About

Our creators are the most important thing to us.

 

We publish:

 

  • Original Graphic Novels of 80 – 200 pages
  • Historical Graphic Novels under the Vigil Imprint
  • The Layer Zero anthology
  • The Focal Point “by invitation showcase”
  • Art Books

 

Our books are aimed at teen/mature readers and most have an 18+ age rating. With each of our products we look to publish something which is unusual, literate, challenging and thought provoking.

 

In 2006 Insomnia Publications was founded by, Dundee University graduate and former DC Thomson & Co. Ltd employee, Crawford Coutts. In 2007 the first Insomnia products hit the shelves of independent UK comic shops and Forbidden Planet.

 

Insomnia Publications became a Limited Company in August 2008, following a successful first two years of trading and receiving critical acclaim for anthology title Layer Zero and the graphic novel Cages. The company was recently selected to be a part of Scottish Enterprise’s Growth Pipeline, to assist Insomnia develop and grow.

 

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Latest Events

Burke & Hare Talk Burke & Hare Talk

Location: Edinburgh
Date: January 28

Burke & Hare Signing Burke & Hare Signing

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Date: January 28

Thought Bubble Thought Bubble

Location: Leeds
Date: November 21

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Date: October 24-25

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Date October 3-4

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Date: Septermber 4-30

Latest Books

Buskers Buskers

Timothy Book seems on top of the world but a botched suicide attempt sends him to the doorstep of ex-best-friend Cabbage, a streetwise busker, and he experiences a kind of life he never knew existed.

Burke And Hare Burke And Hare

Delve into the murky, misquoted history of Scotland’s most notorious serial killers with a research-based graphic novel that unwravels a ghoulish story of medicine, murder and money.

MILK MILK

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