Danny Graydon

My university pal – and fellow rabid Alan Moore disciple - Chris Denton has been in touch to proudly proclaim that issue #2 of his hugely enjoyable (and very professional looking) small-press title WALKING WOUNDED  is now available for download for FREE at their website, MASSACRE FOR BOYS, which can be found here.  (Click on the picture for a closer look at the cover – “The House That Dripped War“, now that’s an arresting title…!)

Written by Chris with his brother Steven deftly handling the art chores, WALKING WOUNDED is a delightful paean to the 60′s/70′s heyday of British War comics – Commando et al –  where stories crackled with British pluck, men were men and it went without saying that Blighty was The Best Goddamned Country In The Entire World. Political Correctness? Harumph. That’s for Communists, old boy…

A bonkers WWII strip, WALKING WOUNDED focuses on a decidedly unconventional commando unit for whom the most suicidal missions are the only ones they’re interested in, one of whose ranks is wheelchair bound – but that doesn’t pose any hinderance to the man’s thoroughly-impressive Nazi body-count. 

The strip is the centrepiece of a growing MASSACRE FOR BOYS stable of characters.  Supplementing the bullet-ridden antics of “Our Boys” is a fun Roy of The Rovers pastiche, BOSHER LE FIZZ and JIMMY BAKER (“In the cut-throat world of animal hatmaking, one man stands above the rest…”). As for the future of WWII’s most gung-ho commando unit, Chris writes:

The third issue of Walking Wounded relates the previously untold events of the Nazi invasion of Gibraltar in a story we’re calling “Death On The Rock”. It will be launched in print form at the UK Web and Mini Comix Thing in March.

WALKING WOUNDED is a fab piece of work crafted with a lot of wit and a huge affection for a bygone age of British comics. Like the small press scene as a whole, it’s worthy of your support. (Facebookers can find an MFB group here). Who knows – there may even be a gong in it for you…