The Really Heavy Greatcoat

The Really Heavy Greatcoat

Infobox webcomic|
title = The Really Heavy Greatcoat


caption = The Really Heavy Greatcoat
author = John Freeman and Nick Miller
url = http://www.downthetubes.net
status = Updates monthly
began = 1987 in print; 2001 online
ended =
genre = Story/Humour
ratings =

"The Really Heavy Greatcoat" is a British cartoon, by John Freeman and Nick Miller, that is now published as a webcomic.

History

"The Really Heavy Greatcoat" debuted in the Lancaster, Lancashire 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 [http://www.downthetubes.net downthetubes] , a frequently visited site by many in British comics. It is also published for mobile by [http://www.rokcomics.com ROK Comics] and in the international comics magazine "Comics International" [The RHG has appeared in Comics International since #197, published in 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 Jantze, Michael (May 14 2005). "The Norm Extra". "The Norm Magazine, No. 8", Pg. 41 ] 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, [ [http://www.comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=6918 Comic Book DB - The Really Heavy Greatcoat (1987) ] ] and has spawned several spin-offs, including The Underversity drawn by Paul J. Palmer.

References

External links

* [http://www.downthetubes.net/fiction/strips/greatcoat/about.html "The Really Heavy Greatcoat" at Down The Tubes] , the main site featuring The Really Heavy Greatcoat
* [http://www.teamsputnik.co.uk Team Sputnik] , artist Nick Miller's web site
* [http://www.qualitycommunications.co.uk/ci Comics International] , publishes The Really Heavy Greatcoat in its print edition
* [http://www.comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=6918 ComicBookdb.com - Comic Book Database]
* [http://www.itsourcity.org.uk/Funnies/greatcoat1.htm Lancaster's "It's Our City" group]


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