Prior to the 1990s, a visit to the Show, Fete or Fair might result in a showbag containing cheap novelties, weird tasting chocolate, sherbert bombs and a comic book. That comic would usually feature a superhero but then something strange happened in 1991...
Comics appeared in the bags that didn't look like anything anyone had ever seen before. They were roughly put together, on even rougher paper, and were full of spelling mistakes. They looked like they were for kids but somehow sinister.
Instead of funny animals and super heroics, there were stories about crazy bullies in animal masks digging up public parks, sewing people together, and burying each other alive at the beach. These comics were called 'Da 'n' Dill'. Kids loved them (and hid them under the bed when they were finished).
Now for the first time, the complete run of seven issues of Dillon Naylor's cult classic Da 'n' Dill have been rescanned from the original art and collected into one handsome book. Includes lots of unpublished pages, sketches, notes and model sheets for the older fans too.
It's time for another trip to the Show!
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