 pages · Comic fanzine · 8 ⅜" x 11 ¾" · 212mm x 298mm B/W cover · B/W interior - [Meanwhile… #4
(First Series)](https://www.millidge.com/product/meanwhile-4-first-series/) - Edited by John Anderson Cover by Gary Spencer Millidge Published November 2001 Published by Soaring Penguin Press The fourth and last issue of the original series of the British anthology Meanwhile... featuring work by Frazer Irving, Mark Stafford, Roger Langridge, Graeme Neil Reid and David Hitchcock. 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