Boom! Box Mixtape and Birmingham March Events

 

 

I had a little comic published by Boom! Box for their 2016 music themed Mixtape anthology. It's been reprinted recently in this All Stars edition. The anthology should be available to through your local comic shop. 

I have 2 events in Birmingham coming up this week so here are the details!

KALEIDOSCOPE #2 (FREE ENTRY!) - Live music & art at The Night Owl, Digbeth
Moved to Tuesday 13th March due to snow at the beginning of the month

BIRMINGHAM MCM COMIC CON - NEC, Birmingham International
Saturday 17th - Sunday 18th March 2018
You'll be able to find my table in Row J of the Comic Village

Glasgow MCM Comic Con

 

 

Thank you so much to everyone at Glasgow Comic Con this year! The crowd at Scottish shows are always so friendly and enthusiastic about comics it's great. I took some example portraits of my friend Sarah Fogg - thank you to everyone who ordered a commission! I was stuck on the coach most of yesterday and couldn't draw because of motion sickness, I was able to post most of them out today but I've got a couple to finish tonight which will dispatch tomorrow at the latest.

I'm going to be at Nostalgia & Comics (Birmingham) for Small Press Day this Saturday. There will be a change over of different creators throughout the day - I'll be around in the morning slot between 10.30am-12.15pm so I can go draw bands at Godiva Festival in the afternoon.

Giant Rhinos In Space #5 and Afroflux Comic Con

 

Giant Rhinos In Space #5 arrived from the printers today! The comic includes chapter 5 plus a gallery of illustrations in the back. I've made up bundles and everything is ready to launch at London MCM Comic Con this weekend! My table will be on row G of the Comic Village (there isn't a map just yet, but check my Twitter for directions nearer the day)

I keep an up to date list of events on the blog sidebar - but listings are already on my Etsy shop if you can't make it to those particular cities. (International shipping available)

Thank you to everyone at Afroflux Comic Con at Birmingham Hippodrome on Sunday. It was great to catch up with friends and meet some really lovely people!

Do What You Want Zine

 

Do What You Want is a zine about mental health compiled by Ruby Tandoh and Leah Pritchard to raise money for 4 relevant charities and non-profit organizations. I wrote and drew a short comic about my own experience with health anxiety in particular. There's a long list of great illustrators on their website, so it sounds like it's going to be packed full of great illustrations to go along side interesting content. Preorders will open on Big Cartel from the 3rd March with the zine launch on the 28th April.

Pipedream Comics: The Pull List - Magazine Interview

I did an interview about music comics and zines for Pipedream Comic's most recent issue of The Pull List. The magazine has a great selection of articles and is available digitally or in print through their website.

Boom! Box Mix Tape 2016

 

Happy new year! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas!

I contributed a 3 page comic to this years the Boom! Box Mix Tape anthology. My short story is set at a music festival and includes a puzzle on each page. The publication was released earlier this month and if you can't find a copy at your local comic shop don't forget a digital version is available to order via Comixology.

I still haven't booked any comics events for 2017 just yet but look out for confirmation announcements via twitter 
 

That Music Zine and Thought Bubble 2016

Thank you so much to everyone at Thought Bubble over the weekend! Special thanks to John Riordan for inviting me to be on the Sound & Vision music comics panel. (little clip here) It was really lovely to spend the rest of the weekend chatting about music with people at the table - Thank you so much for coming by! I had a great time with my table neighbours Ink & Booze and Good Comics. (If you're into music comics, you should check out their Dead Singers Society zine)

I launched That Music Zine Autumn 2016 at Thought Bubble - Click here for Etsy Listing!

Gig sketches, illustrations & comics!

Featuring Kate Tempest, Alimony Hustle, Okinawa Picture Show, Dutch Uncles, Sonic The Comic, Frank, Colleen Green, Peace, Gaz Coombes, Stephen Steinbrink, Quarterback, Girlpool, Welcome To Night Vale, Courtney Barnett, Hooton Tennis Club, Soley,  John Grant, Villagers, Nada Film, Kiran Leonard, Irma Vep, OPS, Yr Poetry, The Lovely Eggs, Nim Chimpsky, Otoboke Beaver, Tuff Love, Chastity Belt, Hana, Grimes, Ekkah, The Subways, The Mystery Jets, The Charlatans, Emma McGann, Exhailers, Frank, Nachthexen, Martha, Goosebump Baby, The Jelas, Trustfund, Joyce Delaney, Crywank and The Tuts

Printed by Elyse & Reece from Rope Press
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A4 staple bound zine (210x297mm/8.3x11.7inches)
24 Interior pages (risograph - black ink)
Double sided cover (risograph - purple and fluorescent pink ink)

Thank you! The last event of the year will be Birmingham MCM Comic Con - 19th-20th November at the NEC. I'll be in the Comic Village with a full table. Sorry I don't have the table number and map just yet - but I'll post the info on my Twitter when it's available. Thanks! See you there!

