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New Rosie and Jacinda comic coming October!

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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…
R&J2-cover-for-promoPlus 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!

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Tempo Lush Tales out soon!

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Time to make it official!

The new collection of comic book stories written by me is almost ready to go to print, to be on sale October 2014!

Here’s a sneaky-peak at the cover by designer, Darker Chi Lynch…
Cover-for-PromoHere’s the full line-up of amazing artists involved.
I’ll even tease you with the names of the stories they’ll be working on…

Matt Boyer – The Great Feast
Francesca Cassavetti – In the Bedroom
Martin Eden – The Dig
Tim Hassan – Peacemaker John
Steve Horry – Smoky Digital Seahorse
Inko & Chie Kutsuwada – Two Sons
Mike Medaglia – Save Night-Time for my Dreams
Aaron Murphy – Zardok Infiltration
Van Nim – Amy’s Hat
Karen Rubins – Not Going to Wondoznia
Paul Shinn – President of West Tibia

Keara Stewart will be providing special portraits and there’s even a foreword by Steven Walsh.

For those who don’t know, there’s a launch party in London on Friday October 3rd, for Tempo Lush Tales along with three other new Tempo Lush Publications, Rosie and Jacinda #2, 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!

It’s going to be special!

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Hanging at my table at May MCM London 2014

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I’ve done a half dozen or so MCM Comic Cons now and still enjoy them.

Always nice to see old friends, meet new folk and draw portraits, plus I’m still touched that anyone wants to buy my comics and prints!  The most gratifying thing is when people have already bought something at a previous show and liked it enough to come back and buy something else!

Here’s some pics, starting with with my table spread…
mcmmay14-01It was bigger than in previous years – no wonder some people come for 3 days…mcmmay14-02My lovely table buds Francesca Dare (check the feathers) and Van Nim…mcmmay14-03 mcmmay14-04 mcmmay14-05 mcmmay14-06Van surprised me with a lovely sketch of Grace Park as Sharon from Battlestar Galactica…mcmmay14-07My comic creator friend Karen Rubins treated me to these beautiful things…
 mcmmay14-08Amazing how quick the weekend goes but I made the most of my table and found time to work on upcoming Lucy the Octopus strips…mcmmay14-09Speaking of Lucy I’ll leave you with some of the Lucy the Octopus style portraits I was commissioned to do over the weekend…mcmmay14-10 mcmmay14-11 mcmmay14-12 mcmmay14-13 mcmmay14-14This next one is my friend and soon to be collaborator, Manga artist Chie Kutsuwada…mcmmay14-15 mcmmay14-16 mcmmay14-17 mcmmay14-18Looking forward to my next con…
London Film and Comic Con 2014
Earls Court 2, Old Brompton Road SW5 9TA
Friday 11 – Sunday 13 July 2014

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Purley Manga Club – Comics Writing Workshop

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I had a great time on Saturday, meeting kids at the Manga Club in Purley Library and running a workshop there on writing comics.

I’d heard good things about the club as my friends Chie Kutsuwada, Inko and Karen Rubins have all run workshops there before.  It’s enthusiastically run by Jayson Arago.  He’s created a perfect fun environment for kids to meet and talk about their passion for Manga, Anime, Cosplay and gaming.

Here’s the space ready to go….

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How many libraries offer folders full of Manga reference material, eh?!

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I wanted to talk about developing original ideas for stories.  The kids had fun using their skills to write six different endings for the same newspaper strip.

There were a lot of Pokemon references (no bad thing in my book)…

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The pic below illustrated the obstacles characters must face in their stories, and how finding solutions makes the story!
One boy in the group added the Health Points bars – nice touch!

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To end the workshop, the children all made their own comic pages.  The stories were based on their own Saturday mornings, often with a few fantasy elements thrown in…
They had a really good grasp of visual language.  I love the tummy rumbling here, an effective way to show the character’s wants and needs.

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This story below was a beautiful poetic take on not having enough time to get things done…

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There were some great Mangaka in the group…

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Thanks Purley Manga Club!  Stop on by at my table when I’m at a con some time!

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Broken Frontier Interview

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Happy to say I’ve been interviewed by Andy Oliver for Broken Frontier about my comics work including newspaper strips, mini comics, Lucy the Octopus and Rosie and Jacinda.
Look out for revelations about upcoming projects where I’m working alongside Inko, Sally-Anne Hickman, Francesca Dare, Tim Hassan, Jade Sarson, Chie Kutsuwada, Van Nim and Zarina Liew…

Read the interview here!