The Ulster Cycle: Ness is the first in a series of comics set in Iron Age Ireland and based on ancient legends.

When the king of Ulster is powerless to stop a murderous outlaw, his daughter Ness turns outlaw herself to hunt him down. But with war looming between the kingdoms of Ireland, will her father’s house still be there to come back to when the job’s done?

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What an impressive debut. It’s as though writer/artist Patrick Brown found a window looking into the past, and he decided to smash it and climb on through. Here is a thoroughly modern form of Irish storytelling that makes the past very much the present.

It’s as though he were standing over the still bleeding and battered corpse of Darby O’Gill with the murder weapon in his hand – his weapon of choice a biro. This is not murder. This is a beautiful act of mercy.

Malachy Coney
The Darkness, The Moon Looked Down and Laughed, Good Craic Comics

Finally a comic from Northern Ireland that can be read anywhere – Patrick Brown weaves a wonderful tapestry of rich characters,intertwining centuries-old legends with 21st Century artwork to die for. Wonderful!

Davy Francis
Oink!, Holy Cross, the 4 Fathers

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The Follow-Up

Two generations later, The Cattle Raid of Cooley begins! Every Wednesday, beginning on 6 August 2008, the ancient epic at the centre of the Ulster Cycle is adapted to comics on this very site!