Black and white comic cover art, with heavy linework, depicting a woman in goggles and a superhero costume modelled on a tracksuit. She is clutching her fist, which is glowing, while she grimaces in panicked concentration. There is a moonlit city street and x-rays hanging in the sky in the background.
Zip is a black and white British comic about imperfect superhumans

Set in the city of Bristol, It takes superheroes and reimagines what their life experiences would look like (as inspired by a popular cracked.com article) using them as an analogy for disability.

The comic explores the passive, quiet side of prejudice which is fueled by ignorance and apathy, rather than the more traditionally understood motivation of hatred.

Read the first five pages here!

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The Story

Civilisation was never built for superhumans. Yet all the while they have lived within it.​

​​Unnoticed and marginalised, they took to acts of heroism to give themselves a sense of purpose in a society that seemed to have no place for them.

​ZIP is among these heroes. Her superior speed makes the rest of the world appear as if it moves in slow motion. It makes fighting crime easy, but living a normal life a desperate dream.

In her care lives her ancient ancestor: a genius who achieved immortal life long ago – but at the price of having his mind broken.

Zip shoulders the burden of knowing that the only way to end his suffering is to find a way to kill him: but can it be done? And what if his secret for eternal life should fall into the wrong hands?

Black and white comic comic art with a gritty, photorealistic style and heavy inks. A woman in goggles and a tracksuit inspired superhero costume standing on a building. Below her is a Bristol street, and in the background an impressive old spire stretches into the sky. A pigeon is flying overhead.
Reviews

“Love the art in this”

Gail Simone

Rating: 5 out of 5.

“One of my favorite new comics”

Amazon review from Apparition Writer

Rating: 5 out of 5.

“a comic that I can’t wait to read more of.”

COMIC NEWS UK

Rating: 5 out of 5.

“Excellent comic. Really love where the story is going. Love the artwork.”

Amazon review from Ahmed

“REALLY ENJOYING THE EXPERIENCE OF READING THIS. GOOD, DENSE BUT WITH FLOW, FEELS LIKE A PROPER MEAL.”

CLAIRE NAPIER
Black and white comic art in a gritty, photorealistic style with heavy inks. An old man in a steel cap, like the kind that a prisoner in an electric chair wears, is being shocked by electricity. Vials of bubbling chemicals connected to syringes are plunged into the old man’s skin. Electrodes are attached to his face and neck. His face has developed inward boils which look like craters on his face. Facial veins pop out. Lightning bolts crackle around his body, especially the eyes, which have turned bloodshot and are missing their irises and pupils.

Zip is an independent British comic book. It’s written by Mike Scrase, illustrated by San Espina, and lettered by Ferran Delgado, with cover art by Vanessa Cardinali.

Zip

Zip is published by Markosia in the United Kingdom. © Mike Scrase 2023. ISSN 2976-8721 (print) 2976-8721 (online). No similarity between the names, characters and institutions depicted in Zip with any real life names, persons, or institutions is intended. Any such similarities are purely coincidental. Zip’s Kickstarter rewards are printed in the UK by Stuart Lloyd Gould. You can find our press kit here.