Birmingham MCM Comic Con 2014

Thank you very much to everyone who came by our table at Birmingham MCM Comic Con! It was a busy show and Sarah Fogg and I had a really great time. 

The next event we will be attending is BCExpo in May.

Most items in the photo are available to order from my Etsy shop or Sarah's Etsy shop.

What's The Time Mrs. Woolf? Spring 2014

The preview is from my 2 page comic in the new spring issue of What's The Time Mrs. Woolf? It has been printed ready to launch at Birmingham MCM Comic Con this weekend. I will be sharing a table with Sarah Fogg and you'll be able to find our table in the Comic Village. See the sidebar of this blog for up to date information of confirmed events.

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 #1 Cover Design

 

I designed a new wrap around cover for Giant Rhinos In Space #1. The first issue will contain all 30 pages of chapter 1. I an hoping to have the print version available at the end of March. This comic is also being published online weekly as a webcomic. 3 new pages of the story are added every Friday afternoon. Click here to start reading.

Midlands MCM Comic Con 2014

Sarah Fogg and I had a good day at Midlands MCM Expo yesterday. It was great to see so many friends and meet new people. Thank you to everyone who came by the table for a chat and/or purchased comics and zines.

We have 3 tables confirmed this spring. You will be able to find us at the following events.

• Birmingham MCM Comic Con (Comics Village) - 22nd-23rd March
• BCExpo - 10th-11th May
• London MCM Comic Con (Comics Village) - 23rd - 25th May

All our comics and zines are available to order through my Etsy shop or Sarah Fogg's Etsy shop.

Hourly Comic Day 2014 Mini Comic

I decided to print my Hourly Comic Day 2014, ready to take to Midlands MCM Comic Con in Telford on Saturday 15th February. I will be sharing a table with Sarah Fogg in the Comic Village.

I used my Witchsona illustration as the cover because the character design is mentioned a couple of times in the comic. The comics are also available to order from my Etsy shop.

Hourly Comic Day 2014

Hourly Comic Day is on 1st February every year. People all around the world draw 1 comic per hour they are awake. I have done this challenge on and off for about 4 years.

At the beginning of December I fell of my bike and fractured my jaw, cut open my lip and chin and one of my front teeth shattered. The scar on my lip doesn't really look like a line, but I think it looks different enough to draw it in some way so I decided to draw it in a symbolic way rather than a visual representation.

Panel 3 - Mary Anne Hobbs and Line Up by Elastica

Panel 1 - Mary Anne Hobbs and Everyday Robots by Damon Albarn
Panel 2 - Sarah Fogg and Witchsona Week
Panel 4 - Giant Rhinos In Space Webcomic
Panel 5 - London MCM Comic Con

Panel 3 - Sarah Fogg and Witchsona Week

Panel 4 - Gemma Sheldrake, Sarah Fogg and Witchsona Week
Panel 5 - Nemone's Electric Ladyland, Jon Hopkins and Time It's Time by Talk Talk

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!

Happy Christmas from Giant Rhinos In Space

Happy Christmas from Pip and Annie! These characters are from Giant Rhinos In Space, I'm hoping to work a lot more on this project in the new year.

Character Designs

 

 

 

  

These are character designs for a short story comic I'm hoping to find time to draw draw next year. They are college friends. They are all fun to draw because of their over exaggerated features.

What's The Time Mrs. Woolf? Winter 2013/2014

This is a preview from a new 3 page comic I created for the winter issue of What's The Time Mrs. Woolf? We wont be attending any more comics events this month but Sarah Fogg has made sure the new issue is available in time for Christmas.

Volume Print Fair At The Library Of Birmingham 2013

Inspired Comics Collective had a table at Volume Print Fair at the new Library of Birmingham. Thank you to Jack Davies (in the photo), Shaz Jubeen and Sarah Fogg for helping out at the event. We also had a lot of fun drawing pages for a zine in a day project ran by Footprint. (The illustration on the right is by Kristyna Baczynski)  For more photos visit the Inspired blog.

Thought Bubble 2013

 

 

Last weekend I went to Thought Bubble with Inspired Comics. We had a lot of fun chatting to people at our table in the new Allied London Hall. Thank you very much to everyone who bought comics. Thank you to Dom McKenzie for the first photo in this set after my phone photos came out blurry.

Most the items in the photos are available to order online at the following shops

• www.etsy.com/shop/sarahfogg
• www.etsy.com/shop/sammyborras 
• www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JackDaviesarts
• www.petitecreme.storenvy.com

Thank you

Inktober 3 of 3

I finished the Inktober challenge today. These are the last 11 illustrations from the set. It was a lot of fun drawing lots of my favourite characters.

21/11/13 Pip and Steve from Giant Rhinos In Space
22/11/13 Mike and Sulley from Monsters University 

23/11/13 Sweet Pea, character by Sarah Fogg

 

24/11/13 Ted and Tim from Children Of The Night

 

Inktober 25/11/13 Chloe and Zoe from Chloe Noonan Monster Hunter

26/11/13 Carl from Giant Rhinos
27/11/13Mel and Sue from The Great British Bake Off

28/11/13 Sam and Phil from The Wrong Mans

29/11/13 Dead Cats Of Plum Street

30/11/13 Crystal Gems from Steven Universe

31/11/13 Unnamed new characters designs