| HOME | ABOUT | COMICS | ILLUSTRATION | SHOP | DOWNLOADS | FILMISH

Wednesday 27 October 2010

100 Tiny Moments Book - OUT NOW!

The '100 Tiny Moments' books arrived the other day and now have been hand numbered, assigned a badge and packaged.  They look beautiful, and I'm proud as anything to have my first 'proper' book out.  You can buy it over to the right of this page. 

I'll also be selling it in person at the London MCM Expo this weekend.  Please come along and check out my stall (table C87), which I'm sharing with the super-talented Luke Pearson.  I'll be selling '100 Tiny Moments' as well as a lovely printed version of my 'Simple Knot' story.
---
For those who didn't follow the series, '100 Tiny Moments From My Past, Present and Future' was my response to the 100 Days challenge - to do one thing, once a day for one hundred days to make yourself a better person.


I decided on creating a series of autobiographical comics examining my life - from memories, through current events, to imagined futures.  Over 100 days I created 100 comics, and in that three month sprawl you really can see a change in me.  From those early, scruffy attempts through to the increasingly complex and lovingly created pieces that emerge in the weeks that followed, there's a story to be read between the lines and panels of these comics.


It seems long ago now, but it was a fantastic project to be a part of.  Working to that kind of schedule is tiring and draining, but it does get results.   I learned a lot in that 100 Days, and I think it shows.

If you've not read the strips, you can still read the whole series here and see if you like it.  I hope if you enjoy the project you'll be able to support it by buying a copy of the book.

Thursday 21 October 2010

Solipsistic Pop 3 Launch Party Details


“This is a carefully considered, lovingly crafted and utterly covetable compendium, a confirmation of the pleasure of comics in printed inks on quality paper stock [...] Don’t have any second thoughts about purchasing this”
-Paul Gravett


Solipsistic Pop 3 will be launching in London at The Black Heart in Camden on November 12th.  There'll be comedy, music, and free sweeties with every purchase of the new book!  I'll try and make it down, but will have to wait and see.

Date - Friday 12th November
Venue - The Black Heart, 3 Greenland Place, Camden,
NW1 0AP
Doors - 8pm - 12.30am
Entry - £3

Further details of the event can be found here.

Sunday 17 October 2010

Please Give Blood.


In the Blood Donor's waiting room I was struck by the idea that it shouldn't just be little kids who make 'Give Blood' posters.  Here's my effort - why not make your own?

Tuesday 12 October 2010

A Simple Knot.

A new comic for you, by me!  Click to embiggen:





This was my entry for the 2010 Graphic Short Story Prize.  Hope you like it.

The Professor and the Trypanosome.



I just recently did a portrait of a retiring professor who studies some of the parasites I covered in the Parasites! comic.  This was the first image I've ever drawn entirely in the computer, using my new Intuos tablet.


I set the Photoshop pen up to draw like a pencil, before going on to 'ink' the image on a separate layer once I was happy with my pencils.  Using the techniques I use to draw on paper I was able to achieve a piece of work as good as, if not better than I would normally produce through drawing on paper and later scanning into the computer.

Monday 11 October 2010

100 Tiny Moments Book - Preorder.


"There is imaginative and poetic potential in the small details of life that surround us, and very small details can encapsulate the most important things about life"
- Josie Long, in her introduction.

Almost a year after I began work on the 100 Tiny Moments project, and finally the comic is ready for print.  I have brought together all 100 strips from the project, with an introduction by comedian and '100 Days' project leader Josie Long

 I am selling 100 copies of the book: each one is hand numbered and comes with a different 100 Tiny Moments badge.  You can pre-order your copy now through paypal and I will pop your copy in the post when the book is released at the end of October.  Just order your copy from the 'Shop' section on the right of this webpage.


'100 Tiny Moments From My Past, Present and Future' - 116 pages, black and white. Available for pre-order now.  The book will also be available to buy from me in person at MCM London (29th - 31st October).