The Vinyl Underground
Overview
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series
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published by the Vertigo imprint
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of DC Comics
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, created and written by Si Spencer
Si Spencer
Si Spencer is a British comic book writer and TV dramatist and editor, with work appearing in British comics such as Crisis, before moving to the American comics industry...
with art by Simon Gane. The title debuted in October 2007 and ran for twelve issues before its cancellation in September 2008.
Unveiled at the San Diego ComiCon
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in 2007 by Vertigo's Karen Berger
Karen Berger
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as "'yet another' good Vertigo book about England," The Vinyl Underground is described by its author, Si Spencer
Si Spencer
Si Spencer is a British comic book writer and TV dramatist and editor, with work appearing in British comics such as Crisis, before moving to the American comics industry...
as "a love-hate story about the streets [of London] that shaped its characters, and that shaped its author."
Spencer—who writes for TV series EastEnders
EastEnders
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-- credits London, his "adopted home now for ten years," with "[t]wo thousand years of violence [which] have shaped its streets," as well as fiction set within them.