Laydeez Do Comics!



















Hello there,

Next Monday I'll be at the Laydeez Do Comics meeting alongside Jacqueline Nicholls and Karen Rubins, chatting about my work and showing pictures of it on a big screen. It'd be great to see you there if you can make it, I'm really excited about it. I haven't had anyone ask me to talk about my work since college crits!

Here's the info...

The What:

Monday 16 January 2012
Day: Monday
Time: 6.30 – 9.30pm
Venue: The Rag Factory 16-18 Heneage Street, London E1 5LJ
Guests:
Daniel Locke, artist and illustrator
Karen Rubins, comics artist

And the where:

The Sewing Room
The Rag Factory
16-18 Heneage Street, London E1 5LJ
Directions:
Nearest Tube: Aldgate East. Follow the exit which directs you to the Whitechapel Art Gallery
Turn LEFT out of the tube into Whitechapel High Street.
Take the first left into Osborne Street and carry straight on into Brick Lane.
Take the fourth turning on the right into Heneage Street and The Rag Factory is a little way up, on the right.

Smoke and Mirrors

Ahoy,

The super naturally talented Mr Paul O'Connell has recently published a collection of solo and collaborative strips in 'Smoke and Mirrors: A Sound of Drowning Miscellany' It includes two that I had the pleasure of providing the artwork for, 'Grandad' and 'Spring the Hair'. Paul was selling them at last Saturday's Comiket fair in London, if you missed out there then go get yourself a copy from his website.





  

Grandad

Here's a strip Paul O'Connell and I made a while back. Paul provided the beautifully poignant words, and I did my best with the pics.

Duh Duh Draft Init


Hello out there,

I hope you're all well and if in the south of England, finding time to enjoy the tail end of the summer.

This past year I've been working hard on a long form narrative, a book if you will. I'm now into the third re-draft and I thought I'd share a few of the draft pages with you. I'm currently unsure what the finished thing will look like, I've made these pages as quickly as possible, placing the emphasis on moving the story forward, getting an idea down (pretty much the opposite of the laboured way I usually work). There is still some re-drafting to do before any final aesthetic concerns need to be worried about though.



















































































The working title is '311 Ditchling Road'. In an attempt to build on my previous work, this story is based on events from my childhood however unlike other stories I've made this one is semi fictionalised.

In other news, you can hear me talking with my compadres Sean Duffield and Ben Naylor at the Imperial War Museum over at Alex Fitch's Panel Boaders podcast. You can also listen to a recording of my good friend David Blandy talking about his film 'Child of the Atom' to that great cartoonist Mikkel Sommer. It's all available here: panelborders

Here's me, second from the left, with Ben Naylor, Sean Duffield, Francesca Cassavetti and Eileen Cassavetti listening intently to Alex Fitch.

And finally if you're in the Brighton area on Monday pop by the Black lion pub and hear Gary and Warren Pleece talk about their new work at the Cartoon County meeting, more info here: Cartoon County



 

Buzz Buzz

Ahoy.

Through the post today I recieved a copy of Hive issue five! It made me very happy. The publisher Grimalkin Press (Jordan Shiveley) have done a totally outstanding job on getting the book together, from the perfectly balanced greyscale interior to the hand printed dust jacket. In short it is a touch of class.

I'm very proud to have my work represented between it's well crafted covers. I'm accompanied by my friends and fellow travelers Mr Paul O'Connell and Monsieur Lawrence Elwick. But there are also a wealth of other great cartoonists who have contributed to the book. I'm excited by the prospect of reading the work of those I know and getting the chance to meet some of the artists I've not yet read.


Gimalkin Press you rock, you awesome cat you.