From Comiket to Mocca

Well, we had a great time at the Comiket convention in London yesterday (you can read a very brief report over at the Accent UK news and reviews blog), and I'm now thinking about packing my bags for Mocca, NYC, USA. 
Comiket was a first for a number of things from me this time around... first appearance at a Con of Robot Shorts, first appearance at a Con of The One-Eyed-Robot and also first appearance of the first Robots Shorts - A to Z of Robots Greetings Card ...

I added colour to the black and white (and grey) version that appears in the Robot Shorts book, and it looks really nice (and shiny). Hopefully tomorrow will see, along with the delivery of our first WesterNoir comic, the arrival of the second card (in the possible series) with Belmat.

I had to change the text a little to let him stand on his own, as it were, so the 'Belmat however was real big and mean..' becomes 'Belmat 2000 was real big and mean...'.
Tomorrow I'll start to pack my bags ready for flying out on Thursday... lots of copies of WesterNoir Issue 1 ... can't wait to see it... and get it on our table at Mocca... Stuart at UK COMICS CREATIVE has once again pulled all the stops to turn the WesterNoir printing around in a very short time... so a big thanks to him, as always.

Comiket, WesterNoir and stuff...

I'm off the Comiket next Saturday, you can find out more about this great little event over on the Accent UK news blog, but I'm really looking forward to it.
WesterNoir is complete and with the printer. It should be ready in time for the Mocca event in New York which we will be attending the weekend of the 28th April.
Busy times ...

Who On Earth Was Thaddeus Mist ?

We've been discussing making a special little, limited edition, hard cover book to accompany the Who On Earth Was Thaddeus Mist? GN.

It'll be a bit like the extras you get on DVDs, and I'll be contributing a few pages on how, and why, I came up with my story, being illustrated by the very talented Steve Howard. It also gives me a chance to do my own illustration of the character.

A very british gentleman, who will always be able to make time for a good cup of tea, no matter where he is.

WesterNoir ... nearly there ...

I've just printed off and read Gary Crutchley's pages for our first issue of WesterNoir, and they are great. As always Gary has done wonders and the story flows very nicely.

This comic came about following a chat with Andy Bloor, where he suggested we work together on a kind of film noire detective in the Wild West, and whilst Andy was happy with how I took this concept, he quickly realised that he would struggle to fit it in amongst his other commitments and so he took the script to Gary to see if he'd be willing to take it on.

Gary liked what he saw, suggested a few changes most of which I took on board and then we were off and running. Andy has reamined involved, designing the cover around an image of Gary's, for example, and is designing the whole book.

This will be the Accent UK book to follow ZOMBIES 2, and is our first traditional comic sized effort, at 28 pages.

Robot Shorts gets a plug in Starburst

Yep, Starburst has returned to printed format after a good number of years, and we've managed to get a mention for upcoming project 'Who On Earth Was Thaddeus Mist ?' (check the Accent UK Blog for details) in their first revamped issue (No. 374) and also for Robot Shorts in issue 375.

Sadly I think you have to subscribe to the magazine to get copies, which I've done, but each issue takes a hell of a lot of reading, and is worth the cover price.

Missing - Have You Seen The Invisible Man?

Once again I've struck it lucky with another talented artist, Joe Campbell, breathing life into one of my scripts. Joe is doing a great job illustrating my story about a man with the ability to make himself invisible ...

Joe's artwork is ideally suited to this tale, and you can see a sample of it on the cover, designed once again by Andy Bloor.

This story continues in the Blessed/Cursed line and again balances the pros and cons of having an ability. Not sure exactly when it'll be available, but I getting more and more excited about it with each new page of artwork that arrives in my inbox.

The Two Templars - Page 2.

OK ... I'm still here cutting and sticking.

I guess this page gives a feel for where this tale will drift... the world of the Two Templars has more than its fair share of monsters and the like.