Misc Fits: Gingerbread Latte (Christmas Special)

I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a great new year! This mini comic is from my webcomic series Misc Fits - you can read The Sea Apple online via Tumblr, Tapastic or Smack Jeeves or buy printed comics and badges through my Etsy Shop.

Giant Rhinos In Space #4

Giant Rhinos In Space chapter 4 is currently being uploaded at 12noon GMT Tuesdays and Fridays. You can follow the updates on the following webcomic sites:

• giantrhinos.tumblr.com
• tapastic.com/series/giantrhinos
• giantrhinos.smackjeeves.com

 I also post reminders on my twitter @sammyborras and the Giant Rhinos In Space Facebook page

Chapters 1-3 are available in print and can be ordered online through my Etsy shop. I took a handful of copies to Orbital Comics recently. Please check the blog sidebar for a up to date list of comic conventions and zine fairs.

Birmingham MCM Comic Con and Giant Rhinos In Space

 

 

Thank you very much to everyone who came by my table at Birmingham MCM Comic Con, it was great to see familiar faces and meet new people - I had a lovely time with my table neighbours Ryuuza, Fat Fairy, Neil Slorance and An Android Awakes. Thanks to my sister Lisa for sitting behind the table for a bit.

MCM was the last convention of the year and I’m looking forward to focusing on finishing comic pages over the winter months. Most events I’m planning to attend in the spring are unconfirmed, but the first show of the year will be True Believers Comic Festival on Saturday 6th February 2016b at Cheltenham Racecourse. Don’t forget I’ll be launching the Grimes Art Angels Fanzine at that event - submission information here! 

I make sure to keep a up to date list of confirmed events in the blog sidebar. I also have an Etsy shop (includes international shipping).

If you are based in the West Midlands there are some events coming up that you should make a note of ....

• Thursday 26th November - Comic Book Film Night - American Splendor - Urban Coffee, Fargo Village, Coventry, at 7pm
• Saturday 28th November - Back To the Future themed Drink and Draw - Drapers’, Coventry at 7pm
• Thursday 3rd December - Laydeez Do Comics Birmingham - The Green Room Cafe at 7.30pm

Giant Rhinos In Space #4 will be launching online this Friday! updates will be at 12noon GMT on Tuesday/Fridays! bookmark a webcomic host site:

• giantrhinos.tumblr.com
• tapastic.com/series/giantrhinos
• giantrhinos.smackjeeves.com

You can also get updates through my Twitter account @ sammyborras and the Giant Rhinos In Space Facebook page
Thanks again for a wonderful con season!
Sammy

Misc Fits - The Sea Apple

Misc Fits launched today! New pages will be updated at 12noon every Tuesday and Friday and you can read via Tumblr , Smack Jeeves and Tapastic. I'm hoping to release a print version of the comic in the autumn (see the side bar for a up to date list of events).

Misc Fits: The Sea Apple Cover

Misc Fits is a new series of slice of life short stories about misfit college friends. The Sea Apple is the first short story comic coming soon

Over the summer you'll be able to follow the comic online via Tumblr , Smack Jeeves and Tapastic. A print version should be released in the autumn.

Giant Rhinos In Space #3 in print!

Giant Rhinos In Space is a comic about a band who get kidnapped by aliens and find themselves competing in a extraterrestrial x-factor. You can read the story so far via Smack Jeeves or Tapastic.
 
Issue 3 has just been released in print and you can order online through Etsy. Each issue is £3.50 or you can choose a bundle offer - any 2 issues for £6 (save £1) or all 3 issues for £7.50 (save £1.50)

The comics will also be available at London MCM Comic Con - Friday 22nd-Sunday 24th May.

You’ll be able to find ‘Sammy Borras & Sarah Fogg’ at table CG6 in the Comic Village (maps and ceiling banners are usually available at the show). There will be FREE MINI COMICS to hand out - the secret password is ‘Do you have a business card?’

