GIANT DAYS (2015)

"WHY WE LOVE IT: John Allison is well known for his funny and intelligent webcomics Bad Machinery and Scary Go Round. His story of three friends at university lightly flavored with the occult features some of the best dialogue in comics, and we couldn't help but think it's like Monty Python goes to college. Sign us up! WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: John Allison's daily webcomics are hilarious, the kind of strips where every panel makes you laugh out loud. As a result, John has earned a large, loyal following of readers that have followed his work daily for the past 12 years. This is a series ans of things like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Scott Pilgrim, or Gunnerkrigg Court will not ant to miss. WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Susan, Esther, and Daisy started at university three weeks ago and became fast friends because their dorm rooms were next to each other. Now, away from home for the first time, all three want to reinvent themselves. But in the face of handwringing boys, 'personal experimentation,' influenza, mysterymold, nuchauvinism, and the willful, unwanted intrusion of 'academia,' they may be lucky just to make it to spring alive."

"When Freshers' Flu strikes the dorm, no one gets off easy. Daisy enters a onesided relationship with an offbrand Polish cold cure given to her by Ed Gemmell, Susan is forced into nicotine withdrawal, and Esther becomes incapable of distinguishing fever dreams from reality. Death stalks the dorm halls by night!"

"Following a night of 'mild abandon,' Esther finds herself singled out by the vile collegiate mansite 'Laddzone.' When the university authorities are less than helpful, she vows to take down this cyber institution!"

"Are drugs good, bad, or indifferent? Daisy is going to discover the truth for herself when she makes friends with the very fun Erin, who gives her some pills. Unfortunately, Daisy's Granny decides it's the perfect time for a surprise visit, and it'll be up to Esther and Susan to help her keep it together."

"During a pre-Christmas ball, Daisy kisses a boy she shouldn't have, while Susan may have done more than that with McGraw. Esther dreads going home for holiday break for fear of running into her ex. "

"Final issue! As everyone buckles down for exams, we get a good look into Susan's mysterious past."

"It's time for end-of-semester exams, but Esther was 'too busy living' to attend most of her lectures and it's up to Daisy and Susan to help her prepare. Meanwhile, Susan goes through the schmoopy romantic phase of a new relationship."

"A brutal winter hits Sheffield, but things heat up when Esther has a fling with a faculty member! Daisy probably has a Friday Night Lights reference for this occasion..."

"Synopsis: Ed attempts to get over his crush on Esther by working at the student paper, but stumbles into even more embarrassing romantic difficulty. "

"Esther's old school friend 'Big Lindsay' comes to visit with her baby, but watching the kid and being nice to the insatiable party girl begins to wear on everyone."

"Now an ongoing series! It's Susan's birthday and she receives the greatest gift at all: it's time for the medical students to start cutting up cadavers."

"When Esther and Susan get mega bummed-out and are feeling non-jazzed about life, Daisy takes them camping up in the peaks to feel better."

"Daisy visits Esther's hometown to convince her to come back to University, while Susan spends her Easter break far away from her Northampton problems."

"Esther, Susan, and Daisy start the search for a house to rent for their second year quite late, so their options leave a lot to be desired."

"Creative tensions and 'mildly erotic subcurrents' proliferate as Esther and her Svengali boyfriend battle Susan and Daisy for a £5,000 Film Festival prize."

"Daisy has to draw on new reserves of inner strength after she loses control of a party of prospective students on an open day, while the 'lonely, unlovable spinster' Susan tries dating again with disastrous results."

"McGraw's new girlfriend is the Anti-Susan, Esther and Ed get into hot water with a money-making scheme, and Daisy has trouble with a professor on an archaeological dig."

"The big end-of-year ball is approaching and Daisy is determined to kiss a girl, while Susan and Esther prepare for 'a summer of difficulty.'"

"After spending a dull summer apart, Esther, Daisy, and Susan attend a 3-day music festival that naturally ends in a battle for survival in an apocalyptic quagmire."

"Writer: John Allison Artist: Max Sarin Cover Artist: Lissa Treiman Synopsis: The girls come home to find that they have been burgled, so Susan decides to employ her street smarts in order to retrieve their stolen items. Daisy and Esther, against their better judgement, decide to help."

"Daisy struggles with the persistent advances of Ingrid Oesterle, Esther gets the call from the Dark Nebula to be a comic shop employee, and Susan finally saves up enough money to buy a scooter that she's too afraid to ride."

"The next-door neighbor calls the police on what may be the most sedate dinner party of all time, causing Susan to deliver a furious and extremely unkind-but totally justified-opinion on the matter."

"As the Christmas break looms, Susan's endless cold refuses to go away, Daisy is in the honeymoon period of her relationship with Ingrid, and Esther is working all hours at the comic shop. "

"Special oversized issue celebrating two years of Giant Days and the start of Year Three! Susan goes home for the holidays and attempts to repair the rift between her parents with the help of her six older siblings!"

