Accident Man, Pat Mills, Martin Emond... Independent film on Kickstarter...

AlexandraTheGreat

This was an awesome strip, featured in Toxic comic, a short lived antidote to the gleaming white teeth and fine morality of mainstream comics of the time. Comic died due to behind the scenes politics, but this story influenced EVERY anti-hero hit man or spy character ever since. Collected graphic novel finally out next year but independent film now in the works on Kickstarter.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...y=1&ref=search

Yes, I am pushing it! The art was awesome, the plots vicious, dark humoured and cunning. A film would be amazing. a fine Brit balance to the USA cheese (even though I do actually like em, I have that allergy to too much dairy and moralising)

Martin Emond was a great artist who killed himself. Some of his characters were ripped off or tributes( depending on your perspective) by Pink in her U + Ur Hand video. He had a unique vision that really brought out the Accident Man character.

AlexandraTheGreat

Lets just try that link again, shal we...?

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/80494716/accident-man-the-movie

SteampunkIndia

Wicked! I loved Accident Man, the dodgy morality and humour were right up my street!
Would love to see a Mike Fallon movie!

SteampunkIndia

Is it this one? Your link didn't love me... ;)

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/80494716/accident-man-the-movie

AlexandraTheGreat

Ta. My joy in a character doesn't translate into efficient link pasting!

AlexandraTheGreat

I totally forgot about Duke Mighten! In reading the original as it came out Emonds art was really sort of grubby and nasty - meaning those in a very positive way. When Dark Horse released three totally new stories in a stand alone series of three, it was Duke Mighten who was the artist. An ultra-stylish, sexy, fetishistic twist that really brought out the smoothness of Accident Man's particular villainy. In the plots, refreshingly , there was none of this tortured conscience which morally seems to be such a necessity since the inception of comics. Understandable in the 50's but time to get creative now. Pat Mills sure did it right.