See the blog side bar for a up to date events list

Giant Rhinos In Space #1 Printed

Giant Rhinos In Space #1 is now available in print! You can order online through my Etsy shop. The comic is A5 with 32 black and white interior pages and a matt laminated full colour wrap around cover. You can also follow the comic weekly as a webcomic at  www.giantrhinos.smackjeeves.com 

I will be taking the comics to some events this spring and sharing a table with Sarah Fogg

• Birmingham MCM Comic Con - 22nd-23rd March 2014
• BCExpo - 10th-11th May 2014
• London MCM Comic Con - 23rd - 25th May 2014
• True Believers Comic Festival - 7th February 2015

More Events TBC

My comics were featured on the Gosh! Comics blog this week as part of a British Comics Month. I'm still really surprised about it, you should have a look at the excellent comics featured on the other days. (and of course visit their super awesome comic shop when you are in London) Thank you very much Gosh! Comics

Giant Rhinos In Space Webcomic Launch

www.giantrhinos.smackjeeves.com

Giant Rhinos In Space will be launching as a webcomic!
7 pages will be launched at 12noon GMT on Friday 31st January 2014
It will be updated with 3 pages at the same time every Friday

If you would like to be reminded and updated on any changes you can find myself and the project at the following websites

www.giantrhinos.blogspot.co.uk
www.twitter.com/sammyborras
www.giantrhinos.tumblr.com
www.facebook.com/giantrhinos

Happy new year!

WASP

 

WASP stands for Webcomic Artist Swap Project

You can find out more about the project and read all the comics here

 

I had the oppertunity to draw a Blake Sinclair comic written by Sarah Burgess. You can read the full 5 page comic here.

I then got to write a story which was passed to Francesca Dare to illustrate. You can read the full comic here.

Smoothie Wars and Bristol Comic Expo

 

Smoothie Wars is an old webcomic comic short story I drew in the summer of 2010. I recently created a comic about some of the same characters for this years Inspired anthology, so I decided to do this limited print run of mini comics. They are available now through my Etsy shop.
 

Last weekend I went to Bristol Comics Expo with Inspired Comics. Thank you very much if you stopped by to say hello or buy a comic! What's The Time Mrs. Woolf? issue 4 was released at the event, and contains a new Silly Symphonies comic.

I also took part in Timothy Winchester's Boyfriend Week - To celebrate his webcomic reaching 500 pages! You can read People I Know here!

2012 Comics

 

This year I decided to re-write and re-draw my webcomic story Jumping The Shark. I'm pleased with the improvements so far. I have a buffer and the comic will continue to update every Friday morning (GMT). 

  

I created a couple of homage style characters for a university project. This year I have re-named the series 'Stale Symphonies' and submitted a couple of new stories to zines and comics anthologies. This 2 page story called Clothes Shopping is available now in issue 2 of What's The Time Mrs Woolf, an alternative woman's magazine created by my friends Sarah Fogg and Lily-Rose Beardshaw.

 

The 1st February is Hourly Comics Day, participants create 1 comic every hour of the day about what is happening. You can read my full comic online here. I last took part in 2009 and I am glad to see how much I have improved at making comics since then.

Free Mini Comics

This is a free mini comic I created to hand out at Thought Bubble 2011. We had a great time at the event on the Inspired Comics table. Sorry I forgot to take a photo of our table, we had such a massive variety of stuff this year. It was really great seeing people again and I hope I can go again next year :)

The comic characters are from my Jumping the Shark webcomic 

Best Day Ever & Jumping The Shark

 

jumpingtheshark.smackjeeves.com

I launched a new site to host two short stories together because previously it wasn't clear how to navigate the old webcomic site. I have also drawn extra character profiles and put extras dotted about the site.

I had fun at the Orbital Comics Self-portrait Show Private View last weekend. I forgot to take photos but Sarah McIntyre did a great blog post full of photos if you're interested. The portraits will be up until 15th October 2011.

Jumping the Shark

Jumping the Shark is the latest webcomic short story to be uploaded weekly on Instant Comics. It's a follow up to a previous story, Best Day Ever. I have printed copies of Best Day Ever which I have been selling at comics events, shops and my Etsy shop. Hopefully I will be able to print this new comic at some point during 2012.

These are my designs for some new characters and slight changes to the original cast such as weight change and hair cuts.