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

Alex Ross Nelson Alexander Ross (born January 22, 1970) is an American 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 he collaborated wi ...

, 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 magaz ...

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 Jaeson Finn, Rough Cut Comics has featured works by Shelby Robertson,

Joel Carpenter Arnold Manoff (April 25, 1914 – February 10, 1965) was an American screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s. As a result of the blacklist he wrote under a pseudonym through the 1960s. Manoff's expe ...

, Dave Alexander,

Will Pickering Will may refer to: Common meanings * Will and testament, instructions for the disposition of one's property after death * Will (philosophy), or willpower * Will (sociology) * Will, volition (psychology) * Will, a modal verb - see Shall and will ...

Luke Cooper Luke Cooper (born 28 July 1994) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a or for Batley Bulldogs in the RFL Championship. Background Cooper was born in Batley, West Yorkshire, England. Playing Career Batley Bulldogs On ...

Garry McLaughlin Garry may refer to: Names *Gary (given name) or Garry * Garry (surname) Places *Cape Garry, South Shetlands * Fort Garry, Winnipeg, a district in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada * Garry Lake, Nunavut, Canada *Rural Municipality of Garry No. 245, ...

Alex Ronald Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple *Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple peo ...

Curt Sibling Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and is ...

and

Derek Dow Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of ''Diederik'', the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "people- ruler". Common variants of the name a ...

, 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
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