Thought Bubble this weekend! 23rd - 24th November
This weekend I'll be exhibiting at Thought Bubble, the amazing annual comics festival in Leeds! I'll be in New Dock Hall on both the Saturday and Sunday so do pop by and say hi if you're planning on coming. I'll be selling all the same goodies as at Comiket, including Brighton: The Graphic Novel! And if you buy a comic I might even give you a free badge...
Comiket this weekend!
I will be selling my wares again this Saturday 2nd November at the Comica Fall Comiket! For those who don't know, the Comiket is an independent comics fair where indy comics publishers and small press people (like me!) get to sell their work. It will be held at Central St Martins College of Arts and Design near King's Cross London. Opening times: 11-7pm. Entry: TOTALLY FREE!
So do come down and say hi if you're in town! Below are some preview pics of a new collected book of short strips I'll be selling, Jammo. This 24 page bad boy will be selling for around £4 plus free gift...
I'll also be selling copies of Brighton: The Graphic Novel and Afanc Issue 2!
Oh, and I've got badges too..
Robots at Caption Fest
If you went to the awesome Caption Comics Festival in Oxford this weekend you might have seen this comic I did inside the programme. You guessed it - the theme for the festival was 'robots'. Unfortunately I couldn't make it but a copy of the programme that has been kept for me..will post a photo when I get my hands on it!
Off The Rails
Here are a selection of thumbnails from a new project I'm working on with illustrator turned budding comics writer Rob Simpson. Its basically a 17 page comic about Brighton based 19th Century inventor Magnus Volk and his crazy seafront railway called The Pioneer. Should be fun to draw! Very H.G. Wells.
It is also part of a larger project called Alt-Brighton, a collaborative graphic novel to be published by Queenspark Books in 2013! More info to come as the project progresses.
On another subject, my last mini comic Afanc is finally up to read in its entirety on the COMICS section of the website...
I'm now off to Thought Bubble for the weekend with my trusty portfolio! Wish me luck!
Comiket this Saturday 10th Nov in London!
That's right folks, it's Comiket time again! I will be selling my usual stuff (plus some spangly new prints and volume 1 of Pathless Places) alongside the super talented Lucy Irving and Adam Moore. Doors open at 11am and its absolutely free to get in! There will loads of amazing publishers, writers and artists there selling some top notch comics and related goodies, plus the ever entertaining Drawing Parade. All happening at the usual venue (Bishopsgate Institute) near Liverpool Street Station, London. Come! Come!
2nd International Alternative Press Fair is go!
It's IAPF time again! I will be there on the Sunday selling some of my comics as per usual and probably Adam Moore's too. The main fair will be taking place in Conway Hall (the same place as last year!) situated on Red Lion Square in Holborn, central London. There will be loads of amazing stalls and workshops and I think it's only three quid to get in! So please come!
There's also a lot more going on besides the fair: 21st July - 5th August - an exhibition of David Greene plus his new book, Thursday 2nd Lambs Conduit Street exhibitions evening, Friday 3rd Comix Reader Launch & Exhibition...
Don't miss it.
The Not Yet
A piece submitted for an online gallery promoting Moira Crone's new sci-fi novel, The Not Yet. The full gallery can be seen at Common Folk Collective's blog here. My particular entry, along with bio, here! The novel is set in 22nd Century New Orleans and is being published by University of New Orleans Publishing!
Exhibition time!
Will be showing this lovely pic of my mug plus two other pieces at the Mull It Over exhibition in Brighton next week! It's a show with a twist as all the work is taken from sketchbooks, ideas in progress etc. Should be interesting! Private View on Thursday night from 6-9pm.. see you there?
Comics for sale!
Just finished stapling these bad boys, ready to be sold at tomorrow's Comiket! I'll probably flog 'em pretty cheap (ranging from £1 to £3 ish) so if you're in the Liverpool Street area of London tomorrow come and pick up a bargain! It'd be great to see you there!
Comica Comiket! This Saturday!!
Just a reminder that I'll be selling my comics (and my friend Adam's stuff too) this Saturday at the Comica Comiket, a massive independent comics fair at the Bishopsgate Institute, London (near Liverpool Street station). Doors are from 11-6pm and its free to get in! Here's the official announcement from the Comica website:
"The spectacular Great Hall at the Bishopsgate Institute is the new venue for Comica Comiket, the Comica Festival’s 6th one-day comics and art fair - bigger and better than ever, offering the best of British creators, publishers, small presses, graphic artists and suppliers under one roof. Throughout the day, top artists will be taking part on stage in the Comica Drawing Parade, with their live artworks and demos projected on a giant screen."
