#simon birks

[PREVIEW] The Thing on the Doorstep #1 (February 11, 2026)

adapting the story novel: H.P. Lovecraft | writer: Simon Birks | artist: Willi Roberts | letterer: Rob Jones | cover artist: Willi Roberts | publishing company: Top Cow Productions [Image Comics]

synopsis: Daniel Upton and Edward Derby have been best friends almost their entire lives, right up to the point Daniel shoots Edward dead in the Arkham Sanitorium — a crime Daniel swears he didn't commit, despite all the evidence. What happened on that fateful day in Arkham? What is the truth behind this seemingly mindless act of violence? Witness the beginning of this doomed relationship and Edward's slow descent into a horrifying world beyond his control.

Out this week: The Thing on the Doorstep #1 (Image Comics, $3.99): 

Simon Birks and Willi Roberts launch a five-issue miniseries based on the H.P. Lovecraft story of the same name. It’s about two best friends, one of whom supposedly shoots the other dead — a crime he swears he didn’t commit, despite all the evidence.

[PREVIEW] Antarctica #1 (July 12, 2023)

writer: Simon Birks | artist: Willi Roberts | letterer: Lyndon White | cover artist: Willi Roberts | publishing company: Top Cow Productions [Image Comics]

synopsis: Stargate meets His Dark Materials in a new non-stop sci-fi action blockbuster!

Antarctica by Simon Birks and Willi Roberts, the Top Cow miniseries that debuted in July, will continue as an ongoing series after issue #5.

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Birks + Roberts head south — far, far south — for the science fiction tale ‘Antarctica’

Antarctica, Volume 1: Out in the Cold by Simon Birks and Willi Roberts. Rating: 3 stars.

Read on April 25th.

I picked this one up from the library today and decided to read it today since I'm doing a slow reread of the Shadow of the Leviathan series and have the time. This is a SciFi comic following Hannah whose life took a terrible turn when her father goes away on a mission back to Antarctica and doesn't return. She becomes homeless and ultimately goes to school when her best friend encourages her to do so. Eventually, she makes it to the very station where her father went missing. But is something strange happening here? Is there more than ice and snow out there? And can Hannah find out what happened to her father before she meets the same fate?

The pitch of this book actually still sounds so good even though I didn't love what I read. My three star rating means that for me what I read was good, not great. There was nothing offensive here but I found that between the art style and the plot we lose a lot of context that would make the story make sense. Everything gets very muddled in the middle just for plot's sake so we have no clue what's going on for a lot of the comic. I wish people had paused for a second just to ask a question or two before diving into the chaos. For me, there was a lot of harkening back to an old SciFi show called Fringe (which I loved) and so it was still a good time for me even if I didn't end up loving it.