The HOUSE OF HARLEY presents its latest INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH comics compendium.
ADULTS ONLY. Order your copy now from our Etsy shop.
IN THIS ISSUE: vinyl mania – whirling microphones – stuffed tigers – cable inspections – terrible mistakes – old mining railways – time travel on the cheap – floating ziggurats – tree portals – strange clouds – hand-cranked cars – mating season orgies – smoking spoil-heaps – a Tunnock’s shortage
Featuring modern machinery invented by returning Ugly Mug contributors:
- Bearskin – travel the worlds and pass through the portals with Denny Derbyshire
- RSD Lang – Ed Pinsent‘s record collecting hero travels back in time to get a rare LP
- Jungle Ruck – cross(species)-dressing, courtesy mayhem-maker Julian Geek
- Big backsides – depicted with relish by Brazilian guest Alberto Monteiro
- Windy Wilberforce – our hero imperilled under the scalpel of Dr Fengele, in chapter 8 of Ed Pinsent‘s The Saga of the Scroll
And precision-engineered parts supplied by the House of Harley:
- Jack of All Trades – explains how to deal with a wasps nest in your bedroom
- Life with Freda Nipple – onesies, hybrid working and urban birding
- Mark E Smith Music Teacher – more life lessons from The Fall’s late lead singer
- Sound of the Underground – an earth-shaking collision of politics and music
Alll wrapped in injection-molded covers designed by Northern powerhouse John Bagnall.
“Ugly Mug is a really, really interesting anthology out of the UK… doesn’t seem to be engaged in anything ‘on trend’, instead we have stark black and white cartooning with blunt, human stories. Magnetic stuff, not like the rest!”
– Austin English, Domino Books
Published Sept 2024. A4, 56 pages.
“You want something different in cartooning and storytelling? Get this! Wild, unhindered creativity on display.” – Talking Small Press Comics
“Wild fun and the epitome of sheer creativity perfection… here is more racy fare than any British X-mas Annual of yore. These cunning creations teem with turbulent narrative force and visual clout, and come packed to the gills with wry and witty visual oomph…” – Win Wiacek, Now Read This!
“…things can get a little mad and sometimes leave you thinking ‘what have I just read?’ but it’s that eccentricity and flair that means you can’t stop reading and admiring what’s been put together.” – Comic Book News UK
“Ugly Mug continues to occupy a space in our indie scene that no other small press anthology series comes close to visiting. An unrepentant oddity, it’s that very outsider ambience that makes it such a continued draw in the UK self-publishing world.” – Andy Oliver, Broken Frontier
£8.95 + postage. ADULTS ONLY.
Order now direct from our Etsy shop.
Or pick up a copy from these online and real world retailers:
– Gosh! Comics, London
– Domino Books, US
– Partners and Son, Philadelphia, US
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