The Really Heavy Greatcoat (comics)
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 The Really Heavy Greatcoat |
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| Author(s) | John Freeman and Nick Miller |
| Website | http://www.downthetubes.net |
| Current status | Updates monthly |
| Launch date | 1987 in print; 2001 online |
| Genre(s) | Story/Humour |
The Really Heavy Greatcoat is a cartoon that debuted in the Lancaster, Lancashire listings magazine On the Beat in February 1987, and its successor, Off the Beat. It is now published primarily online as a web comic on downthetubes, a frequently visited site by many in British comics. It is also published in the international comics magazine Comics International, one of the most respected journals in the comics industry, and has been selected for publication in various titles, including The Norm published by syndicated US cartoonist Michael Jantze[1] and Paper Tiger, an independent UK comics anthology.
The cartoon is written by former Marvel UK and Titan Magazines editor John Freeman and drawn by Nick Miller (artist), a cartoonist whose work has appeared in various UK and US magazines for many years including US publisher Eureka Productions. The strip, often poking fun at newsworthy events as well as satirising comics counterculture, centres on a greatcoat brought to life sometime in the 1960s after being exposed to mind-enhancing drugs stuffed in its pockets.
The strip has a dedicated following in Lancaster and on the internet, with a detailed listing on the The Comics Database, and has spawned several spin-offs, including The Underversity drawn by Paul J. Palmer.
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- downthetubes.net The main site featuring The Really Heavy Greatcoat's latest adventures
- Team Sputnik Artist Nick Miller's web site
- Comics International Publishes The Really Heavy Greatcoat in its print edition
- ComicBookdb.com - Comic Book Database
- [1] Lancaster's "It's Our City" group] A special development protest greatcoat. Creators Miller and Freeman have often highlighted both Lancaster community and national issues (for example, British post office closures) in the Really Heavy Greatcoat and their strips have been re-used by campaigning organisations
