Ugly Mug #8

The HOUSE OF HARLEY presents its latest INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH comics compendium.

Comics to amuse and confuse by regular contributors Ed Pinsent, Denny Derbyshire, Julian Geek, Alberto Monteiro and the artists of the House of Harley studio. Highlights this issue include: RSD Lang Record Collector travels back in time to get a rare LP, Life with Freda Nipple, more eccentric lessons given by Mark E Smith Music Teacher, and a 19 page Denny Derbyshire fantasia.

Featuring modern machinery invented by returning Ugly Mug contributors:

• Bearskin – travel the worlds and pass through the portals with Denny Derbyshire
  
• RSD Lang – Ed Pinsent‘s record collecting hero travels back in time to get a rare LP
  
• Jungle Ruck – cross(species)-dressing, courtesy mayhem-maker Julian Geek
  
• Big backsides – depicted with relish by Brazilian guest Alberto Monteiro
  
• Windy Wilberforce – our hero imperiled under the scalpel of Dr Fengele, in chapter 8 of Ed Pinsent‘s The Saga of the Scroll

And precision-engineered parts supplied by the House of Harley:

• Jack of All Trades – explains how to deal with a wasps nest in your bedroom
  
• Life with Freda Nipple – onesies, hybrid working and urban birding
  
• Mark E Smith Music Teacher – more life lessons from The Fall’s late lead singer
  
• Sound of the Underground – an earth-shaking collision of politics and music

All wrapped in injection-molded covers designed by Northern powerhouse John Bagnall.

“Ugly Mug is a really, really interesting anthology out of the UK… doesn’t seem to be engaged in anything ‘on trend’, instead we have stark black and white cartooning with blunt, human stories. Magnetic stuff, not like the rest!” – Austin English, Domino Books 

Editor:  Harley Richardson
Publisher: House of Harley
Pages: 56pp
Size: 8 x 11.75
Notes: saddle-stitched, b/w, imported from the UK
Release Date: 2025