The House of Harley’s comics anthology Ugly Mug is back after a 30 year break.
Order your copy now from Lulu.

The forces of optimism and pessimism battle it out over 72 pages in this horror-themed mag, which features new strips and drawings by the creme of the British small press cartooning scene:

• Organic Matter – an auxillary brain is assembled, in a twisted tale by Ed Pinsent
• Peasholm Island – prologue to the forthcoming graphic novel The Rightful King of the North Riding by Marc Baines
• Father Gilderoy Investigates – meet John Bagnall‘s dynamic sleuth
• Somberline: Dreams of Power – ominous politics in this Chris Reynolds one-pager
• Snak – an art-punk drawing from Savage Pencil‘s Animals Eating Other Animals series
• Beserker – Tom Baxter Tiffin‘s spider fellow is too mangled for the Multiverse
• Postcards From A Nother Place – images from the interstellar travels of Denny Derbyshire
• Put Your Best Foot Fwd – a radical self-help philosophy, modelled by Canadian contortionist and performance artist Ess Hödlmoser aka Strange and Wonderful Creature
• Ugly Mugshots snapped by Niall Richardson
• The Saga of the Scroll – Harry Excess encounters a giant octopus and other evil omens, in chapter 5 of Ed Pinsent‘s Windy Wilberforce epic

And from the House of Harley studio…

• Enigmatic cover star Voodoo Master undergoes a mid-life crisis
• Harvey’s S-S-S-Secret – Hollywood actor Harvey Keitel faces his biggest fear
• Count Dracula’s Great Secret is revealed, in a tribute to Paul Naschy, 1970s ice lolly ads and picnic vodka
• Seb, stranded in fog – where is everyone?
• The Kommuter Kronicle exposes the psycho-political horror of public transport policy
• Discourage the Use of Cash – the House of Harley’s Behavioural Research Unit strikes
• Negative Lad asks what good are superpowers in this misbegotten world?
• Trick or Street – never drive at night!
• Harmless Delusions about Rice Krispies and Padron Peppers
• How to make your own Golden Flavoured Syrup
• Dora the Art Restorer reveals a trade secret
• Dunstan Hunna puts the washing out
• Reflexology – a rude pictorial poem
• A glimpse behind the scenes at the House of Harley studio

Published Nov 2021. 72 pages, A4 paperback.
Not suitable for children.

“…an irresistible compendium of non-mainstream comic strip goodness. The contents run the gamut from rational to surreal, silly to sophisticated, amusing to offensive; UGLY MUG 5 is, in short, eminently representative of the state of the art in modern-day underground comix.”

The Bedlam Files

“…a delightfully unpredictable read…”
– Broken Frontier

“…the motherlode… wildly creative and inspiring…” – Ugly Mug 5 reviewed by Steve Keeter and Larned Justin on the Talking Small Press Comics podcast…

£9.95 + postage. Order now from Lulu.

A handful of Ugly Mug back issues are available from the Shop.

You can own the cover of Ugly Mug 5 on a t-shirt, sticker, pillow, tote bag and even a mug.

“There is no resolution in Ugly Mug.”
– James Heartfield, author, The ‘Death of the subject’ explained