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Small Press Live Show

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Okay, so a few weeks ago I finished creating the Lucy the Octopus comic strip which I’ve been working on since 2012.

I planned to have a bit of a send off at my favourite comic shop Gosh Comics in Soho, London.  I timed the final strip to go online the same day that the last print issue, Just the Dregs, would be released… Thursday 6 Oct 2016.

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Parties are always more fun with more people involved and two of my good friends, both immensely talented creators, were kind enough to offer to share celebrations with me.  Francesca Dare was launching her latest Penny Blackfeather comic…

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And Amber Hsu of One Pound Poems created a special poetry zine in time for the event, The Moon and the Eye…

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The good people of Gosh Comics helped prepare, including Nora Goldberg-Fourrel who pulled together a great poster when we barely had any art ready for it…

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And soon it was the night of the Small Press Live Show!
Here’s all our new material ready for the party goers to look at and purchase…

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Francesca with fellow comic creator Cherish York…

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Trying to keep our launches interactive and fun, we asked attendees to write insults for Lucy, as well as some compliments.  These would come into play during the musical section of the evening later on…
Box drawings by Francesca…

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Writer and cake baker extraordinaire, Nas Bee made some delicious Pear & Chocolate cake for the event…

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And we were off!  Francesca introduced the night…

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…before Amber delighted the crowds with the first of four poems taken from her new collection…

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Then Francesca gave us a little insight into the making of Penny Blackfeather (as well as panda romance)…

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We’d asked the party goers for some spontaneous questions for Francesca to answer.  Some were comic related.  Some were way off topic!

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Amber treated us to to a beautiful poem on a difficult subject…

Then it was time for the Lucy the Octopus Musical (of sorts), which I’d been writing for a few months.  I was glad to have frequent collaborators and musical friends alongside me (from left to right) Miki Mangione on ukulele / vocals, Miss E (Enoma Igiehon) on guitar / vocals (both from my old band Kablooie) and comic creator Sally-Anne Hickman on percussion and vocals.

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Best selling illustrator Mike Medaglia was kind enough to jump in and control the imagery in the background of the musical…

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And the audience did an amazing job learning words and singing along when needed!
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The unmistakable silhouette of Andy Oliver of Broken Frontier…

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I already knew Amber Hsu is multi-talented but was blown away at how easily and well she handled being narrator.   We’d not had a chance to rehearse altogether before, but the first performance was great fun and I’m very proud of my musical troupe…

The evening rolled on with more entertainment!  Another poem from Amber, The Poet…

Francesca said a few thank yous…

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…and Amber did her final poetry reading of the night…
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Then to round off the entertainment, Miss E and I had a bit of a musical battle (which she clearly won – amazing guitarist that she is) and we all went on to play a surprise cover tune, where Francesca and Amber joined in on maracas…

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I was very grateful for the amazing contributors who lent their talents to the night and  everyone who came along to join in the fun, including my old friend and amazing musician / singer Piney Gir…

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From left to right: Writer / cake baker Nas Bee, Francesca Dare, Me, Amber Hsu and talented musician and composer Garo Nahoulakian…

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It was a great evening!  Cheers all!
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Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox Tasters: Lisa Woynarski & Mike Medaglia, Sally-Anne Hickman and Tammy Taylor

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More snippets of fantastic drawings from the recent Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox anthology on the theme of positive change.
The contributors also suggested a positive idea in keeping with the theme of the anthology…

LISA WOYNARSKI & MIKE MEDAGLIA

Previous works include:
Lisa – Performance + Ecology
Mike – One Year Wiser, Wu Wei, Last Days of Nobodies

Positive Idea:  “Our positive idea is of a collective awareness across the planet of our ecological connectedness where people face the effects of climate change head-on and have the courage to make a change in a big and meaningful way.”

