CDComic’s Spring Heeled Jack is the second of the Surreal Murder Mystery Series written and illustrated by Craig Daley.
Historically,
London 1837 has been established as Victorian prankster demon’s first
appearance and within 20 years Spring Heeled Jack appeared in ‘Penny
Dreadfuls’ and is often referred to as the inspiration behind Bram
Stoker’s Dracula and Bob Kane’s Batman.
But
in 1808, a letter to the Editor of the Sheffield Times referred to a
prankster demon that had terrorised the town years before and the
description of the ‘Park Ghost’ matched, a fire breathing, red eyed,
laughing and pitchfork wielding, building leaping demon from hell.
In
1873 and 1973 Spring Heeled Jack returned to Sheffield and again
sightings were reported in the local press, now Sheffield based CDComics
are bringing the prankster demon home and bang up to date.
The
legend of Sheffield’s bogeyman has the demon using the tunnels under the
city and terrorising females by ripping at their clothes and his
appearances are marked by a carving of Spring Heeled Jack on the timber
frame of Sheffield ’s oldest pub, the Old Queens Head built in 1573.
Jack
returns on Halloween 2011 and this time instead of ripping at women’s
clothes, the demon is killing people, but why has the demon returned 62
years early and why is Jack killing people this time?
CDComic’s Spring Heeled Jack answers the questions and solves all the mysteries surrounding the legend of the prankster demon.
“Spring-Heeled
Jack contains a touch of dry humour and keeps us guessing until the
final moment. This is an enjoyable mystery romp with a supernatural edge
that makes it all the more satisfying.”
Spring
Heeled Jack is published locally as the ‘Attercliffe Prowler: Spring
Heeled Jack From the Tunnels of Hell and like all CDComics titles, the
CDRom contains both PDF and JPEG versions of the 70 page Graphic Novel
and is packaged in a slimline DVD case with a full wrap around covers,
priced £2.50 from several shops in Sheffield UK
Blackwells, Mappin Street, Sheffield
Broomhill Record Collector, Sheffield
Rare and Racey, Sheffield
Funhouse, Woodseats, Sheffield
Plus two specialist Comic Shops
The Sheffield Space Centre atwww.space-centre.co.uk
Spring
Heeled Jack: From the Tunnels of Hell is also available to download in
two 35 page parts from several websites priced around $0.99/80p/Euro
equivalent; prices do vary slightly due to download cost charges by some
suppliers.
Spring Heeled Jack Part One: ISBN: 9781476058245
Spring Heeled Jack Part Two: ISBN: 9781476116099
Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Craig Daley/e/B0070OKNKQ/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
Drive Thru Comics: http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/index.php?&manufacturers_id=4440
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/craig-daley?keyword=craig+daley&store=ebook&iehack=%E2%98%A0
And there is more, you can follow CDComics at http://cdgraphicnovels.blogspot.com or on Twitter @CDGraphicNovels
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