Bobby Joseph is an acclaimed South London comic creator whose early work includes the creation of cult comic classic Skank magazine, in which his best-known strip, Scotland Yardie, originated. He has written for The Guardian, Dazed, and Vice. A long-standing advocate for diversity and representation in comic books, his graphic novel, Scotland Yardie (Knockabout Comics, 2017), was the first diverse graphic novel to be studied as a module on an English Literature MA course. He is the fifth incumbent to be appointed the UK's Comics Laureate. Abbigayle Bircham is a Norwich-based comic artist with a penchant for the weird and wonderful, who is probably scribbling away in her favorite tea shop at this moment. A LICAF [Lakes International Comic Art Festival] Breakthrough Initiative participant, she has published work with Soaring Penguin Press and the Rat Pack Collective, dreams of having her own cartoon show one day, and first met Bobby Joseph when taking his Writing Comics short course. He hasn't been able to get rid of her since.

"A short, sweet and sarcastically sharp poke at modern culture's transient nature, mayfly attention-spans and perennially parlous state, delivered in a delicious ribald and deceptively irreverent tone and stylee (not a typo)."

--Now Read This!

"Joseph and Bircham have made a story that earns a place beside the earlier classics and that will send its readers back to them with better eyes. Fantastic."

--3:16

"Abbigayles' art punches on all fronts with a 'zaney' quality that injects a beautiful dollop of fun... Bobby's writing has a touch of magic, the same way writers like Alan Moore do."

--Comic Book News UK

"Bircham's cartooning - all frantic activity and dynamic characterisation - is a perfect complement to Joseph's cheeky dialogue with its witty commentary... This is one to steer your teen readers to."

--Broken Frontier

"Mixing magic with the very real social issue of absentee dads and parental separation it's quite the frenetic romp... My Dad Fights Demons! is an unstoppable, energy packed feast of magical craziness."

--downthetubes

Publisher: Selfmadehero

Pub date: 2025-10-14

Length: 112 pages