Art sample from their Tempo Lush tale:  The Death of the Familiar (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Tanoox)Mike and Lisa-Tanoox-SampleSALLY-ANNE HICKMAN

Previous works include: Bang! Crash! Whizz!, Black Diamonds and Blue Scars

Positive Idea:  “The Margins Project based in the Union Chapel provides a range of vital support services to people facing homelessness, they offer a kitchen training programme to develop skills that can lead to employment. They also provide a winter night shelter followed by a hearty breakfast in the winter months.
www.unionchapel.org.uk”

Art sample from the Tempo Lush tale:  Bugleberry TreeSallyAnne-Tanoox-SampleTAMMY TAYLOR

Previous works include: Bon Appetit, 18 This Summer

Positive Idea:  “I think a good charity to support would be Springboard for Children as they provide one-to-one support to improve reading and writing for children who are in danger of being left behind in the education system
www.springboard.org.uk”

Art sample from the Tempo Lush tale:  Bugleberry Tree
Tammy-Tanoox-SampleTLT-2-Cover-Double-Page-Spread-UpdateYou can get hold of the book online here, or at Gosh Comics or if you’re heading to any comic festivals this year you can find me and Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox at…
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival (Kendal, Saturday 17 – Sunday 18 October 2015)
MCM London Comic Con (Excel London, Friday 23 – Sunday 25 October 2015)
Thought Bubble (Leeds, Saturday 14 – Sunday 15 November 2015)

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Round up of the Tempo Lush Penny Blackfeather Launch Night at Gosh Comics!

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On Friday September 18th 2015, a crowd of lovely people shuffled into the amazing shop known as Gosh Comics to help celebrate the launch of four new comics.

That would be the fourth Lucy the Octopus print collection: Too Cool for the Likes of You, the first issue in the second volume of Francesca Dare’s Penny Blackfeather, High Spirits#1, the anthology of positive change Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox (see Andy Oliver’s review on Broken Frontier here), plus we revealed the special project (top secret up until the announcement on the night), Alidade, a 20 page comic made from scratch over one weekend.

All photos are by the amazing photographer Mauricio Molizane de Souza (except where indicated).

There on the left is contributor to two of the night’s comics, Mike Medaglia, helping lay out the goods…m01 m02 m03 m04So nice to see many friendly faces join us for the evening, some regulars and some new to the world of comic shops… m05Below (left to right): Friends of Gosh Comics, Paul Shinn (Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox contributor), Chantel Beaven and Lauren Louise Murphy. m06On the left below, you can see my amazing co-host, Penny Blackfeather creator and Alidade contributor Francesca Dare.m07Below:  On the far left is comic creator and director Andy Poyiadgi who kindly filmed much of the evening’s activities for us, on his own phone.
Taking a swig of beer is Alidade collaborator Tim Hassan, next to Paul Shinn and with the amazing pink hair is Paul’s fellow Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox contributor Anna Dowsland.m08It was great seeing comic related images projected nice and big in the shop…m09…such as this wonderful panel by Francesa Dare, taken from her Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox story Undertow…
 m10And there’s Francesca again signing a comic for a fan!m11It was great having the shop full, creating a brilliant buzz…m12It was a busy night but I was glad to catch moments to chat to star creators such as David O’Connell who contributes the first story in Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox, Flat E…m13And there’s two good friends (and Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox contributors) who I barely got to chat to at all, even after they traveled to the event from Brighton, the amazing Inko and Chie Kutsuwada…m14I have a big grin on my face here but I think it masks my nervousness as I’m about to perform some music in a few minutes…m15Speaking of music, here’s three great performers, newly-weds Paul and Sally-Anne Hickman chatting to my old band mate Miss E (Enoma Igiehon). m16And two more contributors who created the Tempo Lush Tale Give It a Go, Angela Wraight (back, in glasses) and Nas Bee (front left) who surprised me with some incredible homemade cake to feed the masses…m17 m18Aw!  Such a nice bunch of folk including (left to right) comics academic and creator John Miers (who did a fantastic page of Bugleberry Tree in the anthology), Graphic Novelist S J Harris and  Broken Frontier top guy Andy Oliver.
(Photo by fellow Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox contributor Keara Stewart)
m49-kearaThat’s James Hickman holding a beer!  James created the four page epic for Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox, Colossi, next to Lisa Woynarski.
Lisa used her theatre direction skills to great effect, timing the image changes during the evening’s performances on top of writing her first comic story for the Tanoox anthology: The Death of the Familiar. m19Miss E, Sally-Anne Hickman and myself downstairs in the shop after a bit of tuning up… m20And upstairs – Five minutes to curtain!m21Right!  Things are really about to kick off as Steve Walsh, writer, podcaster and Gosh Comics superstar introduces his niece Aimee to get things rolling with a penny-whistle performance…m22 m23Next up I start plucking away on Imani (my guitar) as we prepare for a special satellite link-up with the undersea town of Stoneydip…m24 m25…and Lucy the Octopus!

