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...
Giant days. Volume thirteen
Allison, John
Paper Book
As Esther re-evaluates the biggest decisions in her life, she enters an essay contest that could change everything for her! LONDON CALLING! Everything going fine for Esther - she's only dealing with a past break up, facing her own mortality and the pressure of an...
Giant days. Volume fourteen
Allison, John
Paper Book
THE END IS HERE! KINDA! Return to Sheffield one last time as Daisy and Esther are about to graduate - with Susan there to cheer them on! But it's not goodbye, because one year later Daisy and Susan must join forces to save Esther from the head girls who're making her life hell! And then it really...
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...
Bad machinery. Vol. 2, The case of the good boy
Allison, John
Paper Book
Everyone's favorite pre-teen British detectives are back for another case!With toddlers disappearing and rumors of a large, beast-like creature roamingthe woods, Tackleford is in serious danger. And then there's Mildred's new dogArchibald... if you can even call it a dog. After all, what...
Bad machinery. Volume 3, The case of the simple soul
Allison, John
Paper Book
"A good, humorous addition to school andpublic libraries' graphic novel collections." - School LibraryJournal The Tackleford gang is backwith a new case that demands solving! When Tackleford's derelict barns...
The case of the lonely one
Allison, John
Paper Book
"a truly unique blend of fantasticaloccurrences, British small-town life, and middle-school troubles." -Booklist "Funny andclever" -- Kirkus A newschool year...
The case of the fire inside
Allison, John
Paper Book
The new year brings the all the joys and near-drownings of young love inThe Case of the Fire Inside, the latest volume of Bad Machinery! Sonnymeets a mysterious new girl who seems to have climbed out of the sea itself,while Mildred falls for the bad boy of Saturday detention. But...
Bad machinery. Volume 6, The case of the unwelcome visitor
Allison, John
Paper Book
School is out for summer, and for the Tackleford mystery team, that means lazy days, balmy evenings, and... creeping existential dread that threatens the whole city. With half the team gallivanting off to exotic locales (like Aunty Kath's in Margate), can Linton, Jack, and Lottie solve this season's...
Bad machinery. Volume 7, The case of the forked road
Allison, John
Paper Book
Time is a fickle creature, especially when there's wormhole in the science cupboard. When a strange boy who seems far too entranced by cell phones appears, it's up to Lottie, Shauna, and Mildred to figure out his strange purposes. The Case of the Forked Road, the seventh book in John Allison's award...
Bad machinery. Volume 8, The case of the modern man
Allison, John
Paper Book
"A delightfully quirky series whose eccentric charms haven't faltered." - KIRKUS From the bestselling author of Giant Days comes the latest pocket-sized volume in his beloved Bad Machinery series!  It's that classic feud: mods versus rockers! As...
Bad Machinery Vol. 9
Allison, John.
Paper Book
Bad Machinery is back with all-new drama for these British teens in the ninth volume of the award-winning series from the creator of Giant Days, John Allison.  Shauna Wickle knows what she wants: top grades for a university scholarship, excellent friends...
Bad Machinery Vol. 10
Allison, John.
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of Giant Days comes the final pocket-sized volume in his beloved Bad Machinery series! The mystery-solving teens of Tackleford are finding out that not every summer is a perfect one. Charlotte and Shauna, once...
Wicked things
Allison, John
Paper Book
The Eisner Award winning team of John Allison and Max Sarin return to the world of Giant Days for a new series about everyone's favorite child detective; Charlotte Grote. NO GOOD DEED GOES UNHIRED The Eisner Award winning team of John Allison and Max Sarin return to...
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
Paper Book
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 and evil, facing demons, curses, and a miniature Rapture! Collects issues #1-#5 of Dark...
Steeple. Volume 2, The silvery moon
Allison, John
Paper Book
Former curate Billie has moved on to a new path as a priestess in the Church of Satan. Meanwhile, her friend Maggie has made a similar switch - from Satanist to church-bound do-gooder. But when the light of the supermoon turns a Church of Satan warlock into an almost-werewolf, Billie's well-meaning...
Steeple Volume 3
Allison, John
Paper Book
A new year begins in Tredregyn, and a Satanic ritual goes awry bringing the filming of a cozy TV detective drama to town. Unfortunately, this particular Pandora's box contains a few things a lot less pleasant than casual jobs and showbiz glitz. Plus, in a special backup feature, a teen sleuth puts...
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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