London MCM Comic Con October 2016

Thank you to everyone who came by my table at London MCM Comic Con! I really love decorating my table for Halloween. I had a great time with my table neighbours @ryuuza-art, @claudetc and @ratherlemony!!

I’ll be at Thought Bubble this weekend in Leeds! I’m sharing table 182b in New Dock Hall with Drew Askew/Ink & Booze.

I’m picking up a brand new gig sketches zine from the printers this week! (Rope Press) It compiles some of the gig sketches from the last year or so plus new comics and illustrations - including ‘Sammy’s Guide to Gig Sketching’ - sharing tips on how to draw on location, in the dark and in the middle of rowdy crowds. Visit my music blog for more gig sketches!

I keep an up to date list of events in the blog sidebar - but don’t forget I have an online Etsy shop if you can’t make it. (That Music Zine Autumn 2016 listing will be added ASAP)

I’m going to be on the Sound & Vision panel in the Cinema of War at 10.50-11.40am on Saturday 5th November. You can find the full Thought Bubble festival program online here.

Thanks! See you there!

Hometown by Laydeez Do Comics Birmingham

Laydeez Do Comics are a group who hold regular events around the UK and internationally. Creators are invited to do presentations about comics or their own work. LDC Birmingham has been running for a year and to celebrate Charlotte Bailey compiled an anthology with the theme Hometown. The profits will go towards bringing speakers from further afield to Birmingham.

I will have copies of the book available from my table at events (see the blog sidebar for an up to date list). You can order Hometown online through the LDC Big Cartel site. 

I contributed a 2 page comic and the wrap around cover illustration. Photographed pages are by Charlotte Bailey, Yen Quach and Bryony Attenburrow. The comic was printed locally with a risograph machine by Rope Press.

Birmingham Comics Festival 2016

Thank you to everyone who came by our table at the Birmingham Comics Festival!! - I had so much fun sharing with Charlotte from Laydeez Do Comics Birmingham and Joe Krawec & Angus Medford! The West Midlands comics scene is full of lovely people!

The Laydeez Do Comics Hometown anthology is now available to order online through this Big Cartel shop! and join us on Facebook for regular updates about LDC Birmingham events!

The next event will be Comica Comiket at The House of Illustration on the 14th May. Make sure you try to see the Comix Creatrix and Shojo manga exhibitions before they end - LDC Birmingham did a field trip a couple of weeks ago and it was excellent!!

See the sidebar for a up to date list of events - and don’t forget my comics and zines can be ordered online through my Etsy shop (the Grimes Fanzine is now back in stock!) 

The Indie Project Podcast

I was interviewed by local comics creator Rees Finlay for the Indie Project Podcast, we mostly discus making small press comics and zines. You can find Rees' comics and learn more about The Indie Project here.

True Believers Comic Festival 2016

Thank you so much to everyone at True Believers Comic Festival - it was pretty chilled behind the table and a nice start to convention season.

I’d like to say a massive thank you to everyone who has been pre-ordering the 2nd print run for the Grimes Fanzine through Etsy - I completely miss calculated how many we would need and I’m really sorry about for the inconvenience!

The next event will be Midlands MCM Comic Con, Telford on Saturday 13th February. I don’t have a table number or a map yet, but I will be in the Comic Village section which is worth looking around anyway! Please come and say hi because I have FREE MINI COMICS to hand out!

Don’t forget it’s - Laydeez Do Comics Birmingham on Monday 8th February! 7.30-9.30pm at The Victoria. Presentations by Lucie Ebrey aka muggybees, Verity Hall,  and Alexandra McCarthy. LDC Birmingham are making an anthology with the theme ‘hometown’ - email ldcbirmingham@gmail.com if you’re interested in hearing more! (everyone is welcome at LDC - yes, I mean guys can come along and hang out!)

Giant Rhinos In Space #4

Giant Rhinos In Space #4 arrived from the printers this week. They are now available to order through my Etsy shop for £3.50 or as part of a bundle. I have a list of up to date events in the blog sidebar - thank you!