Comic book page. Panel 1: Satin Jim, Khalfani, and some of the other prisoners test their weapons. Caption: Knowing it's not safe to stay here in Amphibimen territory, our heroes gather supplies and weapons from the barracks and set out for a rumoured allied outpost further into Verdissia. Panel 2: Silhouettes run down a forest hill as a half-spider-half-monkey creature captures a butterfly-bird in its web. Caption: The escapees travel long and hard through the swamps and forests... Panel 3: Half-dog-half-crocodile creatures on leashes bark. Caption: ...the barking of dogodiles growing ever closer! Panel 4: The escapees ready their weapons as an army of Amphibimen rush towards them. Caption: Until finally, they find themselves overtaken by the enemy! Next: Ambushed!

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Comic book page. Panel 1: Satin Jim O'Morey and Col. Storun are standing in front of a Counter Earth crowd. Caption: In the prison camp, Satin Jim gives a rousing speech to the other captives, with Col. Storun as his translator. Panel 2: The crowd listens with rapt attention. Seen are two green rabbit-men, two purple men, two blue cyclopses with small horns, a bald man in futuristic clothing, and a muscular blond man. Caption: He speaks of the lofty ideals of his home - freedom and dignity for all and a refusal to tolerate oppression of any kind. Panel 3: Frog-men guards, heavily armoured and holding batons and riot shields enter. Caption: The guards, listening in, cannot abide this kind of talk... Panel 4: The prisoners fight the guards. Caption: ... But the rhetoric has had its intended effect, and the prisoners fight back! Panel 5: Corpses from both sides cover the ground. In the background, Satin Jim helps up a bald man in an orange-red future suit. Caption: It is hard won, but won nonetheless! Soon the prisoners are in control of the camp! Next:- Escape into Verdissia!

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Retro style comics book page. Panel 1: Richard Clayton Cold, Doctor Omega, and Southland Brown sit around a table looking at maps. Caption: Doctor Omega's ship, the Cosmos, can travel by air, land, or under the sea. The Doctor, Richard Clayton Cold, and Southland Brown discuss which is the best route to the Amphibimen/Verdissia marchlands. Panel 2: The Cosmos drives over grasslands. Blue ape-like warriors mounted on coyote-horses surround it. Caption: Travel by land would take them through the lands of the Ghoulians, fierce warriors and staunch military allies of the Amphibimen. Panel 3: The Cosmos traveling by air over a desert. Flying around it are men with pterodactyl wings. They are holding long spears with their feet and have guns mounted on their helmets. Caption: While travel by air would inevitably lead to a confrontation with the airborne army of Pterrod. The Pterrodans are officially neutral in the Great War due to a non-aggression pact with Rabazar, but are nevertheless tied economically to the Amphibimen. Furthermore, they would probably not take kindly to any craft emerging from the territory of Darr, their ancient enemies. Panel 4: A hand points to a map. Caption: Brown, ever the smuggler, suggests they use the Cosmos' submarine capabilities to travel through the Sea of Monsters and up the river to land near their destination, evading detection. Next: Inspiration!

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The Trial of the Sober Dog, episode 11, a newspaper strip that ran in the T2 section of The Times, 2008-2009. All text and art copyright (c) Nick Abadzis, 2008, 2009. All rights reserved.

I love newspapers but when I voiced issues working for Murdoch what she told me, with some humour, made an impression: “Subvert from within.”

Of course, I am fascinated to see how her latest exploit turns out. I do have this in common with Murdoch: I really like her.

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The Trial of the Sober Dog, episode 2, a newspaper strip that ran in the T2 section of The Times, 2008. All text and art copyright (c) Nick Abadzis, 2008. All rights reserved.

She gave me some ideas of who the story should appeal to but otherwise a lot of creative latitude, though I was tasked with making it a bit “Posy Simmonds” - “lots of text,” so as to not “frighten” the Times’ readers, which is why early episodes were so dense. #comics #newspaperstrips

The Trial of the Sober Dog, episode 1, a newspaper strip that ran in the T2 section of The Times, 2008. All text and art copyright (c) Nick Abadzis, 2008. All rights reserved.

It wasn’t an easy commission. She asked me for an episodic “graphic novel” that would run every week in the Monday T2 section and I had two weeks to prepare the first episode. I was flying by the seat of my pants and it was bloody hard work, but she was a great editor. #comics #newspaperstrips

Retro style comic strip page. The top half is laid out in an art deco inspired way and features Richard Clayton Cold in a hammock being visited by the white glowing astral projection of Moonchild. Captions: The night, Cold is awakened by a glowing apparition appearing before him! It is Moonchild again! To Cold's relief, Grey skips here customary shameless flirting and gets straight to the point. Khalfani and a companion have been captured in Clarion's northers hemisphere in the disputed borderlands between the Forest of Verdissia and the equatorial swamps of the Amphibimen! She assured Cold the Apex Society will pay a sizable reward if Cold can get them safely out and back to Earth. Cold, cleaned out by his rocket pack's repairs, needs the money. He reluctantly agrees. The bottom half is laid out with borders with a green floral pattern. Panel 4: A lot of inmates in the prison camp have conversations. These include upright green rabbit-creatures, spider-like humanoids, blue cyclopes, and others. Caption: Meanwhile, back at the camp, word has gotten around that a shining-white woman appeared to these strange, babbling prisoners. Panel 5: A purple-skinned man with pointed ears and a 18th century style military uniform approach Khalfani and Satin JIm. Caption: A purple man approaches Khalfani and Satin Jim and introduces himself... Panel 6: Satin Jim and Khalfani are shocked. Caption: ...In perfect English! Next:- Geopolitics!

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Original art for 3 of Frank Frazetta's "Johnny Comet" black and white daily newspaper strips from 1952.

