Dave Cook Comics
Dave CookHi, I'm Dave Cook. I'm an award-winning author of comic books and video game history books from Scotland. Subscribe to my monthly newsletter for project updates, or the paid tier for more regular blogs, reviews and essays.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 93 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 12 days ago |
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July '26 Newsletter: Demons and mechs
Howdy pals, Dave here with my July 2026 newsletter. I hope you’re all having a great summer so far.
Scottish summers are usually either miserable, or we only get like a week of actual sunshine and warm. Thankfully, though, this year has b...
Revealing a new Killtopia sticker set
Hey everyone 👋
I’m hyped to reveal this new Killtopia sticker set by the great Darren Vogt. It’ll be available as part of the Killtopia: Phantoms #2 Kickstarter in August.
In the Phantoms arc, Pillboy is the mascot of Pillfreak, a Neo T...
First glimpse of my next series
Howdy pals, I recently finished the script for Bubblegum Pop! book one, which is an all-new series set in the Killtopia universe of Neo Tokyo.
I’ve been having some great chats about the visual look and feel with our soon-to-be-revealed ar...
A new Killtopia art collab!
Hey pals, I hope you all had a great weekend.
I’m hyped to share an all-new Killtopia: Phantoms art print with you, by guest artist Yishan Li (Hellboy, Batwoman). This will be available as part of our Phantoms #2 Kickstarter, dropping in...
My beat 'em up book is back!
Hi folks, a quick one here.
After selling out (again!), a new print run of my beat 'em up history book, Go Straight is launching on August 19th via publisher Bitmap Books.
It covers over 200 games, spanning 40 years of the genre's his...
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Ringo nominated author of comics + video game history books: Killtopia | Hello Darkness | Titan Comics | Bitmap Books | Ninja Baseball Spirits | Repped by Watson Little.
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