First published 2013 by Improper Books An Imprint of Read Publishing Ltd Home Farm, 44 Evesham Road, Cookhill Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5LJ www.improperbooks.com © Matt Gibbs & Bevis Musson 2013 Creators: Matt Gibbs & Bevis Musson Colourist: Nathan Ashworth Letterer: Jim Campbell Editor: Luke Foster Managing Editor: Matt Gibbs Production: Mark Kendrick To Vicky, for everything; and to Mum and Dad, always. -‐ Matt Gibbs To Chris and Callum. -‐ Bevis Musson All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers. ISBN: 978-‐1-‐4733-‐0851-‐0 Printed and bound in the United Kingdom.
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Bevis Musson is the writer, artist and letterer of THE DEAD QUEEN DETECTIVES. He would probably make the paper too if he knew how, but that would just be showing off. He lives in Manchester with his family and generally thinks making comics is a much better way of spending his time than anything else. bevismusson.deviantart.com @bevismusson Matt Gibbs is a freelance writer and editor. He has worked on games such as Creative Assembly's TOTAL WAR: ROME II, Sega’s BINARY DOMAIN and Ubisoft Reflections’ DRIVER SAN FRANCISCO, and is collaborating with a number of talented artists on comic and graphic novel projects. Alongside his freelance editing, he is the managing editor of Improper Books. Originally an archaeologist, he spent several years grubbing about in holes before turning to writing as a career. www.mattgibbs.net @matthewgibbs Nathan Ashworth is predominantly a colourist, working in a range of groups from DEAD ROOTS and VS COMICS to AFTERLIFE INC. and Art Heroes’ HALCYON & TENDERFOOT series. He likes tasty bright colours, punching mates and being fed more inks to play about with. www.fiverarts.co.uk @FiverArts Improper Books is a comic and graphic novel imprint focusing on stories that have a touch of the fairy tale, the Gothic or the macabre. www.improperbooks.com @ImproperBooks
KNIGHT & DRAGON playfully subverts the story of a heroic Knight defeating a ferocious Dragon to rescue the fair Maiden, by offering variant paths and multiple outcomes to the classic fairy tale adventure. Follow the Knight, Dragon and Maiden, as well as the Horse, Farmhand and Village Chief, along different paths through the unfolding narratives before reaching different endings.
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Suitable for Children of all ages.