Good morning!
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Joe Chase dreams that his deceased friend Dan is conducting an orchestra. Episode 23 of The Trial of the Sober Dog, a “GN” that originally appeared in The Times (UK.) Subvert from within. Writing and art copyright (c) Nick Abadzis 2008, 2025

The Trial of the Sober Dog, ep 23

An episode of the “graphic novel” published in The Times (UK) 2008-09. Ink on paper, Photoshop colour. Editor: “Make it like Posy Simmonds with lots of text so we don’t frighten our readers.” By this point, I’d dropped most of the text. #comics #newspaperstrips

Page of vintage-style comic strips Oddball Odeon featuring Bo Fiddlehead Deux Oui Croix: Sacreblue! (My Frenchness cannot be denied!) You are the greatest fighter I've come against... in a month or so at least! What's your secret? Bo: Welsk, mosk folks, if they'sk really lucky, have gotsk a lucky rabbik's foot... Bo holds up a rabbit Bo: But me? I gotsk a an entire lucky rabbik! Moonchild The two men are getting dressed. Stanley: We already finished. Trevor: You... said to entertain ourselves... Cynthia looks bitterly disappointed. Cynthia: And I didn't even get to watch! Tom Shade Caption: And so... Tom: We found the ruby based on your information... and the guy you killed had a history of... your allegations. We're letting you off on self-defence. Don't let it be said I'm not a nice guy. Kitty: Swell! Then we still on fer our appointment at 6 on Wednesday, Jimmy? Jimmy looks guilty while Tom glares at him.

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A page of vintage-style comic strips Oddball Odeon featuring Bo Fiddlehead Haff and Dyle Tone look at Deux Oui Croix Haff: Dyle, I have hired one of the great pugilists of Europe to take care of that reprobate pilot honing in our our dear sister. Croix walks away from them. Croix: Zut alors! (I'm French) I shall have him face-down in the pavement in 3 seconds flat. Dyle: 1 -- 2-- Croix returns in pain. Croix: Ow! Dyle: To be honest, you lasted longer than I thought you would. Haff is angry. Moonchild Cynthia's spirit descends into her meditating body. A macrame saying "DO WHAT THOU WILT" is hung on the wall behind her. Caption: An hour later, Moonchild returns to her physical body... Cynthia (thoughts): Thank Nuit that's been dealt with. Cynthia poses seductively in the doorframe. Cynthia: Now, where were we, boys? She gasps. Tom Shade Tom and Jimmy riffle through cabinets. Caption: The agents search the vault of a high-end fence. Jimmy: Agent Shade! Jimmy holds up a large ruby. Jimmy: Bingo.

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Page of vintage-style comic strips. Oddball Odeon featuring Bo Fiddlehead Bo Fiddlehead and Sepya Tone walk together. Behind them are a bunch of lovesick women. Sepya: I don't like how all these girls look at you, Bo. Bo: I yam awary o' me effeck on woming. it isk me crosk ta bear! But I assures ya, I only gotsk eyes for ya, Sepya! Sepya: It better not be the only part of you that's just for me, but it's a start... Moonchild Caption: Moonchild receives a psychic message from her Apex Society colleague, The Pharaoh... Thought balloon: Satin Jim and I were zapped by an artifact and... and I don't believe we're on Earth anymore! Cynthia walks away from the two men, who look confused. Cynthia: Ugh... Sorry, gentlemen. I have to take care of something in the other room. Um, you'll have to entertain yourselves while I'm preoccupied. Tom Shade Kitty Cameron: Would it help my case if I told ya he did actually reveal info on the ruby before... it happened? Tom, sighing: Actually, yes. It might.

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Page of vintage style comic strips. Oddball Odeon featuring Bo Fiddlehead Panel 1: Bo Fiddlehead bashfully hands Sepya Tone some flowers. Bo: I gotsk ya these flowgers, my belurve-ed Sepya Tone! They sym-bol-ee-guys me love fer ya! Panel 2: Sepya: The symbol of your love for me is worth mere pennies? Panel 3: Bo: Yerp! 5 whole ones! Nothin's too expenskive fer my fee-aink-ee! Moonchild: Panel 1: Cynthia looks at the two men arguing. Cynthia (thoughts): Oh! I can't possibly make up my mind between these two men! Panel 2: Cynthia (thoughts): Unless... Panel 3: We walks up to both of them. They're both surprised. Cynthia: Say, you boys wouldn't mind sharing me for an evening, would you? Tom Shade Panel 1: Tom and Jimmy look at something in shock. Caption: Tom and Jimmy arrive at the crime scene. Tom: Good God. Panel 2: Kitty Cameron sits over a dead, headless body. Kitty: I didn't do it!

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A page of retro-style black and white newspaper comics. Oddball Odeon featuring Bo Fiddlehead Panel 1: Bo walks into a flower shop and sees the clerk smoking a cigarette. Bo: Smokin's a nasky habik. Panel 2: Clerk: Mr. Fiddlehead, I have never seen you without a cigar in your mouth. Panel 3: Bo: Yeh, but I yain't never lighsk it! Moonchild Moonchild sits at a nightclub table sighing. Caption: Cynthia must decide between two men Moonchild: *Sigh* Trevor is tall but sensitive and poetic... where Stanley is driven, passionate, and has the body of a Greek god. Tom Shade Panel 1: Jimmy is on the phone and Tom walks into the office. Jimmy: Hey, Agent Shade, you know Kitty Cameron, that tart we pressured into plying information out of our suspect in the Sunspot Ruby case? Panel 2: Tom: Oh, what now, Jimmy? Jimmy: Well, there's been a... complication...

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Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell (writer) and Enrique Romero (artist)

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