The Red Seas is a series appearing in the British comics magazine 2000 AD, it was written by Ian Edginton and drawn by Steve Yeowell.
Cover of Under the Banner of King Death showing Captain Jack Dancer and his crew
Stickleback is the eponymous title character of a steampunk comic series created by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli appearing in UK comics anthology 2000 AD. Described by his author as a "bad guy," Stickleback is cast initially as a Moriarty-type figure, "The Pope of Crime[, who] secretly presides over the criminal fraternity of a fantastical, grotesque, Gormenghast-style old London town."
Stickleback himself, on the cover of 2000 AD Prog #1525 (Feb 2007)