Stickleback: England's Glory In 2000AD

Jiang Shi or Chinese Hopping Vampires from the first episode of Stickleback: England's Glory
Stickleback © 2007 Rebellion/2000AD
Stickleback created by Ian Edginton & Me.

2000AD Prog 2008 arrived through the letterbox this morning, bringing with it part one of the new series of Stickleback. England's Glory will be a bit more of an adventure romp than the first series, Mother London; this time we follow events from the gang's point of view, and get to see a little more of what they can do.
I'll be posting references for part one soon: meantime, here are some concept and character sketches:

Jiang Shi or Chinese Hopping Vampires, following the pattern set by the classic Hong-Kong martial arts horror film Mister Vampire
Stickleback © 2007 Rebellion/2000AD

Stickleback created by Ian Edginton & Me.

Victorian England's answer to Mecha: the Traction Men
Stickleback © 2007 Rebellion/2000AD

Stickleback created by Ian Edginton & Me.

A new character joins the gang; Gay John, master swordsman and confirmed batchelor
Stickleback © 2007 Rebellion/2000AD

Stickleback created by Ian Edginton & Me.

Leviathan & XTNCT Progress Report

Leviathan copyright © 2006 Rebellion/2000AD
Created by Ian Edginton & Me.

Ian's had notice from Rebellion that the Leviathan collection has shipped - though if that's from China or Azerbaijan or wherever it was printed, it may still take a while to hit the shops. Review copies have been sent to magazines (hence the recent SFX review) but Ian and I haven't received complimentary copies yet.

Amazon now lists the XTNCT collection (named, in a stroke of genius, XNTCT: CM ND HV G F Y THNK YR HRD NGH!) but lists shipping times of 2-4 weeks, which suggests they don't yet have copies. Leviathan isn't listed.