Chad Burdette
50-Odd Years of Big Noses
by Hunt Emerson
Yep! Britain’s greatest underground cartoonist Hunt Emerson has been creating wild and wonderful comics for more than 50 frantic years.
Hunt Emerson‘s 50-odd Years of Big Noses contains the untold and often hilarious stories behind those five decades of surreal strips, as told by Hunt himself.
Illustrated throughout with cartoons and pages from obscure corners of Hunt’s archive, and stuffed full of irreverent chat between the maestro of mirth and journalist Rory Milne, 50-odd Years of Big Noses has pathos and laughs by turn.
In 2023, journalist/writer Rory Milne contacted me to ask if I was aware that it was 50 years since my first comic strip (of sorts) appeared in print, and suggested we do an interview. I agreed, and we had a 90 minute phone chat, which barely got us started. So we went on to have 5 more long chats, Rory transcribed them, and by this time we decided we were possibly looking at a book. I began designing and laying out the book – at that time tentatively titled “50 Years Underground”. Well, I was doing this work in my downtime, so 50 years have now become 50-plus years.
Our phone calls covered a lot of ground, from my earliest attempts at comix, through many years and many pages, and seemed to involve a lot of laughing. I’m including as much illustration as I can, using comix and illustrations that have not been widely seen, and the book is now pushing 220+ pages.
So journey back to Hunt’s heady Seventies, relive his prolific Eighties, blush at his smut-filled Nineties, marvel at his eclectic 2000s, wince at his cash-strapped 2010s, and celebrate him reaching today with work still on the books and his faculties somehow still intact!
Previously featured and unfunded:
Previously featured, fully funded Kickstarters Worth A Look and Support:
- Assassin Roommate books 2 & 3 – 4 Days to Go
- Runaway to the Stars by Jay Eaton – 5 Days to Go
- The Boys 20th Anniversary Graphic Novel Editions – 11 Days to Go
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Witches of Oz #1-4: THE WICCA COVEN! Mature Sapphic Fantasy
How did the Wicked Witch of the East REALLY die? Can Glinda & Margot survive a magical battle with Dorothy’s grieving cousin? FINALE!
Witches of Oz #4 is a 30-page Mature Queer Romance re-imagining of The Wizard of Oz brought to you by Kat Calamia and Phil Falco (Lifeline Comics).
A new-reader-friendly story in the same universe as The Beast & Snow and Ozma: The Trans Witch of Oz – if you’re a fan of magic/witches, enemies-to-lovers, and mature queer romances than this comic is for you!
Glinda the Good Witch had her happily ever after. She was loved by all. Wickedness had been vanquished. All was right in Oz.
But eight years later…the Wonderful Land of Oz has fallen into ruin. Without the influences of Dorothy and the Wizard, corruption and decay have taken root.
Looking for a scapegoat for their problems, the Emerald City turns on Glinda…literally burning her at the stake in her own Witch Trial. Until she is rescued by her former enemy, the Wicked Witch of the West!
The Good Witch and the Wicked Witch now find themselves trapped in LIBERAL, KANSAS – the hometown of Dorothy Gale! This is where they run into Dorothy’s cousin, Ginny Gale, who just so happens to be the sheriff of the town AND a WITCH in her own right!
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Dick Tracy Collection – Back in Print Softcovers 1961-1964
Collected for the first time in softcover, Chester Gould’s DICK TRACY makes a triumphant return to print by Clover Press and LOAC!
A new cycle of DICK TRACY returns to print as part of Clover Press’s line of deluxe slipcase editions!
Chester Gould’s iconic yellow-clad gumshoe steps into the swinging ’60s in four volumes collecting newspaper strips from 1961-1964, in softcover for the first time!
Dick Tracy debuted in newspapers on Sunday, October 4, 1931! Creator Chester Gould wrote and drew the hard-boiled daily strip until 1977, before passing it to writers and artists who continue the strip to this day. Through Gould’s nearly five decades of dedication on the strip, he created a pantheon of eclectic supporting characters like Flattop, B.O. Plenty, Junior Tracy and Moon Maid that make Tracy the beloved character he is today.
The Library of American Comics remastered and collected the strip in a series of hardcover collections, many of which are out of print and highly sought after. Now, Clover Press and the LOAC are bringing the collections back to print in an affordable softcover format!
We’re collecting the strip strictly by year, reprinting each installment from January 1 to December 31. Each volume will measure 11″ x 8.5″ in a horizontal format, and features a premium lay-flat binding for an optimal reading experience. Additionally, each book will slide into a vertical slipcase, designed for protection and easy shelving. Plus, each year’s collection features a new cover by a diverse selection of today’s popular artists!
This time, we’re thrilled to offer DICK TRACY from years 1961 to 1964. By backing this campaign, you will receive all four volumes at once. Also available are commemorative prints of each of the covers by Cat Staggs, Brent Schoonover, Howie Noel, and Daniel Hillyard, plus trading cards, stickers, and a lithograph that recreates a fascinating image from 1963 that no Tracy fan should be without.
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“Climb Every Mountain” by Jeffrey Brown
An argument against the use of A.I. in creative endeavors, presented as risograph-printed comics and prints
Climb Every Mountain is hand-drawn sequential art by Jeffrey Brown arguing against the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) in creative endeavors using the analogy of climbing a mountain.
Partnering with fellow cartoonist J.T. Yost for the risograph printing and campaign management, this crowdfunding campaign offers multiple versions of the comic as risograph prints and mini-comics. There are also opportunities to get original art and incredible limited-edition items, and even a one-on-one (two?) meeting with Jeffrey & J.T.!
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Antigone Filigree #1 – Steampunk Mechs VS Kaiju
An anti-colonial saga about mechs, kaiju, and resistance from prolific comic creators Nicholas O’Gorman and Caleb Palmquist.