There's going to be loads of fantastic people (and comics) there including some amazing guests - check out the link above!
Sooo....see you on Saturday?
Dundee Comics Prize
Had to keep it secret for a while but I can finally announce that I won a runner up place in the Dundee Comics Prize! Yay! Got 250 big ones plus some cool D.C . Thomson goodies. I'm pretty chuffed. Apparently my entry will feature on the Dandy or Beano website sometime soon, I hope they don't mind me putting it up here first:
Comica Festival - Comiket!
That's right - I've booked myself a mini stall at this year's Comica Comiket, a massive independent comics fair on Saturday the 12th November at the Bishopsgate Institute, London (near Liverpool Street station). Doors are from 11-6pm and its free to get in! Here's the official announcement from the Comica website:
"The spectacular Great Hall at the Bishopsgate Institute is the new venue for Comica Comiket, the Comica Festival’s 6th one-day comics and art fair - bigger and better than ever, offering the best of British creators, publishers, small presses, graphic artists and suppliers under one roof. Throughout the day, top artists will be taking part on stage in the Comica Drawing Parade, with their live artworks and demos projected on a giant screen."
There's going to be loads of great people there including some amazing guests (follow the link above)!
See you there!
ALTERNATIVE PRESS FAIR LONDON THIS WEEKEND!!
Just a reminder that my friends Adam, Elly and I will be running the MAISD stall this Saturday, 28th May at Conway Hall in Holborn, London! We will be selling lots of amazing home grown comics, zines and prints so come and check it out! We would be over the freakin' moon to see you there. Things kick off at 10am and it costs a measly £2 to get in. In addition to the fair there's three rooms of workshops and talks including DIY Couture fashion, screen-printing workshops and a reading area with Zine Swap. Check out full details here. And find out how to get there here!
Looking forward to seeing you there!
International Alternative Press Festival!
My friend Adam and I will be running a stall at this event on Saturday the 28th of May! We will be selling our own comics, zines and what not plus some prints created by our friends on the Sequential Design and Illustration MA at Brighton University. Our stall is called MAISD (MA Illustration And Sequential Design, geddit?). The fair is at Conway Hall, Holborn in London and will start around 10am. It'd be great to see you there! The official press release for the festival is below. I might do another reminder nearer the time too...
Here it is! The International Alternative Press Festival rises up in London on Friday 27th May at the Miller in London Bridge for a live draw/music/spoken word performance with Resonance FM's Radio Orchestra.
On Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th May the Main Fair will take place at London's Conway Hall; Two days showcasing Comix, Comics, Zines, Artist's Books, Print- Making and Radical Literature, as well as screen printing and DIY fashion workshops, talks and lots more from home and abroad.
There will be gallery exhibitions:
“Stripburger- a taste of the premier Slovene Comics Zine” At Orbital Comics, London from Saturday 28th May – Sunday 12th June.
“The Swedish Collection: An exhibition of students from the Malmo Comic Art School” Featuring the work of ten artists from the Comic School in the south of Sweden, at The New Gallery London, between 30th May - 5th June.
"Visions of the Walworth Jumpers" a mural painted over a week at the Sassoon Gallery, London in a collaboration between street art, comix and fine arts, between 30th May - 5th June.
Get involved!
http://alternativepress.org.uk/
Brighton Zinefest this weekend!!
I will selling some of my stuff tomorrow at the Brighton Zinefest on the MAISD stall, including a new piece featuring the chap below. Entitled Zinezilla, it's a piece made especially for the show together with my pal, Kieron Cropper. There'll also be lots of other great things for sale made by my buddies on the Sequential Design and Illustration MA. Come down! We'll be there from 11 until 6pm.
EXHIBITION TIME!!!
Hello and welcome to my new spangly website. Sorry about the lack of updates recently - been busy working for my final MA exhibition! Private view is at 5.30pm this Friday if you're in town. Come and check out my first 32 page wonder and marvel at the other work on display - there's a lot of good stuff to see! As for the website, there'll be a portfolio going up in the next few days and I'll be tweaking bits and bobs over the coming weeks. Riveting.
Well I think so anyway.
Rock on.