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'', for which he won an Eagle Award in 2006.

Biography

Hitchcock wrote the 48-page one-shot ''Whitechapel Freak'' and the three-issue mini-series ''

'', both available from Full Circle Publications. He has also worked with writers

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, on various short stories for Accent comics. Recent projects include ''Gothic'', a collection of short stories, some original and some previously published. He is also working on a short story for

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Bibliography

Comics work includes: *''Spirit of the Highwayman'' * Whitechapel Freak (original tabloid newsprint edition −2002) *''Whitechapel Freak: Who Was The Fiend Called Jack The Ripper'' (Full Circle Publications, 2004) *''

'' (3-issue mini-series, Full Circle) *Accent Anthologies (art, with

and

): ** "Lusca" (in ''Monsters'', 2006) ** "An Molethy a an Ny-marrow (The Curse of the Un-dead)" (in ''Zombies'', 2007) ** "Mrs. Henry" (in ''Western'', 2009) * ''Gothic'' (newspaper size collection of stories, 2008) * "a whistle for the deep" (art, with writer

, in ''

'' No. 12,

, March 2009) * '' Madam Samurai Books 1 and 2'' (art, with writer Gary Young, 2-volume graphic novel series,

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, 2010) * A Mother's Love (16-page short horror story, art only) for SPLIT LIP COMICS. * The Sixpenny Murder – written by John A. Short – Kult Kreations. A gruesome true account of a class killing in Victorian Liverpool. Just for the sake of sixpence. The comic strip format was originally produced as part of a program to aid underprivileged teens. * Paradise Mechanism – written and drawn by David Hitchcock, plot by Kerry Hitchcock. Coloured by Matthew Soffe. For David Lloyd's ACES WEEKLY digital comic—2012 * Genesis of Scratch, Hedreck Series- Written by Laurence Allison and drawn by David Hitchcock- 2023

Awards

*2005 won the "Favourite Black & White Comic Book – British" Eagle Award for ''Springheeled Jack''The Eagle Awards – Results

Notes

References

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External links

Black Boar BloggerMadam Samurai.com

Interviews

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