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[Craig Daley]

Football Crazy: The Road to Insanity is the third of the Surreal Murder Mystery series of Graphic Novels from CDComics available on Kindle priced £1.98.
This Football Graphic Novel is a surreal ‘whodunnit’ with all the clues you will need to identify the murderer within the 66 full colour pages. It follows on from the success of the first two titles in the series, Meadowhell and Spring Heeled Jack and this time the reader gets to choose either red and white or blue and white.
The blue version of the story follows Sheffield Wednesday as they progress through the rounds of the F.A Cup, after playing and winning a steel city derby replay in round three. While in the red version Sheffield United win the tie and progress. This is ‘Roy of the Rovers’ in the ‘Twilight Zone’ as the club from the third tier of English football take on Manchester United, Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool, while off the field their star players are being murdered.
Football Crazy has cameo appearances from football players, pundits, wags, actors, comedians and Look North and Sky Sports News presenters. It asks the reader to review team line ups and the names of the police investigating the murders and is full of references to football, past and present and F.A Cup match action that could help you solve the mystery.
So why not test your investigative skills and try to solve the murders by reading and looking for clues as the police search the crime scenes, interview suspects, gather the forensic evidence and talk to experts in various fields. This football murder mystery narrative tests your ability to look beyond the normal, to the paranormal and surreal and your powers of observation and deduction will be pushed to their limits.
These are Graphic Novels, so for best results, full colour, the ability to zoom in and legibility, you will need to download a free Kindle reader to your PC, these products are not b/w large print novels, and are intended to be read on your PC via a Kindle Reader.
Have a fun read and please do have nightmares.
You can find out more about CDComics and see lots of images at www.cdgraphicnovels.blogspot.com,

Links
Football Crazy Blades at www.amazon.co.uk/Football-Crazy-Surreal-Mysteries-ebook/dp/B0075MRA9U/ref=sr_1_5?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1328402085&sr=1-5

Football Crazy Owls at www.amazon.co.uk/Football-Crazy-Surreal-Mystery-ebook/dp/B0075NXO2Q/ref=sr_1_6?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1328402085&sr=1-6

Free reader
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000423913

Would love to get a review…
cheers
Craig

[Craig Daley]

CDComics is based in Sheffield UK, but just had a good review for the third Graphic Novel in the Surreal Murder Mystery Series in the USA, that I thought I would share

"Daley's writing in Football Crazy: The Theater of Nightmares on the Road to Insanity is strong. He's crafted a story that feels like an episode of television crime drama. It read and felt very much like an episode of BBC's Luther, the acclaimed detective drama starring Idris Elba."

More have sold in the USA than the UK and that's a little suprising because the stories are very British gothic horror with macabre twists, sort Hammer Horror, Nigel Kneale... Are welL who I am to question or should that be go figure?

CDComic Graphic Novels are available at Drive Thru for $0.99 /70p at http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/index.php?&manufacturers_id=4440

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Football and crime - excellent! Speaking of which, have you come across the "novels" written by Steve Bruce. Yes - THAT Steve Bruce. Written in what can best be described as workmanlike prose, they are so awful that they are brilliant. The adventures of Steve Barnes ( sweated over that name! ) a footie manager who solves crimes and mysteries were chronicled over 2 or possibly 3 Books. Luckily they found a home on TalkSport where presenters Hawksbee and Jacobs dramatised them while nroundly taking the p!

Hard to find now but I think one was called " Striker ".

Anyway, congratulations on your success so far and it's nice to see another footballl comic - it's not a huge genre!
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[Craig Daley]

Novels written by Steve Bruce, I missed them, but I'm planning on searching them out... What next, Gary Pallister, scripts the latest episode of Dr Who... where he discovers that the retired referee Colina has been living a double life and starred in 'The Hills Have Eyes' and is obviously an alien.

I'm sorting out my comedy horror Football Crazy comic on Drive Thru at the moment, but soon it will be split in two, 33 pages each, and part one will be free to download.

I'll post it here when I get it sorted and you can grab a copy... I had quick look at Robbie Savage, looks cool and I'll be back to check out more later, thanx for the thumbs up.

[Craig Daley]

FREE COMIC

Fooball Crazy Part One is 34 pages of tongue in cheek horror as Sheffield United go on a run in the FA Cup, beating Man Utd and Spurs, but one their players is murdered in a bizarre way.

Download the PDF from Drive Thru Comics for free at

http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/index.php?&manufacturers_id=4440

[Craig Daley]

Just got a solid review of Football Crazy Part One, it tells the story of Sheffield United's FA Cup run against the backdrop of a police investigation into the murder of one of their players.

Here are a few quotes from the totally independent review
"It is a genuine treat to see how well the magic and atmosphere of the FA Cup is captured in comic form."
"There’s also a brilliant detective story in there as well."
"As the story unfolds, it’s difficult not to get drawn in, and try to second guess motives and who could actually be behind it all."
"Like all good comics, Football Crazy seems too short, despite it being 36 pages of nothing but story, it grips from page one."
"Daley knows how to keep the reader enthralled from frame to frame and leaves you wanting more."

The full review is linked on my blog at www.cdgraphicnovels.blogspot.com

[Craig Daley]

Horror Cult Films just independently reviewed Part Two of Football Crazy and here are the edited highlights

"Football Crazy is certainly a different type of comic, and a world away from the mainstream. The climax is very funny and one that you won’t see coming. As far as modus operandi go, it is certainly one of the more out-there reasons for serial murder, and makes for one of the most amusingly absurd conclusions. The writing is superb, creative and witty, you really are missing out on some genius story telling if you don’t give Football Crazy a go."

for the full review check out
http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2012/07/hcf-comic-review-football-crazy-part-two/
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