It’s funny how the seed of an idea gestates for ages and then suddenly snowballs into reality. This is what happened with ‘Indie Kid Samurai’, a concept I came up with about two years ago. I then read Phonogram which reminded me of my early twenties (without the magic), combined with a touch of Truth [...]

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There’s three of them and they all want your vote. The Unspeakables. No debate. http://bit.ly/cBhE5C This is my new comic and my entry into round 2 of this years Dimestore Press’ Small Press Idol, The Unspeakables. This round is vote based and with your help will allow us to progress to round 3 (kinda obviously) [...]

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We have graduated to round 2 of Small Press Idol 2010 with three yes’. The above image is the rough pencils for The Unspeakables #0 front cover by Joe Griggs. And if you look below you can read our pitch for the multiple time and dimensions adventure: Almost twenty years after his family’s mysterious disappearance, [...]

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The ol’ Ambush Bug over at Ain’t It Cool News loved the first issue: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44072#11

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Holidays are coming…holidays are coming…and now they’ve passed and we’ve hit 2010 at an exponential rate so it’s time to do a review of the year. A vintage year. Nay, a vintage decade. The two thousands (nouties never really sat right with me) is the decade in which I grew up. Sure I’m a nineties kid [...]

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Listening to: ‘Bee’ by The Sugarcubes

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I know it was over a week ago but I’ve only just returned from a great week in Leeds visiting my friend which began with a bang with Thoughtbubble. Although I’ve been in and around comics since the my childhood this year’s Thoughtbubble one day event was only my second con after Bristol back in [...]

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A short seven page comic I lettered over the summer is available to pre-order. The comic, entitled Odd Job, was written by Alex De-Gruchy and art by Robert Durham. It will appear in the new quarterly anthology Omega Comics Presents out from Pop! Goes The Icon in February. Previews of the first three pages are [...]

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I’m off to Leeds this weekend and staying throughout next week visiting a friend. This visit coinsides, not through serendipity but careful planning, with this years Thoughtbubble festival. Some of my favouite creators are inattendance so I cannot wait a fact even more accentuated by some of the comments on the conventions website. “Thought Bubble [...]

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May seem a bit lazy using other people’s words but there is an important article up at http://www.moorereppion.com the blog of writing partners (in more ways than one) Leah Moore and John Reppion that I need you to read. Listening to: ‘Strength Through Music’ by Amanda Palmer

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