Lucy’s shy at first but does a good job introducing the evening, despite some trouble. m26 m27You can see screen grabs of the satellite link up here and a video below…

Lucy welcomed to the stage my two musical collaborators for the night, Sally-Anne Hickman…m28…and Miss E, who as Lucy pointed out, bears a striking resemblance to someone who appears in Lucy strips like this one! m29We three performed a little guitar instrumental I wrote a few years back, which still doesn’t have a name…m30(Photo by Karen Rubins) m31-Kaz m31 m32

Next it was the turn of the Francesca Dare Theatrical Players to perform a scene from the new Penny Blackfeather comic with style and panache…m33 m34Left to right: Francesca Dare, Paul Shinn, Steve Walsh and Lauren Louise Murphy.m35Left to right: Saul Taylor and Ramsey Hassan. m36 m37

The crowd lapped up the culture, including Andy Oliver and contributor to two Tempo Lush Tales collections Matt Boyer…m38Now for the serious business of creator shout outs…m39Musicians strum while Francesca Dare leads the role call of talent involved in the evening’s new comic offerings…m40…such as Graphic Novelist, singer and actress Jessica Martin who produced an amazing page for the Bugleberry Tree section of Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox…m41…and Saul Taylor who won last year’s Complete the Lucy the Octopus strip contest!m42 m43 m44

Now it was time to reveal the secret project!  Francesca called to the stage our collaborators on the book…m45…and the crowd saw the 5 artists who made Alidade!  (Left to right) Me, Mike Medaglia, Tim Hassan, Karen Rubins and Francesca herself!m46Mike explained how we created the 20 page comic from scratch over one weekend in August, how fun it was, how stressful it got and what a great experience it turned out to be…m47

Finally I said a few thank-yous before launching into the song Bugleberry Tree alongside Miss E, Sally-Anne and the whole crowd in the shop.

It was great to display artwork interpreting the song for the Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox collection, such as the panels seen in the background below drawn by Rachael Smith.
(Photo by Keara Stewart)
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It was a very special night for me – Thanks to all the friends and collaborators who turned up and made it rock monkeys!
All of my new books are available to buy in Gosh Comics and the Tempo Lush Etsy shop!
Phew!

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Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox

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Holy Schmoly!  Check out the line up of creators involved in the upcoming anthology from Tempo Lush…
TLT-2-Cover-Double-Page-Spread-UpdateBrand new comic book stories on the theme of positive transformation from…
Nas Bee (Paper Houses) & Angela Wraight (Circuit Breaker, Yoshitoki is Making Waves, Paper Houses)
Francesca Dare (Penny Blackfeather)
Emmeline Pui Ling Dobson (Knights of Eve, Wu Wei)
James Hickman (Score & Script)
Amber Hsu (The Sardine and Gherkin – A True Love Story – and other One Pound Poems, Tiny Pencil)
Inko (Go! Go! Metro!, Manga Cupcakes, MangaQuake, Howl!, Rosie and Jacinda: Demon Cloud)
Chie Kutsuwada (Go! Go! Metro!, The Story of Lee, Hagakure: Code of the Samurai, Rosie and Jacinda: Demon Cloud, Manga Shakespeare: As You Like It)
David O’Connell (Jampires, Monster & Chips, Tozo, The Public Servant)
Keara Stewart (On The Escalator, A Bit of Undigested Potato)
and Dr Lisa Woynarski (Performance + Ecology) & Mike Medaglia (One Year Wiser, Wu Wei, Last Days of Nobodies)

