elcaf!

elcaf!

June 19, 2013

This Saturday, I’ll be at Elcaf. If you come along, you’ll be able to buy the last few copies of

Wide Awake

Wide Awake

June 14, 2013

Here’s some panels from the page I drew today; And here’s a picture of the page pre-colour.

The Gates

The Gates

May 15, 2013

Enjoyed drawing this.

Awake with a start

Awake with a start

May 13, 2013

Enjoying drawing this. I’m colouring with photoshop for this one. It takes slightly longer than when I work with watercolours,

Working on roughs

Working on roughs

May 1, 2013

I’ve started work on another project that could well be a fairly long one. I don’t want to say too

The Suitcase!

The Suitcase!

April 10, 2013

Well this book has been a long time coming. We’ve had technical hitches and suspected brain haemorrhages getting this book

Throw Your Keys Away

Throw Your Keys Away

April 1, 2013

Here’s a new strip I did for OffLife. You just TRY and tell me that this hasn’t happened to you.

Hey You!

Hey You!

March 25, 2013

Hey You! is a collection of small strips and short stories drawn over the past year or so including the

Hourly comics

Hourly comics

February 1, 2013

Thought I’d give hourly comics a go this year. And that was my day. As far as days go, it was

Men Who Climb

Men Who Climb

January 12, 2013

Here’s a look at the strip I did for OffLife comic. It started out as a QuickDraw exercise but I

Script/Score

Script/Score

January 7, 2013

I can’t believe I didn’t post this ages ago. I contributed to John Miers’ Script/Score project a couple of months

More thumbnails.

More thumbnails.

January 4, 2013

Work continues on this book. I’m enjoying soon my roughs at this scale, it feels quicker and a bit more

Thumbnails

Thumbnails

January 3, 2013

Started re-thumbnailing a story I started and put on a back burner a year ago. Really enjoying doing these.

Algiers

Algiers

December 20, 2012

Here’s the short report I made for the British Council on my trip to FIBDA in Algeria in October. It’s

24h Comics

24h Comics

December 13, 2012

At all of the comics shows I’ve done in the last year, I get asked essentially the same question about

British Comic Awards

British Comic Awards

November 26, 2012

This year I was on the committee for the British Comic Awards. I designed the logo, which I’m very proud

Thought Bubble 2012

Thought Bubble 2012

November 12, 2012

So at this weekend’s Thought Bubble festival in Leeds I’ll be sharing a table with Joe Decie. If you are

Comiket and convention etiquette

Comiket and convention etiquette

November 11, 2012

I was at the Comica Comiket yesterday at the Bishopsgate Institute in London. I’d written about the last Comiket a

Comica Comiket

Comica Comiket

November 10, 2012

Today (Saturday the 10th November) I’ll be at the Comiket show in London selling books, signing books, doing drawings and

Prometheus

Prometheus

October 18, 2012

I watched Prometheus last night and I had some issues with it. I had a problem with all the user interfaces

Suitcase

Suitcase

September 27, 2012

Here’s a couple of my favourite pages from The Suitcase;

The Grey Man 2

The Grey Man 2

September 13, 2012

I think the Grey Man has legs - ghastly sweaty hairless legs.

The Grey Man

The Grey Man

September 11, 2012

Joe List and I have been drawing Grey Man comics. I love Grey Man. I don’t think you’ve seen the

Blues

Blues

August 18, 2012

I’m messing about with a bit of digital colour on this strip. I like the version without any lines.

Hey You

Hey You

August 17, 2012

I woke up at about 3 am this morning with an idea for something I’d been kicking about for ages,

Solipsistic Pop 4

Solipsistic Pop 4

July 18, 2012

I think this is the last thing I’ll post from last year for the time being. There’s a bunch more

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs

July 18, 2012

Continuing the theme of posting up old work, here’s a page I did for the UK Web & Minicomics Thing

Ink + Paper strip

Ink + Paper strip

July 17, 2012

I’d forgotten all about this, but seeing Joe Decie post his strip from Ink + Paper earlier reminded me. The

It’s a book! (nearly)

It’s a book! (nearly)

July 10, 2012

Did the last few odds and ends of drawing for The Suitcase today. I’ll do a more detailed post when

It’s Finished!

It’s Finished!

July 9, 2012

I finished drawing The Suitcase this morning! I’ve still got odds and ends and a bit of tidying up to

Nearing the end

Nearing the end

June 29, 2012

Getting very close to the end of The Suitcase. Here’s a portion of a page I finished yesterday.

Panels

Panels

June 27, 2012

Work on The Suitcase continues.

Bad Machinery

Bad Machinery

June 8, 2012

John Allison this morning posted up a couple of pages of pencils for folks to muck about with, and that’s

Colouring in.

Colouring in.

May 9, 2012

Spent some time colouring in over the last couple of days.

The Suitcase Continues

The Suitcase Continues

May 7, 2012

Haven’t posted much about the suitcase recently, so here’s a work in progress. I’ve only got a handful of pages

Free Comic Book Day

Free Comic Book Day

May 5, 2012

Seeing as it is entirely out of print now, feel free to download and share my first twitter-cooking-comic, Onion Soup! Happy

The inside of cars

The inside of cars

April 28, 2012

I seem to have spent a lot of time in the last year or so drawing the inside of cars

Comiket April 2012

Comiket April 2012

April 22, 2012

Yesterday was the first comiket of the year. Organised by Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury as part of the Comica

Content-Aware Comics

Content-Aware Comics

April 15, 2012

For a hoot I decided to run some of my comics through Photoshop’s content-aware fill. Yikes, right? Here’s how to; Open

The Suitcase

The Suitcase

April 14, 2012

After being ill recently, I’ve been attacking work on The Suitcase with renewed vigour. I don’t want to post too

Sale! Sold! Selling!

Sale! Sold! Selling!

March 29, 2012

Pretty pleased with the way my books have been selling. They are in numerous comic shops all over the place,

Suitcase Teaser

Suitcase Teaser

March 11, 2012

Here’s a couple of teaser panels from the suitcase to keep you going.

What I’m using to do what.

What I’m using to do what.

March 5, 2012

Really enjoying drawing this book. This guy below (clearly a bad dude; tattoos, smoking, sideways looks) is lots of fun

Cat Island proofs

Cat Island proofs

February 29, 2012

Got the proofs today for the print version of Cat Island. Very exciting indeed. Rather than just being saddle-stitched (stapled),

Finally found a folder

Finally found a folder

February 19, 2012

I’m sure I mentioned it somewhere else on the site, but I draw my pages on Goldline watercolour paper. I