John A. Short

Voting in this year's Comic Scene awards ends tomorrow (last day of Sept) and SHOKWAVE is nominated in the 'Best Crowd Funded Comic' category... If you felt like giving us a free box tick? You'll find the link to where you can vote right here
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I will be a guest tomorrow Saturday 27th September 2025 at the Somerset Comic Con at the Bath & West showgrounds! Big Kult Creations table! Lots of comics to browse or buy. Come along and say 'Hi!' www.facebook.com/events/13292... #comics #comicsnews #comiccon #comicshows #somerset #somersetcomiccon

Raising money for Cancer Research UK... All day music event at the Bear Cave in Bournemouth FAZZA FEST! Ticket link below: www.ents24.com/festival/faz... #gig #music #livemusic @cancerresearchuk.org #festival #musicfestival #punk @bournemouthecho.bsky.social #Bournemouthmusic #Dorsetmusic #bands

Voting on this year's Comic Scene awards is now open. SHOKWAVE is nominated in the 'Best Crowd Funded Comic' section. Why not vote? It's free: us4.list-manage.com/survey?u=112... #comics #comicsnews @chrisaskham.bsky.social @adamjakes.bsky.social #comicawards #comicsvote #anthologycomic #shokwave

Just 60 hours left on THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS and we’re only £500 away!
“…A wonderfully entertaining and irreverent supernatural adventure tale"
- Joel Meadows co-creator of Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders
Back it here! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cor... #comics #scifi #horror

THE CLOCK IS TICKING PEOPLE! Last minute, last chance reminder that the new CLOCK STRIKES comic Kickstarter ends this Sunday (9pm BST 27th July 2025!)
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THE CLOCK STRIKES! Kickstarter ends today (9pm BST Sunday 27th July 2025!) By me and artist Adam Jakes. www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas... Read what Brian Bullen had to say when he reviewed it... @rapidfirereviews.bsky.social @adamjakes.bsky.social #comics #comicsnews #filmnoir #pulpfiction

New THE CLOCK STRIKES! Kickstarter ends this Sunday (9pm BST 27th July 2025!) Late to the party? There are multiple ways to get caught up with all our new CLOCK stories via the Kickstarter!
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"Dropkicks" and Prisoners Deserve the Right to Vote, I dive into this over at my substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/dropkicks-...

New THE CLOCK STRIKES! Kickstarter ends this Sunday (9pm BST 27th July 2025!) A brand new story for the first masked hero in American comicbooks! Story by me, art by Adam (Longpig) Jakes!
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THE CLOCK STRIKES! Start The Clock! Black and white, American size comic with color covers. 20 story pages. Self-contained story. Created by John A. Short and Adam Jakes.

Less than a week to go on the THE CLOCK STRIKES! Kickstarter!
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Meet Honey Black the ultimate femme fatale! She's buried three rich husbands in the last five years and the cops can't find one shred of evidence of foul play! In THE CLOCK STRIKES! on Kickstarter now!
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How far can you take the film noir style before it becomes supernatural horror or ghost story? Watch us dance that very thin line in the new CLOCK STRIKES! one-shot on Kickstarter now! Story by John (This Comic Is Haunted) Short and art by Adam (Longpig) Jakes!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...

Our new Clock one-shot is a stand-alone story but if you want to get caught up on all our Clock adventures the Kickstarter offers plenty of ways to grab over 100 pages of our noir revival of this classic comic character.
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The Clock Strikes! Start the Clock! Kult Creations

Check out my review for The Clock Strikes
From Kult Creation

W: @johnashort.bsky.social

Currently on Kickstarter.. kck.st/4eBetgH
Go give it a pledge :)

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1936's THE CLOCK is back in a new one-shot on Kickstarter now! Black & white, hard-boiled, film noir, pulp fiction with one of the original masked mystery men! Story by me, art by Adam Jakes.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas... @adamjakes.bsky.social #comics #comicsnews #filmnoir #pulpfiction

Yes! The original CLOCK comics (by George Brenner) do exist in continuity in our new stories about the classic 1930s masked hero! New one-shot on Kickstarter now.
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Grab yourself some original Adam Jakes artwork as part of the current THE CLOCK STRIKES! Kickstarter! From the cheaper random sketch cards to larger, frameable pieces – something for everyone.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas... @adamjakes.bsky.social #comics #comicsnews #filmnoir #pulpfiction

Brand new THE CLOCK STRIKES! One-shot on Kickstarter now from the regular SHOKWAVE team of writer John A. Short & artist Adam Jakes! No better place to jump aboard than... START THE CLOCK! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas... @adamjakes.bsky.social #comics #comicsnews #filmnoir #1930s #pulpfiction

Some more sneaky peeks at some of Adam Jakes' super-sleek, classy interior art from THE CLOCK STRIKES! (on Kickstarter now!) (www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas...) @adamjakes.bsky.social #comics #comicsnews #filmnoir #pulpfiction #black&whitecomics

Some more sneaky peeks at some of Adam Jakes' super-sleek, classy interior art from THE CLOCK STRIKES! (on Kickstarter now!) The return of American comicbooks' original masked hero! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas... @adamjakes.bsky.social #comicsnews #comics #filmnoir #pulpfiction #publicdomain

Our current Kickstarter comic is a revival of the first masked mystery man in American comicbooks! THE CLOCK! Check it out at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas... @adamjakes.bsky.social #comics #comicsnews #filmnoir #pulpfiction #1930s

THE CLOCK STRIKES1 On Kickstarter now... Late to the party? Don't worry, there's multiple ways to get caught up... The super-cheap digital version? Filling in the odd missing issue with ADD-ONs? Or a massive physical comic reward! Check 'em out at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas... #comicsnews

New 'The Clock Strikes!' is on Kickstarter now! Late to the party? All of Kult Creations new Clock stories are available as rewards & add-ons! Including a new printing of the Vincent Danks drawn 'The Clock Has Struck!' www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas... @adamjakes.bsky.social #comics #comicsnews

Check out the Kickstarter exclusive cover to THE CLOCK STRIKES! Start The Clock by Ess Kaydee! Graphic noir! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas... #comics #comicsnews #filmnoir @adamjakes.bsky.social

BRAND NEW one-shot reviving comicbooks original masked hero! THE CLOCK! By the team behind his adventures in the SHOKWAVE anthology comic! ON KICKSTARTER NOW! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jas... #comics @adamjakes.bsky.social #comicsnews #filmnoir #blackandwhitecomics

A new THE CLOCK STRIKES! one-shot coming soon from artist Adam Jakes and me... @adamjakes.bsky.social #comics #noir #publicdomain #pulp #hardboiled #blackandwhite #comicsnews #blackandwhitecomics

Coming this autumn... wegottickets.com/event/660104/

Justice for the Valeyard.

We've started posting SHOKWAVE BOOK 6 out to Kickstarter backers! If you missed the Kickstarter you'll find the the latest issue, along with all the other issues, is now available to buy from the blog at: shokwavecomic.blogspot.com @chrisaskham.bsky.social @adamjakes.bsky.social #comicsnews #comics