"Ed and McGraw's home has become a no-go zone with the addition of Dean Thompson, and the impending visit of his girlfriend Posy is anticipated with a mixture of morbid curiosity and dread."

"Political naïf Esther gets caught up in the influence of a 'super-woke' colleague, and Susan grows frustrated with Ingrid's presence in their home."

"What's the secret of the shed in the back of the girls' house, and why are strange men visiting it in the middle of the night?! "

"Esther feels guilty when she befriends McGraw's girlfriend and leaves Susan out in the cold, while Daisy thinks she's found the perfect girl for Ed Gemmell."

"As Easter break looms, Esther and Susan are forced to address Ingrid's constant crimes against household decency."

"Daisy has abandoned (friend)ship after the apocalyptic falling out from last issue, so McGraw (whose own reputation is in shambles) takes it upon himself to mend things."

"To be announced."

"Daisy and Susan betray the sacred coven, leaving Esther to try-at high speed and under considerable pressure-to claim her dream home."

"Ed's mysterious past is revealed! There may be alcohol involved. "

"With the prospect of living apart for the first time since they all met as first years just over the horizon, Daisy, Esther, and Susan spend their last summer together before beginning their third year of university."

"Heading into their third year at university, Esther, Daisy, and Susan are living apart from each other for the first time, and it's definitely going to be absolutely fine and not weird at all."

"Introducing your girlfriend to your family can be difficult, but it's much worse when that girlfriend is Ingrid."

"It's moving day, and each girl has their own set of challenge to face! Not least of which is McGraw's unique idea of what a lovely home should be."

"It's the Sheffield University Graduate job fair! It's definitely fun and not a terrifying reminder of Daisy, Susan and Esther's encroaching future as Real Adults."

"Ed Gemmel returns to Sheffield after a summer spent healing bones and also his heart. Esther does her best to welcome him back, but neither of them have forgotten his drunken confession."

"Everything's coming up Daisy! Her residents are flourishing, classes are great, and she might even go on a date soon. She is 1000% over Ingrid. It doesn't bother her at all that Ingrid has already moved on. Not even a little."

"Nominated for a 2018 Eisner Award! With the air still clouded with weirdness in Esther and Ed's shared house, Esther contemplates what it is that's still standing between them and making everything feel icky. The question is, does Esther want to kiss, or just to make up."

"Attempting to raise funds for Christmas presents, Daisy and Ed Gemmell take a job at a 'Winter Village' that turns out to be a borderline-illegal shambles. Can Daisy save Christmas? Or should she just go home?"

"Esther becomes fixated on Valentine's Day as a marker of her romantic failure, and decides to fully activate her full drama field for the first time in a long time, in an attempt to 'Win Big At Love'. It's going to go great."

"The time has come. It's time for Daisy to swallow her fears and learn to drive. No jokes, please."

"A thief is targeting the Dark Nebula comic book shop where Esther works, and it's up to Susan to put her amateur detective skills to work emphasis on amateur."

"It's time for Daisy to get her driver's license, but she may not really be a natural behind the wheel. Can she overcome her nerves to become the ultimate motorist, and (for everyone's safety) should she be allowed to?"

"It's time for Esther to finish her final dissertation on 'The Liminal Spaces Of The Great American Novel 1959-1980' but when inspiration dries up, she heads home to Tackleford for Easter. It's not America, and it's not 1959, but her now deserted small town is beginning to feel distinctly liminal."

"In times of a disastrous norovirus outbreak in McGraw's for-fun cricket team, Susan, Esther, and Daisy are called upon to defend McGraw's sportly honor. Taking up the bats of his fallen mates and donning their cricket whites, it's a sporting adventure the girls had literally never anticipated! Can Susan be genteel and sportsmanlike? Can Esther stop goofing off? Will Daisy prove the greatest cricketer of all time?"

"When McGraw's father dies unexpectedly, the small friend group is shaken. Susan struggles to be there for McGraw, but his usual stoicism has turned into a solid wall. With McGraw at home and Susan in their empty apartment alone, Esther and Daisy have to help Susan deal with someone who doesn't seem to be dealing. What do you do for someone you love when you have no idea what they're going through?"

"In a follow-up to Holiday Special 2017 , Esther goes for a job interview in London and reunites with her old friend Shelley Winters. While Esther covets Shelley's metropolitan existence, Shelley is already tired of the rat race and her high pressure civil service job, and longs to publish brain-rotting books. So while Shelly tries to prepare Esther for her interview, Esther steers Shelley towards a glittering future among the literati!"

"Final exams, final friendship times, and some final goodbyes for Daisy, Esther, and Susan before the summer term wraps up, and it's suddenly time to say goodbye to Sheffield!"

"Summer is ending, and so are Daisy and Esther's days at university (Susan still needs to finish medical school, of course). These last days together are worth their weight in gold, but soon it will be time for pomp, circumstance, and silly hats, as the girls head out into the world and face their futures!"