Bring all that together and you have an amazing comic and an essential indy title.

Additionally, Lawrence Etherington has an eye for creating surreal and fascinating scenes and landscapes for Malcolm and friends to live and have adventures in. In many of the pages, you'll find yourself asking "where does he get the ideas from?" as you gaze at detailed and beautifully rendered 18th century mansions, twisted telescopes and post industrial interiors.

What he should do is introduce new characters, new lives, new love affairs, new situations - why does SiP have to feature Francine and Katchoo as the main characters? Isn't it time to do new stories about different characters? Let F and K shag and then drop them off a cliff or something and get some new plots.