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Tempo Lush Tales Teasers: Mike Medaglia

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Many folk know Mike Medaglia through his co-founding Comic Gosh!p graphic novel reading group.
Some know him as editor extreme for his Wu Wei Anthology.
Others know him through his wonderful creations Seasons, Meditations Illustrated or Last Days of Nobodies.
Thousands more will discover his work through his new regular comics at Huffington Post.
I like to think of him as that nice guy I eat stir fried rice with.

Anyway he was kind enough to visually interpret some song lyrics of mine for Tempo Lush Tales.  Here’s a sneaky peaky peak of Save Night-Time for my Dreams…save-nighttime-sampleCover-for-Promo

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Rosie and Jacinda Magical Preview: Chie Kutsuwada

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It’s been great collaborating with my talented Brighton based friend Chie Kutsuwada this Summer, not only on a story for Tempo Lush Tales (preview soon!) but also on pages of the upcoming Rosie and Jacinda: Demon Cloud.

Chie is an amazing visual story teller and draws the Rosie and Jacinda characters flawlessly…

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Tempo Lush Tales Teasers: Paul Shinn

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Next up in our Tempo Lush Tales preview series it’s the fantastic illustrator and cartoonist Paul Shinn.  I’ve love his cartoons and comics and was really pleased with how he adapted his style to this story, showing a full range of subtle emotions for the characters.

Enjoy a sneaky preview of  President of West Tibia…
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Rosie and Jacinda Magical Preview: Jade Sarson

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The brilliant and deservedly award winning Jade Sarson (For the Love of God Marie!, Cafe Suada) has drawn some amazing pages for Rosie and Jacinda: Demon Cloud.

You’ll have to wait until the comic comes out October 3rd to see the whole thing, but I will tease you with a couple of panels showing her amazing abilities…R&J-Jade-sample

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Bang! Crash! Whizz! Sally-Anne Hickman and me make some noisy fun!

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Very excited to reveal the cover of next month’s collaboration with the wonderful Sally-Anne Hickman!

It’s an picture book / comic aimed at a pre-school crowd with exceptional taste!

As well as Bang!, Crash! and Whizz! readers can expect to find some Ding!, Pluck! and even Sput! 

We’ve been fine-tuning the story for a while so will be very excited to be able to hold it at last!Bang-Crash-Whizz-Cover
The official launch for Bang! Crash! Whizz! is in London on Friday October 3rd, as the comic goes on sale for the first time along with three other new Tempo Lush Publications, Rosie and Jacinda: Demon Cloud, Tempo Lush Tales and Lucy the Octopus: Any Less the Freak.
Join many of the creators involved, ready to sign copies of comics and be friendly and charming at the wonderful Gosh Comics (1 Berwick Street, London W1F 0DR) October 3rd 2014, 7pm-9pm!
See the Facebook Event Page here!

For those of you who want to find out more about Sally-Anne, check out this comic about her here!

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Tempo Lush Tales Teasers: Steven Walsh

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Anyone who’s been guided by his comic expertise or in Gosh! Comics in Soho, or been entertained and enlightened by him on the South London Hardcore podcast will know how easy to listen to and damn smart Steven Walsh is!

So I was extremely happy when Steve agreed to write the foreword to Tempo Lush Tales.  Here’s a snippet….

“It’s always exciting when you realise you are living through a Golden Age.
By their very nature they are brief, barely tangible moments in history where enough elements align to allow for the flourishing of a particular movement or medium and it’s wonderful to be able to realise that one is happening around you.”

Cover-for-PromoSteve also scripts comics himself which can be seen in The Comix Reader, Score & Script and Wu Wei and writes about them in Your Days Are Numbered.

If that’s not enough he’s currently running three regular comic related meet ups at Gosh!, Gosh!p (graphic novel reading group), Capers! (focusing on superheros) and Process (an evening for comic creators to learn and discuss their craft).

More importantly this is what Steve and his co-host Jack McInroy looked like when I drew them as octopuses.

Steve Walsh and Jack Mcinroy of South London Hardcore, Lucy the Octopus style.

Steve Walsh and Jack Mcinroy of South London Hardcore, Lucy the Octopus style.

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New Lucy Painting but what’s it for?

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Finished up a watercolour image of Lucy and the Demon Beast on Friday.
What could I use it for?
Starting with some pencils…
Lucy3Cover1Paint in the main colours of the two characters…Lucy3Cover2 A bit more tone and the base layer for the other colours…
Lucy3Cover3 Adding the eyes always brings a character to life…
Lucy3Cover4 A hint of a background bringing out the blue of Lucy, plus some colour pencil work…
Lucy3Cover5 Finally some black ink…
Lucy3Cover6 A clean up on Photoshop whiting out the surrounding paper…Lucy3Cover7 And this demon beast is ready for its close up!
Lucy3Cover8updateWhy!  It’s the cover of the third printed Lucy comic: Any Less the Freak, out in October…

Plus for those who don’t know, there’s a launch party in London on Friday October 3rd, for Lucy the Octopus: Any Less the Freak along with three other new Tempo Lush Publications, Tempo Lush Tales, Bang! Crash! Whizz! and Rosie and Jacinda: Demon Cloud.
Join many of the creators involved, ready to sign copies of comics and be friendly and charming at the wonderful Gosh Comics (1 Berwick Street, London W1F 0DR) October 3rd 2014, 7pm-9pm!
See the Facebook Event Page here!