About Slingsby Bros., Ink!
Slingsby Bros, Ink! Who are we? We are a small group of long-time fans who linked up during the pandemic to honor David Wright and his Carol Day comic strip by producing a deluxe, art book edition of David Wright's Carol Day: Lance Hallam, a storyline representing one of the all-time pinnacles of comic strips, and largely unseen since its original publication in 1956. Carol Day is a wonderful comic strip by a great artist. From 1956-1967, the Wright years, Carol Day transcends even the best American strips of its time, with its combination of sophisticated themes and stories, multi-dimensional characters and always magnificent art.
Slingsby Bros, Ink! Where did our name come from? It's an inside joke referring to Carol Day's Jack Slingsby storyline in which Carol seems to finally meet her true love, only to be frustrated in the end. Our team of Bros (Roger Clark, Chris Killackey & Guy Mills) are the true heirs of Jack in our passion for Carol Day, the character as well as the comic strip. Hence the name.
Our original passion for Carol Day has expanded not only into a passion for all things David Wright, but also into comics by another creator whose work we believe should be more widely consumed and celebrated: Ricardo Leite. We are working on a new English language edition of his graphic novel, In Search of Lost Tintin. As well, we are expanding our David Wright library beyond his work on Carol Day. More information to come about both projects as we move into 2026!
Our Team
Roger Clark
Roger is a lifelong comics nut. After finishing graduate school in English and Philosophy in the early 1980s, he went into industry and spent the next dozen years in product development for companies creating software for designing integrated circuits and printed circuit boards. He left the workforce in 1999 to spend more time with his collections.
Chris Killackey
Chris is a lifelong comic reader and comic art enthusiast. While his day job entails helping founder-owned businesses grow and scale their businesses as a private equity professional, he moonlights as a Partner in the Slingsby Bros, Ink! publishing ventures. He's fairly good at one of those pursuits and still has a lot to learn in the other. He won't say which is which, so don't ask.
Guy Mills
Guy is Chief Information Officer of MAP Energy, LLC, as well as being a Partner in Slingsby Bros, Ink! He's an English/Creative Writing major who has spent most of his career developing and managing information systems. He's a lifelong reader of comics and an avid collector of comic art.