''The Last Coiner'' is a

graphic novel A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...

, written by

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-winning filmmaker Peter M. Kershaw, with

comicbook A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are oft ...

artist Vince Danks whose credits include the ''

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'' Official Magazine, the independently published ''Harker and Critchley'' from Ariel Press, and

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Ltd.

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''Smegazine''. The book tells the story of the 18th Century

Cragg Vale Coiners The Cragg Vale Coiners, sometimes the Yorkshire Coiners, were a band of counterfeiters in England, based in Cragg Vale, near Hebden Bridge, West Riding of Yorkshire. They produced fake gold coins in the late 18th century to supplement small i ...

. The counterfeiter

"King" David Hartley The Cragg Vale Coiners, sometimes the Yorkshire Coiners, were a band of counterfeiters in England, based in Cragg Vale, near Hebden Bridge, West Riding of Yorkshire. They produced fake gold coins in the late 18th century to supplement small i ...

appears here as David Hawkswort (Keith Patrick). Mark Wilson Smith also appears. Actors performed against blue screen, which formed a basis for the digitized artwork. Duchy Parade Films released a graphic novel featuring digitized actors, a

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first seen at the

Hebden Bridge Hebden Bridge is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in West Yorkshire, England. It is west of Halifax and 14 miles (21 km) north-east of Rochdale, at the confluence of the River Calder and the Hebden Water. The town is the largest ...

Picture House, and''Coins & Nooses'', an online game.

References

* http://www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/articles/2006/10/24/the_last_coiner_feature.shtml * http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Coiners-could-soon-be-back.1806208.jp

External links

* http://www.thelascoinermovie.com/ British graphic novels {{graphic-novel-stub