{"id":38631,"date":"2025-04-05T13:40:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T13:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strip-for-me.com\/wordpress\/?p=38631"},"modified":"2025-04-05T13:41:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T13:41:06","slug":"2-x-carol-swain-dark-golden-009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/strip-for-me.com\/wordpress\/2025\/04\/2-x-carol-swain-dark-golden-009\/","title":{"rendered":"2 x Carol Swain \u2013 Dark &amp; Golden 009"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/darkandgolden.bigcartel.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"917\" src=\"http:\/\/strip-for-me.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2xCS_001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38632\" srcset=\"http:\/\/strip-for-me.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2xCS_001.jpg 600w, http:\/\/strip-for-me.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2xCS_001-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dark &amp; Golden Books are pleased to be able to present <a href=\"https:\/\/darkandgolden.bigcartel.com\/\">2 x Carol Swain<\/a>, a new collection of stories unfairly out of print since their original publication, and a perfect sampler for the elusive, intriguing work of Carol Swain. In 1993&#8217;s Eating Out, a road trip reveals uneasy truths between friends, while in Looney Tune Life from 1994, the spectre of war hangs uneasily over a group of teens in a small town. The comic also features new introductions to each story and a brief interview with Carol Swain, as well as a timeline of her work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/darkandgolden.bigcartel.com\/\">Get yourself a copy here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edited by Tom Oldham and Douglas Noble, and designed by Douglas Noble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dark &amp; Golden Books are dedicated to charting a less travelled course through the history of British comics, finding and celebrating mislaid and forgotten classics for the audience of today in new high-quality editions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>260mm x 170mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>32 pages, in black and white, with colour covers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The comic is printed on 115gsm paper with a 170gsm cover by Comicprintinguk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/strip-for-me.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Eat-Out-1-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"801\" data-id=\"38633\" src=\"http:\/\/strip-for-me.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Eat-Out-1-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38633\" srcset=\"http:\/\/strip-for-me.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Eat-Out-1-001.jpg 600w, http:\/\/strip-for-me.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Eat-Out-1-001-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/strip-for-me.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Loony-1-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"808\" data-id=\"38634\" src=\"http:\/\/strip-for-me.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Loony-1-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38634\" srcset=\"http:\/\/strip-for-me.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Loony-1-001.jpg 600w, http:\/\/strip-for-me.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Loony-1-001-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark &amp; Golden Books are pleased to be able to present 2 x Carol Swain, a new collection of stories unfairly out of print since their original publication, and a perfect sampler for the elusive, intriguing work of Carol Swain. 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