Afterlife Inc.
When corporate con-artist Jack Fortune’s life comes to an abrupt and brutal end, he discovers a business opportunity on a previously unimaginable scale. A mysterious Calamity has struck the afterlife, wiping the ruling body from existence and plunging the Empyrean - the great golden city of the dead - into chaos. The time is ripe for modernisation.
With the vision, the business-smarts and a ragtag collection of allies behind him, Jack strives to reinvent the afterlife as a modern-day corporate entity. Establishing a new business is always challenging, but now Jack must balance the demands of a free market with rampaging archangels, a misplaced God and the dark secrets at the heart of their world.
This may be the job he was born to die for, but has Jack’s reach finally exceeded his grasp?
“Afterlife Inc. remains one of the most consistently imaginative, fun books on the market.”
Launched in 2011, Afterlife Inc. has gone on to become one of the most acclaimed independent titles of the UK comics industry - and the series for which I am best known.
Recently, as part of the tenth anniversary celebrations, I re-released the entire story so far (over 800 pages and six volumes' worth of content) as two luxury hardbacks: the Book of Life and the Book of Death. A mammoth undertaking for sure - but one I’m immensely proud of.
Arts Council funding
In 2023, I received a National Lottery Project Grant from Arts Council England to produce Afterlife Inc. Volume 7 and deliver free comic-making workshops for 8-11s in deprived areas of Gloucester.
“Filled me with delicious anticipation that was immediately fulfilled and more. Think of it as something along the lines of Warren Ellis’ Planetary, alongside the better bits of Hellblazer.”
“This is a book that defies the idea that indie comics can’t hold up against the larger publishers. Afterlife Inc. is an outstanding title.”
Listen to the Afterlife Inc. podcast
Join creator Jon Lock for a deep dive into the history of Afterlife Inc. - a comic (and now a podcast) you can believe in.
Listen wherever you enjoy podcasts.
“…a hell of a lot of fun to read and filled not only with fun ideas, but extremely creative ways of telling stories.”
Support Afterlife Inc. on Patreon
Want to be part of a company you can believe in? Join the Afterlife Inc. community on Patreon to help us make more of what you love.
Subscribe for just £2 a month to gain access to exclusive Patreon content, including:
new comic pages ahead of the general public
the Afterlife Inc. Discord
digital copies of all volumes of Afterlife Inc.
podcasts and exclusive behind-the-scenes content, including the infamous 'lost issue'
sneak peeks at the upcoming Afterlife Inc. RPG.