The Fat Man involves a British MI5 undercover agent who is approached by himself with proof of the existence of a notorious World War 2 Nazi ‘secret weapon’ - The Tegal Project - discounted many years previously as German propaganda.
Following instructions given to himself during a strange encounter he is led to a meeting with a displaced group of SS soldiers - the ‘Ansatz Jägerretinue’ - Himler’s chosen guardians of the Tegal Project. Led by a Captain Haken - a group of Germany’s most notorious criminals.
The MI5 agent (code-named The Fat Man) is taken to the location of the Time machine - in a subterranean structure built by WW2 slave labour under the current Chernobyl nuclear facility in the Ukraine - It was taken over by the Soviets in 1944 and kept secret ever since.
The Nazi research was not complete and was taken over by the Soviets who eventually got the machine working in 1986.
Purges in the 50’s and mysterious deaths since (including the Chernobyl meltdown) have led to a situation that the Tegal project was virtually unknown even to the Soviets. The policy of “need to know” taken to a logical conclusion.
Thomas Cochrane is a Scottish artist and wrier. The Fat Man is his first graphic novel. Thematic inspiration for the graphic novel comes from such diverse sources of ‘TinTin’, “The Avengers”,and a fascination with the concept of time travel.
Alan is a veteran illustrator and designer. Worked on covers for ‘Time Out’ and the infamous ‘Oz magazine’ (and various other hippy publications). He also created many illustrations for the ‘Radio Times’, worked for CBS and Island on record covers.
