Desert Island Comics

The lovely folks at the Forbidden Planet blog made me an offer I couldn't refuse - choose the 8 comics that I'd take to a desert island, plus one luxury item. Here's the link: The Forbidden Planet International Blog | The Best In Sci-Fi & Fantasy, News, Reviews, Graphic Novels, comics and more!

Vice Exhibition

I've got some new work in this Vice Illustration Show from May 17th in Shoreditch, alongside Johnny Ryan, Jonny Negron, Kyle Platts, Sam Taylor and more.

Here's a piece about the show in The Guardian: Drawn and quartered: the Vice illustration show – in pictures | Art and design | guardian.co.uk

..and another in Design Week: The Vice Illustration Show | What's On | Design Week

World Of Men

This one's from the new issue of a free comics culture magazine called Your Days Are Numbered, out now - find it in comic shops, cafe's etc around London and Brighton.
So, the idea with this one is to do a load of stories in a similar vein, compile them, and then travel the country selling the comics at building sites, construction supply outlets, concrete factories etc. There's a huge untapped market out there. Men's comics for manly men. As opposed to making comics for nerds, art students, and (ugh) women. Makes sense, right?

Zombie Thatcher

Vice Illustrations

Here's some illustrations I did for a couple of articles about Scottish independence, at Vice.com. Click on the images to enlarge.
Here's the links to the articles:
Why Independence Will Be Heaven for Scotland | VICE United Kingdom
Why Independence Will Be Hell for Scotland | VICE United Kingdom
Thanks to my token Scottish friend, Shez, for giving me the lowdown on Scottish culture, and introducing me to the joys of 'Oor Wullie'.

Morrissey & Clyde No.2

Here's the second Morrissey and Clyde adventure (find the first one under 'Morrissey' in the labels section). Click on it and it'll get way bigger.

This comic would probably have been in the next Stool Pigeon newspaper, but sadly the publishers have decided to call it a day. I'm proud to have been able to contribute for the last 4 years to what I consider to be the finest music mag of recent years, and wish the editorial team and the art director all the best in their new career as rent boys.

So..yeah, I've been studying my books on 60's animation and comics again -stuff like Gerald McBoingBoing, Top Cat, Mr. Magoo, Rocky And Bullwinkle etc. and tried to incorporate a bit of that style into this one. My next comic won't look anything like this though..

Gone Fishin'

Here's the title page of a 4-5 page comic I'm making for an anthology of horror comics, 'Tales Of Terror', to be published by Paper Tiger Comics. They're funding it with one of them thar Kickstarter thingys - more info, links etc. when I get it.

Foyles/Comica Billboard Panels

Here's my contributions to a comic strip history of Foyles, which is part of the Comica 2012 Festival and is currently being exhibited on giant billboards outside Foyles bookshop on Charing Cross Rd. Also featuring panels by Bryan Talbot, Steven Appleby, Hunt Emerson, Rian Hughes, and loads more talented folks.
Theres' a nice review with more info and pics at Design Week: A comic-strip history of Foyles | We Like | Design Week
..and here's another at Creative Review Creative Review - Foyles becomes a comic strip for Comica

I always find it interesting to check out the working processes of artists, especially when they're dealing with clients and commissions, so I've included my first attempts (below). I had to change a couple of things here and there..see if you can guess why..