Plus a jam comic featuring the drawing talents of…
Matt Boyer (Running)
Chonto (Acclaimed Japanese Artist)
Kim Clements (The Great Cat Mystery)
Francesca Dare
Anna Dowsland (Don’t Feed the Pigeons)
Sally-Anne Hickman (Bang! Crash! Whizz!, Black Diamonds and Blue Scars)
Jessica Martin (It Girl, Elsie Harris Picture Palace)
John Miers (Score & Script, How to Train your Robot)
Chibi Shibby (Stories about Me and You) 
Paul Shinn (March of the Penguins)
Rachael Smith (The Rabbit, House Party, Flimsy the Kitten)
Tammy Taylor (Bon Appetit, 18 This Summer)

If that wasn’t enough, there’s a foreword by Laydeez Do Comics founders and award winning comic creators Sarah Lightman (Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women) and Nicola Streeten (Billy Me and You, Becoming of Age).

It’s an embarrassment of riches and I’m thrilled and in disbelief that they’ve all agreed to take part!

Tempo Lush Tales of the Tanoox is a follow up to last year’s Tempo Lush Tales (see reviews on the Big Comic Page and Broken Frontier).  Again I will be collaborating with some amazing artists, but this time round I’ll generally be handing over the writing duties to other creators.  It’s going to be a wonderful mix!

There is a definite theme to this collection too.  At times it’s hard to see out world moving forward and getting better so I thought it would be good to ask the creators to focus on the idea of positive transformation.  Obviously this can be interpreted in numerous ways and it looks like each writer has their own distinct spin on the idea.

It’s all coming together nicely ready for a launch at Gosh Comics in London on Friday September 18th.  Save the date – and see the Facebook event page here!

The book is available to order online here on Etsy!

That leaves just one question… What is the Tanoox?

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

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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 all four of the new titles ready and delivered in time for the big day… 01Always important to compare a printers proof of your book with your cat…03Other things that needed to be done included practicing the musical section of the party with Bang! Crash! Whizz! artist Sally-Anne Hickman!  Much of this went down in Hyde Park.02THE LAUNCH NIGHT

So arriving at Gosh I knew I was in good hands as Hannah, Andrew and Steve, part of Gosh’s crack team helped get everything just right.  Nice to see the new books laid out on display!
04One thing I’d forgotten to organise was someone to take some nice event photos, so I was delighted and relieved that amazing photographer Mauricio Molizane De Souza was on hand taking some wonderful pics.  Unless otherwise stated, all the photos of the night in this post were skillfully taken  by Mauricio!

The shop soon had a busy and friendly buzz inside…
06 07 08 10I was thrilled that so many contributors to the new comics turned up for the occasion.  For those who couldn’t make it, we displayed their portraits, as drawn wonderfully by Keara Stewart (see below) so Francesca Cassavetti, Tim Hassan, Mike Medaglia and Aaron Murphy were certainly there in spirit!

After some fun mingling, Steve Walsh Of Gosh and South London Hardcore fame got the crowd’s attention…

11CHATTING WITH ALEX FITCH

Alex Fitch made me feel very comfortable chatting through the new releases as we stood on a make shift stage made up of two benches!
Nice to hear the people’s cheers as each artist’s work was displayed on the screen to our right.
Alex is such a skilled interviewer and comics and film journalist he makes it very easy to chat to him even in front of a crowd!12 13Pic below by David O’Connell…14ROSIE AND JACINDA: DEMON CLOUD

Here’s the amazing team behind one of the books launched on the night, the second volume of teenage fairytale Manga, Rosie and Jacinda.

Top row left to right: Jade Sarson (For the Love of God Marie!, Cafe Suada), Francesca Dare (Penny Blackfeather), Chie Kutsuwada (King of a Miniature Garden, Self Made Hero’s As You Like It), Van Nim and me
Far right: Zarina Liew (The Art of Sleep, Le Mime)
Bottom middle: Inko (Ketsueki (Markosia), Rachel Moves To Brighton)
15So proud to have worked with this lot!

