Highgate author re-releases graphic novel Contraband | Hampstead Highgate Express
James Flanders A scene from Contraband - Credit: Thomas John Behe and Phil Elliott They may have seemed "slightly futuristic" upon publication, but the themes of data privacy, the dark web and media censorship which run through a re-released graphic novel are "rampant in 2021", according to the author. Thomas John Behe, 50, wrote the first edition of Contraband in 2007, illustrated by Phil Elliott. It was released that year by San Diego publisher Slave Labour Graphics. In the following 13 years the digital world has continued to expand. For context, Twitter launched in 2006 while Instagram d...