GOOF! No.8 - out today!

The eighth issue of the online humour comic Goof! is available from today! It features the latest chapter of my all-new Derek the Troll adventure, plus fun strips by Joe Matthews, Emmeline Pidgen, Marc Jackson, and many more! Comics to read on your desktop of device for a subscription of just £12 for 12 issues. (And when you subscribe you'll get access to all previous issues too of course!) Suitable for all ages.

Here's a preview of some of the strips in Goof! No.8...

The strips in Goof! are all creator-owned, and any profits are shared amongst the contributors, so all subscriptions are very much appreciated! Spread the word and subscribe today!
https://www.goofcomic.co.uk

The Christmas GOOF! is here

Cover art © Marc Jackson

The online comic Goof! celebrates the season with its first Christmas issue, available from today! The monthly humour comic features several festive-themed stories from Emmeline Pidgen, Rick Eades, Joe Matthews and more. 

© Joe Matthews

As my Derek the Troll strip is set way in the dim and distant past, I couldn't do Christmas but I made sure to feature him in a winter setting. It has some other elements of traditional Christmas comic strips too. (Basically it's Christmas in all but name. I couldn't miss a chance to put snow on the logo could I?) 

© Lew Stringer

If you're new to Goof! it's a monthly online anthology comic for children that costs just £12 for a 12 issue subscription (just a pound an issue). Even if you're only subscribing now you'll still have immediate access to all the back issues. That's the wonder of Goof! Then, around the first weekend of each month, you'll receive e-mail notification that a new issue is available to read online. 

https://www.goofcomic.co.uk

© Emmeline Pidgen

Remember, this is exclusively an online comic, only available by subscription, so if you see pirated copies they're breaking the law and will be spending next Christmas in jail! Ho-ho-ho! Happy reading! 

© Rick Eades

Have you gone for GOOF! yet?

After the Issue Zero launch issue, the all-new online comic Goof! gets rolling next month with No.1, available from 4th August. Here's publisher/editor Marc Jackson with the details...

GOOF! issue one brings back all the new comic strips you discovered in issue zero (Nona the ninth, Two Wizards, Donald Dogsbody, Olivia and Puff and Derek the Troll) plus some new additions. Cartoonist Nick Brokenshire who has worked for Dark Horse and most recently for IDW on Star Wars adventures brings us ‘Space Stupids’ an outer-space adventure about bounty hunters rounding up ‘stupids’ It’s a hark back to classic 2000AD style strips like Robo Hunter, so expect sci-fi thrills, with a crazy twist. It will be two-pages per month and the story will unfold over the coming months, so this is a great time to subscribe. On being involved with GOOF! Nick said ‘There is no way on earth that I could not get involved in a comic titled "GOOF!" I relish the opportunity to entertain readers with my ridiculous SPACE STUPIDS alongside all the other wonderful creators. Fun and whimsy can take on many different forms and you'll find them all in GOOF!’

In addition to that, the main website will also feature a letters page (send yours to sayhitogoof@goofcomic.co.uk) and a ‘GOOF! of the month’ section, where we profile our creators and ask them about making their comics. It’s a great opportunity to connect the creators with the readers, something that GOOF! is all about. This month we have a double-whammy of Jim Boswell (creator of Stick-Pig) and Observer comics prize winner Tor Freeman (Spells in the forest) for you to discover with many more to come!


Subscribe now to read issue zero and be ready for issue one when it arrives next month!
https://www.goofcomic.co.uk

A gathering of GOOFS!

It was a case of "Avengers Assemble!" or rather, "Goofers Gather!" at Macc-Pow! on Saturday 23rd June when the new digital monthly comic Goof! was launched at the event. 

In the photo: Jim Boswell, Emmeline Pidgen, Genie Espinosa, Lorenzo Montatore, Tor Freeman, Jonathan Allen, Marc Jackson, Nancy Jackson (Goof's youngest contributor), Dick Vincent, Richard Eades, and Lew Stringer. Sadly missing was Joe Matthews who was already homeward bound when we remembered to take this! Photo by Richard Buck.


Goof! features 30 pages of all-new humour strips for kids, including the return of my Derek the Troll character in a new adventure! - and it'll only cost you £12 for an annual 12 issue sub! Bargain! 

Who sez there aren't any new British comics any more? Who sez comics are too expensive? Look beyond the few titles available in newsagents and seek out Goof! today!
https://www.goofcomic.co.uk/about

You can read Phil Boyce's fair and balanced review of Goof! No.0 here:
http://the-oink-blog.blogspot.com/2018/07/goof-0-aaannnddd-were-off.html

If you have any questions or thoughts about Goof!, ask below and I'll do my best to answer them. 

GOOF! Brand new comic out this Saturday!

There's an all-new humour anthology comic coming this Saturday and you don't even need to leave your house to buy it! Goof! is a brand new online comic featuring a variety of strips - 30 pages in all, - and a subscription means it'll only cost you a pound an issue.

If you did want to leave your house, you could come along to Macc-Pow! at Macclesfield Town Hall, where Goof! will be launched with many contributors in attendance. Here's the info from publisher Marc Jackson...

"This weekend sees the launch of GOOF! issue zero, it’s like issue one, but it comes just before it! Like a bonus issue! More comics, fantastic! Featuring a feast of funnies created by an international line-up of cartoonists, all coming together to create something unique. At just £12 for 12 30 page issues, you’d be crazy to not sign-up and if you sign-up in person at MACC-POW! this Saturday www.maccpow.co.uk then you get it for just £10!! Holy WOW! Only a GOOF! could come up with that idea! Don’t miss out, make yours GOOF! This Saturday!"

