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'Hey, Hey, We're The Anarchrists, And People Say We Monkey Around'

Published Sat, 23 Aug 2014 12:00:45 -0500

Darrin O'Toole writes,

My newest comic Anarchrists which launches this Sept at DICE, but is now available and limited to 100 pre-orders.

Written by myself (Earthruler/Glimmer Man/Lady Babylon) with art by newcomer Bernadett Sarosi who was referred to me by Will Sliney.

This is my first work since a free webcomic I put out to highlight homelessness awareness was picked up by national media here in Ireland, was read over 15,000 times and I was included in The Sakai Project alongside artist Luca Pizarri.

See below for details….

Welcome to the revolution one and all!

Have you followed the news lately? Gaza/Israel. Ebola. School shooting of the week brought to you by the good folk at churno cola. Jimmy Saville and those in power having a secret society kiddie fiddling ring that makes the concept of the illuminati tame in comparison. Iraq. More school shootings. TSA body seaches. Anonymous. Occupy.

Ferguson.

Ferguson. Some would say it was inevitable. Somewhere, somehow, order would cross the line and the people would finally stand up and say no more. It's little flashpoints like Ferguson that are sparks to set the world ablaze in revolution.

And this brings me back to my newest book.

Anarchrists.

You may have seen some buzz for it. You may have seen some subversive tweets, or been put on mission by the @anarchrists twitter account. You may have seen the logo of the anarchy A with the horns. You may even have caught a sneak peek of Anarchrists leader Lord Misfit.

But you still have no idea what it is.

Anarchrists is in my mind, me at my purest. It's the book that doesn't give a shit about what people think. It's the antithesis of a political correctness in an age where free thought is forbidden if it isn't the consensus opinion.

It's the kick to the nuts the comics world needs, and they aren't going to like it.

These past years have seen me grow fascinated with our duck and cover society. A society that locks it's doors. A society that sees us unable to let our kids play with the neighbours kids. A society that doesn't feel safe saying what it truly feels unless its in 140 characters and channeled through a smartphone. A safer, sterile society…and yet one that has something very wrong just bubbling away under its surface.

Columbine. Anders Breveik. Sandy Hook. Anonymous. Jimmy Saville. Marilyn Manson. Facebook. Justin Beiber.

These are all different points in the spectrum of who we've become. The highs, the lows. The boogeymen.

Bubbling right under the surface. Waiting to erupt.

Anarchrists IS that eruption. It's the culmination of what happens when the revolution kicks off. What happens to your teenage child. What happens to your friends. What happens to your President.

What happens to your world.

What "is" Anarchrists?

Anarchrists started with one simple question for me, and a revolution erupted in my head with the fallout from that question that lead to this book.What was that question?