Pat Mills is a punk … he has always written outrageously violent, scabrously satirical and often hilariously funny attacks on authority and the establishment.”
Jonathan Ross
“A JOYOUS RIDE.”
What the readers are saying
“Entertaining and gripping” “Interesting, informative and funny this is essential reading”
“A fantastic expose of the early years of 2000ad and beyond, and some very pertinent thoughts about the future of the comics industry as a whole!”
Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave! is available as a paperback from Amazon, or as an ebook through the Kindle App - read on any device.
“Just finished this twisted, very funny novel – 1st in a series by Pat Mills and Kevin O’Neill. Brilliant skewering of 1970s kids’ comics.”
Ian Rankin
Inspector Rebus novels
Serial Killer is available as a paperback from Amazon or as an ebook through the Kindle App – read on any device.
The 1970s were a dangerous time for kids.
With Dave at work, it’s a more dangerous time for the adults who harm them.
Happily chewing his liquorice pipe and plotting evil, Dave is a comic book editor with mischief on his mind. He adds lethal info to his stories, and his readers act on it. So far – so gruesome.
But then his femme fatale mother starts nagging him to solve her murder. She’s definitely dead, but is she really a figment of his imagination?
Is Dave victim, villain … or vigilante? Can he find his mother’s killer? And how many adults can his readers knock off before Dave finds himself in the firing line?
All the joy of a box set binge of your favourite sitcom wrapped up in a funny book.
Amazon ReviewerThis is a book with teeth, it will flick you in the balls with a towel and get off with your girlfriend behind your back. It is full of nuanced speech and setting, full of energy and cunning and most of all you will devour it and ask where the next serving is coming from.
Antony EsmondQuite a few times I’d start laughing my head off reading this in the kitchen and my daughters would want to know what was so funny.
Amazon ReviewerGet your paperback or ebook copy of Serial Killer now.
10 OF THE BEST: CELEBRATING SOME OF 2000AD’S UNSUNG HEROES
Last month, we celebrated 2000AD's 40th Birthday in Hammersmith. It was a fantastic event: kudos to Rebellion and the entire team of staff and volunteers who made it such a huge success. Some good stuff has been written about it on DownTheTubes, BBC Arts and The...
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HAPPY 40TH 2000AD!
IT’S A MIRACLE, BUT WE MADE IT!
February 11th sees the 2000AD convention and a celebration of the comic’s 40th birthday. It’s also the official launch for my text novel Serial Killer, with a signing at Gosh! bookshop the day before. Serial Killer is the first book in the Read Em and Weep series, a...
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THARGSHEAD REVISITED 2?
Congratulations to us all on Prog 2000, due out tomorrow! All these celebrations remind me of earlier – and less happy – anniversaries, such as my Thargshead Revisited, where I scripted and showcased the artists' complaints. One of them, involving plagiarism, it would...
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GUEST POST: KEVIN O’NEILL ON THE VEXED QUESTION OF CREATOR CREDITS
In answer to the vexed question of running credits in 2000AD ... first things first: IPC In my younger days never employed me to remove artists' signatures. Indeed, had that been a job it would have taken less then 10 minutes to do over ten years or more. Only two apt...
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AN ACT OF REBELLION
Working on the black comedy novel Read Em And Weep with Kevin O’Neill, which deals, in a fictional way, with the origins of the Comics Revolution, including the creation of our version of 2000AD, I was suddenly struck by a somewhat uncomfortable thought. I hope I’m...
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ANGUS, ANGUS & ANGUS DEMAND AN APOLOGY
We were dismayed to receive a further email from Angus, Angus & Angus requesting an apology and a donation to charity for publishing their comments on our forthcoming book, READ EM AND WEEP: SERIAL KILLER. We're not sure how to respond, so while we discuss our...
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OUR FIRST REVIEW FOR READ EM AND WEEP: Serial Killer!
Kevin and I sent Scottish publishers, Angus, Angus & Angus, an advance copy of our book for review because they once employed our main character, Dave Maudling, and we’ve just received their response today. However, it wasn't quite what we were hoping for. To be...
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