PORCELAIN: A GOTHIC FAIRY TALE

Created by Benjamin Read (Writer) & Chris Wildgoose (Illustrator)

PORCELAIN: A Gothic Fairy Tale is the story of Child, an urchin, who leaves behind the cold streets of a snowy city when she climbs the high wall into the Porcelain Maker’s garden. A lonely man, the Porcelain Maker and Child form an unlikely friendship. He heaps affection and luxury upon her, indulging her like a daughter. In return, he has only one command, one rule that must never be broken, she must not look behind the workshop door.

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PORCELAIN: BONE CHINA

Created by Benjamin Read (Writer) & Chris Wildgoose (Illustrator)

More than a decade has passed since the events of PORCELAIN: A Gothic Fairy Tale, and Child has become Lady. With the Porcelain more sought after than ever, Lady comes to the attention of a ruthlessly ambitious General who desires inhuman soldiers for the war effort and won’t take no for an answer. Other, more human, problems rear their head when a handsome young Captain discovers a secret part of Lady’s life. Faced with impossible choices, Lady must forge her own path through the complexities of love and war.

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PORCELAIN: IVORY TOWER

Created by Benjamin Read (Writer) & Chris Wildgoose (Illustrator)

More than a decade has passed since the events of BONE CHINA, and Lady has become Mother. Hidden behind the high walls of her tower, cut-off from the world, she has sacrificed everything to keep her Children safe. She must overcome ruthless enemies and the dark secrets of her past to carve a new future for all her Children.

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BRIAR

Created by Benjamin Read (Writer) & Chris Wildgoose (Illustrator)

BRIAR subverts the fairy tale tradition of the princess imprisoned behind a hedge of thorns, turning it into something dark, bittersweet, and original.

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BUTTERFLY GATE

Created by Benjamin Read (Writer) & Chris Wildgoose (Illustrator)

BUTTERFLY GATE follows the story of two siblings who, after throwing themselves headlong into another world, must face the brutal reality that lies beyond.

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VERTIGO CMYK

VERTIGO QUARTERLY: CMYK 2014, by DC Comics 

Containing a story from Benjamin Read (Writer) & Chris Wildgoose (Illustrator)

VERTIGO is proud to present CMYK – a bold new anthology of original stories from dozens of the art form’s greatest creators. The short graphic fiction collected here all originates with the four process colors of comics printing, but where they go from there is as unbounded as imagination itself. The stunning stories and breathtaking visions of CMYK will forever color your perception of what comics can do!

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NIGHT POST

Created by Benjamin Read (Writer) & Laura Trinder (Illustrator)

NIGHT POST is the story of the other mail service; the one that starts work at midnight and delivers to all the creatures of the night. Whether ghost or ghoul, witch or werewolf, or just downright odd things with tentacles, they all have post and someone has to deliver it, no matter how terrifying it might be to do so.

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