Cody' and his Wild West Circus (including Annie Oakley and Egg Shen) being involved in Lovecraftian doings. Advice from Orlando Doyle (one of several explicit links placing Stickleback in the same "Edginton-verse" as the author's Red Seas) leads to a showdown between the Circus folk and Stickleback's freaks. Flashbacks and questions bring the mystery of Stickleback's origins to the fore, and Limehouse's Empress is asked to offer him help. Art style Artist D'Israeli utilised a new style for his work on Stickleback, eschewing the clear line/vector style, and the "black & white & grey" technique he had used on Leviathan. Feeling that the Leviathan technique was "no longer distinctive," and because the artist "felt I'd done all I wanted to with it," he opted for "an untested technique that was radically different from anything I'd done before." Citing his main influence as Alberto Breccia, and in particular Breccia's and Juan Sasturain's Perramus. Writing in March 2007, D'Israeli stated that Anxious not to "completely throw over the sense of place that had existed in my work to date," D'Israeli drew also on the work of "Breccia's one-time assistant José Muñoz," and that of "cartoonist John Glashan (a favourite from childhood)" to maintain the sense of architectural place even when only "built up using the loosest of drawing[s]." Publications All stories are written by Ian Edginton and the first four series have been collected into a trade paperback: Stickleback: England's Glory (with art by D'Israeli, Rebellion Developments, August 2008, 132 pages, ) collects: "Mother London" (from 2000 AD, Prog 2007 and #1518-1525, 2006–2007) "England's Glory" (from 2000 AD, Prog 2008 and #1567-1577, 2007–2008) "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas" (with art by Ian Culbard, in 2000 AD Prog 2009, 2008) Number of the Beast (with art by D'Israeli, Rebellion, December 2014 collects: "London's Burning" (from 2000 AD, #1666-1676, 2010) "Number of the Beast" (from 2000 AD, #1824-1835, 2013) Uncollected: "The Thru'Penny Opera" (in 2000 AD, #1900-1911) See also List of steampunk works The Red Seas by Ian Edginton and Steve Yeowell, set in the same universe as Stickleback. Other similar work Other works by the same team include: H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds Leviathan Scarlet Traces Other similar comics are: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill Notes References Stickleback at 2000AD online External links Stickleback References by the artist Stickleback annotations Comics by Ian Edginton Male