Support Ilya’s ROMO the WolfBoy On Kickstarter Now

The Excitement Of The Big Top

Veteran UK indie creator Ilya aka Ed Hillyer has a new Kickstarter running for his ROMO The Wolfboy graphic novel…

THE PROJECT and its CREATOR

ROMO the WolfBoy is a brand new graphic novel brought to you direct by ROMO’s creator, writer and artist ILYA (Marvel/DC/Dark Horse/Image/2000AD/Kodansha). My previous book credits include: The Mammoth Books of BEST NEW MANGA (volumes 1-3), CULT COMICS, and SKULLS; the anthology IT’S DARK IN LONDON; Manga Shakespeare’s KING LEAR; KID SAVAGE, with Joe (Deadpool) Kelly; ROOM For LOVE; How To DRAW COMICS; How to DRAW ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING, and many more. One of my previous serial works, The END OF THE CENTURY CLUB was even awarded ‘Best Graphic Novel’ at the UK Comic Art Convention!

Featuring: 224 story-pages, plus packed with additional extras and behind-the-scenes content! With your help, this handsome volume becomes a reality, + held in your hands!

Please note: I’m an individual creator, not a publishing house. It’s just me.

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STORYLINE

ROMO the WolfBoy / Strange Case of Cackle and Hide

ROMO and partner and guardian FRANCIS become formidable investigators of the paranormal. But not yet, for this is only their first adventure – the story of how they meet. When Blimey O’Riley’s Travelling Circus comes to town its newest recruits are stagehand Francis and a strange, wild boy. As the circus suffers repeated acts of sabotage their rivalry slowly turns into a friendship. They must team up to find the mysterious, giggling culprit, becoming a Top Act in the meantime, and a force to be reckoned with. Their ultimate destiny points toward greater things.

Tasty, Fierce and Feisty! 

256 Pages / Full Colour / 6×9 inches, 152x228mm, US Royal format.

SAMPLE PAGES (in spreads)

For fans of lunacy, comedy, mystery, magic, words, pictures, words+pictures, comics, manga, gnovels (graphic novels, or posh comic books), Victoriana, slapstick, danger, creepy animated dolls, wolves, witches, traditional folklore, lovely countryside, gypsy caravans, high-wire acrobats, the circus, ringmasters’ hyperbole, fortune-telling chickens, resistance to fat-shaming, the ridiculous, sunrise and sunsets + Whodunnit?

 All the fun of the CIRCUS, and so much more…

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