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John Allison

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The United Kingdom

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http://www.scarygoround.com/

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Comics & Graphic Novels

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February 2013

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John Allison is the author and artist of the British webcomics Scary Go Round and Bad Machinery.

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On continuity

As I finish up this weird final Bobbins story, I've repeatedly asked myself, "what am I doing?" After 16 years and counting of the same continuity, the greatest difficulty I have is making my work approachable to new readers while retaining the old ones. As a comic book reader in my youth, comics leant heavily on continuity, but I never remember it being a huge problem. If someone or something re Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.05 · 137,388 ratings · 14,278 reviews · 320 distinct works • Similar authors

	Giant Days, Vol. 1 (Giant Days, #1) by John Allison (Goodreads Author), Lissa Treiman (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 25,110 ratings — published 2015 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giant Days, Vol. 2 (Giant Days, #2) by John Allison (Goodreads Author), Lissa Treiman (Illustrator), Max Sarin (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,538 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giant Days, Vol. 3 (Giant Days, #3) by John Allison (Goodreads Author), Max Sarin (Illustrations), Jim Campbell (Letterer) 4.08 avg rating — 9,748 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giant Days, Vol. 4 (Giant Days, #4) by John Allison (Goodreads Author), Liz Fleming (Primary Contributor), Lissa Treiman (Primary Contributor) 4.16 avg rating — 7,487 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giant Days, Vol. 5 (Giant Days, #5) by John Allison (Goodreads Author), Max Sarin (Illustrator), Liz Fleming (Inker) 4.12 avg rating — 6,711 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giant Days, Vol. 6 (Giant Days, #6) by John Allison (Goodreads Author), Whitney Cogar (Primary Contributor), Liz Fleming (Primary Contributor) 4.22 avg rating — 5,601 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giant Days, Vol. 7 (Giant Days, #7) by John Allison (Goodreads Author), Max Sarin (Illustrator), John Allison (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 5,012 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giant Days, Vol. 8 (Giant Days, #8) by John Allison (Goodreads Author), Whitney Cogar (Primary Contributor), Lissa Treiman (Primary Contributor) 4.23 avg rating — 4,377 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giant Days, Vol. 9 (Giant Days #9) 4.26 avg rating — 3,833 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Giant Days, Vol. 10 (Giant Days, #10) by John Allison (Goodreads Author), Max Sarin (Illustrator), Julia Madrigal (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 3,490 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Giant Days (Single Issues) (62 books)
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John Allison (Goodreads Author) (Writer),

Max Sarin (Artist)

4.08 avg rating — 122,410 ratings

Giant Days collected (21 books)
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John Allison (Goodreads Author),

Max Sarin (Illustrator),

John Allison (Goodreads Author)

4.07 avg rating — 103,691 ratings

Bad Machinery (11 books)
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John Allison (Goodreads Author),

Sarah Stern

4.05 avg rating — 5,548 ratings

Steeple (17 books)
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John Allison (Goodreads Author),

Sarah Stern (Colorist)

3.82 avg rating — 1,776 ratings

Giant Days: Year One (4 books)
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John Allison (Goodreads Author)

3.79 avg rating — 1,686 ratings

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“Wow. Listen. Just kiss both kinds of face. Maybe you'll enjoy them equally. That's fine. Let love rule. It's the nineties. Get used to it.”
― John Allison, Giant Days, Vol. 2

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“So this is what love is.
It's like bein' tied to a big, mad train.”
― John Allison, Bad Machinery Volume Three: The Case of the Simple Soul

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“Go! And remember! Zebra is fine creature to admire, but you do not have to ride it.”
― John Allison, Bad Machinery Volume One: The Case of the Team Spirit

tags: bad-machinery, humor, kropotkin, life-advice

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