The Really Heavy Greatcoat
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The Really Heavy Greatcoat is a British cartoon, by John Freeman
and Nick Miller, that is now published as a webcomic.
listings magazine On the Beat in February 1987, and its successor, Off the Beat.
It is now published primarily online as a web comic on downthetubes, a frequently visited site by many in British comics. It is also published for mobile by ROK Comics and in the international comics magazine Comics International
, one of the most respected journals in the comics industry, and has been selected for publication in various titles, including The Norm published by syndicated US cartoonist Michael Jantze
and Paper Tiger, an independent UK comics anthology.
The cartoon is written by former Marvel UK
and Titan Magazines
editor John Freeman
and drawn by Nick Miller
, a cartoonist whose work has appeared in various UK and US magazines for many years including US publisher Eureka Productions. The strip, often poking fun at newsworthy events as well as satirising comics counterculture, centres on a greatcoat brought to life sometime in the 1960s after being exposed to mind-enhancing drugs stuffed in its pockets.
The strip has a dedicated following in Lancaster and on the internet, with a detailed listing on The Comics Database, and has spawned several spin-offs, including The Underversity drawn by Paul J. Palmer.
John Freeman (editor)
John Freeman is a British writer/editor/designer known for his work with Marvel UK, and on Doctor Who Magazine and The Really Heavy Greatcoat.-Biography:...
and Nick Miller, that is now published as a webcomic.
History
The Really Heavy Greatcoat debuted in the Lancaster, LancashireLancaster, Lancashire
Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, England. It is situated on the River Lune and has a population of 45,952. Lancaster is a constituent settlement of the wider City of Lancaster, local government district which has a population of 133,914 and encompasses several outlying towns, including...
listings magazine On the Beat in February 1987, and its successor, Off the Beat.
It is now published primarily online as a web comic on downthetubes, a frequently visited site by many in British comics. It is also published for mobile by ROK Comics and in the international comics magazine Comics International
Comics International
Comics International was a British news and reviews magazine about comic books. Founded in 1990, it was published monthly by Quality Communications until 2006...
, one of the most respected journals in the comics industry, and has been selected for publication in various titles, including The Norm published by syndicated US cartoonist Michael Jantze
Michael Jantze
Michael Jantze is an American comic strip writer, best known as the author of The Norm, a comic strip syndicated internationally to newspapers. Born in 1962 in Middletown, New York, he grew up in Normal, Illinois. He attended Goshen College and California State University, Northridge, then worked...
and Paper Tiger, an independent UK comics anthology.
The cartoon is written by former Marvel UK
Marvel UK
Marvel UK was an imprint of Marvel Comics formed in 1972 to reprint US produced stories for the British weekly comic market, though it later did produce original material by British creators such as Alan Moore, John Wagner, Dave Gibbons, Steve Dillon and Grant Morrison.Panini Comics obtained the...
and Titan Magazines
Titan Magazines
Titan Magazines is the magazine-publishing division of Nick Landau's Titan Publishing Group. Titan also owns several Forbidden Planet specialist comics and collector stores .Titan Magazines' publishing director is Chris Teather.TPG also owns Titan Books,...
editor John Freeman
John Freeman (editor)
John Freeman is a British writer/editor/designer known for his work with Marvel UK, and on Doctor Who Magazine and The Really Heavy Greatcoat.-Biography:...
and drawn by Nick Miller
Nick Miller (artist)
Nick Miller is an artist. In 1984 He graduated in Development Studies at the University of East Anglia. In that year he moved to Ireland, He lives and works in Co Sligo, Ireland...
, a cartoonist whose work has appeared in various UK and US magazines for many years including US publisher Eureka Productions. The strip, often poking fun at newsworthy events as well as satirising comics counterculture, centres on a greatcoat brought to life sometime in the 1960s after being exposed to mind-enhancing drugs stuffed in its pockets.
The strip has a dedicated following in Lancaster and on the internet, with a detailed listing on The Comics Database, and has spawned several spin-offs, including The Underversity drawn by Paul J. Palmer.
External links
- The Really Heavy Greatcoat at Down The Tubes, the main site featuring The Really Heavy Greatcoat
- Team Sputnik, artist Nick Miller's web site
- Comics International, publishes The Really Heavy Greatcoat in its print edition
- ComicBookdb.com - Comic Book Database
- Lancaster's "It's Our City" group