The DFC
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| The DFC | |
 Cover of the first issue of The DFC |
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| Publisher | David Fickling Books |
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| Schedule | Weekly |
| Format | Ongoing |
| Publication date | May 2008 to present |
The DFC is a weekly British children's anthology comic It is published by David Fickling Books (an imprint of Random House) and the first issue is out at the end of May 2008.
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[edit] Publication history
David Fickling announced the comic two and a half years before the launch and has described his thinking as "I'm not really interested in reviving comics, I'm much more interested in restoring them to where they should be."[1]
The stories were previewed in, and formed the main part of, The Guardian Comic.[2]
[edit] Creators
The DFC has drawn is creators from across the British comics field, from mainstream to small press to webcomics to manga, as well as people from outside the field, including authors, concept artists and illustrators..
The big name in the initial line-up was novelist Phillip Pullman.[3] He was joined on his story, The Adventures of John Blake,[4] by artist John Aggs,[5] who won the UK and Ireland Rising Stars of Manga, and writes and draws another DFC title, Robot Girl and another with his mother, Patricia.
Other creators include Nick Abadzis who has worked at Marvel, DC and 2000 AD and recently won awards for his graphic novel Laika. Another graphic novelist is Simone Lia, known for her previous project Fluffy. With them are writers and artists who are known from the small press to webcomic arena, like Garen Ewing and Neill Cameron. Beyond comics there are Ben Haggarty (an oral storyteller), Adam Brockbank (concept artist), Paul Stewart (children's author) and Chris Riddell (illustrator).[1]
[edit] Titles
Current titles include:
- The Adventures of John Blake (by Phillip Pullman and John Aggs)
- Super Animal Adventure Squad (by James Turner)
- The Boss (by John Aggs and Patricia Aggs)
- Monkey Nuts (by The Etherington Brothers[6])
- Vern & Lettuce (by Sarah McIntyre)[7]
- The Spider Moon (by Kate Brown)[8]
- Mo-Bot High (by Neill Cameron)
- Good Dog, Bad Dog (by Dave Shelton)[9]
Smaller cartoons were by Woodrow Phoenix, Simone Lia and Jim Medway.[10]
Upcoming titles (or those that ran initially in The Guardian, and may return) include:
- Charlie Jefferson and the Tomb of Nazaleod (by Garen Ewing)
- Cora's Breakfast (by Nick Abadzis)
- Robot Girl (by John Aggs)
- Violet (by Emma Vieceli)
[edit] Availability
The comic is currently only available via subscription.
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Interview with David Fickling, saviour of the great British comic, The Times, May 10, 2008
- ^ Guardian Comic
- ^ Philip Pullman writes comic strip, The Times, May 11, 2008
- ^ Deep stuff, The Guardian, May 24, 2008
- ^ John Aggs' site
- ^ The Etherington Brothers' site
- ^ Sarah McIntyre's site
- ^ Kate Brown's site
- ^ Dave Shelton's site)
- ^ Jim Medway's site
