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And so that concludes side story three and explains where Alan got the bike and how Bernadette got to the meet up point ahead of Alan & Kathy.
This brings to an end Jule’s run for the moment and next week we resume the main storyline with some GLORIOUS German action which I’m sure you’ll all appreciate. Those who have pre-ordered the 2nd batch of books have had a sneak preview of the first page and I’m sure they’re dying to find out what happens next so lets roll on issue three!
Speaking of books, the printers have received the duff books and are now re-printing. More news on that in the next two weeks.
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Very quick post as I’m late for work but here is the latest comic!
Jules is currently fighting a battle against fitness so further updates in the future may be slow. We’re probably going to take a step back and see how we can get around this. More later this week.
Further thoughts:
Yes here is more Alan improvised CQB fun. Nail them with a flashbang and then nail them harder with some lead piping. Vintage stuff it really is.
I’m absolutely rushed off of my feet these past few weeks I’ve had to attend huge birthday bashes, Big Chill music festivals (Massive Attack was INCREDIBLE.. M.I.A was crap) go to lots of extra shifts at work and help out with Alex down at the stables, re-master all the TIFFs for the printers, do some script writing, review books and lots of other stuff all while nursing a twisted ankle!
Meanwhile Side Story 3 is drawing to a close. We’re also very close to kicking off Issue 3 where more glorious German action will be hitting your screens! After Issue 3 we’ll be doing some more side story action to get the rest of the story up to date!
Expect violence and some fresh faces to come to the fore! Really looking forward to it, are you???
Slightly late but it is the 26th, it is Monday and thus I consider this on time so yah-boo.
My main blerb can be found here. Comment on it as you wish as it has already garnered significant debate from readers!
Now SOP would dictate that one would withdraw quickly and head towards a pre-arranged rendezvous (because you would have recce’ed the route beforehand) before assessng whether whatever it was that you were meant to be doing can still go ahead.
Instead we see Alan and Bernadette go their seperate ways which in truth isn’t all that accurate but makes for much more dramatic reading!
Another day and another new webcomic appears on yonder horizon. But Spy6teen has a good pedigree behind it after running a very good Zuda campaign last year. Now they’re back to mix Totally Spies with Jason Bourne to create a very fun read!
BOOK NEWS! I ruin the book and someone new gets on the pre-order list! You crazy people, I really love you all!
FAM are working hard to get the new batch on its way. They’re just as gutted as I was that the original batch just wasn’t good enough and are working hard to rectify this situation. We’re going to be delayed but trust me it’ll be worth it.
Yes well idle chit chat ends up costing valuable time stuck in a NGO traffic jam. Another Bob Shepherd lesson: never ever stay in the same place for long if you’re either unfamiliar with the place, know its a hostile area or are actually under attack. Thats unless you’re Alan and have a masterplan to follow, you’ll see what I mean next week.
The 2nd batch is proceeding along nicely and was delivered to our friends at FAM Print in Bristol on Friday for printing. Those lucky lucky people who pre-ordered will be able to get their mits on a Hard Graft goody pack within two weeks. Very exciting times!!
As if a piece of performance art bemoaning the quality of overpaid British bankers, England’s footballers are heading home this week after a rather rubbish display (apparently I didn’t watch as Carry on up the Khyber was on Film4 at the time) against Germany.
Ah well personally I have more sympathy for our great nation’s cricketers and rugby players because at least when they flop they do it on a more reasonable wage. And besides, Rugby is a code that the Germans will never crack!
Uh oh! Do I detect a link to a previous wardrobe malfunction? I’m not one to drop hints but the evidence is pretty damning.
I think this side story is one of my best yet and Jules really is pulling out all the stops to make it as awesome as possible. This page thus in my opinion is really good. I’m a real big fan of it as you might be able to tell so I’m looking forward to the other five pages in this side story.
On the book front, I’m going to order the books in the next two weeks. I’m ordering through FAM who are based in Bristol and did a stand up job of my Webcomic Thing books back in February. They also allow any number of weird and wonderful orders from 1 to 100 which is nice for me and nicer for all you who have put down hard earnt dollars, euro or even Aussie plastic currency and suffered the indignity of having it all converted into Her Majesty’s monopoly money in order to pre-order.
The book is still in pre-order phase however so please if you want one let me know!
Ah the glorious sight of cowboy mercenaries and their untimely demise! There is no easier and quicker way of destroying local trust and respect than having a bunch of idiots driving around randomly shooting at people. It draws attention and also makes the people you’re trying to help hate you in the process. There are stories of rival mercenary outfits attacking each other from time to time in order to secure lucrative contracts.
It isn’t all like that however, the norm is usually some very good chaps who do their job successfully but I thought I’d seek to highlight the difference between the good and the plain bad.
Its been a few busy weeks here at Hard Graft towers and we’ve more or less finished it. I’m going to order ten books and when they’re all printed and sent out to me I’ll send them out to the nice people who ordered them! 
Click here to pre-order!
And in true shambolic fashion Hard Graft is BACK!
Sorry but I forgot to do anything beyond adding the page which I did last week when Jules delivered the page to me. I’m making up for it now so chill winston. Happily we have another 7 pages of this arc to go yet
A lot of this advice is true. A lot of people think of chaps wearing mostly black with large flack/kevlar jackets with sunglasses toting expensive looking assault rifles screaming around in armoured 4x4s.
The reality is actually completely different. Competent private security people tend to be ultra low key, tend to spend days and sometimes weeks scouting their surroundings before the start of a job and many prefer to use whatever weapon they can get their hands on. The more expensive, the more likely someone (Taliban or Afghan Police) will want to kill you for it it seems.
If you want some advice, go pick up “The Circuit” by former SAS man Bob Shepherd. The man has spent a lot of time escorting various people around in the West Bank, Iraq and Afghanistan and knows exactly what he’s talking about.
