Here’s a sneaky peaky at one of the stars of a forthcoming comic written by yours truly with the beautiful artwork of Zarina Liew. We’re having lots of fun exchanging ideas, polishing the script and pushing on with the artwork. Watch this space for more previews as we get closer to the release date later this year…
This year’s thing was my best yet! Thanks to everyone who bought my stuff, bought me a drink, asked me questions and didn’t beat me up.
I picked up some killer comics while I was there, including gems of great beauty by Luke Paton, Claude T.C, Saban Kazim, Strange Biros, Josceline Fenton, Jenika Loffreda and the groovetastic Francesca Cassavetti.
Another treat at the show was seeing some more work in progress from the most excellent Aaron Smurf Murphy – that story coming to a Tempo Lush comic soon!
Also took some pix which are seen below for your pleasure and entertainment. Couple of apologies – I still haven’t fixed the bug on my site which that means the footer of this page appears somewhere in the middle. It does work on Firefox but not on Opera or some versions of Internet Explorer. I’ll sort it out soon – promise! Second apology as it seems my camera adds the most extreme red eye ever. Enjoy!
Neither of these people are Lizz “Gleeeee” Lunney. One of them might be Sean Azzopardi and one of them is looking forward to a Snickers.
Tozo creator and amazing illustrator David O’Connell. Good times, good times.
The magical world of Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Douglas Noble.
Watch out folks the Bastards sirens are calling you to their table. Don’t let Francesca Cassavetti and Sally-Anne Hickman trick you. If you go near their comics you will crash your ship on the jagged rocks of their comic goodness.
Peekaboo – it’s… Timothy J Winchester!
Smile Jenika Loffreda – I’m taking a pic for my blog! Ooh – I think I’ll buy that lovely cat T-shirt too!
Josceline Fenton and Claude Trollope-Curson right before they head off to their Hoola Hoops Anonymous meeting.
What kind of hip cats are holding the Tempo Lush Cosmically Enlightened Gift Set these days? Why it’s hip cats like Lando and Dickon Harris!
My great discovery of this year’s thing – the very talented and pleasant to sit next to while crazy comic folk wander past for several hours Luke Paton
They’re fun! They’re lovable! That’s right, they’re Oliver Lamden and Jake Harold!
Shabs talks artistry, politics and embroidery with Japanofail
Van Nim of Capes & Drapes sells her quality merchandise.
Phil Spence, he’s not that dense, and for a few pence, he’ll start to make sense! Sorry Phil – it’s late and I’ve run out of decent photo captions!
This year at the Web & Mini Comix Thing, the fabulous Lizz Lunney and the equally fabulous Timothy Winchester have organised a fun little something known as the Dino-Saw-Us Passport!
The first 180 Visitors to the show can pick up a special passport when they come to the show and many of the comic creators exhibiting will give away free stickers for the passports! Very cool! You can see a list of all the lovely artists taking part here, and a sneaky peaky of the Tempo Lush stickers below…
Here’s a preview of a four page story I’ve done for this year’s Web and Mini Comix Thing anthology. The show is on 27 March in London and is always a good one. Get your Tempo Lush kicks on Table 66!
Check out the start of the pencils by Aaron “Smurf” Murphy for the first page of a short story we’re working on together. So exciting writing a script, then watching an artist knock it out the park. Then you think, I wonder what the story would look like if I’d drawn it myself. About a zillionth as good, that’s what!! How do you think that makes me feel?!! Bloody selfish of you, man. Thanks Aaron. Thanks a lot!
Had a great day at the extremely buzzing Alternative Press Fair on Saturday. Always cool to hang out with lovely comic friends before they all get too big and successful to acknowledge my existence.
Thanks to everyone who bought my comics and gift sets and prints and box sets.
Here’s some pix…
Wowzers! What a busy crowd of sophisticats.
The amazing Lizz Lunney and the enigmatic Timothy Winchester
Guys geting down to business. Mallard Small Press, Al Maceachern and Gavin Burrows.
Woohoo! It’s Zarina Liew!
Shamelessly promoting his fine new comic “A Call from Karl!”, it’s Dickon Harris!
It was my most excellent pleasure to be a guest on Iyare Igiehon‘s Direct Edition show! We shot the breeze about my work and the week’s new comic releases including the excellent S.W.O.R.D Issue 4 (by Kieron Gillen and Stephen Sanders). Let’s hope I don’t look too much like a mumbling idiot!
Comic fairs seem to the outside world to be a strange world apart, but those in the know understand that within the crazy world of comic lovers there are worlds within worlds; Manga fans who won’t touch American comics, Folk who will lap up Graphic Novels but turn their noses up at anything too mainstream and so on…
At the Alt Press fair you’ll find some wonderful comic creators but to open up the world even more they rub shoulders with poets, zine writers and print makers.
I’ll be there – you can find my stuff on the General table. Also look out for the fantastic Zarina Liew with her Cobalt Cafe table.
Aloysius Social Club Phoenix Road NW1 1TA. Nearest tube Euston
Tempo Lush blog, So clean and bare
Ready for words of love and care
Adjectives, nouns and a couple of verbs
Words from the city and words from the burbs
Maybe some words of scandals and sleaze
Maybe some words of sandals and cheese
Time to sign off with a hug and a kiss
Let’s hope my blog gets way better than this
