John Allison Archives

10 Pages From Giant Days Vol. 1 TP Releasing This Week
The series is written by awesome web-comic making machine John Allison, with art by Lissa Treiman. Giant Days follows three college students Susan, Esther, and Daisy who started at university three weeks ago and became fast friends Now, away from home for the first time, all three want to reinvent themselves But in the face of[...]
It's Almost Time For Another Mix Tape: BOOM! Box 2015 Is Packed With Greatness
Writers and artists, John Allison, Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, John Kovalic, Jon Chad, Kris Wilson, Rob DenBleyker, Dave McElfatrick, and more team up to bring us stories from wacky to touching! A hint to some of the series that will be included: Lumberjanes, Giant Days, Munchkin, Cyanide & Happiness, Power Up, and a sneak peek of 2016's[...]
Giant Days #6 Deals With A Missing Character!
It's always going to taste delicious and leave you thinking about the next bag that you're inevitably going to buy because they're just that good. From BOOM! Studios, Giant Days #6 written by John Allison, with art by Lissa Treiman is a mystery filled issue Daisy and Esther find themselves without their third part, Susan, but where could she be? A search[...]
Christmas In July In Giant Days #5
Christmas in July! From BOOM! Studios, Giant Days #5 written by John Allison, with art by Lissa Treiman takes place during a pre-Christmas ball This issue begins with a look at the difference between girls dress shopping, and boys shopping for a suit Of course, this is a hilarious thing to witness with this cast of characters[...]
Drugs, Love, And The Character History We've Been Waiting For In Giant Days #4
From BOOM! Studios, Giant Days #4 written by John Allison, with art by Lissa Treiman, combines a new love with a handful of drugs, and some character history we've been waiting on for four issues This month Daisy, Susan, and Esther are celebrating Daisy's birthday, but things get a little crazy when Daisy starts to have feelings[...]
Advance Review: Giant Days #3 Tackles A Social Media Scandal
Seeing the girls survive a crazy flu last month was pretty funny, so I couldn't wait to see what John Allison had in store for the next issue Giant Days #3 written by John Allison, with art by Lissa Treiman brings Daisy, Susan, and Esther will a full bill of health into a new set of problems[...]
Advance Review: Giant Days #2 Is Comically Honest
It's no surprise that the comic is a hit because of creator and writer John Allison's long history making web-comics For those of you that are interested in checking out his work, be sure to visit his website. Moving forward, I'm incredibly happy to discuss Giant Days #2 written by John Allison, with art by Lissa[...]
Orbital In Conversation With Giant Days' John Allison & #Furious 7!
By Chris Thompson [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/OiCPodcastEpisode124.mp3] After last week's debut of The Real/Fake Geeks segment with Maria Norris (which you can still listen to here), this time I'm back with creator John Allison (Bad Machinery, Scary Go Round, Bobbins) to discuss the 'return' of Giant Days from Boom! Studios under their Boom! Box imprint. John & I discuss how he[...]
Navigating The Giant Days Of College Life With Genuine & Unique Characters
Joining this impressive line-up of books are the first of six issues of John Allison and Lissa Treiman's Giant Days, which spins off from Allison's previous work on his acclaimed web comic, Bad Machinery This time around with Disney storyboard artist Lissa Treiman taking over art duties. Although Giant Days takes characters from Allison's previous long[...]
Advance Review: Funny, Flirty Giant Days From Boom! Box
I was lucky enough to get my hands on an advanced copy of Giant Days #1, from BOOM! Box, an imprint of award-winning publisher BOOM! Studios, written by John Allison, with art by Lissa Treiman I can honestly say, that after reading one issue I am completely in love with these characters Susan, Esther, and[...]
BOOM! Box's Humorous Coming-Of-Age Story Giant Days Arrives In March
From longtime webcomic creator John Allison (Bad Machinery, Scary Go Round) and Disney artist Lissa Treiman, comes a quirky coming-of-age adventure The story will focus on characters, Susan, Esther, and Daisy who quickly became friends at university because of their dorms being next to each other Filled with an urge to reinvent themselves, the girls[...]
Bad Machinery Vol. 3 By John Allison: We Didn't Start The Fire – But Someone Did
Taking place in the Scary Go Round universe three years after the webcomic, creator John Allison focuses on two rival groups of schoolchildren who investigate the strange and bizarre mysteries in their town of Tackleford Think of it as The Hardy Boys versus Veronica Mars, Nancy Drew, and Harriet the Spy, only everyone is British. While[...]