Comic Book Babylon: A Cautionary Tale of Sex, Drugs and Comics

Written by Tim Pilcher

Narrated by Tim Pilcher

This is the candid, uncensored and utterly unofficial of story of DC Comic's infamous Vertigo UK office, written by one who was the heart of the drug-fuelled, creative whirlwind. It's the odyssey of one comic fan in pursuit of his dream job, becoming the first British member of the DC editorial staff, and learning the harsh realities of publishing life. Along the way he meets celebrities including Paul Gambaccini, Jonathan Ross, The Spice Girls, Blur, Adam Ant, and many, many more. Revealing the crazy, halcyon days of the British comics publishing in the mid-Nineties, it blows the lid off the debauchery and excess that was part and parcel of the industry. But when you reach such dizzy heights, there's only one place to go...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andrews UK
• Release date: Oct 3, 2019
• ISBN: 9781906577940

Reviews for Comic Book Babylon

[Anne Wrightwell · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It was quite interesting for anyone with a passing interest in comics or graphic novels. I imagine that a reader who loved comics would find it fascinating. Tim Pilcher loves to name drop and I did get a little bored with the long lists of names. A couple of times he mentions incidents but annoyingly, doesn’t go into details which I found frustrating.