Rough Cut Comics is a Scottish comic book publisher based in Glasgow.

History

Colin Barr Colin Barr is a Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish nation ...

, David McBride and comic-book artist Jaeson Finn founded Rough Cut Comics in 1999 to

'' .create a publishing house to produce comic-book projects based upon – and to inspire – feature film and video game packages.''

Rough Cut's first title was ''The Surgeon'', published in 2001. ''The Surgeon'' was based on a horror film script that never came to fruition. It sold more than 7.000 copies and has been translated into different languages, among them German, where it was published by Weissblech Comics, French and Italian. Another comic based on horror films is the adaption of Brian Yuzna's ''

Society A society () is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. ...

''; the current series is the sequel ''Society: Party Animal'' written by Colin Barr with art by

Shelby Robertson Shelby Robertson is an American comic book illustrator, known for his distinctive style pinup renditions of attractive fictional female characters. His detailed rendering of heavily muscled figures has been compared to that of Frank Frazetta and ...

for issue 1 and

Neill Cameron Neill Cameron is a British cartoonist. Biography Cameron started out in British small press comics, most notably drawing ''Bulldog Empire'', which also appeared in the small press section of ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' and was reprinted in the fi ...

for issue 2. The title '' Freedom Collective'', published in 2009, garnered praise from

Grant Morrison Grant Morrison (born 31 January 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. Their work is known for its nonlinear narratives, Humanism, humanist philosophy and counterculture, countercultural leanings. Morrison has writt ...

and

Alex Ross Nelson Alexander Ross (born January 22, 1970) is an American comic book creator, comic book writer and artist known primarily for his painted interiors, covers, and design work. He first became known with the 1994 miniseries ''Marvels'', on which ...

, and was mentioned by the

Jack Kirby Collector TwoMorrows Publishing is a publisher of magazines about comic books, founded in 1994 by John and Pam Morrow out of their small advertising agency in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Its products also include books and DVDs. List of maga ...

and comic magazine Wizard, as well as becoming one of new distributor UKonDisplay's biggest selling titles at their launch earlier that year.''Rough Cut Comics brings Freedom Collective to book''
at downthetubescomics, 01.June 2013 Retrieved 13.August 2013 In July 2014, their GoodCopBadCop: Casebook#1 title won the True Believers Award for Best British BW Comic-book.

Creators

Apart from company founders Colin Barr and Ed Murphy, Rough Cut Comics has featured works by Jaeson Finn,

, Joel Carpenter, Dave Alexander, Will Pickering, Luke Cooper, Garry McLaughlin, Alex Ronald, Curt Sibling and Derek Dow, among others.

Selected Titles

* ''GoodCopBadCop: Casebook#2'' * ''GoodCopBadCop: Casebook#1'' * ''Amanda Swan: The Hellfire Legacy'' * ''Freedom Collective'' (one-shot) * ''Compulsory Freedom Collective'' (trade paperback) * ''Green Pages'' (b/w magazine) * ''Rose Black Book 1'' (Graphic Novel) * ''Rose Black: Demon Seed'' (Graphic novel) * ''Society'' * ''Society: Party Animal'' * ''The Surgeon'' (mini-series) * ''The Surgeon: Timelines'' (one-shot)

References

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External links

Homepage of Rough Cut Comics

Rough Cut Comics at Facebook
British companies established in 1999 Lists of comics by publisher Comic book publishing companies of Scotland Comic book publishing companies of the United Kingdom Publishing companies established in 1999 Companies based in Glasgow 1999 establishments in Scotland