Cancelled Webcomix Thing table next weekend

Hi!

Yeah, I've had to cancel my table at the UK Webcomix Thing. So if you want a table, go grab it!! It's there!

But yeah, work has really kicked my ass over the last few months and I haven't been able to get anything ready, and rather than just sell the exact same stuff I was selling last year I'd rather not exhibit. To put this in context, I'm working now, and will be for another few hours, and this has been going on for getting on 3 months now, weekend included sometimes. Right now I'm in Macclesfield, near Manchester! That's like, a whole other planet for me! Crazy. It's not like I haven't done anything, Broomsquad will be out in the next few months in a magazine, and I've made headway on other stuff, but nothing's ready. So yeah, I'm bailing, and I'm totally gutted about it 'cos it was promising to be my favourite con, like, ever.

So! I'm still going! But just as a punter. :) Hopefully a combination of work cooling down in a few weeks and the shame of attending a con but not selling will propel me into producing a shitload of stuff, right? :D Yeah!

If you're going, seeya there! I'll be the one laughing at Claude for BEING STUCK BEHIND A TABLE FOREVER. :I

:D

But yeah, sorry guys. :(

Broomsquad & Rockfall#2

Hi! Yeah! I've been up to stuff, for once, and this is what it is.

First off I've finished part one of Broomsquad, serial story that's running in Non-Repro magazine. It's about witches solving magical crimes and kicking the shit out of things. I like it! I don't know when it'll be out yet, but I'll post when it is. I've been talking about doing this for ages, so it's good to finally get something done about it. Witch SWAT! YEAH!

Also in preparation for the UK Webcomix Thing in London I've been working on Rockfall#2. Holy shit! It's a short one, but a good one I reckon. So far I've done 3/4 of a page out of about 16, so it's gonna be tough, but not as tough as doing a con a whole year later without a continuation of the story, so I'll get it done, deffo! :D People have been very nice about the first one so this year I'm getting right on that to try and make up for that year's gap. Not cool. I wanted to start earlier than like, now, but my day job has exploded (in a good way! :D) so I've kinda been putting it off. I'm typing this now at >9pm from work in my noodle break! :D But yeah, I'm tired of putting one thing off in favour of another so I'm doing both, in UNCOMPROMISING STYLE. So yeah, chances are at the Thing I'll be some kinda charcoal-coated husk, incapable of conversation and barely capable of respiration, but I'll be happy. :D Go go go!!

finally check out claude and elliwiny's Ebon Spire OCT comics, it's STILL awesome and it's on the last leg! One of them is on THIER last legs, but WHO?! Oh no!! Seriously guys, doing these comics in the quantity and quality that you have for the last year is downright freakin' HEROIC. :D

Sticks art! :D

YEAH!!

I got some fanart from the awesome shape-throwin' pen of Will Kirkby! :D I've been a fan of Will's work since we met at Caption last year, so to get unsolicited art from him is such a great thing for me, I just keep squintin' at it. :D



I love Will's stuff, his art style is epic, he writes from the heart and I totally envy his drive and enthusiasm for drawing new stuff. I mean, his stuff is so distinctive you'd know it was Will if you only had like the top left corner of a panel. If there was something in the top left corner. I'm not sure I could get it from just the border. Right.

Anyway, yeah! Thanks Will! :D

Also, thanks to Paul for chucking me a link! I'm a massive fan of Freakangels (dude, Friday is FREAKANGELS day. :D) and Paul's art in general, so yeah, thanks man, I'm glad you liked it. :)

As for me, work's been mental this last few weeks (wor + MCM Expo + perparation pretty much wiped me out!) but hopefully I can get on with the next Rockfall very soon. I'm aiming to get it done by the Webcomix Thing in March! That's it! That's when! I can do it! :D I've got a... rough... plot... outline...

:I

GTG! :D -pf!