Salmonella Smorgasbord

SALMONELLA SMORGASBORD

A Collection Of Crimes Against Cartooning

• Publishing Company:

  MARK STAFFORD

• Imprint:

  SOARING PENGUIN

• Format:

  ONE SHOT

• Creator(s):

  MARK STAFFORD (WRITER/ARTIST)

• Number of Pages:

  256

• Cover price:

  Pounds sterling 24.99

• Publication Date:

  2023

• Age:

  ADULT

• Fiction/Non-Fiction

  FICTION

• Key words:

  ANTHOLOGY, SATIRE, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, POP-CULTURE, SHORT STORIES, HORROR, ENGLAND, GHOSTS, FOLKLORE, POLITICS, KOREA, COMEDY, SUPERNATURAL, PAINTING,

• Summary:

  

  

  Salmonella Smorgasbord:

  Salmonella Smorgasbord is a chunky 250+ page collection of the comics and art of the cartoonist Mark Stafford, who’s frankly sick and tired of being described as ‘the greatest cartoonist you’ve never heard of,’ containing a frankly unhealthy selection of his short stories, strips, illustrations and design work gathered together into themed chapters.
  So we have snarky snippets of satirical observation, spooky tales of haunted people, adaptations of old folk songs, many, many monsters, posters and unsettling encounters and one silent historical romance set in a Korean shipyard. Kaiju’s clash! Killers slash! All human life is here!
  Especially if it’s creepy, or funny, or both.
  More often both.
  With a foreword By David Hine, (who wrote two of the stories within,) an afterword by Dr Bryan Talbot and a lengthy interview with the artist at the end to put it all into some kind of perspective.

  “Dark and creepy and funny and just beautiful, like a box full of wriggly treasure – I love everything about Mark’s stuff – One of my favorite all around cartoonists. One of those guys that inspires one minute and the next you want to hang it all up cause there is just no way you can ever measure up.” – Mike Mignola

  “From horror and whimsy to romance, Stafford is a surprisingly versatile style. Every iconoclast should be lucky enough to find so gratifying an anthology as this.” – The Comics Journal

  “Mark is a cartooning supernova, with his mercilessly cool drawing and painterly color & design, along with his dry & twisted British sense of humor. I’m amazed by every new piece by him.” – Gene Ha