SHOKWAVE BOOK 7 is now on sale to the right of these words! Below that you'll find every issue of Shokwave AND The Clock Strikes on sale in a set! (And below that every issue of both is listed individually!)
If you're interested in some other combination of issues not listed here... Get in touch and I'll work out the best price for you and sort out a way to pay.
Also... just now on-sale... BIG sets of all SHOKWAVE books so far (1 - 6) AND a set of THE CLOCK STRIKES! 1 + 2 along with all 6 SHOKWAVES!
The second one-shot starting classic golden-age comic character THE CLOCK is now on sale from this very page! Just have a look to you right..
Read Brian Bullen's review of the one-shot below!
"The Clock Strikes! Start the Clock!
A: Adam Jakes
L: Spectrashift
Synopsis…Welcome to 1930s New York and the seedy rooms of an illegal gambling den known as the Dead Cert Club. In a tale dripping with murder and mystery we meet the ultimate femme fatale, Honey Black and the most powerful man in the underworld of New York, Marcus Graves. We learn what happened when they met and how it just might have led to the creation of that masked scourge of the criminal classes... The Clock!
Thoughts…I have read some of the adventures of the Clock in Shokwave and they have always had a great tone to them. There is a sense of the time with how it's all put together. The vocabulary used gives it that real pulp 30s vibe. This story has noir feel to it, with a narrator taking us through the story, giving us a glimpse at the big man himself Marcus Graves and his first encounter with The Clock and why he is so eager to keep his presence under wraps.
This was a great story from start to finish. Straight away you get pulled in and it does a great job of carrying us through as the narrator weaves a tale of dames and gangsters. In the previous stories I have read I can’t remember seeing Graves, only recall mentions of him being the scary guy in charge and this really goes a long way to showing just why he is not to be messed with for sure. This one shot also does a great job of adding to the mythos of The Clock, is there really a supernatural edge to it all, yes or no it all makes for some great storytelling.
This story had a real voice to it, as I was reading along I could hear the words running through my head. This was helped in no small part by the use of the likeness to famous people in the illustration. This was used to great effect throughout the issue. Also the black and white really added to that 30s feel of the whole thing.
If you are thinking about backing this on Kickstarter, I would wholeheartedly recommend adding the original book to the pledge as well, or even go the whole hog and add the 6 issues of Shokwave as well as not only will you get further adventure featuring The Clock but also some other really awesome stories from John and other collaborative artist as well.
Kickstater link is here
We sold-out of our last lot of 'The Clock Strikes!' 1 one-shot recently and we've created a brand new 3rd printing to fill the gap. This one (also known as 'The Clock Has Struck') is now on sale from this page to your right!
This comic features a self-contained 'Clock' adventure not seen anywhere in Shokwave itself. The story is (as ever) written by me, with a wonderful black and white art by Vincent (Harker) Danks! A 22 page noir adventure for comic books original masked hero!
It's on thicker paper, has a card cover and all new support pages featuring lots of art from the recent Shokwave material!
Watch for a brand new, never-before-seen THE CLOCK STRIKES! 2' this summer (2025!) This time featuring a brand new self-contained pulp story by myself and artist Adam (Longpig) Jakes!
The all-new issue of the ultimate anthology comic is here. Shokwave Book 6. Back with four new stories written by John A. Short. All wrapped up in brand new cover art by WARWICK FRASER-COOMBE!
You can find it for sale to the right of this message... Just scroll down to below Books 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5! And if you want all SIX issues all together in a set, you'll find the top right!
ALL regular stories back with spanking new adventures, including... THE CLOCK STRIKES! (art by Adam Jakes) ANNA KEY (art by Chris Askham) RESISTORS (art by Richard Pester) and NOSFERATU II (art by David Hitchcock.) New sample pages from each strip below!
ON SALE TO YOUR RIGHT (and scroll down) ON THIS VERY PAGE!
ALSO AVAILABLE AS PART OF THE COMPLETE 5 ISSUE SET RIGHT HERE---->
SHOKWAVE is back for brand NEW SHOKs with the usual team of writer John A. Short with artists Chris Askham, David Hitchcock, Adam Jakes and Richard Pester! With the usual line-up of ten page strips Anna Key, Nosferatu II, The Clock Strikes! and Resistors.
This issue in NOSFERATU II – This is... All you've been waiting for since the start of this sequel to the 1922 silent horror movie classic... COUNT ORLOK lives again! Expect mayhem!
THE CLOCK STRIKES! More noir thrills with this golden-age comic character! This issue the return of arch-enemy, The Lynch Man! Delve into the murky world of 1930's politics!
RESISTORS – Our rebel robots are on a mission in this episode... Get ready for heist-style hi-jinks with Jez and Daisy behind enemy lines! Sexbot versus war-droids!
ANNA KEY – Alien sheriff, Anna, and her reluctant deputy, Norm, search for criminals and romance as they go undercover on some real police business... What could possibly go wrong?
SHOKWAVE BOOK 7 is now on sale to the right of these words! Below that you'll find every issue of Shokwave AND The Clock Strikes on sale...
