Looks Like It's Going To Be A White Christmas.

About this time last year we took in a rescue Dalmatian. Having lost Smugde (also a Dalmatian) to old age a few months before, we came across Tara on a website for dogs looking for new homes. Well, she settled in pretty quickly and is nothing like our previous dogs, not that we expected her to be.

I thought I'd share this photo taken of her last winter and wish everybody a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2011.

The Eagle Has Landed...

Well we did it :o)

Whatever Happened To The World's Fastest Man ? has won the EAGLE award for Favourite Bristich Black and White Comic published in 2009.

We collected the award at the London EXPO MCM event last weekend, a shame that we couldn't all be there and as it was Colin and I couldn't make it down for the awards ceremony and actually received it on Sunday in the end.

As you can imagine I'm feeling pretty happy at the moment :o)

The Fastest Man In Brazil...

Mauricio of Gal Editora sent this photo from a recent convention over there... Fastest Man gets a great position on the poster :o) Mauricio is pleased with how it's selling, which is great news.

Whatever happens we'll enjoy ourselves...

... was the last thing I said to Andy as we stepped out of the car to meet Manny of Whatever Comics in Canterbury. Manny has been a great supporter of Accent UK for a few years now, selling more copies of our books than any other store, anywhere.

We had decided to launch Fall Of The Wolfmen at Manny's store mainly because it would give us the opportunity to meet him and thank him in person for being so helpful and encouraging ever since The Wolfmen first hit the shelves. To be honest I've been to enough store signings to know how they can go, and so my expectations were set very low.

I was completely blown away, however, by the response we got.

I knew Manny had pushed our books on a number of his customers, maybe even most of them, but to a man they all told me that he had been right to do so. They had enjoyed them so much.

We met a lot of really committed comic fans and had a good chat with a lot of very interesting and interested people.

It was a really really great day.

We were working the table from 1pm to 5pm. Not a moment passed when we weren't doing something, and the time just flew.

I can't imagine better hosts than Manny and Debe, as they took us under their wings and sorted everything out for us. Also the work done, as a favour for a friend, by Karol (and later Carl) in walking the streets in Wolfmen garb to raise the profile of the event worked incredibly well, so a big thank you to them as well.

I've written a fuller report over on the Accentukcomics website, with a lot more photos. Also pop over to the http://www.whatevercomics.com/ to find out more about the store, and take part in the very active forum, and visit Andy Bloor's blog (follow the link on the right).

I'm still buzzing from the launch even now ....

Wolfmen Figures...

Well I've created my two Wolfmen figures ahead of the Store Signing at Whatever Comics in Canterbury on the 2nd October.

Merging Reservoir Dogs and Dog Soldiers figures, when seemed only appropriate, adding plenty of milliput and then a lick of paint and there you go.. what could be simpler :o)

One of these I'll keep and the other is a gift for Andy Bloor, a small thank you for all the hours he's spent slaving over a drawing board to produce another great piece of almost cinematic story telling. Over to you to choose which one you'd like Andy... they look better in person than on the photographs so you might want to wait until you see them for real.

Fall Of The Wolfmen...

Yep ... Wolfmen 2 - Fall Of The Wolfmen is back from the printers ... I'm a very happy man as it looks really solid. Andy Bloor's artwork and design skills just get better with each book he's involved with, as you can see from the image above ... I've even copied his photograph as it's better than one that I'd take :o)

We'll be launching this at Whatever Comics in Canterbury on the 2nd October, so if you'r local, in the neighbourhood or just fancy a day out then do come to the store and say hello ... you can then get your hands on a Collector's Edition cover version that'll only be available at Cons and Store signings ... once they've gone they've gone I'm afraid ...

Brazilian Edition of Whatever Happened To The World's Fastest Man?

The Brazilian edition of Whatever Happened To The World's Fastest Man? is now available in stores across Brazil. Published by Gal Editora you can see their version of the cover above. Looks great !!