Warning for British swearing and an unfortunately large two page spread.

By the Watchmen cocreator Dave Gibbons, the Originals is a graphic novel about a retrofuturistic take on the mods versus rockers culture in the UK in the 1960s, with a character getting drawn into violence and drug dealing as he joins up with the titular gang.

The art and story is good, and I can recommend it if you can grab it somewhere. Check it first though, my copy of it has about six pages duplicated in the middle of the book erasing a Dramatic Event.

Here's the intro to the main characters,













For more information on the Mods vs. Rockers thing, watch the 1979 movie Quadrophenia.


creator: dave gibbons
title: the originals
publisher: vertigo