Free Comic Book Day and Get London Reading
Free Comic Book Day was spent at the wonderful GOSH! Comics in London’s glittering West End. It was hectic and fun – there should be a word for that. Funtic? I spent some time at the drawing table with budding comic-creators who all had very firm ideas about what they wanted to do. I’m always so taken by ...
Free Comic Book Day at GOSH!
A quick post to let you know that I’ll be spending Free Comic Book Day at GOSH! Comics in London. Along with a host of other brilliant artists and creators, we’ll be drawing on windows (and paper) and generally enjoying being surrounded by loads of comics and friends. The details are all here. Amazing poster by Gary Northfield, whose Teenytinysaurs book ...
Monster Art & Comiket
A school teacher friend of mine sent me these pics drawn by students in his class. They were drawing characters from their favourite books and a few of them had chosen MONSTER & CHIPS! I’m very honoured that they liked the book so much and the art is pretty amazing too: Joe meets Fuzzby. Great ...
Zombie cup-cakes!
They look freakily delicious, I must say! You can see a pic in the background from the book – it’s like they’ve just stepped out of it! I’ve pinched the above photo from Playing by the Book – if you’re the chef, then do let me know. ETA: And the marvellous baker was Polly of The Little Wooden ...
Swimming with medusa
A while back I saw this picture by Lewis Trondheim on his tumblog. I was so taken with it that I thought there could be things to learn from… well, copying it, to be honest. I love the way he’s used flat colour to add depth and show the play of light in water, and I loved ...
MONSTER & CHIPS DAY!
Today is officially the best day ever, as it’s officially the release day for my book MONSTER & CHIPS! It’s been a real adventure for me and I’ve loved every second – and I hope you enjoy the book as much as I have enjoyed creating it. My publisher, HarperCollins, has been brilliantly supportive ...
W.A.S.P.!
Not some villainous organisation but the Webcomic Artist Swap Project! Organised by creator of Lucy the Octopus and generally lovely chap Richy Chandler, for this week only twelve artists have taken up the challenge of swapping art duties amongst their respective webcomics and working to each others’ scripts. I sat next to Richy at my first ever comic convention and couldn’t have ...
Imagine Festival
MONSTER & CHIPS had its first official outing at the Southbank last weekend, when I held a couple of workshops as part of this year’s Imagine Festival. The events took place just under the Queen Elizabeth Hall, probably better known as the place where the skate-boarders hang out. Part of the space has been walled in to create the ...
Monster & Chips news and reviews
My advance copy of MONSTER & CHIPS arrived on Saturday! It’s pretty much a year since I signed the contract with HarperCollins – can’t quite believe I’m seeing the finished book in my hands (apologies for the terrible photo): And I’ve had some badges made too! Joe, Fuzzby and Barry flavours: You can buy these from ...
Fan-art Friday: Derek Danger
[Click the pic for Danger-sized action.] Derek Danger is the creation of Cadballs, aka Warwick Johnson-Cadwell and Robert Ball. Their comic is serialised here – and a print edition is promised too. Dangerous stuff!
Thursday Fashion
Bit of men’s fashion, courtesy of Gucci. There’s not much to be done with a suit, to be honest. [Source] Ugh, the muse isn’t with me today. Never mind, lots to do so that muse is going to have get on a bus and get over here, pronto!
Golden Age Makeover: Airboy
I’ve always had a soft spot for the character of Airboy, who first appeared in Air Fighters Comics, published by Hillman Periodicals in 1942. With his sentient ‘plane Birdy (that flapped its wings) he battled Nazis, giant rats and other villains. Created by writers Charles Biro and Dick Wood, and artist Al Camy, he disappeared from the comics world when Hillman ceased ...
Quick Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Last night I went to a screening of Beasts of the Southern Wild at the May Fair Hotel, a charity do in aid of Oxfam. I’d never heard of the film before, but it was highly recommended by some friends and as this particular event was for a good cause it seemed like something fun to do. ...
