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Superhero Workshops at the Cartoon Museum…

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Yesterday I returned to the great Cartoon Museum for a couple of fun workshops with children from a school in Tottenham.

The theme of the session was Superheroes!  Now while I read a lot of superhero comics (mainly Marvel – Go Nightcrawler!),  my doodles quickly displayed I need a little practice (maybe fifty years) before being able to draw them…
Superhero-1 Superhero-2Superhero-9I did manage a highly sophisticated visual explanation of word balloons though…Superhero-3The children did some fabulous panels…
Superhero-4 Superhero-5 Superhero-6 Superhero-7 Superhero-8Click here and here for samples of work from my previous trips to the Cartoon Museum!

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London Super Comic Convention Round Up

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I had a great time over the weekend of 23-24 February 2013 at the London Super Comic Con, sat next to my usual table buds Zarina Liew and Van Nim…

Thank you to everyone who came along to my table, and especially those of you who bought comics and prints. Much appreciated!

Also had lots of fun doing Lucy the Octopus style commissions…

It was very cool meeting David Mack, Klaus Janson and Bill Sienkiewicz there.  I got to see half inked pages of future issues of Daredevil End of Days and listen in as Alex Fitch interviewed them for an upcoming episode of his Panel Borders radio show.
So great to meet creators you’ve admired a long time and have them turn out to be friendly, generous and despite their immense talent, modest.
I drew a Lucy the Octopus style version of David Mack’s creation Kabuki (one of my favourite comics ever) and gave it to him.

Another highlight of the event for me was getting a very cool Buffy sketch from the talented and pleasant to chat to artist of Darkhorse’s Angel & Faith, Rebekah Isaacs.

All in all, a great weekend and start to a year full of cons…

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Buffy, Nightcrawler and the Big Bang Theory, Lucy the Octopus style…

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Had a fun time imagining what some of my favourite characters would look like drawn as octopuses… Lucy the Octopus style!

The Big Bang Theory (Howard, Leonard, Penny, Sheldon, Raaj, Amy, Bernadette): Lucy the Octopus Style!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Lucy the Octopus Style!

Nightcrawler of the X-Men: Lucy the Octopus Style!

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Free Comic Book Day 2012

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Had a great time heading into Gosh Comics today.  Other than picking up my usual standing orders of monthly comic goodness (Marvel and Dark Horse stuff), I got hold of a lovely lot of free stuff, what with this being Free Comic Book Day and all!

Free Comics FCBD 2012

Check out my freebies: the Top Shelf Kids Club, Bongo Comics inc’ SpongeBob Comics, Dark Horse‘s Buffy / The Guild and Serenity / Star Wars, Papercutz‘ The Smurfs / Disney Fairies,  Marvel‘s Amazing Spider-Man and Claude TC‘s mini comic, Immortal Ewan and the rod of Rasputin.  Claude is a good man and makes hilarious, brilliantly drawn comics.

Ray Friesen and Sarah McIntyre FCBD 2012

Aside from getting to catch up with comic scene buds Karrie Fransman, Mike Medaglia and Josceline Fenton, I got to sit and watch my 4 year old boy Emir draw comics alongside the supreme talents of Sarah McIntyre and Ray Friesen. It was great being introduced to Ray and his wonderful kids comic Pirate Penguin vs Ninja Chicken which me and Emir enjoyed on the tube on the way home.  Ray also impressed us with this sketch of Emir’s favourite animal (for today anyway), the anteater…

Anteater by Ray Friesen

Sarah did a brilliant bit of comic work featuring Emir. Click here to see it plus Sarah’s other thoughts on the day!

All this fun inspired Emir to draw his first ever comic strips…

Emir's first comic strip: Two Monsters

Emir's second comic strip: Dinosaurs

When you’re into comics, it’s not hard to get your kid to share your passions!

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Richy on Direct Edition

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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!