Inkos’ cover looked amazing projected as a backdrop to the party!16Inko (left) and Chie travelled up from Brighton for the evening, with Inko cosplaying as one of the Rosie and Jacinda characters, Aaron!
That’s the first time anyone’s cosplayed as a character I’d co-created.  So cool!17Award winning creator, Jade made it to the event all the way from Milton Keynes.
28Here’s Francesca chilling with our good friend and Limehouse Comics associate Chantel Beaven.18Was touched that Francesca had painted me a lovely pic of the Pumfles (introduced in the new comic), to mark the event.  So cute!19BANG! CRASH! WHIZZ!

Also launched was my first creator-owned kids comic, Bang! Crash! Whizz! as drawn by the amazing Sally-Anne Hickman.
20Sally-Anne and me had great fun performing a musical version of the story, to a visual display of the illustrations.  Engineered with great skill by Richard Carter.21 22 23 24 Photo above by David O’Connell.

So nice that crowd seemed to enjoy it, no guitar strings broke, we remembered most of the words and we didn’t fall off the benches!   26TEMPO LUSH TALES

The biggest book launched on the night was Tempo Lush Tales, an anthology of stuff I’d written with no less than thirteen artists handling drawing duties!

Here’s good bud and artist Paul Shinn…27 The talented Matt Boyer…29Portrait artist  Keara Stewart… 30The cheery smile of Steve Walsh, writer of many fine things including the Tempo Lush Tales foreword…31 Martin Eden chatting with comic creator Tammy Taylor and fellow Tempo Lush Tales artist Karen Rubins… 32Keara and her fella checking out the anthology…33Matt and Paul soaking in the launch party vibe.
There’s comic maker Anna Dowsland on the left!34Signing a copy of the book…35For the second musical performance of the night Sally-Anne and I were joined by musician and Tempo Lush Tales artist Steve Horry.  We only had two run-throughs (in the Gosh offices!) with Steve who had learned the song on the day, but being the smooth professional he is, he sounded fantastic.
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We performed the song Save Night-Time for my Dreams which Mike Medaglia had visually interpreted for the collection. You can see one of Mike’s pictures in Keara Stewart’s photo below.38What an honour to have all these talented artists work with me!
Top row left to right: Chie Kutsuwada, Karen Rubins, Paul Shinn, Matt Boyer, Steve Horry, Martin Eden and Steve Walsh
Bottom row left to right: Inko, Van Nim, me and Keara Stewart39Keara was kind enough to give all the contributors framed original drawings of the portraits she’d done.
My one is now hanging in my studio…
40LUCY THE OCTOPUS: ANY LESS THE FREAK

Fun to see my artwork from the third volume of Lucy the Octopus projected in Gosh...42So the line up of creators working on the final comic released on the night is… just me!41 Excellent then that someone else had been up to something Lucy related.
Why it’s cake maker and blogger, Jess Cave!
43Jess made a big and delicious batch of Lucy the Octopus cakes!
Dr Pepper flavour no less!44 45Photo above by Paul Shinn.
The cakes made for a perfect combination with comics and music – my kind of night!
46SO THERE YOU GO!

Thanks to all the amazing people who were involved with the comics and the party!

Back row left to right: Karen Rubins, Paul Shinn, Matt Boyer, Martin Eden
Next row left to right: Zarina Liew, Chie Kutsuwada, Sally-Anne Hickman, Francesca Dare, Jess Cave, Steve Walsh
Next row left to right: Jade Sarson, Inko, Van Nim, Keara Stewart
Me in the centre
Richard Carter at the bottom
47You can buy any of the four comics plus other Tempo Lush stuff here!
Bang-Crash-Whizz-CoverCover-for-PromoR&J2-cover-for-promoLucy3Cover8updateI’ll leave you with one final Lucy cake that made it home.48Peace!

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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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Thought Bubble 2013 Round Up

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I had a fun-filled weekend heading up to Thought Bubble Comic Con in Leeds.

