( . . . and we're back!)
What: John Allison's Bad Machinery web comics are a series of stories about sleuthing British youths. So far, Shauna and Jack and Lottie and Linton and Mildred and Sonny have investigated mysteries surrounding a haunted football club, an exotic animal collector, and a serial barn arsonist. If you know me at all, you probably know that I'm a sucker for good dialogue, and this Mr. Allison delivers in spades. The fact that the characters behind the dialogue are also robustly and believably written gives Bad Machinery double bonus points, with extra gold stars.
Comparable to: Jason Taylor, David Mitchell's stand-in in Black Swan Green, would fit in quite well with this group.
Representative quote: "Christ on the proverbial flipping bike!"
You might not like it if: You think that all British schoolchildren do magic (or ought to).
How to get it: Now is a good time to get into Bad Machinery because a new story, "The Case of the Lonely One," has just started! This is the main link to the current posts. This is the link to the brief preamble. You can start the first story here, the second story here, and the third story here. Also, John Allison has a shop, with many delightful posters, shirts, bags, etc. And he posts much art to Flickr. And he is a prolific tweeter (@badmachinery). (Message to my friend who knows to expect a message in this post: In regard to our earlier conversation, please note that I find John Allison's twitter output almost overwhelmingly charming. Also, happy birthday.)
Connections to previous Wreckage: Companion in spirit, David Mitchell's Black Swan Green was Rec. #72. Companion in the web comics community, Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant was Rec. #95.
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