SHOKWAVE BOOK 8 NOW ON SALE HERE!

 The latest issue of SHOKWAVE is now on sale from this very blog! To the right of these words you'll find our long list of Shokwave stuff for sale. If you're looking for Shokwave Book 8 (published Spring 2026) on it's own you'll find it way-way at the bottom of the list! 

It's now also available as part of our mammoth set of all 8 issues of Shokwave so far... right at the top of the list. 

Like all issues of Shokwave - Book 8 features oue four regular strips in new adventures... Nosferatu II (art by David Hitchcock), The Clock Strikes! (art by Adam Jakes) Resistors (art by Richard Pester) and Anna Key (art by Chris Askham.) Each are brand new 10 page stories of course! This time with a cover by 'Vampire Vixen' creator Alex Ronald! 

Nosferatu II finds two different schemes competing to kill Count Orlok before his ship reaches New York and all Hell breaks loose!

The Clock Strikes! sees the Clock with a bullet in him and delves into the history of femme fatal Scarlet Hunter! 

Resistors has escaped domestic droid Daisy returning to her old employer to face so unpleasant home truths! 

Anna Key is under cover and on a date... only to find that language itself is unreliable in Rox City!

48 pages of colour and black and white STUFF written by John A. Short. 

New SHOKWAVE for Spring 2026 now on Kickstarter!

 

SHOKWAVE BOOK 8

THE ULTIMATE ANTHOLOGY COMIC IS BACK! HORROR! NOIR! NEAR FUTURE! and CHAOS!!! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas1/new-shokwave-spring-2026

All of our popular features are back for new adventures! All our regular creators return! Four totally different stories in four completely different styles by some of the UK's best independent comic creators! This time with the regular cover by VAMPIRE VIXENS creator ALEX RONALD... and the Kickstarter Exclusive cover by FANTASTIC FOUR artist NEIL EDWARDS (Colours by Spectrashift!)

NOSFERATU II

In our creepy black and white sequel to the original 1922 horror movie classic... As the vampire's ship approaches New York, the survivors of his attacks plot and scheme to destroy Count Orlok. Art by the award-winning horror artist DAVID HITCHCOCK!

THE CLOCK STRIKES!

In our film-noir-style revival of Golden Age mystery man THE CLOCK... We delve into the history of femme fatal SCARLET HUNTER and the Chicago hitman known only as MR. SMOKE! Stylish 1930s glamour illustrated by Long Pig artist ADAM JAKES!

ANNA KEY

In our crazy tongue-in-cheek alien adventure, a computer glitch causes chaos when it takes down everyone's translation software. Will anything ever make sense again? Rendered in vibrant full-colour by Switchblade Stories creator CHRIS ASKHAM!

RESISTORS

In our near future robot rebellion story, we examine the past life of escaped care-droid Daisy and find her in deadly danger. Illustrated in lush colour tones by Fantagraphics artist RICHARD PESTER!

GRAB YOURSELF SOME ORIGINAL ART!

Look out for the reward tiers allowing you to get a custom A4 sketch of a character of your choice by Anna Key artist CHRIS ASKHAM! Limited numbers! Bag 'em quick!

AND who will be the lucky so-in-so to land the one-of-a-kind Clock Strikes splash-page from Shokwave 7 – drawn by ADAM JAKES? When it's gone – it's gone!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas1/new-shokwave-spring-2026

SHOKWAVE BOOK 7 - Now on sale here!

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.  

SETS now available!

 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 CLOCK STRIKES! 2... now on sale here!

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..

THE CLOCK STRIKES! 2 AKA START THE CLOCK is written by John A. Short and illustrated in beautiful black and white by Adam Jakes. Another self-contained adventure set in the 1930s New York of the Clock... The First masked hero in American comicbooks (created by George Brenner.) 20 story pages and a new full color front cover! 

Also available again is 2012's THE CLOCK STRIKES! 1 AKA THE CLOCK HAS STRUCK. Written by John A. Short and illustrated by Vincent Danks. 22 black and white story pages and a color cover. Brand new printing! 

AND - available for the first time... Get the set! Every issue of our 48 page anthology comic SHOKWAVE (Books 1 through 6) each featuring a new ten page Clock adventure... Plus the TWO Clock one-shots... Eight comics in all. 

New THE CLOCK STRIKES! one-shot on Kickstarter now!

 Read Brian Bullen's review of the one-shot below! 

"The Clock Strikes! Start the Clock!

W: John A. Short

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

http://kck.st/4eBetgH "

THE CLOCK STRIKES! 1 - back on sale!

 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!