Back From The Depths!

What-ho, chaps!

Due to the supreme efforts of Malcolm Kirk, a free Scream influenced Halloween special cunningly titled 'Hallowscream' is now available to download as a 40mb PDF from the main Back From The Depths site.

It's a 72 page whopper of a comic, featuring the likes of Tim West, Mo Ali, Simon Mackie, Andrew Milne, Dave Windett and many more.

There's also a couple of strips from myself in there: Hell's Belles, illustrated by Chow, and Last Orders illustrated by Stuart Giddings.

Just follow this link...

http://backfromthedepths.ning.com/forum/topics/back-from-the-depths-presents

or right click the next link, and choose 'Save as'.

http://backfromthedepths.ning.com/forum/attachment/download?id=2158124%3AUploadedFi38%3A8224

Temple APA Issue 5 - Out Now!

Issue 5 of the Temple APA Digital Showcase is now available to download for free on the main site (http://www.templeapa.ning.com/).

It's quite a sizeable chap, being over 160 pages long and 80 megs, but there's quite a bit of quality comics material in there.

As well as featuring contributions from the likes of Stuart Giddings, Steve Tanner, Malcolm Kirk, Simon Mackie and Tony Suleri, there's also a 68 page feature on Insomnia Publications, showing previews of their upcoming projects, and containing a book list of everything they've got coming out.

You can download the PDF of issue 5 from the front page of the Temple website, or using the following link:

Right click this link and choose 'save as'

The next issue of the Temple is due out on 12th December, so if you're a comic artist or writer who'd be interested in contributing, just sign up on the main site. Both amateurs and pros are welcome!

No Beard Preview

Just before the DFC folded, I was working on quite a few projects as potential submissions. One of these was a jolly piece of pirate shennanigans that went by the title of 'The Fantabulous Adventures Of No Beard'.

Ian Alexander (or ENO as he's occassionally known) illustrated the first four episodes, all of which are two pages in length, and did a rather marvellous job.

With No Beard being a continuing adventure, we're both at a loss to think of another potential market for the strips. I've recently converted the script into a 22 pager, as part one of a potential mini-series, and might also rewrite the story as a kids novel with Ian providing illustrations.

Although Ian's going to be tied up for a while with some potential work as a Computer Game Concept Artist, we're both keen for the Beard to live again!

In the meantime, here's the first episode.

Preview of A Better Place

Here's a two page unlettered sneek preview of me and Stuart Giddings latest five pager, A Better Place, which involves a psychic cab driver with a psychotic hatred for advertising salesmen.

Stu's next request was for me to write a Terror Tale with a Haunted Knight in it, so we'll see how that goes.

Finished the Rascal!

Well, I haven't slept, ate, washed or shaved in the last six months, and I'm down to my last pair of comedy pants, but finally that pesky creative writing MA is over! This afternoon I handed 'Jellybean: Last of the Navel Navigators' to the binders, and should have it back on wednesday, two weeks ahead of the deadline.

The first two chapters of this childrens novel about a boy and his bellybutton got me a distinction for a previous assignment, so let's hope I'm still on the right tracks with the rest of the novel.

Once I've got that rotter of a birthday out the way, I should have plenty of time to get back to my comic projects. So look out for a few more previews of upcoming work, in the near future.

Right, I'm off to catch some well earned sleep, and scrub myself free of that pungent student aroma.

Temple 4 out now!

The latest issue of the Temple APA Digital Showcase is available to download here:

http://templeapa.ning.com/forum/attachment/download?id=827304%3AUploadedFi58%3A13688

It's a beast of an issue, and contains over 130 pages of UK comic creators work, including work from Steve Tanner, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri, Jim Stewart, Dave Thomson and many more.

As well as a small press listings, this issue also contains a 35 page feature on Independent Comic Publisher Accent UK.

So, head along to the http://www.templeapa.ning.com site and download your free copy now!

If you're a comic artist or writer, whether professional or amateur, you're welcome to join.

Love and War Preview

Here's a page from me and Dave Thomson's latest comic strip - Love and War.

The story concerns the last survivor of the human race, waging war on the alien menace that destroyed mankind, in a rather unique way.

Dave's done a rather marvellous job on the artwork, and it went down well at the Bristol Comic Convention. We'll let you know where/when it's published.