Skin (graphic novel)

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Skin
Date	1992
Publisher	Tundra Publishing
Creative team
Writers	Peter Milligan
Artists	Brendan McCarthy
Colorists	Carol Swain
ISBN	1858090008

Skin is a 48-page graphic novel written by Peter Milligan, created and drawn by Brendan McCarthy and colored by Carol Swain. It tells the story of a young skinhead, Martin Atchitson, who grew up in 1970s London with thalidomide-related birth defects. Milligan has said the story partially addresses "universal themes of major companies shafting people, and corruption in terms of drugs and mass marketing."^[1]

Publication history

Skin was planned to be published in the 2000 AD spin-off magazine Crisis in 1989, but the story's controversial subject matter and explicit language made the publisher, Fleetway, uncomfortable.^[2] Printers refused to print it, citing similar reasons. The story remained in limbo until it was published as a graphic novel by Kevin Eastman's Tundra Publishing in 1992 with little controversy. Dark Horse Comics reprinted Skin in 2013, as part of the trade-paperback collection The Best of Milligan and McCarthy.^[3]

Reception

Tom Palmer, Jr. included Skin in "Palmer's Picks", calling it "a powerful, disturbing book".^[4]

Awards

1993: nominated for the "Best Graphic Album: New" Eisner Award^[5]

References

^ Peter Milligan interview Archived 2005-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, UGO
^ MacManus, Steve, ed. (11 November 1989). "Intro". Crisis (31). ISSN 0955-6885. OCLC 263491671.
^ The Best of Milligan and McCarthy. Dark Horse Comics. 2013-09-11. ISBN 978-1-61655-153-7.
^ Palmer, Tom (January 1993). "Palmer's Picks". Wizard (17). Wizard Entertainment: 16–17.
^ "1993 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved April 26, 2012.

External links

Skin at the Grand Comics Database
Skin at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
Review at Comics Nexus

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[1] Peter Milligan interview Archived 2005-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, UGO

[2] MacManus, Steve, ed. (11 November 1989). "Intro". Crisis (31). ISSN 0955-6885. OCLC 263491671.

[3] The Best of Milligan and McCarthy. Dark Horse Comics. 2013-09-11. ISBN 978-1-61655-153-7.

[4] Palmer, Tom (January 1993). "Palmer's Picks". Wizard (17). Wizard Entertainment: 16–17.

[5] "1993 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved April 26, 2012.

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