Roger Mason Comics

Very pleased to announce that the The Mice has signed to Markosia Publishing. UK-based Markosia are a leading independent voice of quality, off-beat comics, and a fitting home for this sci-fi series. The Mice will be published in four graphic novels, around 80-pages each, over the forthcoming two years. I hope you will follow me there, and continue to support the book.

Markosia already publish my 80-page, Sin City-esque graphic novel London Inferno, with writer LF Bollée. Check it out https://markosia.com/books/worlds-of-horror/london-inferno/

Trying to finish a first draft of a fantasy novel. It’s an idea I’ve had for years, and it all started with a cup of coffee in a Sainsbury’s supermarket in SE London. Once I finish the draft I’ll be turning again to The Mice, and publishing the rest of it.

https://downthetubes.net/over-twenty-years-in-the-making-comic-creator-roger-mason-completes-his-acclaimed-sf-adventure-the-mice/

https://downthetubes.net/over-twenty-years-in-the-making-comic-creator-roger-mason-completes-his-acclaimed-sf-adventure-the-mice/

I've been collecting reviews of The Mice, as it has been published and reviewed often over the past 22 years—

“Small press comics at its absolute best. 9/10.” Comics International

“Must Read Now! 4/5. A surprising romp, Mason’s art style is all shadows and set jaws reminiscent of Sean Phillips, while his writing navigates the tonal tightrope between the Hitchhiker’s-style banality of alien occupation and the muscle-straining desperation of the leads’ fight for survival. It may be like a lot of things, but there’s nothing else like it.” Sci Fi Now

"Thick with satire, irony and humour The Factory Menace is a rare gem, and if you’re the sort of person who likes to talk about the artistic credentials of sequential art as social commentary, or you simply like good sci-fi well told, then this will make you grin." Starburst.

“Multi-layered and thoughtful... a great read.” Forbidden Planet.

“Genius... big on ideas and action. This is smart, incredibly bleak science fiction of the sort that seems to have a natural home in the UK thanks to 2000 AD and its ilk. Big on ideas and action, but small in stature, The Mice is a highly unusual post-apocalyptic story and one that 2000 AD fans in particular shouldn’t be without. Just don’t try the soup.” SFX

“Undoubtedly one of Britain’s best talents.” Sci-Fi-London

"Roger Mason's fully-formed future scenario pits tiny terrorists in the Land of the Giants against occupying alien forces. A rollicking SF epic brought to life with splendidly fluid chiaroscuro brushwork by one of the UK's most exciting young talents.” Gary Spencer Millidge

“This is a gem and worth seeking out.” bugpowder.com

"[Chapter 3] is part of Roger Mason's already acclaimed The Mice series and displays the same wit and thoughtfulness that have made the previous issues such a critical success… a real treat, and I would highly recommend not only this episode but the series as a whole.” Red Eye magazine

All Mice books are now interactive.

Looks like I’m about to go in and chop my comic up into individual panels, for all you phone-scrollers out there.