Mohawk Media & Eco Comics

PRESS RELEASE

For immediate release: Tuesday 23 April 2013

ECO COMICS UNVEILS NEW SUPER HERO, ENGLISHMAN

Eco Comics has decided to celebrate St. George’s Day by announcing its next comic book series, Englishman.

Englishman #1 is written by Chris Bunting and illustrated by Valentin Ramon.

It will be a paperless-exclusive title from the award-winning 'green' publisher.

Bunting says: "I often feel quite envious of the patriotism that so many other countries display, but 'England' has almost become a forgotten, even a dirty, word.

"To paraphrase the historian David Starkey, we should celebrate, and not be ashamed of, England.

"To help address this, just as the US has its Captain America, I realised that England needed its own patriotic super hero: enter Englishman.

"This is the most ambitious, dark and controversial title that I’ve yet written. But expect fun, fireworks, and my usual irreverence.

"Also expect plenty of famous English faces to appear in comic book form for the first time - the cover preview reveals some of them. Plus, there are brand new, quintessentially English characters, including Greenbelt and Dry Stone Wall."

The publisher has made available the cover art to the first issue, including on its blog and the official Englishman Facebook page.

Further details on the Englishman project are due to be announced. The publisher states that the first issue will be in a new format previously unseen in comic books and free to download.