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…
Hoorah for Matt Boyer, who drew a short medieval tale beautifully for Tempo Lush Tales.
I met Matt through Gosh!ip and was soon enjoying his Running comic strip, which was part of this year’s WASP (Webcomic Artist Swap Project).
Treat yourself to taster of The Great Feast…
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…
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…
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!
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!
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.”
Steve 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.
Finished up a watercolour image of Lucy and the Demon Beast on Friday.
What could I use it for?
Starting with some pencils…
Paint in the main colours of the two characters…
A bit more tone and the base layer for the other colours…
Adding the eyes always brings a character to life…
A hint of a background bringing out the blue of Lucy, plus some colour pencil work…
Finally some black ink…
A clean up on Photoshop whiting out the surrounding paper…
And this demon beast is ready for its close up!
Why! 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!
Wonderful illustrator, book cover designer and my regular table buddy at conventions, Van Nim delivers a short but sweet story about fashion in Tempo Lush Tales!
Here’s a snippet of Amy’s Hat…
Van’s artwork also makes a tiny but very special cameo in Rosie and Jacinda: Demon Cloud!
So what’s been going on with Rosie and Jacinda since we last saw them?
Are they still best friends?
How are things working out with their romantic interests Benjamin and Aaron?
Are Kyle and Daniella still complete twonks?
All this will be revealed in Rosie and Jacinda: Demon Cloud out in October!
Me and the great Zarina Liew (The Art of Sleep, Le Mime) are back working some fairytlale magic once again, but this time we’re joined by four amazing artists… Francesca Dare (Penny Blackfeather), Inko (Ketsueki (Markosia), Rachel Moves To Brighton), Chie Kutsuwada (King of a Miniature Garden, Self Made Hero’s As You Like It) and Jade Sarson (For the Love of God Marie!, Cafe Suada).
Have a peak at Inko’s amazing cover…
Plus for those who don’t know, there’s a launch party in London on Friday October 3rd, for Rosie and Jacinda: Demon Cloud along with three other new Tempo Lush Publications, Tempo Lush Tales, Bang! Crash! Whizz! and a new Lucy the Octopus comic.
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!
