Score & Script

Last Wednesday 21 November 2012 saw the private view / opening night of an exhibition of pages of art from the very clever John Miers Score & Script project, taking place at the Centre for Recent Drawing, C4RD, 2-4 Highbury Station Rd, N1 1SB) up until 15 December.

30 artists including myself have taken part in the project, creating comic pages from based on an unusual script or a mysterious score, both originated by John.  23 of the artists are showing their work.  The others are still working on their entries.

The creators all worked without consulting each other as part of John’s academic research.  Since some artists are still completing their work, and I don’t want to influence their final results, I have censored the exhibit photos, but will post the complete images when all is made public.

In the mean time, the only way to see the comic pages is to head to the exhibition!  John Miers
himself suggests…

“A really excellent time to visit would be Sat Dec 8th, when we’ll also be doing a comics fair selling other work by the exhibitors, some of whom may even be mooching about in person!… I already have a big stash of Richy’s wares in stock, and will be pimping them aggressively!”

A whole kaboodle of visitors at the private view

Comic creators Francesca Dare and Tim Hassan soaking in the artistic party atmosphere

The great Kripa Joshi in between her own work and a page by David O’Connell

Mike Medaglia and Elliot Baggott by their work with a page by Sally-Anne Hickman behind

Steven Walsh, the writer to Mike Medaglia’s art with Mike.

Me standing in front of my work, proudly hanging between pages by Woodrow Phoenix and Sean Azzopardi

MKomix write up

It’s been a long time since I’ve sold my wares with a table at a comic show and the MKomix event last night was a lovely one to return to.  There was a friendly and chilled vibe in the MK Gallery in Milton Keynes as I joined some familiar and some new to me indie comic creators, including organiser Paul Rainey plus David Baillie, Jay Eales & Selina Lock, Sean Azzopardi, Karen Rubins, Jon Scrivens, Dan Lester, Jade Sarson and Amy Letts.

I had the pleasure of meeting Laura Watton for the first time in person and realising I’d bought a Sweatdrop collection she’d worked on many years earlier.  Was also great meeting my table mates and fellow Londoners, Avery Hill Publishing.

All in all, a good evening.  Thanks to all who came and asked me about my work and those who bought some of it!  My new Lucy the Octopus Tasty Taster Comic was my best seller of the evening!

The night was rounded off by driving home with Alex Fitch, David Baillie and Dan Lester, failing to find a Little Chef so opting for a Chinese take away eaten in the open air in Dunstable.  If anyone passing through Dunstable, pops into the China Express, I recommend No 74.

MKomix 19 July 2012 6-9pm

I’m very pleased to announce that I will be exhibiting and selling my work at the MKomix event in the MK Gallery in Milton Keynes on Thursday 19 July 2012, 6-9pm.

The event has been pulled together by the very talented Paul Rainey and features many greats of the Small Press scene including David Ballie, Jay Eales & Selina Lock, Sean Azzopardi, Karen Rubins, Jon Scrivens and Dan Lester,  plus Jade Sarson who I could tell drew the excellent flyer below even before spotting her credit!

MKomix Flyer Drawn by Jade Sarson