Dark & Golden Books
@darkandgolden.bsky.social
Dark & Golden Books are dedicated to charting a less travelled course through the history of British comics, finding and celebrating mislaid and forgotten classics.
https://darkandgolden.bigcartel.com/
https://darkandgolden.bigcartel.com/
Over on Facebook, Douglas talks in the third person about how the cover typography for The Dead are Awake and Walking was arrived at: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
December 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Over on Facebook, Douglas talks in the third person about how the cover typography for The Dead are Awake and Walking was arrived at: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
2x Brett Ewins and Peter Milligan collects two stories by one of the great UK comics duos for the first time. Rooney's Lay shows the space age and sleaze colliding in newly wild ways, while in the disquieting In The Penal Colony, they unforgettably adapt Kafka's story.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
2x Brett Ewins and Peter Milligan collects two stories by one of the great UK comics duos for the first time. Rooney's Lay shows the space age and sleaze colliding in newly wild ways, while in the disquieting In The Penal Colony, they unforgettably adapt Kafka's story.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
The cartoons of Kevin Woodcock are an unnerving trip to a place that is just not quite right. In these glimpses of unease the funny bone is always exposed and the widest grin belongs to a skull. Discover one of the most distinctive voices in British cartooning.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The cartoons of Kevin Woodcock are an unnerving trip to a place that is just not quite right. In these glimpses of unease the funny bone is always exposed and the widest grin belongs to a skull. Discover one of the most distinctive voices in British cartooning.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
Simon Harrison's Shuk & Doode chronicles the wild misadventures of two demons who have escaped from hell, plus urban satanism, cat burglary and many other moments from the night life of a big city. They grin! They leer! They stole my popcorn! Originally published in C&VG.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Simon Harrison's Shuk & Doode chronicles the wild misadventures of two demons who have escaped from hell, plus urban satanism, cat burglary and many other moments from the night life of a big city. They grin! They leer! They stole my popcorn! Originally published in C&VG.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
I'll Be Glad When Today Is Over is a new selection of the work of Kevin Woodcock - spend a day in his world as a series of calamities unfold about you. Sudden octopi and horrifying zoos, bleak tropical islands and unwelcoming living rooms; all indelible and hilarious.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I'll Be Glad When Today Is Over is a new selection of the work of Kevin Woodcock - spend a day in his world as a series of calamities unfold about you. Sudden octopi and horrifying zoos, bleak tropical islands and unwelcoming living rooms; all indelible and hilarious.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
The Dead Are Awake and Walking is the very first professional comics work by @davegibbons90.bsky.social, originally published in 1971 in Pocket Chiller Library. A story of creeping dread, of the uncanny and of betrayal, it heralded the debut of a major comics talent.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The Dead Are Awake and Walking is the very first professional comics work by @davegibbons90.bsky.social, originally published in 1971 in Pocket Chiller Library. A story of creeping dread, of the uncanny and of betrayal, it heralded the debut of a major comics talent.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
Another Way Out collects 3 new comics by Carol Swain. The landscapes are wreathed with ghosts, and the spaces between words spill over with unsaid secrets. Elusive and intriguing, these stories are never quite what you expect, but always a truth you have known all along.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Another Way Out collects 3 new comics by Carol Swain. The landscapes are wreathed with ghosts, and the spaces between words spill over with unsaid secrets. Elusive and intriguing, these stories are never quite what you expect, but always a truth you have known all along.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
Signs of the Times is a collection of three satirical series from the wild world of Kevin Woodcock! A timeless collection of jet-black comics that you won't be able to stop thinking about.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Signs of the Times is a collection of three satirical series from the wild world of Kevin Woodcock! A timeless collection of jet-black comics that you won't be able to stop thinking about.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
2 x Carol Swain is a perfect intro to the elusive, intriguing work of Carol Swain. A road trip reveals troubling truths, and the spectre of war hangs uneasily over a small town. With new introductions and an interview with the artist.
Now available to order here: darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
Now available to order here: darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
2 x Carol Swain is a perfect intro to the elusive, intriguing work of Carol Swain. A road trip reveals troubling truths, and the spectre of war hangs uneasily over a small town. With new introductions and an interview with the artist.
