"16 Miles to Merricks" Announced

" This is one of the must-have indie books of the year." -Previews

Frogchildren Studios is happy to announce it's first graphic novel: "16 Miles to Merricks" by Critically acclaimed graphic novelist Barnaby Ward. Part art book, part graphic novel, “Sixteen Miles to Merricks and other works”, collects”16 miles to Merricks”, “Hibernation”, “The Forest”, “Rooftops” as well as a large gallery of Ward’s best paintings and illustrations in this 200+ page omnibus. Look for it in comic stores this August. A 24 page preview can be seen here.


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On sale in August/ 212 PGS.

ISBN 978-1-60585-150-1

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HERE'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING...
"Beautiful drawings, beautiful women, I couldn't stop turning the pages."
- Jeff Smith - Bone, RASL


"Barnaby Ward mixes the class and glamour of european
illustration, with the flair and originality of Japanese manga to create wonderfully compelling and stunning pieces of art !"
- Ashley Wood - Popbot, Metal Gear Solid

"Barnaby Ward has the design sense and color palette that I would kill for, and If I ever meet him in person I'll probably do just that."
- Dave Johnson - 100 Bullets, Batman

"That Barnaby fellow has the imaginative design chops of an Art Ninja! I would hate him if I hadn't decided to love him."
- Dan Hipp - Amazing Joy Buzzards, Gyakushu

"I love the worlds Ward creates, you get the feeling you've visited them before on some oneiric trip, they're in our head deep down there, strangely he seems to have access to them.
Barnaby lets his layouts breath and stretch their legs in beautiful full panel pages, the sense of scale in these is powerful and inspiring. His short stories and illustrations in the second part of the book are also absolutely stunning, "Rooftops" is a total stand out. Fantastic!"
- Enrico Casarosa - Pixar

"The mind of Barnaby Ward must be very much like the streets of the Barbary Coast: filled with lurking dangers and surreal realities that tantalize your eye while plucking your nerves like the strings of an old guitar. It's as if, for a short time, you're allowed to see through the eyes of Alice, the White Rabbit, and the Queen of Hearts all at once, with Ward's twisted line work heightening the excitement of your slide down the rabbit hole."
- Scott Morse -Spagetti Western, Soulwind

"The stark, surrealist atmosphere of Barnaby's art is quite captivating. It manages a perfect balance between cinematic world building and graphical minimalism."
- Dave Roman Agnes Quill