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 13, 2024
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Giant days : early registration
Allison, John
Paper Book
Take a trip through the past in these early Giant Days stories, and discover the origin of Daisy, Esther and Susan's friendship as they embark on orientation, getting-to-know-you-exercises, and collisions with a secret society devoted to Black Metal. Collecting the original, self...
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
Their freshman year is finally coming to a close and Daisy, Susan, and Esther say goodbye to Catterick Hall forever. Literally forever. It's being bulldozed and re-purposed as a luxury dorm next semester. But as one door closes, another opens and between end of semester hookups, music festivals, and...
Giant days. Volume six
Allison, John
Paper Book
Second year begins and Daisy, Susan, and Esther have taken their friendship commitment to the next level by moving into their "beautiful home", off-campus. But the keys didn't come without a whole new level of responsibility. Unwanted suitor visits, a robbery, and Susan living only a few blocks...
Giant days. Volume seven
Allison, John
Paper Book
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 future isn't all that college holds in-store for these ladies; grocery store protests, family reunions, and even an MMORPG wedding are...
Giant days. Volume eight
Allison, John
Paper Book
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 loves, (secretive) old loves, (unlikely) new friendships and (terrible) old houses, they'll be lucky to make it to third year alive!
Giant days. Volume nine
Allison, John
Paper Book
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 better hold on tight if they want to make it to their third year, never mind in one piece!  John Allison...
Giant days. Volume ten
Allison, John
Paper Book
The final year of university is about to start for best mates Daisy, Esther, and Susan, and everything is going completely off the rails. From finding somewhere to live at the last minute, to broken bones, to the looming terror of the adult world, this semester is one you won't want to miss. John...
Giant days. Volume eleven
Allison, John
Paper Book
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 Christmas market, Esther dating a tech-bro, and Susan attempting to be...romantic, there's still plenty to learn and more than enough...
Giant days. Volume twelve
Allison, John
Paper Book
It's never a quiet day at the University of Sheffield as best friends Esther, Susan and Daisy try do regular things like solving comic book shop capers, attending McGraw's brother's wedding and Daisy learning to drive OH MY GOD WE'RE ALL DOOMED. Meanwhile, Ed has to have a hard conversation with his...
Giant days
Pratt, Non
Ebook
Based on the hit graphic-novel series from BOOM! Studios, the publisher behind Lumberjanes, Giant Days follows the hilarious and heartfelt misadventures of three university first-years: Daisy, the innocent home-schooled girl; Susan, the sardonic wit; and Esther, the vivacious...
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
Ebook
Everyone's favorite pre-teen British detectives are back for another case! With toddlers disappearing and rumors of a large, beast-like creature roaming the woods, Tackleford is in serious danger. And then there's Mildred's new dog Archibald... if you can even call it a dog. After all, what kind of...
Bad Machinery. 3, The case of the simple soul
Allison, John
Ebook
The Tackleford gang is back with a new case that demands solving! When Tackleford's derelict barns begin going up in flames, Linton and Sonny are on the case with a moderately mysterious new friend. Paths cross, however, when Lottie and Mildred meet a terrifying yet misunderstood creature living...
The case of the lonely one
Allison, John
Ebook
A new school year brings a new classmate to Griswald's Grammar School! But he's a bit strange, and he really, really likes onions. When the whole school suddenly becomes best friends with him, Shauna seems to be the only one left out. It's up to her to peel back the mystery, one onion layer at a...
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...
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...
Steeple
Allison, John
Paper Book
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
Booklist Starred Review Recipient! There's something strange going on in Spectrum, South Dakota.  Home to high school best friends Jane Langstaff and Heather Meadows, Spectrum is a boomtown that's long since stopped booming, with nothing to show for its former...

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