HOW TO MAKE A COMIC STRIP (or more accurately How to make the 93rd instalment of Lucy the Octopus) PART 3: PENCILS

For Part 1 of this series of blogs: The Foundations of Writing, click here! For Part 2: Script, Lettering & Layout, click here! So where were we?  Oh yes!  I’ve come up with my story, written my script and laid out my lettering and panels as seen below. Now it’s… Continue reading

Interview with Finish the Lucy the Octopus Strip Contest Winner: Saul Taylor

I was so happy with the response to the Finish the Lucy the Octopus Strip Contest that was run over on lucytheoctopus.net at the end of last year.London Based Saul Taylor’s entry nabbed first place for its off kilter humour, a great expression on Lucy’s face and the pathos of… Continue reading

HOW TO MAKE A COMIC STRIP (or more accurately How to make the 93rd instalment of Lucy the Octopus) PART 2: SCRIPT, LETTERING & LAYOUT

For Part 1 of this series of blogs (The Foundations of Writing), click here! THE SET UP Right – so I’ve completed the first 92 Lucy the Octopus strips and I’m about to write the script for Episode 93, which will come to look like this upon completion…The previous strips… Continue reading

Thought Bubbling 2014

Time for a quick visual look at fun times at the past weekend’s Thought Bubble comic convention in Leeds. Up early and mentally preparing my brain for the day by analysing my stocks and shares…New stuff on sale – hoorah!My table neighbour Van Nim‘s wonderful array of work…Just beyond Van… Continue reading

Greenwich Theatre Cartoon Mural Workshop

I had a fantastic time representing the Cartoon Museum today, running two Character designing workshops for kids at Greenwich Theatre.  It was great to play a tiny part in the huge Big Draw festival… All in all around thirty kids developed their skills in creating fun comic characters, starting off… Continue reading

MCM London Comic Con 2014

Cheers to all the lovely folk who visited the Tempo Lush table at MCM London Comic Con this past weekend.  Great meeting new people and having folk who had read my work before come back for more! Really pleased that all my new comics were selling.  Had to rearrange my… Continue reading

Evolution of an Anthology Cover: Tempo Lush Tales Cover Process with Darker Chi Lynch

So designing the cover for an anthology’s a tricky thing.  Do you focus on an image representing one of the stories inside, or make reference to all of them?  What was I going to put on the front of Tempo Lush Tales that would encompass what the book’s about and… Continue reading

Tempo Lush Launch Night at Gosh: Photos, Videos and Report

Thanks to everyone who came along to the Tempo Lush launch night at Gosh Comics last Friday.  There was an amazing turnout which made for a fantastic evening (for me anyway)! GETTING READY FOR THE LAUNCH So glad I was working with Rich Hardiman of Comic Printing UK who got… Continue reading