Howarth, via Howski Studios, published a number of graphic novels and comics in the years 1976–1985.
Howarth's first ongoing series was Those Annoying Post Bros., about two fun-loving bad boys from the fictional Bugtown. In the early 1980s Heavy Metal introduced Post Bros as a continuing story, but they did not have their own comic book until Vortex Comics began publishing Those Annoying Post Bros. in 1985. It ran for 18 issues until 1990. In 1991, the title was taken over by Rip Off Press, which published an additional 20 issues until 1994.[2]MU Press picked up the title from 1994–1998, publishing 25 more issues, for a total of 63 issues.
While continuing to produce Those Annoying Post Bros. Howarth wrote and drew the six-issue limited series Particle Dreams for Fantagraphics in 1986–1987. In 1988, Fantagraphics also published Howarth's six-issue series Keif Llama: Xeno-Tech.
James Wallis of Hogshead Publishing designed a roleplaying game based on Howarth's Bugtown comics.[3]: 304 Wallis brought his Bugtown game to Phage Press in 1992 to be produced, but Erick Wujcik had creative differences with Wallis so he pulled the deal from Phage in 1994.[3]: 269 Wallis brought his Bugtown game to Wizards of the Coast, but was not successful there either, as Howarth was unable to come to an agreement with Wizards on royalties.[3]: 304 In 1996, Wujcik was able to talk Howarth into licensing the Bugtown rights to him again, although Wujcik never actually published a game based on the comic.[3]: 269 Howarth did write and draw a crossover between Bugtown and Amber titled "Amber Raves of Pain" which was published in Amberzine from issue #6 (February 1994) through #9 (January 1997).[3]: 269
In the 2000s, Howarth published the six-issue series Bugtown and the second-volume of Keif Llama: Xeno-Tech (also six issues), both with MU Press.
Since 2008 Howarth has published a number of prose novels and short story collections through a print on demand service.
In 2012, Sonoluxe Records released Howarth's 110 page graphic novel The Last of the Neon Cynics as a PDF File on an Enhanced CD also featuring nine pieces composed by musician Bill Nelson as a soundtrack. Set in the 23rd century, the Science-Fiction Western features an intergalactic cowboy called Cassidy. The same year, Howarth contributed a comic to accompany Arthur Brown's CD The Magic Hat.
Bibliography
Afternoon in the Sun (Howski Studios, 1976)
Sand Scripts (Howski Studios, 1977)
Rock Horror, 3 regular issues (Howski Studios, 1979) — co-starring Savage Henry
The Hoobi Yaps Artifact (Howski Studios, 1983)
The League of Mikes (Howski Studios, 1983)
"Fire Shrine Trilogy" (1983–1987):
Temple Snare (Howski Studios, 1983) — reprinted by MU Press in 1990
(with W. E. Rittenhouse) The Anti-Chair! (Rhesus Records, 1983) — reprinted as This Is Heat (MU Press, 1993)
(with W. E. Rittenhouse) Faith of the Foe (Fandom House, 1987)
Con & C'Thulu: Music for Swimming (self-published); 30 pp.
Bugtown novels:
Secondhead Godhead (2008) — featuring Caroline, the Post Bros and Savage Henry; 202 pp.
Induced Labor (c. 2009) — the Post Bros kidnap a baby deity; 184 pp.
Poisonous Circles (c. 2010) — 2 short stories and a novella; featuring the Post Bros and Savage Henry; 165 pp.
Sneakernet (c. 2011) — featuring the Post Bros and Savage Henry; 182 pp.
The Last of the Neon Cynics, 110-page graphic novel released as PDF File on limited edition (500 copies) Enhanced CD with accompanying soundtrack by Bill Nelson (Sonoluxe, 2012)
The Magic Hat, comic to accompany The Magic Hat CD by Arthur Brown with Rick Patten (2012)
References
^Howarth entry, Lambiek Comiclopedia. Accessed December 7, 2016.