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Ladies and Gentlemen
Writer: Richard Worth Artist: Jordan Collver Publisher: The Water Closet Press Buy It From: Travelling Man, OK Comics, Excelsior or at www.waterclosetpress. blogspot.com What is Ladies and Gentlemen? “Ladies and Gentlemen is comic packed with adventure, mystery, romance, moustaches and monocles. It follows the adventure of The Gentry, a team of Victorian crime fighters. It’s a love letter to Silver Age comics, magicians and myths.” Why should we pick this up? “This is the first ongoing project from the Eagle Award Nominated Team (New Visionaries category) and has repeatedly sold out in shops. But don’t take our word for it here is what the internet had to say. toooldforcomics.blogspot.com: The artwork is excellent, and artist Jordan Collver captures the feel of a dirty, grubby, Victorian London perfectly…. at no point in this book did my interest wane, I read it twice before I put it down. Brokenfrontier.com – …is both distinctive and well defined in visual identity and style.” “…enough intriguing questions in terms of both plot and characterisation to leave its audience eager to discover more about its world.”
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