Originally published at MediaGauntlet written by Steven G. Saunders.
For those of you out there that dig dark comic shorts with twists, this is for you! Decent art mixed with great ideas and admirable story execution, I’m looking forward to what these guys will throw at us next!
Recommended for those out there who read 2000AD (particularly Future Shocks), Negative Burn, and other comics anthologies; also recommended to those who enjoy shows like The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and Tales From the Darkside.
“Making Deals With Devils” is a fine example of …

From the pages of Silver Bullet Comicbooks: http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/fool/115066916380250.htm
” I was even happier to see a new issue from the Monkeys with Machineguns. Following on from last year’s excellent #0, we are now presented with a fully fledged issue #1. I have no idea why last year’s wasn’t #1, and this year’s isn’t #2 – it may be something to do with counting on your fingers when you lack opposable thumbs.
Who cares? It’s another rollicking good read.
Those of you who read my review of the last issue might remember that every …

From Silver Bullet Comicbooks: http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/fool/111895984691582.htm
Monkeys with Machine Guns sounds as though it should be an anthropomorphic book, but it isn’t. With a title like that though there was obviously no way I wasn’t going to buy it – the choosing of the name alone should win an award for marketing.
This is an anthology title featuring five slightly macabre stories by the writer Chris Lynch. There’s a very black sense of humour at play here, but also a sense of the poignant and a masterful ability to manipulate the reader’s emotions. …

From the Forbidden Planet Blog:
http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=1167
It struck me that we’ve been talking to British comics creators this month, telling you about the ones who we’re now representing on our webstore, talking to editors and so on, but I haven’t actually posted a review. Well, since Chris Lynch of the wonderfully monikered Monkeys With Machineguns press kindly sent me a PDF of Making Deals With Devils, their second collection, it’s time to change that.
Making Deals with Devils manages to pack four short, creepy tales into its 36 pages. The tone is …

Originally published at:
http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/smallpress/115684441215039.htm
Written by: Steve Saville
Monkeys with Machineguns #1 is an exciting new title that contains four separate stories unified by a common general theme. In this first edition that theme is the notion of making deals with devils. This British horror anthology is a well produced little gem of a comic. The pairing of Stu Art’s dark and often grotesque art with the twisted storylines of Lynch is very effective and makes for a very satisfying if unsettling read.
This edition kicks off with Left Behind and initially this seems …

Broken Frontier have been kind enough to put MWM#1 through the grinder for us
Originally published on Broken Frontier …
Three tales of the creepy, twisted horrors of daily life from three Brits with an axe to grind . . . against our imaginations.
“Left Behind” begins with Mark, recently dumped by his girlfriend Kristy. He has no idea why she’s gone, nor why she hasn’t taken her cat with her. Taking care of the cat allows him the feeling that she hasn’t left completely . . . until the cat …

Originally published by Fractal Matter, written by John Davidson
Making Deals With Devils is a black and white horror anthology comic which contains four stories written by Chris Lynch. Art on three of the stories; Left Behind, The Exchange and Wrathbones, is by Stu.Art and on the fourth is by Dark Smith.
Stu.Art’s (presumably not a real name) work is reminiscent of Mike Mignola though with a much heavier line and Dark Smith’s (again a pseudonym) is reminiscent of John Hickleton (for those old enough to remember 2000Ad’s Nemesis The Warlock).
Only three …

Originally published on SBC’s Fool Britannia
So let’s take a look at those automatic weapon wielding simians, the Monkeys with Machineguns. Issue two was available at the Expo, and I’ve been trying to work out what the hell to say about it for about two weeks.
I mean, what do you say about a book like this. It’s an anthology of the most piquant wit, perfectly balanced by a dash of horror and some truly flavoursome twists. This time the monkeys offer us strange alternate realities, ending worlds, red snow, and the …

The new wave of UK “Horror” comics has arrived…
Although MWM (sub-titled “Making Deals With Devils”) is usually filed under the all encompassing wing of wing of Horror comics, to do so does the title a discredit, as there’s a lot more to the four tales contained within, than the usual splat and gore that tries to pass itself as “modern horror”, especially in the sense of graphical and comic work…
Owing more to the likes of EC Comics, The Twilight Zone and early seventies movie compendiums like “Asylum”, “Making Deals With …

From IndieReview
Chris Lynch and Stu.art make up the MWM studio. They’ve published three successful editions of their horror anthology, all of which are to a high standard.
Focusing on horror, but with a few different twists, MWM delivers a complete package. Stuart’s art and Chris’ writing go together very well, as does the art from some of the other artists featured. It’s really a showcase for Chris’ imaginative stories and Stuart’s art, but they deserve it. Stuart’s dark, shadow heavy artwork really suits the title, and Chris has a certain liking …