So here we are finally – twelve plus years after creating this ever growing saga that is BPN.

For those unfamiliar with the concept:

What started as a swiftly cobbled together vigilante tale of Mexican Luchadore back in 2010, swiftly mutated into a 1950s adventure tale of Bettie Page inspired superheroics in a west coast USA of the imagination.

By 2016 I’d launched a ’burlesquenoir pulp adventure’ magazine and begun to feel that the tales could best be served by a location and era change – to an alternative London of the 1960s!

(Some of the history of the project is in the previous posts on this very blog.)

So…

The current, final iteration is far closer to my heart, and in a ‘nutshell pitch’ might be described as Steed and Mrs Peel meets Blade Runner as written by H P Lovecraft.

I hope you enjoy the read as much as I enjoy the creation.

I’ve chosen to make the saga totally free to read to anyone who might be interested; so all you need do to avoid missing an episode is pop your email in the box at:

https://malearl.substack.com

…and I’ll send you updates as they’re posted every friday – straight to your inbox.

Finally…
back on BULLETPROOF NYLON in earnest…
all stories are at final proof read and illustrations are underway…
and all being well the first issue of the Adventure Story Digest should be available for Christmas.
A couple of days ago I was thrilled to get the positive nod of approval from the last of my preferred ‘cast’ members, so…
a huge thank you to Graham Mctavish, Shirley Anne Field, Richard E Grant and Richard Sheridan Willis for allowing me use of their personae…
and without further ado…
the official players in the saga that is BULLETPROOF NYLON.

 

Around the halfway point on the novella…. time to kiss start phase 2.

Based on the format of the much missed 80’s zine… BRUTE!, from the minds of Mal Bennett and Aidan Hughes, LOOSE ROUNDS will be an A6, 30ish Page presentation of short stories set in the world of BPN.

Work is underway on the illustrations and the first five tales have been written and laid out accordingly…

onward and upward!

Pulled together an album of ‘cast’ photos detailing the actors who currently inspire the tale…

 

Relocating the series and amending the short stories to a 1960s London setting at the moment…

There should be an initial flurry of content, followed by a slow, steady drip…

The entire saga will be posted on the website initially, with comics, books and prints made available if the interest is there.

BPN is a pet project, and as such will appear on an irregular basis…

So please bookmark the site for updates, and I’ll give a shout here when I post new material.

In preparing for the relaunch of BPN, I reclaimed the shreds of ideas that would eventually form the tale as you see it now.
Initially, inspired by Rafael Navarro’s marvellous ‘Sonambulo’ comic, Archangel, and his accomplice, The Viper were heavily based on the Luchadore wrestlers of Mexico.
I subsequently decided on dropping the concept, as my poor knowledge on the whole area of Lucha seemed to devalue the idea to a mere whim.
For posterity, however, here are the few, earliest concept designs from the projects inception back in 2010.
These were to accompany the first story I ever conceived for the project… ‘Circus of Storms’… Over the years the tale has evolved and changed, and is now the prologue segment to the longer ‘The Death Dolls of Dr Cairo’.

 

 

 

I’ll be taking part in a comics Q and A, alongside Steve and Annie Parkhouse and Gary Erskine on 18th April.

Details at the link below.

I’ll be bringing copies of BOUND and the last remaining BULLETPROOF NYLON PRIMER books, if anyone needs a signed memento of what promises to be a grand day out!

http://downthetubes.net/?p=19900

Still available as at beginning of April 2015. Just under half left…

With a major profile boost already under way, including an exclusive tale for David Lloyds Aces Weekly in November, I would recommend grabbing this now rather than waiting… this has the potential to become the most sought after BPN collectable of all!

BULLETPROOF NYLON – LAKES 2014 SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION
24 full colour A4 pages

Limited to only 50 copies – signed – numbered – sketched.

Includes – 2 free A4 signed colour prints with every copy.

Prices for the above, including shipping in boarded packaging:
UK – £9.00
EUROPE – £11.00
USA and Elsewhere – £14.00

Direct from

frankjackdaw@aol.com

Ordering details soon…

just about on schedule… I really wanted an old-time pulp feel to this illo which accompanies the first part of the origin story ‘The Brotherhood of Adam’… didn’t come easy… blood, sweat and tears!!!!

 For Clivo, this one… ‘cos I just know he’s gonna love it! 😉

Just because things are quiet – don’t think I’m doing nothing, folks!

Now into July and the Megacon is looming…

all stories written and ready to go…

everything on track with the illustrations, but might have to curtail the amount of posts until beginning of August…

in the meantime here’s a couple I prepared earlier… today, that is!