Burke and Hare

Conaghan, Martin & Pickering, Will

ISBN 10: 1905808127 / ISBN 13: 9781905808120

Published by Insomnia Publications, 2009

About this Item

pictorial card covers, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text. Illustrated throughout, 60 + cxi pp.

Seller Inventory # 272040

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Burke and Hare
• Publisher: Insomnia Publications
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905808127
• ISBN 13: 9781905808120
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis

Over a 12 month period from 1827-1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland, two Irishmen by the names of William Burke and William Hare murdered 16 people and disposed of their bodies to the eminent dissectionist Dr Robert Knox at 10 Surgeon s Square. Delve into the murky, misquoted history of Scotland s most notorious serial killers with a research-based graphic novel that unwravels a ghoulish story of medicine, murder and money.

About the Author

Martin Conaghan’s first published writing work appeared in Aceville Publications’ ComicWorld in 1992, in the form of interviews with comic-book writers and artists such as Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell. This was followed by work for 2000AD and then Caliber Comics, where he wrote an issue of the popular Raven Chronicles. During the late 1990s he moved into mainstream journalism, producing a weekly internet column for The Big Issue and has written for every major Scottish newspaper. For the last twelve years, he has worked in sports broadcasting for the BBC. In 2011, he won Best Writer and Best Graphic Novel for Burke & Hare at the Scottish Independent Comic Book Awards. Will Pickering has been drawing comics intermittently since the age of two. His work appeared in various small press titles in the 1990s, including his self-published super villain series Something Fast. Following stints as a music journalist, youth worker, marketing executive and community activist, he returned to the medium in 2008 with The Spectacular Santa Claus, and began work on Burke & Hare soon after. Subsequent strips have appeared in Wasted, Futurequake and the forthcoming Black Hearted Love, and he is currently developing a graphic novel about the detective Allan Pinkerton from a script by writer Richmond Clements.