The Wellington Comic Lover's Guide to... the Bobbinsverse

Welcome to the Wellington Comic Lover’s Guide, where we take you through the Wellington City Libraries’ collection of a comic book character or series. This guide is all about the sprawling webcomic-turned-print comic universe, the Bobbinsverse!

The Bobbinsverse encompasses several comics that all take place in the same universe, centered around a fictional Yorkshire town called Tackleford. Written and drawn by John Allison, these comics are either slice-of-life stories or supernatural mysteries, all told with a trademark light-hearted tone.

Updated August 12, 2024
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Giant days : early registration
Allison, John
Paper Book
Flashback to freshman year with Esther, Susan and Daisy to see how they first met and became the best of friends, in these bonus Giant Days stories. Take a trip through the past in these early Giant Days stories, and discover the origin of Daisy, Esther...
Giant days. Volume one
Allison, John
Paper Book
Susan, Esther, and Daisy started at university three weeks ago and became fast friends. Now, away from home for the first time, all three want to reinvent themselves. But in the face of hand-wringing boys, "personal experimentation," influenza, mystery-mold, nu-chauvinism, and the willful, unwanted...
Giant days. Volume two
Allison, John
Paper Book
Continuing their first semester at university, fast friends Susan, Esther, and Daisy want to find their footing in life, But in the face of hand-wringing boys, "personal experimentation," holiday balls, nu-chauvinism, and the willful, unwanted intrusion of "academia," they may be lucky just to...
Giant days. Volume three
Allison, John
Paper Book
Continuing their first semester at university, fast friends Susan, Esther, and Daisy want to find their footing in life. The girls, along with their male hall-mates, Ed and McGraw find that college is more than academics and bad microwavable meals. Add some pub hopping, hookups, breakups and...
Giant days. Volume four
Allison, John
Paper Book
It's springtime at Sheffield University--the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and fast-pals Susan, Esther and Daisy continue to survive their freshman year of college. Susan is barely dealing with her recent breakup with McGraw, Esther is considering dropping out of school, and Daisy is...
Giant days. Volume five
Allison, John
Paper Book
Going off to university is always a time of change and growth, but for Esther, Susan, and Daisy, things are about to get a little weird. Their freshman year is finally coming to a close and Daisy, Susan, and Esther say goodbye to Catterick Hall forever. Literally forever. It's...
Giant days. Volume six
Allison, John
Paper Book
Esther, Susan, and Daisy have moved into their beautiful new house off campus, but the new living situation creates new challenges for the girls. Second year begins and Daisy, Susan, and Esther have taken their friendship commitment to the next level by moving into their...
Giant days. Volume seven
Allison, John
Paper Book
Esther, Susan, and Daisy continue to face the rigors of young adulthood in this Eisner-nominated series. Fast friends Susan, Daisy, and Esther continue their second year at Sheffield University, and these are formative times, indeed. Education and looking ahead to the...
Giant days. Volume eight
Allison, John
Paper Book
Best friends Susan, Daisy, and Esther's adventures at university continue in Giant Days Vol. 3. It's the end of second year for best mates Susan, Daisy, and Esther, and cracks are appearing in the foundation of this unshakeable trio. Between (irritating) new...
Giant days. Volume nine
Allison, John
Paper Book
It's the end of second year, and everything is happening so fast for Esther, Susan and Daisy! It's the end of second year, and everything is happening so fast! Moving out, breaking up, breaking hearts, breaking...bones? Best-Mates-for-Life Esther, Daisy, and Susan had...
Giant days. Volume ten
Allison, John
Paper Book
Daisy, Esther, and Susan's last year at university is getting a bumpy start, with everything strange after Ed's declaration of love followed by grievous injury, Daisy with nowhere to live, and McGraw and Susan at odds over their new flat! The final year of university is...
Giant days. Volume eleven
Allison, John
Paper Book
It's Daisy, Esther and Susan's third year at university, and with that comes new beaus, new jobs, and new adventures. The end of university is upon BFFs Daisy, Esther, and Susan! Between Halloween run-ins with Daisy's dreaded (dreadful) ex, part time gigs at a shady pop-up...
Giant days. Volume twelve
Allison, John
Paper Book
It's never a quiet day at the University of Sheffield when Esther, Susan and Daisy are around - especially if that means solving a comic book caper, attending McGraw's brother's wedding and Daisy learning to drive! It's never a quiet day at the University of Sheffield as...
Bad machinery. 1, The case of the team spirit
Allison, John
Paper Book
Shauna. Charlotte. Mildred. Three schoolgirlsleuths. Jack. Linton. Sonny. Three schoolboy investigators. Tackleford. Onemid-sized city with a history of countless mysteries. Is there enough room atGriswalds Grammar School for two groups of kid detectives? There better...
The great British bump-off
Allison, John
Paper Book
When she enters her country's most beloved baking competition, Shauna Wickle's goal is to delight the judges, charm the nation, and make a few friends along the way. But when a fellow contestant is poisoned, it falls to her to apprehend the culprit while avoiding premature elimination from the UK...
Steeple
Allison, John
Ebook
A supernatural tale of friendship, the devil, and moral gray areas. Two women with wildly different worldviews become unlikely friends as they navigate the supernatural happenings in a sleepy coastal parish--and soon find themselves forced to choose sides in the war between good...
By night. Volume one
Allison, John
Paper Book
After discovering a mysterious device, Jane and Heather decide try their hand at documentary filmmaking... in another dimension!  There's something strange going on in Spectrum, South Dakota.  Home to high school best friends Jane...

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