100 Planets - Every Monday
100 Planets is E-merl’s new weekly webcomic series, broadcasting across the farthest reaches of the cosmos every Monday. Listening posts have also been established over at Modern Tales and via the wonders of RSS.
The Nile Journals – Every Wednesday
Being the weekly journals of Mr. Nile – a self-aware narrative entity and recent arrival in the sprawling west coast conurbation of Anyopolis, USA. The series originally ran at Serializer back in 2003 but then fell of the face of the web following a particularly horrible server crash in 2004. The entire series is now being rebroadcast every Wednesday at E-merl and Serializer.
The Rule Of Death – Every Friday
Pete Colby doesn’t want to die. So he doesn’t. And that’s where the problems begin. Illustrated by Douglas Noble, this kitchen-sink zombie western updates every Friday at Serializer. Thanks to some nifty behind the scenes CSS trickery, you can also now read the series right here at E-merl.
All Knowledge Is Strange – 7/7/2007 to 8/4/2010
A pictorial almanac of necessary facts, featuring a unique mixture of new history, negative fact, miscellaneous wisdom and beautiful lies. All Knowledge Is Strange was E-merl’s second regularly updating series and it also ran twice a week at Modern Tales. All in all, it featured rather more giraffes than I had expected.
Empire Of Odd – 18/11/2009
A five part webcomic serial I created for Ctrl.Alt.Shift as part of their anti-corruption comics anthology. The story takes the MP expenses scandal in the UK as it’s kicking off point, but ends up somewhere altogether stranger. Originally serialised across Ctrl.Alt.Shift’s blog, here are some quick links to each of the instalments: One, two, three, four and five.
Necessary Monsters – 27/5/2008 to 23/9/2009
“There exists a world of horrors beneath the one we know. To police this world there is The Chain; a covert agency of monsters and killers, charged with keeping the human herd from ever growing too thin.” Myself and Sean Azzopardi’s new graphic novel, originally serialised online twice a week.
Brain Fist – 9/6/2005 to 7/8/2007
The wet sound a brain makes when it punches you in the face. An abandoned TV set crying in the rain because Nobody Understands and Times Change and Who Really Cares Now Anyway? What kind of person brings an exploding nun to a knife fight? Brain Fist. Comics you hold in your head.
Icarus Tangents – 8/5/2005
At long last! Because no one demanded it! It’s the triumphant return of everyone’s favourite semi-sane, semi-unemployed comic book writer, Icarus Creeps! Now infused with new Tarquin Engine zoomy-ness! Yum!
The Mongoose and The Weasel – 23/4/2004
This story is my contribution to the second annual British Webcomic Piss-Up. It started off as being a simple story about a dragon in love, but ended up mutating into the weird little fable you now see before you.
Day 29 – 29/2/2004
My second attempt at a 24-Hour Comic. This one follows the rules of the Nile Variant: Intend to make a 24-Hour Comic, fail utterly and then cheat blatantly. It also serves as a sequel of sorts to last year’s Mr. Nile Experiment.
Vicious Souvenirs: Shadow Cabinets – 11/8/2003
The second of my collaborations with John Barber is now available for subscribers to Modern Tales. This time out it’s John on writing duties and myself on art and Flash trickery. “The name’s Bold. Garamond Bold.”
Kicking Hitler To Death – 28/4/2003
This violent little tale was written by me and illustrated by John Barber. Originally created for paying subscribers to Modern Tales Longplay, the comic is now available to be read for free at E-merl. You lucky, lucky people.
The Mr. Nile Experiment – 28/2/2003
Two years ago I broke off a little piece of myself and sent it away into fiction, to see what it could find. Turns out it found quite a lot. So I agreed to give Mr. Nile the twenty-eight days of February to share his findings with the world.
Fever – 25/11/2002
My first attempt at Scott McCloud’s 24-Hour Comic challenge. By the end of the twenty-four hour stint I was hallucinating and experiencing periods of total memory loss. 24-Hour Comics, kids – they’re cheaper than drugs.
Inanimate Monkey Adventures! – 1/7/2002
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It’s a deformed plastic monkey! Beware wrong-thinkers, for Inanimate Monkey is on the loose! Although I suppose he won’t really get very far. Since he’s, you know, inanimate and everything. Um…
Dismember – 16/5/2002
Hot from the panels of Doodleflak comes The Ninja With No Arms in his first solo adventure! Can our favourite amputee hero survive against the outlandish attack of the deadly Twins Dismember? Senseless violence guaranteed!
Weirdness Pending – 5/3/2002
Haunted television sets, possessed puppets and the true secret of fire – this webcomic has it all. However, since it’s a big, mean, full-colour monster of an infinite canvas story, it might take a little while to load on slower connections.
Too Late – 3/1/2002
Where else could Garfield the cat meet John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness in a loving tribute to George Orwell’s 1984? This one came about as a result of my musings on the current political climate, post September 11th.
The Tragic Death of an Animated Gif – 6/11/2001
I had planned to produce a work of epic scope and majesty that would prove to be the final word on the use of animation in comics. Sadly, all I had time to do was this. But look! Mindless violence!
A Webcomic Tetrad – 28/5/2001
A slight change of pace in this Flash based webcomic that explores how McLuhan’s four laws of media can be applied to the medium of webcomics. Amazingly, no one gets killed in the process.
Interview with a Madman – 20/2/2001
A story that makes as much sense as it’s supposed to. Special thanks go to Edmond Halley, Ian Whitt and the mysterious Walter Plinge for playing their respective roles.
The April Murders – 8/1/2001
A short webcomic about murder and the end of the world. I’m not sure whether this one is meant to be funny or just plain disturbing. Probably both, knowing the way my mind works.
Rust – 1999 – 2000
Gods die. Angels Rust. Life goes on. This unfinished webcomic serial was drawn by me and written by Alasdair Watson for PopImage. It was nominated for an Eagle Award in the favourite online strip category.
