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. 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 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...
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...
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...
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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