The Lengths a gay comic by Howard Hardiman

Nelson

by Howard on Oct 31, 2011 • No Comments

Age: 35 Height: 6’6″ Build: Muscular Package: Extra Large, Cut Smoke: No Drugs: Rather not say Role: Active Relationship: Single COMMERCIAL PROFILE Tall, muscular, hung and handsome escort available to fullfil your wildest fantasies. Strong shoulders, big arms and hands, dominant and active. Available for in/out and overnights. Very experienced....

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James

by Howard on Oct 31, 2011 • No Comments

Age: 26 Height: 5’11″ Build: Slim Package: Large, Uncut Smoke: Yes Drugs: Yes Role: Versatile Relationship: Single Chilled out, slim guy, into alternative politics, computer games, science fiction and getting nicely stoned after working hard. Looking for similarly-minded people with no assumptions and no drama. I’m in a band; we...

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Dan

by Howard on Oct 31, 2011 • No Comments

Age: 25 Height: 5’8″ Build: Average Package: Rather not say Smoke: No Drugs: No Role: Rather not say Relationship: In one Bit of a geek, but I can own that. Into graphic design, philosophy, science and combinations thereof. More interested in conversation than copulation, so sending anatomical photos will be...

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Eddie

by Howard on Oct 28, 2011 • No Comments

Age: 24 Height: 6’1″ Build: Athletic Package: Large, Uncut Smoke: No Drugs: No Role: Versatile Relationship: It’s complicated Art-school drop-out from Barking. I like sports (doing, rather than watching), visual art and loafing about by the river. I can be a bit shy sometimes and I work weird hours, so...

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More Press Coverage for The Lengths and The Peckham Invalids

by Howard on Mar 9, 2012 • No Comments

It’s been a very exciting couple of months for me, particularly in terms of coverage. First off, there was the wonderful piece in Out There magazine, then Attitude and Gay Times both picked up on The Lengths and I’ve had lovely things said about the comic over on Broken Frontier and Forbidden Planet’s blog as...

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The Lengths 6: Art History

by Howard on Mar 5, 2012 • No Comments

Given that image, I think it’s safe to assume that issue 6 continues Eddie’s spiral towards the nadir of his story. In some ways, I’d say that issue 6, Art History, is the equivalent to the 11 o’clock number of the series, and I’m really pleased to have reached this point. When this is a...

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The Lengths 5: There Is No Hell – Press Release

by Howard on Feb 22, 2012 • No Comments

So, issue five of The Lengths arrived on our doorstep bright and early this morning. For those of you who are new to the story, here’s a copy of the press release Sarah put together a few weeks ago.

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The Lengths 5: There Is No Hell.

by Howard on Feb 10, 2012 • 1 Comment

The Lengths issue 5: There Is No Hell has now been sent off to print after a slight delay. I suppose it’s what people call personal circumstances, but I’m not sure what the polite way of describing it is when your most recent ex-boyfriend suddenly dies over Christmas. Whatever the term is for that, that’s...

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The Lengths Issue 5 Preview

by Howard on Jan 16, 2012 • 1 Comment

Eddie, what are you running from? The last few months have been insane for me. The Lengths has found its way into Out There and Attitude Magazines, it’s now in a load of new shops, I’ve spent some quite healthy time away from London in Sweden and on the Isle of Wight, I’ve met a...

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Dog Ends, Year End

by Howard on Dec 30, 2011 • 1 Comment

I always lose weight at Christmas. I think it’s because I actually have the time to walk or cycle places rather than sprint to the station and then rush everywhere. This year, I went out to Malmö to see friends and had the time to walk through the city’s parks and streets and along by...

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Season’s Greetings

by Howard on Dec 22, 2011 • No Comments

Turn water into wine, kill a wren, a man, a pig or the sun. Burn candles or clocks, coax the sun out with a mirror; give presents to your gods, your mothers or each other. Whether you’re marking the birth of doomed god or the arrival of a man riding a goat to bring presents;...

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Last Orders, Ladies and Gentlemen!

by Howard on Dec 16, 2011 • No Comments

I will do a round-up for the year, but it feels like a hurricane of a year. Just so you know, it’s the last day today that you can get orders in before Christmas. You can get the bundle of issues 1-4 of The Lengths for £10 plus postage and there’s also the poster for...

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The Lengths: Issue 4 Preview

by Howard on Dec 16, 2011 • No Comments

Issue 4 of The Lengths is now available to order now from the web shop. Eddie realises that he can’t continue to maintain a double-life as the boyfriend to Dan at the same time as living as the male prostitute, Ford. As he reflects on his first job with Nelson and its consequences for his...

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The Lengths: Issue 3 Preview

by Howard on Dec 16, 2011 • No Comments

You can pick up your copy from the web shop or from your local UK comics stockist.

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The Lengths: Issue 2 Preview

by Howard on Dec 16, 2011 • No Comments

Visit the web shop to pick up your copy.

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The Lengths: Issue 1 Preview

by Howard on Oct 31, 2011 • No Comments

You can buy The Lengths from UK comics retailers or online here.

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Sexy and seedy dog tales. — Attitude, http://www.attitude.co.uk/

The availability of erotic comics and the presence of artists exploring sexual empowerment [...] is welcome and necessary, but investigating other aspects of contemporary gay culture such as here with “The Lengths” is equally vital and relevant. — Joe Palmer, Gay League, http://www.gayleague.com

Hardiman has taken this dark and potentially bleak backdrop and created a book that’s warm, sometimes funny and ultimately very engaging. — Kes Seymour, Spike Magazine, http://www.spikemagazine.com

The characters are getting more and more rounded, the storytelling more adventurous, and Howard Hardiman has proven that he has a strong grasp of what makes reading a comic exciting. — François Peneaud, Gay Comics List

Beautiful and gritty. — Out There Magazine, http://www.outtheremagazine.com/

What stays with you on completing the comic is a sense of having read something raw, powerful and very real. — Richard Bruton, Forbidden Planet International, http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/

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