| Blast! | |
| Editor: | Stuart Green |
| Editor Title: | Editor |
| Frequency: | monthly |
| Category: | comics, criticism, interviews |
| Publisher: | John Brown Publishing |
| Based: | London |
| Firstdate: | June 1991 |
| Lastdate: | November 1991 |
| Finalnumber: | 7 |
| Staff Writer: | Fiona Jerome, Dave Elliot |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Blast! was a British comics magazine published by John Brown Publishing that ran monthly for seven issues from June to November 1991.[1] Blast! featured comics by British, European, and American contributors. It was edited by Stuart Green, with Fiona Jerome[2] and Dave Elliot.[3]
Recurring strips in Blast! included Warren Ellis & D'Israeli's Lazarus Churchyard, Marya Muerta & Yan Shimony's Big Berta, Glenn Dakin's War, an English translation of Enrique Sánchez Abulí & Jordi Bernet's Torpedo 1936, and reprints of Paul Chadwick's Concrete and Michael T. Gilbert's Mr. Monster.[4] Blast! featured some of the earliest published work by such notable creators as Warren Ellis and Gordon Rennie.
The first five issues included a 16-page insert of Speakeasy, the remnants of the long-running comics news & reviews magazine. The final two issues featured articles and reviews alongside the comic strips.
Each issue ran 64 pages with a color cover, black-and-white interior pages, and was labeled for mature readers.
| Issue no. | Cover artist | Contributors | Strips | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lazarus Churchyard, Axel Pressbutton, the translated Spanish comic Torpedo 1936 by Abulí and Bernet, reprints of Gilbert's Mr. Monster and Chadwick's Concrete | First appearance of Ellis and D'Israeli's Lazarus Churchyard. | ||
| 2 | Simon Bisley | Warren Ellis, Glenn Dakin, Yan Shimony, Marya Muerta, Peter Bagge, Paul Chadwick, Michael T. Gilbert, D'Israeli, Enrique Sánchez Abulí, Jordi Bernet | Lazarus Churchyard in The Virtual Kiss, Torpedo 1936, War, reprints of Mr. Monster and Concrete | |
| 3 | D'Israeli | Lazarus Churchyard, War, Big Berta, reprints of Mr. Monster and Concrete, plus Burns' Dog Boy | ||
| 4 | D'Israeli | Warren Ellis, Glenn Dakin, Paul Chadwick, Michael T. Gilbert, D'Israeli | Lazarus Churchyard, War, reprints of Mr. Monster and Concrete | Concrete poster |
| 5 | Warren Ellis, William Messner-Loebs, Enrique Sánchez Abulí, Yan Shimony, Paul Chadwick, Michael T. Gilbert, D'Israeli, Jordi Bernet | Lazarus Churchyard, Big Berta, Torpedo 1936, reprints of Mr. Monster and Concrete | ||
| 6 | D'Israeli | Warren Ellis, Peter Bagge, Enrique Sánchez Abulí, Yan Shimony, Marya Muerta, Colin De Suinn, Paul Chadwick, Stan Nichols, David Hine, D'Israeli, Jordi Bernet | Lazarus Churchyard, Big Berta, Torpedo 1936, Curse of the Transvestite, reprints of Bagge's Junior and Chadwick's Concrete | |
| 7 | Lazarus Churchyard, Big Berta, Martin Spoade, reprints of Bagge's The Bradleys and Chadwick's Concrete, the debut of Rennie and Emond's White Trash, and Sherlock Holmes in the Curious Case of the Vanishing Villain | Final issue of the series; White Trash and Lazarus Churchyard continue in their own series, both released by Tundra Publishing. | ||