Necessary Monsters - $12.95

There exists a world of horrors beneath the one we know. Where the creatures of our nightmares stalk amongst humanity and play their games of vengeance, murder and intrigue. 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.

But now a new threat to The Chains status quo has risen. The creature known as Harps Bane has gone rogue and its up to four of The Chains best agents - Gravehouse, Creeping Tuesday, Charlotte Hatred and Cowboy 13 to stop him. The stage is set for a terrifying chase across a hidden America as old grudges and older secrets come bubbling to the surface. Ancient terrors ride in black helicopters, psychotic cowboys walk the land and dead girls with killer smiles hide in the shadows. In this world of horrors there are no heroes and no villains; only monsters. Some more necessary than others.

This trade paperback collects the complete first arc of Necessary Monsters, including updated artwork across all five chapters and a brand new introduction by Kieron Gillen (Phonogram, S.W.O.R.D, Thor). The book is published by AiT/PlanetLAR and is available for order via your local comic shop using Diamond order code DEC09 0641. Alternatively you can purchase the book here at E-merl via the wonders of Amazon.

The Last Sane Cowboy - $12.95

Earth has unfolded. Reality has stretched out into its truer and more terrible shape. Now an insane cowgirl stalks the prairie in search of her missing brother. A heartbroken lover confronts the creature masquerading as his stolen house. And a refugee from a lost dimension ponders the impossible existence of cheese.

The Last Sane Cowboy & Other Stories forms the definitive collection of my Unfolded Earth short stories to date. Alongside the Isotope Award winning title story sit four other equally surreal tales, including a new reworked version of the popular but long out of print I Bleed Scorpions. The volume also contains a brand new introduction and extensive notes section that sheds further light on the origins and intricacies of life on an Unfolded Earth. Preview Pages:

- I Bleed Scorpions

- The Last Sane Cowboy

- The Girl Who Talked

- The House That Wasn’t Her

- Just Another Guy With A Planet For A Head

Published through AiT/PlanetLAR, the book clocks in at around 112 grey-tone pages inside a striking new colour cover. Those without a comic shop nearby can order the book through Amazon or at any other bookshop that takes your fancy.

Brain Fist - $11.50 plus $1 S&H

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.

Brain Fist was originally serialised on the web from June 2005 to August 2007 at E-merl.com. It was one of the first comic series designed specifically for reading on the Apple iPod, back when the iPhone was still just a twinkle in Steve Jobs’ eye. This book is the first time the entire series has been collected in a single, full colour print edition. It’s also the first time I’ve self-published a trade, meaning the book is available exclusively via E-merl or whatever booth I’m manning at your local comic convention.

All Knowledge Is Strange - $3.50 plus $1 S&H

A pictorial almanac of necessary facts. Featuring a unique mixture of new history, negative fact, miscellaneous wisdom and beautiful lies. This mini-comic collects 52 of my favourite strips from the first six months of the series, reproduced in glorious greyscale under a colour cover.