John Allison's Bobbinsverse (Bobbins, Scary Go Round, Bad Machinery, Giant Days) Thread

Thought now was a good time as any to discuss the oddly endearing world as curated by John Allison.

Who is John Allison? He's a British webcomic writer (and usually artist) for what is called the Bobbinsverse, composed of comics like Scary Go Round, Bad Machinery and Giant Days.

The characters have a distinct tone of speaking that teeters between absurd, sarcastic, and hyperbolical and it's fun AF to read.

So why now of all (giant) days? Because Boom Studios recently revealed a miniseries called Wicked Things, featuring former teen detective now rather grown-up Charlotte "Lottie" Grote solving real true blue crime.

If you know her, you'd be all "OH FLIPPING WOW."

So without more ado, discuss.

There's an old thread for Bad Machinery.

Aw rats...

Guess I'll take the news there.

Nah, it's fine to have a more general thread for things outside Bad Machinery (especially since it concluded like two years ago). I just posted it for ease of access.

Shoot, I already posted the news over there.

Eh, water under the bridge, I guess.

Anyway...

Giant Days was tons of fun, wasn't it? I'm bummed it ended this year...

I assume it was, I'm not really into buying physical copies so I wouldn't know?

I have other methods to read Giant Days besides buying physical copies, but they're sort of dodgy, so I'd have to PM you a method.

Anyhoo, John Allison was having an Ask Me Anything on Twitter in light of Wicked Things's announcement, so I asked him if anyone wanted to do an animated adaptation of any of his work, who should they ask for to have the go-ahead: either him or Boom Studios?

Here's his response.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Dec 3rd 2019 at 2:58:16 PM

There's a 100% legitimate method of reading Giant Days online. It's called Comixology. Indeed, it's what I used.

Incidentally, the Scary-Go-Round universe has a currently-active manifestation in https://bobbins.horse/ — and John Allison has a currently-active comic in the form of Steeple, which may or may not be set in that universe. (John hasn't said so, and it doesn't share characters, but it has a lot of SGR-classic feel.)

Edited by Spindriver on Dec 4th 2019 at 9:55:45 AM