Meet all these characters and more in Goof! No.0 this Saturday!
https://www.goofcomic.co.uk

© Jim Boswell

© Joe Matthews

© Clara Soriano

© Fulton Beal

© Lew Stringer

...and here's the info about Macc-Pow! Go to www.macpow.co.uk for the full details...

Get ready to GOOF!

Who's up for a brand new monthly British humour comic? It's lively, it's for all-ages, it's all-colour, it's digital, and I'm doing all-new Derek the Troll strips for it. It's GOOF! and it'll be available next month! Here's publisher Marc Jackson with the details....

On Saturday June 23rd, not only will I be hosting the 3rd annual MACC-POW! Macclesfield in Cheshire’s day of comics, as part of the 10 day Barnaby festival in the town, I’ll also be launching a brand-new online comic for all-ages, called GOOF!

GOOF! harks back to the good old days of comics for children (especially in the UK) that had a sense of craziness, anarchy and all-out fun whilst embracing the modern age. It’s a monthly, 30 page digital comic that costs just £1 per issue (£12 for the year maths fans) that you can subscribe to and read online at www.goofcomic.co.uk On the first Saturday of every month, you’ll receive a link to read it in your inbox, just like that.

Taking inspiration from BEANO, the Dandy (in fact it was thinking about the Dandy’s sad demise that started this whole process) the classic OiNK comic and the one-off 1983 Marvel special ‘Channel 33 1/3’ by Dicky Howett and Tim Quinn, whilst embracing the great work that both Jamie Smart’s MooseKid comics and David Lloyd’s Aces Weekly have done for putting quality comics online. GOOF! aims to connect those two groups and offer something fresh and unique for all-ages comics, that stands tall with its’ mighty predecessors!

Here’s the awesome bit and the part I still am pinching myself about… I have lined up some of the greatest cartoonist from around the world, maybe even the known universe to be involved and they will bring their incredible versatility to create a truly unique event in all-ages comics. The UK’s Lew Stringer will bring back his Derek the Troll character, I Kill Giants artist Ken Niimura delivers a one-off and exclusive drawing especially for the launch issue, Observer comics prize winner 2017 Tor Freeman introduces us to ‘Spells in the Forest’ alongside MAD magazine’s Luke McGarry. Lorenzo Montatore from Barcelona brings the crazy with ‘BOX’, the wonderful Emmeline Pidgen brings wonderful witchery with ‘Nona the Ninth’, Dan Moynihan creates ‘Mark and Spark’, Fulton Beal introduces the madcap adventures of ‘Flot and Zot’. Up and coming new comics talent Jessica on Paper gives us ‘Life Jacket’, Jolly Jim Boswell delivers ‘Stick Pig’ and US cartoonist Andrea Bell, shows us all ‘How to be cool’ Genie Espinosa introduces ‘Olivia and Puff’ Joe Matthew goes cosmic with ‘Space Dawg’ and even the legendary Fred Hembeck, famed for his work for both Marvel and DC in the 80’s is creating a new comic!

In addition, alongside that line-up, GOOF! features new characters and comics from Jess Smart Smiley (US) Andreas Schuster (Canada) Rick Eades (UK) Mari Ahokoivu (Finland) and Macclesfield illustrator Dick Vincent (UK)

Each cartoonist brings a different style, a different take on what making an all-ages comic means to them, whilst having fun with the medium itself. GOOF! aims to show you the kind of comics you might expect and something brand new, showing children and adults alike that this is an amazing time for the medium and presenting them in throughly modern way. Crazy adventure comics, funny animals comics, comics that show you how to be cool to your friends, even comics about cooking and culinary skills… we got ‘em!

These comics are exclusive to GOOF! so if you want to check them out, this is the only place to do it.

This project brings a new role for me as an editor and general man in charge, as I have being bringing the comic together since early January. Scouring instagram feeds for hot new talent and dipping into my address book to reach out to the old-pros who I know can deliver. I’ll be heavily promoting GOOF! from here on in (as will all the creators to make it the success I truly believe it should be) and we’ll be promoting and introducing what is inside at larger events such as the Lakes International comic-art festival in October, who have offered me great support so far. Keen to not get left out of the comics action too, I’ll also debut a new strip called ‘Donald Dogsbody does the dishes’ and I can’t wait to see him as part of this amazing line-up.

Visitors to MACC-POW! can sign-up and start reading issue zero on the day right there and then. Half of our creators will be in attendance in person including Lorenzo Montatore and Genie Espinosa from Spain, giving the event a truly international flavour. I hope that children will then engage with those creators and talk to them about the new characters they enjoyed and maybe event get a signed drawing of their favourites. Making it a truly interactive first for a comic launch of this kind.

Wherever you are in the world, GOOF! will be waiting for you at www.goofcomic.co.uk so don’t miss out on, comics for everyone!

Sign-up now to be the first to read the comic on June 2rd at www.goofcomic.co.uk

Images
GOOF! and all related imagery and content © Marc Jackson 2018
Derek the Troll © Lew Stringer 2018
Spells in the Forest © Tor Freeman 2018
Stick Pig © Jim Boswell 2018
Olivia and Puff @ Genie Espinosa 2018

If you want to learn more about Derek the Troll see here:
http://lewstringercomics.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/derek-troll-launches-this-saturday.html

You can read regular updates about my work by following my personal blog here:
http://lewstringercomics.blogspot.co.uk