See what the annoying high-pitched buzz is all about. Join Fox Fly and Scully Fly in their four issue miniseries: X-Flies Bug Hunt! Our investgative duo encounters vampires, monsters, and aliens on their relentless quest for The Truth.
December '96On a quest for The Truth, Scully Fly and Fox Fly encounter a very strange vampire hunter and his prey. So starts the first X-Flies miniseries, a 4-issue extravaganza extending into June. You'll laugh, you'll groan, you'll, er, mostly groan. Richard Johnston at the top of his form.
Flip book, with Mark Stafford's "Ain't We Got Fun, " featuring
"The Nihilists". Also stories from Bebe Williams and Jan Kalinski.
32 pages, two color covers, on quality paper.
February 1997Fox and Scully fly encounter Monsters of the insect world, including a praying mantis, some sort of mummified caterpiller thingee, and Frankenstein's Ladybug.
Another Flip Book, this time debuting the Richard Johnston/Lance Gueck
collaboration, Wurx. Phoebe's bunny doesn't like you...
Bebe Williams' Cyber X-Flies continues, and we have contributions from Jay Hosler and Bob Lynch.
32 pages, color covers, on quality paper.
April 1997The most successful self-published title from Britain breaks new ground.
Forget Area 51, corn circles and cattle mutilation. When aliens visit... they bring fleas.
Scully Fly and Fox Fly find their search for the truth
interrupted by an outbreak of these alien parasites, and jump into action.
Bebe Williams contributes more Cyber-X-Flies, we present Apocalypse, a short story by Croat cartoonist Darko Macan and we proudly present the debut of Freudwitch from the acclaimed team of British writer Brendon Connelly and South African artist Jake Hempson.
36 Pages, B+W, computer colored covers. $2.95
June 1997A most unexpected conclusion, as our heroes learn The Truth. Rich
is keeping this one under his hat for now, but you'll be hearing more about
it soon. I'm afraid it's one of those fourth-wall thingees where the artist
meets his creation. Bound to be the scariest of the 4 issues, don't you
think?
Bebe Williams concludes his Cyber X-Flies story and contributes the flip side cover.
Also in this issue, a preview of Richard's upcoming new book, Cogs in the Machine.
Both of the following issues are now officially out of print. Some retailers may still have these books in stock, and copies may still be available from Cold Cut Distribution or SyCo Distribution. However, we don't have any more here.
X-Flies Special #1The "one-shot" that started it all. The first appearances of Fox Fly and Scully Fly.
And, it has a Great Big Bug on the cover -- how can you go wrong?
Includes Fabian Nicieza's penciling debut on "Life Bytes, "
a Scott Saavedra story, a photo comic from Xeric winner Bebe Williams, a
Dirtbag short story, and work from Dave A. Law and Gary St. Lawrence. 32
pages on quality paper
X-Flies ConspiracyWhat do you do when a one-shot unexpectedly makes money? You suddenly realize that the creative possibilities of your characters are far from exhausted, that's what.
This one contains several X-Flies shorts, a second installment of Dave
Law's "My Life Amongst the Humans," an investigative piece on
Lance Gueck, the uncredited co-creator of Spawn, the prelude to Dirtbag
Pasts, a Bobby Ruckers story from Bebe Williams, and the world debut of
cartoonist Mark Stafford.
Last updated: 25 December 1997