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| - From a debate in Comics International between Bugpowder's Pete Ashton and creator Paul Rainey regarding the commercialisation opportunities of comics in newsagents, Andrew created Brookside: The Comic, a "bootleg" of the Channel 4 soap. Inspired by seeing Patrick Brown 's A Virtual Circle , a local underground comic which went beyond it's first issue, and encouraged by cult creator Ralph Kidson's review that "Luke draws like a serial killer in his death row cell" , he resolved to create a monthly comic. Bob's, a bed-sit-com set in Bangor, County Down, was launched the following month. Set in a flat with the element of a drop-in centre, it was frequented by a regular cast of likeable "dole-hacks, drug users and alcoholics", as well as a succession of characters from TV and popular culture.
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| - From a debate in Comics International between Bugpowder's Pete Ashton and creator Paul Rainey regarding the commercialisation opportunities of comics in newsagents, Andrew created Brookside: The Comic, a "bootleg" of the Channel 4 soap. Inspired by seeing Patrick Brown 's A Virtual Circle , a local underground comic which went beyond it's first issue, and encouraged by cult creator Ralph Kidson's review that "Luke draws like a serial killer in his death row cell" , he resolved to create a monthly comic. Bob's, a bed-sit-com set in Bangor, County Down, was launched the following month. Set in a flat with the element of a drop-in centre, it was frequented by a regular cast of likeable "dole-hacks, drug users and alcoholics", as well as a succession of characters from TV and popular culture. The monthly schedule was maintained for the first three issues and a 52-page annual, which was planned to be released alongside Issue 4, which did not materialise until 2002. The series also featured "Bob's Dogs" by Stuart Luke , and work by guest artists, including Patrick Brown, Emmett Taylor , P. J. Holden , Dave Morris , Ralph Kidson, John Kirkham and Dek Baker. It lasted for six issues, as well as three spin-off issues and ended in 2004. The final issue of Bob's doubled as Issue 3 of Andrew Luke's Comic Book, a series developed from 1999 to allow context for different material. In 2000-2001 he co-created four issues of The Implausibility of Reason with Richard Barr , Stuart Luke, Malcy Duff and John Robbins .
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