Skin (graphic novel)

Skin is a 48-page graphic novel written by Peter Milligan, created and drawn by Brendan McCarthy and colored by Carol Swain. It tells the story of a young skinhead, Martin Atchitson, who grew up in 1970s London with thalidomide-related birth defects. Milligan has said the story partially addresses "universal themes of major companies shafting people, and corruption in terms of drugs and mass marketing."^[1]

Skin was planned to be published in the 2000 AD spin-off magazine Crisis in 1989, but the story's controversial subject matter and explicit language made the publisher, Fleetway, uncomfortable.^[2] Printers refused to print it, citing similar reasons. The story remained in limbo until it was published as a graphic novel by Kevin Eastman's Tundra Publishing in 1992 with little controversy. Dark Horse Comics reprinted Skin in 2013, as part of the trade-paperback collection The Best of Milligan and McCarthy.^[3]

Tom Palmer, Jr. included Skin in "Palmer's Picks", calling it "a powerful, disturbing book".^[4]

• 1993: nominated for the "Best Graphic Album: New" Eisner Award^[5]

• Skin at the Grand Comics Database
• Skin at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Review at Comics Nexus

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