London Falling
# London Falling

London Falling is a strip published in June-July 2006 in the British comics magazine 2000 AD, created by writer Simon Spurrier and artist Lee Garbett. It explores bogeymen from English folklore and mythology wreaking havoc in a modern-day setting.

The title is a play on The Clash's 1979 album London Calling.

## Characters

The characters all draw heavily on mythology, especially the folklore from north west Europe. They include:

* Jack Capelthwaite is a family man just getting on with his life but his old life is going to catch up with him as Capelthwaite is a shapeshifting monster, a bogeyman.
* Black Shuck is the leader of the gang and his name comes from the East Anglian version of the black dog
* Hedley Kow, a form of Elf or Hobgoblin , shown in the story as a shapeshifting monster
* Jenny Greenteeth
* Peter Struwwel, a character from a 19th-century German children's picture book authored by Heinrich Hoffman
* The Tailor, a bogeyman from The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb from the same book
* Tommy Rawhead is an Irish hobgoblin with a taste for children
* Black Annis
* Cailleach Bheur
* Dando the Huntsman, a Cornish priest connected with ideas of the Wild Hunt
* Bucco-Boo, a kind of Bogeyman (presumably the name coming via bugaboo)
* Mujina is a Japanese bogeyman, that can take on the form seen in the series, a faceless ghost
* Horndon Worm was a dragon from East Horndon who was killed by James Tyrrell (who also appears in the series) using mirror polished armour

## Appearances

Each episode of London Falling is given an individual title:

* Part 1: City Folk (in 2000AD #1491)
* Part 2: Loredogs (in 2000AD #1492)
* Part 3: Let Me Take You By The Hand (in 2000AD #1493)
* Part 4: That Go Bump (in 2000AD #1494)
* Part 5: Smoke and Mirrors (in 2000AD #1495)
