To End All Wars
edited by Jonathan Clode and John Stuart Clark
Introduction by Pat Mills
ISBN 978-1-908030-13-9
Price: tba
Publication Date: July 2014
Format: 310 Pages, B&W, hardcover
Available: Worldwide
An omnibus of 27 short graphic narratives based on actual events, characters, circumstances, incidents,
myths or consequences of the Great War. Featuring the four theatres of war (land, sea, air and the
home front), spanning four continents and drawn from both sides of the conflict.
Designed as a tribute to those who sacrificed all in the insanity of a preventable war, our stories explore
the weird, wonderful, chilling and little known aspects of a conflict largely ignored by the comics
medium. Showcasing exciting new writers and artists working alongside established names.
First mooted in November 2012, this project has been driven by the commitment, enthusiasm and
imaginations of over 40 unpaid contributors from eight different countries.
Contributors include Sean Michael Wilson, Petri Hannini, Selina Lock, Joe Gordon, Brick, Jonathan
Clode, Steven Martin, Matt Soffe, Alys Jones, Kate Charlesworth, Neil McClements, Stjepan
Mihaljevic, Francesco Conte, Sarah Jones, Jenny Linn-Cole, Shawn Wagner, Chris Martinez, Sean
Fahey, Gary and Warren Pleece, Steve Earles, Bex Burgess, Ariela Kristantina, Chris Colley, Andrew
Luke, Ruairi Coleman, Mike Prezzato, Patrick J Walsh, Stuart Richards, Susan Fahey and Colm
Regan.
In no particular order, the stories are…
The Iron Dice (originators of Great War on trial today at The Hague)
Kapitan Fritz’s Day Trip to Yarmouth (first aerial bombing of Britain - Zeppelin attack)
Bottomley - Brand of Britain (the great recruiter, propagandist, self-publicist and jailbird)
The Killing Machine (German air ace, Werner Voss, and the dehumanizing impact of war)
The Coward’s War (Thomas Highgate – PTDS, ‘cowardice’ and execution)
Allies of Reason (the French Mutiny seen through eyes of one platoon)
Dead in the Water (U-boats & the first ramming, by HMS Dreadnought)
Il Gatto (animals, their uses, affections and betrayal in the Dolomite war)
Live-and-Let-Live (non-aggressive pacts between enemies in the trenches)
Heroic Incidents in the Advance (censorship and those at home left ignorant)
The Legend of the Leaning Virgin (the Golden Virgin of Albert - its myths, realities and postcards)
Every Man for Himself (the true story of merchant mariner John Henry)
Between the Darkness (tank warfare in German commandeered French F-17 Renault)
The Orderly (British POWs and the escape from Holzminden)
The Angel and the Hound (religious myths and rumours of horror at the front)
Mata Hari (the alleged spy-cum-stool pigeon’s final hours – was she, wasn’t she?)
The Bitter Harvest (the Irish at war through eyes of three brothers in the Royal Munsters)
Go Home and Sit Still (Scottish Women’s Hospital: Russian Unit)
Chilembe (WW1 and the Nyasaland uprising in East Africa)
Where Others Follow (brotherhood in Canadian troops v sheep-like behaviour)
The Black Chair (Welsh poet Hedd Wyn’s war and his winning posthumous Eisteddfod)
Die and Become (Otto Dix and the experiences that inspired his Der Krieg series - war as renewal)
Only Remember (the author’s journey to learn about her great grandfather, a Bantam, and where he
is remembered)
The Stainless Steel Elephant (Lizzie, the circus elephant wintered in Sheffield, that became the focus
of a propaganda war with Germany’s Kollossus)
Sikh Warrior (the captured colonial troops and their escape from Turkey)
Memorial to the Mothers (the loss of a generation and the emotional devastation heaped on wives
and mother
The cover for To End All Wars is by Lizzy Waterhouse.
Sample sketches, thumbnails, finished art and feature illustrations…
Dead in the Water thumbnail and sketch for Between the Darkness
Die and Become thumbs
Character sketches for Allies of Reason
Live & Let Live and Bitter Harvest thumbs
Il Gatto and Allies of Reason thumbs
The Iron Dice finished art sample