Now available to order here: darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
Now available to order here: darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
2 x Chris Reynolds is a collection of Space Food, from 1990, where sci-fi and kitchen sink collide in an uneasy fashion, and 2005's The Animals' War, where time travel proves to be less of a blessing than first thought, and the landscapes are littered with dark warnings.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
2 x Chris Reynolds is a collection of Space Food, from 1990, where sci-fi and kitchen sink collide in an uneasy fashion, and 2005's The Animals' War, where time travel proves to be less of a blessing than first thought, and the landscapes are littered with dark warnings.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
Our first zine of UK comic ephemera collects together some of the most historic and attractive of the price stickers that UK comic shops have used over the last 50 years. Both a valuable record of how comics have been sold, and a potent nostalgia bomb.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Our first zine of UK comic ephemera collects together some of the most historic and attractive of the price stickers that UK comic shops have used over the last 50 years. Both a valuable record of how comics have been sold, and a potent nostalgia bomb.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
Early Gigs collects the underground comics work of
@davegibbons90.bsky.social
for the very first time! Out of print since their first publication, get your hands on this vital, vibrant work now! darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
@davegibbons90.bsky.social
for the very first time! Out of print since their first publication, get your hands on this vital, vibrant work now! darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Early Gigs collects the underground comics work of
@davegibbons90.bsky.social
for the very first time! Out of print since their first publication, get your hands on this vital, vibrant work now! darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
@davegibbons90.bsky.social
for the very first time! Out of print since their first publication, get your hands on this vital, vibrant work now! darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
2x Brett Ewins and Peter Milligan collects two stories by one of the great UK comics duos for the first time. Rooney's Lay shows the space age and sleaze colliding in newly wild ways, while in the disquieting In The Penal Colony, they unforgettably adapt Kafka's story.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
2x Brett Ewins and Peter Milligan collects two stories by one of the great UK comics duos for the first time. Rooney's Lay shows the space age and sleaze colliding in newly wild ways, while in the disquieting In The Penal Colony, they unforgettably adapt Kafka's story.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
The cartoons of Kevin Woodcock are an unnerving trip to a place that is just not quite right. In these glimpses of unease the funny bone is always exposed and the widest grin belongs to a skull. Discover one of the most distinctive voices in British cartooning.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The cartoons of Kevin Woodcock are an unnerving trip to a place that is just not quite right. In these glimpses of unease the funny bone is always exposed and the widest grin belongs to a skull. Discover one of the most distinctive voices in British cartooning.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
Our own comics with Carol, 2 x Carol Swain and Another Way Out, can be found here: darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Our own comics with Carol, 2 x Carol Swain and Another Way Out, can be found here: darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
It is with some excitement that we are able to direct you to Carol Swain's new official site, where you can buy original art from throughout her career. The website also features a new interview, as well as a prose piece, Soft Concrete. Get excited, and point your browsers here: carolswaincomics.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It is with some excitement that we are able to direct you to Carol Swain's new official site, where you can buy original art from throughout her career. The website also features a new interview, as well as a prose piece, Soft Concrete. Get excited, and point your browsers here: carolswaincomics.com
Simon Harrison's Shuk & Doode chronicles the wild misadventures of two demons who have escaped from hell, plus urban satanism, cat burglary and many other moments from the night life of a big city. They grin! They leer! They stole my popcorn! Originally published in C&VG.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Simon Harrison's Shuk & Doode chronicles the wild misadventures of two demons who have escaped from hell, plus urban satanism, cat burglary and many other moments from the night life of a big city. They grin! They leer! They stole my popcorn! Originally published in C&VG.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
Over in our facebook group I talk a little bit about some of the restoration that we had to do on The Dead are Awake and Walking: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Over in our facebook group I talk a little bit about some of the restoration that we had to do on The Dead are Awake and Walking: www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
For those who weren't at Thought Bubble, pre-orders are all now out and on their way. All our new comics are in stock and can be ordered now.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
For those who weren't at Thought Bubble, pre-orders are all now out and on their way. All our new comics are in stock and can be ordered now.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
Only a week till you can thrill to our company at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Find us at Table B33 in the 2000AD Hall, along with our own @douglasnoble.bsky.social .
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Only a week till you can thrill to our company at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Find us at Table B33 in the 2000AD Hall, along with our own @douglasnoble.bsky.social .
I'll Be Glad When Today Is Over is a new selection of the work of Kevin Woodcock - spend a day in his world as a series of calamities unfold about you. Sudden octopi and horrifying zoos, bleak tropical islands and unwelcoming living rooms; all indelible and hilarious.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I'll Be Glad When Today Is Over is a new selection of the work of Kevin Woodcock - spend a day in his world as a series of calamities unfold about you. Sudden octopi and horrifying zoos, bleak tropical islands and unwelcoming living rooms; all indelible and hilarious.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
The Dead Are Awake and Walking is the very first professional comics work by @davegibbons90.bsky.social, originally published in 1971 in Pocket Chiller Library. A story of creeping dread, of the uncanny and of betrayal, it heralded the debut of a major comics talent.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The Dead Are Awake and Walking is the very first professional comics work by @davegibbons90.bsky.social, originally published in 1971 in Pocket Chiller Library. A story of creeping dread, of the uncanny and of betrayal, it heralded the debut of a major comics talent.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
Another Way Out collects 3 new comics by Carol Swain. The landscapes are wreathed with ghosts, and the spaces between words spill over with unsaid secrets. Elusive and intriguing, these stories are never quite what you expect, but always a truth you have known all along.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Another Way Out collects 3 new comics by Carol Swain. The landscapes are wreathed with ghosts, and the spaces between words spill over with unsaid secrets. Elusive and intriguing, these stories are never quite what you expect, but always a truth you have known all along.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
✨Announcing our Thought Bubble 2025 debut titles!✨ darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
Coming in November: Three brand new, unpublished stories by Carol Swain, a delightfully creepy debut for Dave Gibbons, and another daytrip to the wilder side of weird with Kevin Woodcock.
Coming in November: Three brand new, unpublished stories by Carol Swain, a delightfully creepy debut for Dave Gibbons, and another daytrip to the wilder side of weird with Kevin Woodcock.
October 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
✨Announcing our Thought Bubble 2025 debut titles!✨ darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
Coming in November: Three brand new, unpublished stories by Carol Swain, a delightfully creepy debut for Dave Gibbons, and another daytrip to the wilder side of weird with Kevin Woodcock.
Coming in November: Three brand new, unpublished stories by Carol Swain, a delightfully creepy debut for Dave Gibbons, and another daytrip to the wilder side of weird with Kevin Woodcock.
Our first zine of UK comic ephemera collects together some of the most historic and attractive of the price stickers that UK comic shops have used over the last 50 years. Both a valuable record of how comics have been sold, and a potent nostalgia bomb.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Our first zine of UK comic ephemera collects together some of the most historic and attractive of the price stickers that UK comic shops have used over the last 50 years. Both a valuable record of how comics have been sold, and a potent nostalgia bomb.
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com
darkandgolden.bigcartel.com