Roger Langridge unleashes “The Fez Papers”
Cartoonist and comics writer Roger Langridge has published The Fez Papers, a 64-page collection of strips featuring his mystical, vaguely amoral sort-of-superhero character, The Fez.
Available to order online direct from Roger, the comics featured in The Fez Paperswere originally drawn between 2012 and 2025 and have previously appeared in David Lloyd’s digital anthology, Aces Weekly, a couple of minicomics, Tripwire Magazine, Langridge’s self-published series ZOOT!, and online. Many of the strips originally ran in black and white and have been coloured for this edition.
According to Langridge, the Fez is a character who doesn’t exist – but, because enough people believe in him, he sort of does. In practical terms this means he’s an ambulatory empty suit wearing a monocle, gloves and, yes, a fez, “fighting the forces of darkness” (badly). The stories are humorous, sometimes darkly so, and each one stands on its own, so the collection is perfect for dipping in and out of, consisting as it does of a variety of gag strips, single-page stories and longer pieces between three and seven pages in length.
This collection is a great introduction to the character who is currently appearing in Langridge’s self-published comic book series Behold! The Fez, currently serialising to supporters on Patreon and being released as a print comic, which he describes as a “superhero sitcom”.
Both Behold! The Fez and The Fez Papers are available directly from Roger, either from his web store at hotelfred.com or at conventions; both items will be available at Thought Bubble next month in Harrogate.
New Zealand-born cartoonist Roger Langridge has been a comic book professional since moving to the UK in the early 1990s. He has worked on properties such as Thor: The Mighty Avenger, The Muppets, Fin Fang Four, Doctor Who, Popeye, Mandrake The Magician, John Carter of Mars, Rocky And Bullwinkle, The Rocketeer, Gross Point, The Goon, and Bill And Ted Are Doomed, among others – as well as producing a steady output of his own work, notably ZOOT!, Art D’ecco, The Fez, Fred the Clown, Criminy, Abigail and The Snowman, The Baker Street Peculiars, and his Eisner Award-winning series Snarked!.
His recent work includes numerous illustrations for Doctor Who Magazine, writing the Darkwing Duck spinoff series Justice Ducks, writing and drawing “Sally Astro” for Monster Fun, writing “Pandora Perfect” for 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, and drawing The Prohibition Era, part of First:Second Books’ “History Comics” line.
• Roger can be found online at hotelfred.com, on social media at @hotelfred, and on Patreon, where he posts something every day
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who MagazineandOverkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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