Ste Pickford

Freaky Dancing was the unofficial Haçienda acid house fanzine. It ran for 11 issues between July 1989 and August 1990. The first eight issues were given out free to people in the queue to the club on a Friday night. Later issues were sold around Manchester and reached a peak circulation of 750. The fanzine was put together by Paul 'Fish Kid' Gill and Ste Pickford with help from their friends and Haçienda regulars. It was written and drawn during the week then printed out using the photocopier in Ste's office after work on a Friday. The photocopier didn't survive. During the fanzine's lifespan The Haçienda became the most famous - and infamous - nightclub on earth. It was a year of incredible highs and dark lows. Ultimately the scene imploded in paranoia, shootings and way too many drugs. Freaky Dancing documented this journey from blissful optimism to inevitable self-destruction. Famous fans included Peter Hook of New Order, DJ Mike Pickering and Tony Wilson, who described it as, "The most important piece of journalism I've read in the last twenty years." This collection contains a foreword by Northern techno legend A Guy Called Gerald, all 11 volumes of the fanzine, The Highs Of Freaky Dancing, never seen before strips plus a scrapbook of sketches, reviews, fliers and photographs. It's a potent capsule of a special time and place in all of its ragged psychedelic glory - essential for rave scholars and fans of DIY culture alike.

From video game star to comic strip criminal At the end of his 1993 SNES game, Plok fell asleep in his comfy chair. Twenty years later he woke up in a comic strip, not quite sure where he was, what year it was, or why he never got a sequel. Now he's been arrested and taken to System Z to stand trial for the crimes he committed against the 'enemies' in his game, but did he really do anything wrong? The Pickford Bros, designers of the original video game, present Plok's continuing adventures in comic strip form. This volume collects episodes 102-126.

From video game star to comic strip hero At the end of his 1993 Super Nintendo game, Plok fell asleep in his comfy chair. All of his enemies were defeated, and all of his precious flags were back in place. Twenty years later he wakes up in a comic strip, not quite sure where he is, what year it is, or why he never got a sequel. Now he needs your help The colour is has drained away from all the panels and drawings in this book. Only you can restore it Get out your felt-tip pens, coloured pencils, or crayons, and restore the pages of this book to glorious full colour.

From video game star to comic strip hero At the end of his 1993 Super Nintendo game, Plok fell asleep in his comfy chair. All of his enemies were defeated, and all of his precious flags were back in place. Twenty years later he wakes up in a comic strip, not quite sure where he is, what year it is, or why he never got a sequel. The Pickford Bros, creators of the original Plok video game, have revived their creation in the form of a weekly web-based comic strip. Each comic is a 4-panel newspaper style strip following Plok as he wakes up and rediscovers the world he inhabits, meeting old adversaries from the SNES game and making new friends from elsewhere in the world of video games. This volume collects the first 26 weekly episodes, as well as biographies of both the comic's characters and creators. and a 'sketchbook' containing drawings and notes from the making of each comic strip.