Happy Hour (2020 Ahoy Comics) comic books
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Issue #1
Published 2020 (est.) by Ahoy Comics.$2.50
$2.50
Written by Peter Miligan. Art and Cover by Michael Montenat. First issue! In future America, being happy isn't just a right-it's the law. While the Joy Police brutally enforce the cheery code, two young people go on the run, searching for a haven of melancholy where they can safely bask in the blues. A timely tale by superstar writer Peter Milligan (X-Statix, The Prisoner) and artist Michael Montenat (Dominion, Hellraiser Annual). All AHOY titles feature extras: prose, pictures, and, perhaps, poems! Includes "Shopping Is Hard" by Matthew Sharpe, "Your Fortune" by Martyn Pedler, and "A Stiff Upper Lip" by Vasil Duka, with drawings by Molly Stanard, Daniel Schoeneck, and Ameilee Sullivan. 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.
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Issue #2
Published 2020 (est.) by Ahoy Comics.$2.50
$2.50
Written by Peter Miligan. Art and Cover by Michael Montenat. Electric Funny Sticks! Bloodsucking Joy Leeches! The cuddly horrors of Puppy Treatment! These and other state-enforced 'remedies' for unhappiness drive Jerry and Kim to escape the Readjustment Center in the world's most depressing clown car! Plus extra prose stories and illustrations. Includes fretful fiction by Colin O' Mahoney and Bryce Ingman, and dour drawings by Minna Zhang and Ed Catto. 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.
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Issue #3
Published 2021 (est.) by Ahoy Comics.$2.50
$2.50
Written by Peter Miligan. Art and Cover by Michael Montenat. In a near-future America where unhappiness is a crime, paranoia poisons the relationship between fugitives Jerry and Kim at exactly the wrong time: they're abducted by a town that's throwing a pageant to celebrate joy, with their slow execution as the weekend's entertainment! Plus the usual AHOY assortment of illustrated prose stories. Includes sad stories by Kirk Vanderbeek and Alexander Williamson, and dispirited drawings by Felipe Sobreiro and Daniel Schoeneck. 28 pages, full color. Mature Cover price $3.99.
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Issue #4
Published 2021 (est.) by Ahoy Comics.$2.50
$2.50
Written by Peter Miligan. Art and Cover by Michael Montenat. In a near-future America where sadness is illegal and punishment is extreme, rebel fugitives Kim and Jerry start to succumb to the irresistible stirrings of romance and - to their horror - happiness! Extra: the best short prose stories and illustrations in all of comics! Includes "The End of an Object's Meaningful Life" by Chris Field, illustrated by Ameilee Sullivan. 28 pages, full color. Mature Cover price $3.99.
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Issue #5
Published Mar 2021 by Ahoy Comics.$2.50
Written by Peter Miligan. Art and Cover by Michael Montenat. Having fled the USA's regime of brutally enforced bliss, Kim and Jerry are prisoners of the revolutionary pro-misery cell they sought to join. The first step to acceptance: survive a swarm of Joysuckers, razor-toothed vermin specifically bred to sniff out happiness! Plus the usual AHOY illustrated prose features. Includes fiction by Rob Staeger, Stuart Moore, and Peter Hohman, and illustrations by Elliott Mattice, Greg Scott, and Ed Catto. 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.
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Issue #6
Published Apr 2021 by Ahoy Comics.$2.50
$2.50
Written by Peter Miligan. Art and Cover by Michael Montenat. Lachrymose last issue! In the near-future America where sadness is illegal, the odyssey of miserabilist fugitives Jerry and Kim comes to an off-beat end. Plus, forlorn fiction and dejected drawings in the AHOY manner. Includes fretful fiction by Kirk Vanderbeek, Chris Sumberg, and Rob Staeger, and dour drawings by Jon Proctor, Daniel Schoeneck, and Greg Scott. 28 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $3.99.
