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Scary Go Round #3
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The third book in John Allison's Scary Go Round collection.
200 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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John Allison
311 books832 followersJohn Allison is the author and artist of the British webcomics Scary Go Round and Bad Machinery.
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April 5, 2026
Stories of gangs, rock bands, time travel, manowar jellyfish, goblins and a small child claiming things will change that stirs up the town.
This collection felt a lot more cohesive, and easier to follow. Overall a fun read.
This collection felt a lot more cohesive, and easier to follow. Overall a fun read.
February 17, 2025
Onto SGR book 3 in my chronological Tackleverse readthrough.
Shelley... ALMOST dies again. And then she gets shot and dies for actual real again, but this time at least Natalie's ghost is there for her ghost, and they have a wonderful time in the Land of the Dead. It's at this point where I try to remember how Bobbins began as an office comedy.
But anyway Shelley and Natalie scam some teeth out of a demon and Shelley defeats her zombie self by thinking about poison when it was trying to eat her brains and she gets better, it's all okay, and the biker gang that killer her writes her an "I'm Sorry" letter and they get back at Rachel and Tessa (the real masterminds of the operation). Well, at least until the devil intervenes...
And then on page 48, THE BOY makes his first appearance as a simple side character in Tim and Amy's story. Incredible! He sure went places. Then Shelley and Amy go to a Dethspasm goth concert and we see the first appearances of Dark Esther, Big Lindsey, and the other one, being middle school bullies in a bathroom. It's insane to think that this character who started out as a random background idea here ended up going on to headline the entirety of the whole Giant Days series!!
Oh, and then there's the whole Time Teapot business. And Bob Crowley gets introduced, wuh-oh.
"It works on the principle of the watched pot that never boils. It's a teapot with an element in the bottom and an electronic eye in the lid. The water heats up but can never boil, time gets confused and aligns to the nearest clock. So you adjust a little clock on the side..." incredible. But at least the whole adventure gets reset before it ever happens.
And then a Fallon and Ryan and Shelley story where a Man-o-War draws Shelley into aquatic political relations! And we meet Ernest the sub captain.
And then Ryan's dad comes back in the story with Ryan's mum and him and Riley again and it has a much more emotional effect after reading the retroactive Expecting to Fly prequel comics.
And then there's the leprechaun detective story featuring Natalie... and then the first of The Child's THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE story... and more The Boy and Milford (and Erin Winters!!) and Dark Esther becomes more developed too - so wild reading her origins here.
And then Shelley kidnaps The Child for MI6 and, for the second time, ALMOST dies when her car is hit from a plane/missile.
The bonus drawn comic and John Allison's commentary in the ebook make it invaluable.
Shelley... ALMOST dies again. And then she gets shot and dies for actual real again, but this time at least Natalie's ghost is there for her ghost, and they have a wonderful time in the Land of the Dead. It's at this point where I try to remember how Bobbins began as an office comedy.
But anyway Shelley and Natalie scam some teeth out of a demon and Shelley defeats her zombie self by thinking about poison when it was trying to eat her brains and she gets better, it's all okay, and the biker gang that killer her writes her an "I'm Sorry" letter and they get back at Rachel and Tessa (the real masterminds of the operation). Well, at least until the devil intervenes...
And then on page 48, THE BOY makes his first appearance as a simple side character in Tim and Amy's story. Incredible! He sure went places. Then Shelley and Amy go to a Dethspasm goth concert and we see the first appearances of Dark Esther, Big Lindsey, and the other one, being middle school bullies in a bathroom. It's insane to think that this character who started out as a random background idea here ended up going on to headline the entirety of the whole Giant Days series!!
Oh, and then there's the whole Time Teapot business. And Bob Crowley gets introduced, wuh-oh.
"It works on the principle of the watched pot that never boils. It's a teapot with an element in the bottom and an electronic eye in the lid. The water heats up but can never boil, time gets confused and aligns to the nearest clock. So you adjust a little clock on the side..." incredible. But at least the whole adventure gets reset before it ever happens.
And then a Fallon and Ryan and Shelley story where a Man-o-War draws Shelley into aquatic political relations! And we meet Ernest the sub captain.
And then Ryan's dad comes back in the story with Ryan's mum and him and Riley again and it has a much more emotional effect after reading the retroactive Expecting to Fly prequel comics.
And then there's the leprechaun detective story featuring Natalie... and then the first of The Child's THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE story... and more The Boy and Milford (and Erin Winters!!) and Dark Esther becomes more developed too - so wild reading her origins here.
And then Shelley kidnaps The Child for MI6 and, for the second time, ALMOST dies when her car is hit from a plane/missile.
The bonus drawn comic and John Allison's commentary in the ebook make it invaluable.
September 25, 2014
Rereading my Scary-Go-Round books. I've loved Scary-Go-Round/all things Jon Allison since high school and it's still great 7+ years later. British humor, wacky misadventures. What's not to love?
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January 28, 2018More early adventures from the strange town of Tackleford. Much of this collection veers off into fairly random subplots - Portuguese men o'war and their dastardly plans, a visit to the afterlife, some leprechauns. And it's very much pinned to the noughties by its jokes about WAP, Livejournal and her from the Cranberries. But it's always held together by that same quizzical sensibility and gift for an off-kilter one-liner.
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