Skin (graphic novel)

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

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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

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

### Awards

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

## References

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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.

## External links

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

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Skinhead

Vintage subcultures|

* Mod
* Rude boy
* Sharpies
* Scooterboy
* Soulboy
* Suedehead

Modern subcultures
and groups|

* Football hooliganism
* Gay skinhead
* Hardcore skinhead
* Friends Stand United
* Hardline
* Oi!
* Straight edge
* Peckerwood
* Aryan Brotherhood
* Aryan Brotherhood of Texas
* Aryan Circle
* European Kindred
* Nazi Lowriders
* Public Enemy No. 1
* Solid Wood Soldiers
* List of peckerwood gangs
* Redskin
* Red Action
* Red and Anarchist Skinheads
* Trojan skinhead
* Anti-Racist Action
* Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice
* White power skinhead
* American Front
* Aryan Guard
* Blood & Honour
* British Movement
* Combat 18
* Creativity
* Hammerskins
* Heritage Front
* Keystone State Skinheads
* Vinlanders Social Club
* National Front
* National Socialist Movement
* Volksfront
* White Aryan Resistance

Music|

* 2 Tone
* Blue Beat
* Caribbean music in the UK
* Hardcore punk
* Mod revival
* Motown
* National Socialist black metal
* Northern soul
* Oi!
* Punk rock
* Reggae
* Rock Against Communism
* Rocksteady
* Ska
* Soul
* Stax Records
* Studio One
* Trojan Records

Clothing and accessories|

* Alpha Industries
* Ben Sherman
* Brogues
* Brutus
* Crombie
* Donkey jacket
* Dr. Martens
* Flat cap
* Flight jacket
* Fred Perry
* Grinders
* Harrington
* Levi Strauss
* Loafers
* Lonsdale
* MA-1
* Sweater vest
* Solovair
* Steel-toe boots
* Suit
* Tredair
* Trilby

Other topics|

* Skinhead books
* Skinhead films
* Hooligan firms
* Peckerwood gangs

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