Charlatan Tales

Interior page samples...

I began selling the first issue of new comic material 'Charlatan Tales' in the Comic Village at London ComicCon MCM Expo at the weekend. It contains a number of self-contained stories and is printed in colour and black and white.

Here's a shot of me at the convention (covering up a facial bruise/graze I got from falling off a mate's bike the night before the convention, perfect timing!)...

It can be bought online through Etsy, Ebay and Big Cartel.

It can also be bought in-store at these comic shops:

• Sub City, 2 Exchequer Street, Dublin 2, Dublin (available from 30/05/12)
• Orbital Comics, 8 Great Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JA (available from 30/05/12)
• Mega City Comics, Inverness Street Markets, 18 Inverness Street, Camden Town, London, NW1 7HJ
• OK Comics, 19 Thornton's Arcade, Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6LQ
• Gosh!, 1 Berwick Street, London, W1F 0DR

A big thanks to David McAtamney for giving me a fun wee script to work with for one of the tales and also to Stuart Gould at UK Comics Creative for supplying hassle-free printing.

Teenage Wasteland

Cover image for 'Charlatan Tales' comic to be released at London ComicCon MCM Expo at the weekend as I've got a table in the Comic Village.

Should have details on 28/05/12 where you can pick it up in-store and online.

Incoming... Charlatan Tales

A Flash-based promo for first issue of soon to be released short story comic book, 'Charlatan Tales'.

It is being released within the Comic Village in London ComicCon MCM Expo, 25-27th May 2012 as I've got a table there next weekend.

Details on where to buy it in-store and online after that to be found on updates on this blog.

It can be viewed on YouTube and Vimeo also.

Stay tuned...

Uproar Comics - Artist Profile

I've recently done a few pages for 'Zombies Hi!' comic, published by Derry-based Uproar Comics. They'll appear in the next issue, number 6.

Uproar have got a wee profile of me and a few of my work samples over at their blog:

http://www.uproarcomics.co.uk/blog/?p=152

Check them out and give them a bit of support!

Sketchbook 008

A number of sketchbook pages from a weekend spent in Belgium...

New Empress Magazine - Frankensten v BBFC

The latest issue of New Empress film magazine focuses on silent film and the transition into 'talkies'. All artwork and content for it was created, suitably, in greyscale.

My brief was to 'depict Boris Karloff's 'Frankenstein's Monster' strangling an official from the BBFC', fun!

I decided to turn back the clock with how I created this piece to my pre-computer, pre-Photoshop days, when as a teenager I'd spend hours and hours working on pencilled pieces. It was actually a great experience to go back to that and focus on drawing and drawing alone and not worry about layer actions, digital colouring, texture overlays etc etc

Here's the finished piece (with a few digital tweeks and clean ups):

The original pencil art (A3, bristol board) is for sale over at my Etsy shop:

The Fool