The Cancel Haus Issue 1

THE CANCEL HAUS ISSUE 1

• Publishing Company:

  STRAWMAN

• Imprint:

• Format:

  SERIES

• Creator(s):

  HROGE - (SOLE CREATOR)

• Number of Pages:

  36

• Cover price:

  GBP 8.00

• Publication Date:

  2022

• Age:

  ADULT

• Fiction/Non-Fiction

  FICTION

• Key words:

  EXISTENTIAL THRILLER, ACTION/ADVENTURE, CONTEMPORARY ISSUES, CRIME, ESOTERIC, HUMOUR , MYSTERY, OCCULT, CHILD ABUSE, MUSIC, MURDER,

• Summary:

   

  Series description:

  The Cancel Haus is a 360 page, full colour, graphic novel, split into 15 issues. It is a darkly comic thriller, with a peculiarly English sense of humour and has been likened to a British Twin Peaks. Totally original, unique in style and content, it has been described by reviewers as ‘a seminal moment in graphic novels’ and ‘a masterwork in the making’. It is a book for critical thinkers and lovers of free-speech. A spiritual piece of art… albeit with a sense of mischief.

  Series synopsis:

  Adam Warmbath has a lot on his plate. He’s not short of currency, but yachts and trophy wives don’t float his boat. He’s not right-wing and he’s not left-wing; he is knowing…and he knows who is harming the children. He’s hatching a plan to stop them whilst juggling pressing matters on his own doorstep: greedy builders, a visitor with a gun and public displays of his daughter’s privacy, all need his attention too.

  Meanwhile, Adam’s employee Frank, a professional prankster, and Gordon, a conceptual artist, are on the run. Hiding out from a gang of gay muscle men, they flee to a series of hidden pubs in Scotland.

  With Elizabethan uprisings, tracking chips, invisible dogs and sperm wars, this tale introduces over seventy characters from lazy levitators and snatch snappers to consciousness cancellers.

  In this issue:

  Roman awaits The Dog. International intentions are settled at the Bank in Basel. The French fuzz are foxed. Walkers stumble upon a treat. Beachcombers are jarred. Mr Pharmacist can’t get off the toilet.

  Reviews:
  Paul Gravett, comics curator & journalist: A masterwork in the making…This comes with my highest recommendation.

  Frank Skinner, comedian: (the Cancel Haus is) Something I’m very, very excited about.

  Frazer Brown, Red Cabin Comics: Having devoured the first four issues, I can confidently declare CANCEL HAUS to be one of my all-time favourites. This is not a work for the squeamish, as HROGE masterfully blends elements of noir, crime, and murder into a captivating concoction. The series evokes the unsettling atmosphere of Lynchian narratives, while simultaneously channeling the visceral energy of Tarantino’s films.

  Gary Spencer Millidge, Creator of ‘Strangehaven’ I love the delicate lifework, slow page, muted colours, hand lettering and loose panel borders… all of it. Very European in flavour. I feel like I’ve been granted a sneak peek at a major work.

  Paul Ashely Brown, Creator of ‘Browner-Knowle’: The Cancel Haus is both an aspiring and auspicious debut which, in an intelligent, reasoned and nuanced cultural and critical landscape would be being rightfully lauded as a major new work by a major new artist.

  Mark Tonderai, writer & director: It is…and I use this word very, very… carefully – operatic genius.

  Michael Lightfoot: Creator of ‘Looking for love in Brexit Britain: Your use of the comics medium is exceptional and the story most intriguing.

  Adrian Clarke, getmycomics.com: It’s stunning!

  Don Moore, bunchofdorks.com : When you finish with the 15 issues I think this is going to be something to behold. There’s a rhythm to the story telling that is unique and I haven’t seen anything like that in a long time… It’s a beautiful book, its something special.

  Nigel R Mitchell, Tunnelmental: There is a crack in our reality and we are exploring the story that is hidden in plain site….This brilliant book helps open our perception.

  CONTENT WARNINGS: Mature readers only: graphic violence, nudity, language, sex references and humour.