Antigone Filigree is a brand-new manga style comic book by Nick OG (artist, writer) and Caleb Palmquist (writer) about mechs, kaiju, colonialism, and fighting back against tyranny and totalitarianism.
The story follows Amita, the young leader of small nation crushed into poverty by the colonial forces of Centra. When kaiju begin emerging from the calamities off the coast, the huge steam-powered Centra mechs draw back, refusing to protect anything but the supply lines that keep the Capitol prosperous. Amita and her friends hold back the kaiju that attack their town at great cost to themselves, but they can’t keep it up forever.
When Amita hears the call of an ancient mech called Antigone Filigree hidden deep in the mountains, everything will change…
Antigone Filigree was illustrated by Nick OG in black and white with screentone shading by Henry Saints.
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Drunk Mom #1-3 “Induction By Fire”
As THE INDUCER, Monica suits up in her shocking new costume! But is it all too much for the sober, single mother-turned-superhero?
Monica Lanie is a single mom and a recovering alcoholic. A chance encounter leads Monica and her intern, Craig Kendall, to spend their nights fighting organized crime in the Twin Cities. When she’s behind on sleep, people assume Monica is hungover. But she can’t correct them, so she must live with the label… her son’s Drunk Mom.
In Issue #3, Monica meets two new characters Dr. Trad Fischer (inventor of the Hohlraum suit) and Sarah Faraday (inventor of The Inducer’s electric gun). (Eagle eyed readers may remember them from The Avandrus Theory #1). This is where Monica meets them for the very first time as they demonstrate the team’s cool, new crime-fighting tech.
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Parenting – An SMBC comic collection
A collection of comics about parenting, compiled from over 20 years of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, and also from experience.
We’re raising funds to print a brand new book of compiled SMBC comics: Parenting – An SMBC Collection.
PLUS, you can get Zach’s upcoming illustrated middle grade novel Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home (as well as other goodies) by selecting your preferred tier during the crowdfunding campaign. Kickstarter buyers get a specially designed Sawyer Leebookplate, signed by Zach.
WOLVES OF A FEATHER
A Lovecraft-inspired crime story that will take you to the depths of otherworldly horror and leave you hollow and haunted…
When a simple heist takes a VERY wrong turn, it looks like the end of the world could be right around the corner…and our thieves are going to help usher it in, whether they want to or not.
Below are some sample pages from issue 1 of Wolves of a Feather, introducing our main characters and putting them into a deadly, horrific situation, straight out of a cosmic evil nightmare.
Wolves of a Feather is a dark, mature readers comic book, please enjoy responsibly.
Love is Simple #1 – A NSFW Mythological Comedy
From the Ringo winning team behind Smut, this 24 page comic follows Aphrodite’s identity crisis after she causes the Trojan War!
In Greek, there’s seven different words for love, in English, only one. What if that’s not a quirk of linguistics? What if Aphrodite changed the meaning of Love to suit her means?
Love is Simple is a 5-part comic miniseries from the creative team behind the Ringo Award winning comic SMUT! This is our retelling of Greek Mythology as a supernatural erotic comedy, focusing on Aphrodite’s identity crisis after she (totally accidentally) caused the Trojan War, her friendship with Persephone, and the relationship drama (and tons of sex) she causes by trying to force love to be less complicated. Think Lore Olympus meets Sex Criminals.
In a contest between Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena, Paris was bribed by all three to judge them the most beautiful. Ultimately, he went with Aphrodite’s promise to bed the most beautiful woman in the world and, in doing so, triggered the Trojan War. Aphrodite would later describe kidnapping Helen of Troy as “a bit of a whoopsie.”
Struggling to reconcile her role as the Goddess of Love and her actions that led to mass slaughter, Aphrodite asks to her friend Persephone to help her get through this extraodinarly difficult time. After attempting to talk it out (and drinking a LOT of wine), Aphrodite decides that Love needs to be simple. No more jealousy, no more modesty, no more strife.
Welcome to the first issue of the greatest myth never told! Sex, war, yearning, and pomegranates run wild in this fun, sexy romp of a comic made by the best team in the game! This is Love is Simple!
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Megaton Man: Microbus
The collected Megaton Man Weekly Serials (1996-2001) featuring the complete Wandering Microbus Saga – REMASTERED!
America’s Man of Molecules falls in with a roving band of misfits including Gower Goose, Paul Nabisco, X-Ray Boy, Yarn Man, Kozmik Kat, the Phantom Jungle Girl, and Cowboy Gorilla in a vintage hippie van as they encounter Forbidden Frankenstein, the Partyers from Mars, Slagg Heep, Mooncat, Unleash, and Bad Guy at the Comic Book Convention on the Edge of Forever!
The complete Wandering Microbus Saga by Don Simpson, collected for the first time in one definitive edition, lovingly scanned, restored, and remastered from the original artwork by the cartoonist!
Originally presented as The Megaton Man Weekly serial online (1996-2001), part of which ran as a 2-page back-up feature in Erik Larsen’s Savage Dragon #52-#87 and in Megaton Man: Hardcopy#1 and #2 and Megaton Man: Bombshell #1 (all from Image Comics).
This Fiasco Books edition will include rare process art, alternate pages, unpublished rarities, and more!
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CHINGONA
CHINGONA (noun) \ching-?g?-nä\ : a badass Latina woman who embodies unapologetic strength, resilience, and fierce empowerment.
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That’s a wrap for this week.
Next week, we will return with new projects to spotlight. Also, if you are crowdfunding a project and would like to be put in the Korner, drop us a line at chad@comic-watch.com, and we will take a look when we put together next week’s post
