Only a week or so to get your copies of Quantum 6...

 ..before it is replaced by Issue 7.

The cover on Issue 7 is of the Clockwork Cavalier and has been produced by Gary Crutchley and coloured by John Charles.

Jemma is interviewed and talks about the way we collaborate...

 ..and I didn't come out too badly 😊

Jemma's Interview on Facebook

ACME Comic Con is Glasgow next weekend.

Our first Comic Convention for 2024.

Do pop over and say 'Hello' if you're in the area.

New special limited printing of Fastest Man

At TimeBomb Comics have a Subscription service called Quantum Prime.

Every issue of Quantum we produce a special variant cover version which is only available to subscribers and also look to include something a little special and also very limited.

with Quantum 6 Subscribers will also get the collected Whatever Happened To The World's Fastest Man? and for the first time it also includes the 5 page prequel, also illustrated by the very talented Marleen Lowe.

Andy Bloor has worked his magic on the design and it's no longer under a The Accent fake newspaper title but has moved to Strange Times.

I'm very happy with the result.

...and if you'd like to know more about the comic then pop over to:-The Mighty World of British Comics  for a very humbling review.

Animal Magic

 I attended a meeting in Paddington today with my day job and came across this.

I love street art in most forms. Graffiti and sculptures being my favourites.

There are a couple of empty seats so that people can join in,

I didn't do that, but I did take a few photos.

On returning home I Googled it and found out that it's call 'The Wild Table of Love' and is by Gillie and Marc. 

Fabulous.

Quantum Issue 1 available for Comic shops to order in Jan PREVIEWS

Yep, Issue 1 will be available in your local comic shop, if you'd like a copy you might want to ask them to order one in for you.

The code for Quantum #1 - JAN241994

42nd Post

Looking back at last year's 42nd Post I remember what tough year that had been. This year my feet have continued to recover and my walking looks less and less like a sketch from Monty Python. I think this may be it and I'll take that, it's a long way from where I was.

I've traded my car in for an Automatic, so I can now drive again. You don't know how important it is to be able to just pop into a car and go somewhere. Being able to drive again has had a huge impact. A very positive thing.

The driving has allowed me to have a full year of Comic Conventions, and it's great to get back to those too. Standing up for 3 days at the MCM's doesn't help my poor feet but they are recovering more and more quickly and I think the MCM endurance is helping that.

Speaking of MCMs, this year I picked up the '42' book in October, subtitled 'The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams'. The man had a lot of improbable ideas that are now, or shortly will, become reality. Interesting that he didn't see all of them as a positive thing and I do often wonder if we are creating things because we can and not because we should.

Quantum has been a highlight. It's a lot of work, stress and strain getting something like this ready for publication every 2 months, and financially it's a real challenge too, but we need to try. Things are looking encouraging at the moment and so I think it'll continue for many years yet (I hope I haven't just jinxed it).

A new thing for us is the idea (which came from a friend) to have a subscription to TimeBomb where we produce some very limited edition comics and provide other content. This will help flatten out the ups and downs of print costs and distribution income. The first will go out shortly and features a variant cover version of Quantum 5.

Thanks you all for your support through 2023, and before.

All the best for 2024.