Teenage Fergie and his invisible sidekick, the ghost of a punk rocker named Sid, head to London to find Fergie's absent father while the Department of Extra-Usual Affairs, led by the irascible Dorothy Culpepper, and Fergie's mom face demons from hell both personal and literal.
Fergie and Sid have arrived in London... and a whole pile of trouble. All Fergie has to go on in the search for his father is an old photograph and some snippets of information that suggest "Billy" was involved in the music business in the Eighties and Nineties. Tracking down old contacts, Fergie and Sid find themselves getting mired in a shadowy undercurrent of the occult and whispers of entities not from our world. Meanwhile, back in Preston, Fergie's mum Julie forms an unlikely alliance with Natalie as they try to find the missing Fergie.
“(The) brilliantly realistic art of Martin Simmonds… is dripping in punk rock attitude and slightly reminiscent of Simon Bisley’s Slaine, (and) that pushes everything in London Calling up to eleven." -Tripwire
DAVID BARNETT is a British journalist and novelist best known for his work in the UK at The Guardian and The Independent. His novel, Calling Major Tom, sold over 60,000 copies and is in development for a major motion picture. PUNKS NOT DEAD vol. 1: Teenage Kicks is Barnett's first comic book work and has garnered much critical acclaim.
MARTIN SIMMONDS is a British comic book artist, painter, and graphic designer best known for his work on Titan's Death Sentence. PUNKS NOT DEAD vol. 1: Teenage Kicks has brought him to the attention of major US comic book publishers including Marvel and Image Comics. His dynamic layouts and arresting color combinations have earned him comparisons to industry legend Bill Sienkiewicz.
Teenage Fergie and his invisible sidekick, the ghost of a punk rocker named Sid, head to London to find Fergie's absent father while the Department of Extra-Usual Affairs, led by the irascible Dorothy Culpepper, and Fergie's mom face demons from hell both personal and literal.
Fergie and Sid have arrived in London... and a whole pile of trouble. All Fergie has to go on in the search for his father is an old photograph and some snippets of information that suggest "Billy" was involved in the music business in the Eighties and Nineties. Tracking down old contacts, Fergie and Sid find themselves getting mired in a shadowy undercurrent of the occult and whispers of entities not from our world. Meanwhile, back in Preston, Fergie's mum Julie forms an unlikely alliance with Natalie as they try to find the missing Fergie.
Praise
“(The) brilliantly realistic art of Martin Simmonds… is dripping in punk rock attitude and slightly reminiscent of Simon Bisley’s Slaine, (and) that pushes everything in London Calling up to eleven." -Tripwire
Author
DAVID BARNETT is a British journalist and novelist best known for his work in the UK at The Guardian and The Independent. His novel, Calling Major Tom, sold over 60,000 copies and is in development for a major motion picture. PUNKS NOT DEAD vol. 1: Teenage Kicks is Barnett's first comic book work and has garnered much critical acclaim.
MARTIN SIMMONDS is a British comic book artist, painter, and graphic designer best known for his work on Titan's Death Sentence. PUNKS NOT DEAD vol. 1: Teenage Kicks has brought him to the attention of major US comic book publishers including Marvel and Image Comics. His dynamic layouts and arresting color combinations have earned him comparisons to industry legend Bill Sienkiewicz.
