Necessary Monsters

The cover of Necessary Monsters Volume 1 features a black and white statue of Liberty, upside down, wrapped in a red chain, and a skull where her face should be. The New York skyline is behind her and to her left is a military helecopter cloaked in shadow and two otherworldly tentacles are above it. The title of the book is in big red letters on the bottom third of the cover. Below that are the names of the Author and Artist. Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Sean Azzopardi respectively.
The cover of the Graphic Novel Necessary Monsters 2 Murderbox shows a man with a floating box for a head and a cat's skeleton sitting in his lap. He is sitting in an Egg Chair, drinking a martini. The Egg chair is atop a pile of CRT televisions featuring different people. Behind this are out of focus demons. At the top third of the cover is the title in large red letters and the sub-title is in smaller black block letters. The Names Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Sean Azzopardi are directly beneath the sub-title and are on either side of the main figure of the cover.

Dr. Daniel Merlin Goodbrey : Writer
Dr. Daniel Merlin Goodbrey
I’m a comic creator and lecturer based out of Welwyn Garden City, England. E-merl.com is where I catalogue my experiments in fiction and the comics form. If that all sounds a little dry, don’t worry – I’m sure something horribly violent and amusing will happen if you stick around long enough ...
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Sean Azzopardi : Artist and Cover artist
Sean Azzopardi
I am a London-based cartoonist/illustrator and have been making and self publishing comics for a number of years. I’ve produced numerous mini comics and books for my Phatcomics imprint, including acclaimed titles such as Ed, Twelve Hour Shift and Dark Matters. Away from self published titles I’m working on Necessary Monsters (1First Comics) and have drawn a back up strip for indy smash Phonogram (Image). I also have work in numerous anthologies and magazines ...
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Volume 1

There exists a world of horrors beneath the one we know, where the creatures of our nightmares stalk amongst humanity. The Chain polices this world, a covert agency of killer monsters keeping the human herd from growing too thin. Introduction by Kieron Gillen.

Volume One Available for purchase Now!

 Volume 2: Murderbox

“Necessary Monsters: Murderbox is a spy thriller where the world is awash with beasts and monsters, dark things that cut, bite, slash and generally kill you. Daniel Goodbrey twists and turns the plot around, following all the rules of thriller writing, throwing in some grotesquery and trimmings of weird, shadowy worlds, but playing up to the clichés, luxuriating in them, even, adding a knowing twist to the thrills.” – Forbidden Planet

Volume Two – The Murder Box, Is Available for Purchase Now!