As anyone who follows this kind of stuff will know, Insomnia Publications filed with Companies House to stop trading, and left about sixty or so people with graphic novels in legal limbo. As the wheels begin to slowly turn in a bid to get the situation resolved and get the creators out of their contracts, several Insomniacs have banded together to get a brand new anthology, Survival Stories, out there. This new book is made up of work that wasn’t under contract with Insomnia, and due to appear in what would’ve been the next issue of Layer Zero, and all of the proceeds raised from the sale of Survival Stories will be donated to the Comic Book Alliance.

However, to make this book happen, they need your support.

Over on Kickstarter, a page has been set up where you can pre-order yourself a copy – digital or printed – or otherwise help out by pledging some money to help them hit their target amount. The book is around 192 pages long, and there’s a bunch of special offers there, too, depending on how much you donate.

So, you know, go and order yourself a copy!

As everyone is no doubt aware, stories have been circulating around the Internet about Insomnia Publications and them ceasing to, well, publish. Unfortunately, this isn’t as clear cut a situation as you’d expect and no one’s sure how quickly – or even if – it’s going to be resolved.

So, it is with a heavy heart that we have to formally announce Babble is being put into limbo for the foreseeable future.

Hopefully, things will be worked out one way or another and we’ll be able to back to work on Babble and get it out there on the shelves and into your hands. We’ve poured a lot of work into the project, and we’re desperately hoping that we don’t have to watch it be shelved forever. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your kind words and support for Babble. It means a lot to us that we had something people were genuinely looking forward to reading.

Never fear, though, because it’s not the last you’ve heard of us!

Coming soon[ish], we’ve got an appearance lined up for a future issue of Zarjaz, with a story called Broken Dreams, featuring a certain war robot…

A WIP panel from Broken Dreams

Later this year, we’ll be appearing in Accent UK‘s 2010 anthology Predators, with a story called Just Like You. With kind permission from the Accent UK team, here’s a sneak preview of that strip…

From "Just Like You" - click to read

We also have a slew of fresh projects in the pipeline that we’ll no doubt ram down your throats in a blaze of shameless self-publicity, both here (while we still have the hosting) and on our respective blogs.

Needless to say, as soon as we have any more information on the future of Babble, we’ll be shouting it from the rooftops. And posting it here.

Completely forgot to post this the other week, and by now, pretty much everyone already knows, but in case you missed it… Insomnia Publications ever growing library of graphic novels are coming to the PSP (PlayStation®Portable) as digital comics!

All of the books will be released as monthly digital chapters from the Digital Comics Store on the PlayStation®Network, starting this December when the service launches, and, yes, Babble will be there, too, when it’s complete.

The PSP digital comics store has the support of Marvel and IDW, so it’s all looking good so far.

You can find out more about all of this over at The Red Eye, Insomnia’s official blog.

The latest issue of Temple APA is available to download now – and features a huge section on Insomnia Publications. And yes, Babble gets a brief mention…

TempleAPA #4

You can download Temple APA #5 from the Temple APA Ning group.

Hello, and welcome to the official blog for Babble!

What is Babble, you ask? Well, it’s an original graphic novel by Lee Robson and Bryan Coyle that’s due to be published by Insomnia Publications. You can check out the Overview on the right of the screen to get an idea of what the book is all about, but over the next few weeks and months, we’ll be posting various and sundry items to whet your appetite and try and build a following for the books release.

In the meantime, you can check out some of the other work from myself, Lee, and Bryan in the Accent UK anthologies ROBOTS (Previews order code: MAR083379), WESTERN (Previews order code: JUN090671) and the upcoming PREDATORS (due for release in 2010):

Robots, Western and Predators from Accent UK

You can also see our very first collaboration in FutureQuake #9:

FutureQuake #9

There’s not really much more to add at this stage, so, for now remember to befriend us on MySpace and ComicSpace and follow our Twitter feed for updates and possibly even the odd exclusive item.

So, all that’s left now is to spread The Word…