Comiket Fall 2012

A great time was had at the Bishopsgate institute, Sally Anne and I squished up behind our table with the brilliant Doug 'Strip for me' Noble. A parade of talented individuals live drawing on the podium started with Alison Bechdel followed by Ellen Lindner, both on loan from the USA, and included a very glamorous Stephen Appleby, Line Hoven and her amazing scraperboard, Tobias Tak's nightmarish creatures and many more who are listed here. Jess Cave baked an amazing comic cake to which I contributed the top right hand panel, which was so awesome that my camera actually broke in my attempt to record it. Hence the only picture I have of the whole event.

Drink was taken at the Gun in the excellent company of Tom Oldham, Richy K, Gary Northfield and a host of others. Many thanks to Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury and all the organisers for putting on another successful day. And now a personal message to the person who bought two of my comics and left them behind on my table: please contact me so I can post them to you!

93 years

Dessinators are go

Our intrepid gang of globe-trotting comic artistes shall henceforth be known under the collective name of The Dessinators. Sounds pretty good, eh?

Hello again

I've been somewhat preoccupied for the last few months, and need to refocus. Here is a page from my sketchbook from this summer. Might develop into something, who knows...?

I will be venturing forth to Comiket on November 10.

Can do – should do – will do

Finally finished and sent off my story that will appear in issue 2 of Ink+paper, David O'Connell's wonderful, perfectly-formed comic anthology. Now to get on with my other projects... Whatever life throws at me, I always feel better when I draw, and even betterer after I actually complete something. I like feeling good, therefore I must create more – simple equation!

Winter over

The 'look inside' feature is now up and running on my book in the AMAZON kindle store, so here's hoping sneak peaks might boost my sales.
I forgot to mention this review Rob Clough posted last month of the minicomics I sent him.
I have arisen from my winter torpor and got back to work on my contribution for Ink+Paper while gearing myself up for Comica — less than two weeks away now...


Seems like forever since Angouleme.

E by gum

TMNTITW is now available through Amazon as a Kindle download... How very 21st century!



The 'Look inside' feature apparently takes a bit longer to activate – hopefully it will be up and running soon.
We shall see whether there is any interest in comic books in this format, as the choice on offer appears to be a fairly limited so far. Being black and white and mostly simple line work, this book seems eminently suitable for the medium.
If the reaction is encouraging, now we have cracked the technology, I will no doubt upload some more of my back catalogue.
The digital revolution marches on. I personally prefer good old-fashioned paper and ink, physical tomes with smells to breathe in and textures to fondle. But why ignore a whole world of people who experience their reading in a different way and don't need to clog their lives with objects. All power to them I say.
And I swear I can hear a million trees breathing sighs of relief .