Thanks to everyone who came by my table to say hi or pick up some Tempo Lush goodness!

TB2013-01I was glad my tower of bear boxes didn’t collapse…TB2013-02 It was great doing commissions for nice folk that stopped by.
Some Lucy the Octopus style portaits…TB2013-03 TB2013-04 TB2013-05 TB2013-06…and Mike & Sulley from Monsters Inc!TB2013-07 TB2013-08Being stuck behind a table for a weekend is made lots of fun by all the cool people than visit!
Here are Hayley Charlseworth and Sarah Turner. Sarah is taking part in WASP 2014 with her webcomic Folklore.TB2013-09Here is, comic creator and video maker, Dan Lester‘s friend Schmurgen Jonerhaffs.TB2013-10The friendly smiles of Alex Hern, Molly Muldoon ( who runs the Dr Who blog, Confused Companion) and Aaron Tavaler who interviewed me for The Big Smoke Podcast which he runs with Karim Flint.TB2013-11Two talented creators and awesome buds Sally-Anne Hickman and Francesca Cassavetti.
TB2013-12Even talented creators have to eat.  Dinner at Wagamamas with (L-R) Van Nim, Sally Jane Thompson, Zarina Liew, Paul Shinn (my roomie!) and me…
TB2013-13Plus (L-R) Saul Taylor, Francesca Dare, Jess Cave, Andy Poyiadgi and Elliot Bagget.
 TB2013-14Richard Carter and Chantel Beaven.
TB2013-15 Ah yes! Here we have myself sitting alongside Mike Medaglia. I was very happy to pick up my copy of his new Avery Hill Publishing title, Seasons, complete with bookmark, bookplate and portrait…
TB2013-16 TB2013-17 TB2013-18 Had much fun on the train journey home playing Mariokart with Van Nim, Paul Shinn and Zarina Liew (who seemed to be having the time of her life).TB2013-20Just about recovered from the weekend now!

If anyone missed picking up any Lucy the Octopus comics or other Tempo Lush stuff you may want to visit my online shop!

Cheers!

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Comiket November 2013

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I had a great time as always at Comiket this past weekend.  Thank you to everyone who bought the new Lucy comic and other Tempo Lush goodies…

Suki Kabuki helped me sort out my new stock to sell.

ComiketNov2013-01In case she sat on it I covered it.  She did.ComiketNov2013-02Lucy supporter Lily Withycombe took this pic…ComiketNov2013-03I was proud to be table buddies with my WASP and Rosie and Jacinda collaborator Francesca Dare…ComiketNov2013-04 ComiketNov2013-05Two more collaborators (with art in Tempo Lush titles coming in 2014) and old friends Sally-Anne Hickman and Francesca Cassavetti.ComiketNov2013-06The great Martin Eden, creator of Spandex…ComiketNov2013-07Tim Hassan, artist for a story in the upcoming Tempo Lush Tales and his first comic festival table, despite his art looking like he’s been a pro for years…ComiketNov2013-08Comiket’s Live Drawing Parade featured some amazing talent including Miss Moti creator and Strumpet editor Kripa Joshi…ComiketNov2013-09The buzzing comic-hungry crowd…ComiketNov2013-10A Lucy the Octopus style portrait I was commissioned to do of a very cute baby in boots with dragons on…ComiketNov2013-11Chilling after the show with Saul Taylor, Francesca Dare, Chantel Beaven, Lauren Murphy and Paul Shinn.ComiketNov2013-12Joined by Richard Carter…ComiketNov2013-13Tim Hassan with Karim Flint….ComiketNov2013-14Wu Wei editor and regular rice eating partner Mike Medaglia…ComiketNov2013-15Mike chats to Comica Festival organiser Megan Donnolley.  Also in the background is Elliot Baggott and seated is comics podcaster Stephen Lacey. ComiketNov2013-16 ComiketNov2013-17Finally check out Chantel Beaven’s accidental cosplay as Zarina Liew‘s human take on Lucy the Octopus…ComiketNov2013-18 ComiketNov2013-19Looking forward to next Summer’s Comiket at the British Library!

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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!