Second Comic Con of the year.

Accent UK have just booked a table at the Birmingham MCM event the weekend of 21st and 22nd March.

Hope to see plenty of you there.

First Comic Con of the Year

Yesterday I was at the True Believers event in Cheltenham. I missed last year and the year before that had been at a different venue (the Racecourse) so I wasn't sure what to expect at the new Jury's Inn location, or where it was exactly.
It all went to plan however and the only mistake I made getting there was actually taking the wrong road off of the roundabout that the Jury's Inn hotel nestled against.
Easy to set up with great help from the Agents (helpers), I even had time for a coffee before doors opened.
It was a very slow start for me.
The people who stopped at the stall were happy to chat and find out more about our books, but very few actually bought any. They all said they'd just arrived and wanted to check out the other stalls first. This, as frustrating as it is, makes complete sense.
I had some time to catch up with Gustavo Vargas, Russel Mark Olson and the guys at Mad Robot. I also met up with Gareth Sleightholme and had a good chat about...well.. comics.
The good news was that the people who had spent time chatting with me earlier pretty much all came back and bought stuff.
The great news was that I sold a few copies of my new book, I before E except after W, that's Weird.
All in all it was pretty good Con at the end of the day.
It was fun and great opportunity to catch up with friends but also worked financially.
I of course bought some stuff myself...

and just couldn't resist the opportunity for a Dylan Teague Convention Commission of Jigsaw Girl.

Wow.

First Comic Con of the year ... next Saturday.

Saturday 1st Feb sees Accent UK, in the shape of a lonely Dave West, at the True Believers Comic Festival in Cheltenham.
OK True Believers.
If you're in the area then pop in and say 'Hi'.
It'll be the first outing for my collage book, I before E except after W, that's Weird.

See you at :-

The True Believers Comic Festival
Jury's Inn Cheltenham
Gloucester Road
Cheltenham

Megazine mention

Our go to colourist, Matt Soffe, has hit the big time.
He's now colouring for 2000AD's Judge Dredd Megazine and has been doing so for a little while now.
In the latest issue however he is interviewed by Karl Stock

and kindly manages to mention WesterNoir and Accent UK a few times.

At the moment Matt is busy working his colouring magic on the first 4 issues of WesterNoir along with a number of new short story additions. We are looking to publish this as a remastered trade paperback collection and launch at Thought Bubble.
Matt's colouring has really given it the 'wow' factor.
Thanks for the mention Matt, it's really appreciated.

TRIPWIRE AWARD nomination

AccentUK have been nominated for the Best Small Press / Independent - UK publisher on TRIPWIRE.

We're up against really strong competition, which is good in itself, but it would be even better if we could beat such strong competition.

If you have been enjoying our books it would be great if you could take a few minutes out and vote for us over at TRIPWIRE AWARDS.

You can find it at TRIPWIRE MAGAZINE

The 42nd Post

Well, that's it for another year.

It's been strange one that has had more ups than downs and so pretty good when looking back.
Let's hope Brexit works as a lot of people expect it to, rather than some fear it will.

From an Accent UK perspective we've produced less books this year, but have been busier on Kickstarter with -

Has Kane Mesmer Lost His Magic Touch? Written by myself with art from Marleen Lowe
Return To The Asylum with contributions from myself, Colin and Gary amongst many other talented individuals - this also saw Stephenson's Robot Issue 5 as a reward tier.
I Before E except after W, that's weird. A book of collage illustrated short stories from myself.

No WesterNoir this year as we've focussed on trying to sell enough of the TPB and Issues 5 to 8 to make room for the next ones. Gary has been busy in the background however and is busy illustrating the next book.

Kia Wordsmith issue 2 didn't quite make it but hopefully we'll see issue 2 early in 2020.

Stephenson's Robot issue 6 is near completion, all art is in I'm just colouring the main story and Matt Soffe is working his usual magic on the back story.

We are already pulling together stories for the next Asylum Book and it's coming along very nicely.

WesterNoir will see a new publication in the second half of the year if all goes to pain, more news on that later.

...and there will no doubt be some surprises along the way as other long term projects see completion.


Thanks to everyone who stopped by our tables at Cons or supported us through Kickstarter (or, as turns out to be the case) sometimes both. Also thanks to all our co-creators who we bump into at the UK Cons and abroad for their good humour and inspiration.

All the best to everyone for 2020.

Great Xmas present.

My daughter Jemma bought me this for Xmas.

I loved reading the series, my favourite over the last year or so and look forward to reading it all again in the larger format.
I've been a fan of Dean Ormston's artwork for years, it's great that he's working on this with the talented Mr. Lemire.
If you've not picked it up already then I thoroughly recommend it.