Toxic comic supplement

As Down the Tubes has recently reported, issue 137 of Toxic comic will have a 16 page comic supplement bundled with it, filled to the brim with brand new comic strips from a host of UK creators.

I'm fortunate enough to be one of those creators, and have a one pager titled 'Hoaxers' going in there. It's illustrated by the highly talented Paul Harrison-Davies (who I'm also working with on Bunk Mates for Bulletproof comics, and a whole host of other projects).

There's a lot of terrific artists and writers appearing in the supplement, including John Freeman, Laura Howell, Lew Stringer and Jamie Smart (creator of the superb Fish-head Steve for DFC comics).

So, come April 1st, nip along to WHSmiths or one of them newsagenty type places and pick up a copy!

Argh! Zombies!!!

After just having finished writing a 4,500 word short story about zombie shelf stackers for my Creative Writing MA, I was pleased to receive the first page of art for another zombie related project I'm working on with Neil Alexander.

It's a four pager titled 'Dead Beats' which involves a group of zombies sat in a pub, chatting about the good old days when it was all lurching and shuffling and there wasn't any of that silly old 'running around an' chasing folk' business.

Anyway, enjoy the preview.

New Marren Kane Strip

Just finished lettering a brand new Marren Kane strip, illustrated by Tony Suleri. Hopefully it'll be appearing in Bulletproof Issue 4.

This strips a bit darker than usual, since Tony was working from a script I'd written (rather than our usual Kane method, which is for Tony to draw all the art first, then send it to me to put some words on). Still, it has Death By Spoon in it, so there's plenty of light hearted moments in there too.

Hope you enjoy the preview, and I'll post some more art from other projects later in the week.

Temple Digital Showcase 2 Out Now!

A somewhat festive edition of the Temple Digital Showcase can now be downloaded as a free PDF on the main Temple APA website (http://www.templeapa.ning.com/)

Compiled together by freelance illustrator John Kirkham, and featuring 38 pages of comic strips and previews from various UK comics creators (such as Adam Grose, Tony Suleri, Jim Stewart and Malcolm Kirk), the showcase also contains a new Small Press Directory that lists the details of various small press comics for sale.

The collection is intended as a digital showcase of British comic writers and artists, both amateur and professional. It's free to join, and everyone from the UK is welcome to add their comics to the directory here: http://templeapa.ning.com/forum/topics/827304:Topic:10312

The next issue's deadline is March 22nd.

Xmas Exploitica!

Many thanks to Neill Cameron for allowing me to have a play with his fantastic Santa artwork and post the results here.

Have a jolly marvellous Christmas, people and catch you in the new year!

Celebrate Xmas in Style - with Neill Cameron

Looks like me old mate Neill's been up to his usual mischief again!

In the countdown to Xmas he'll be bringing a new visual interpretation of Santa to his website every day. As well as my new favourite 'Blaxploitation Santa', you can also catch the likes of Kung Fu Santa and Zombie Santa.

Just what will this Care in the Community mad man dream up next, I wonder? Find out for yourselves at: http://neillcameron.blogspot.com/

(Blaxploitation Santa art (c) Neill Cameron 2008)

B-movie made in 48 hours!

Well, I had a fun packed and slightly surreal weekend making a film for the Portsmouth DV Missions 48 hour film challenge.

The way the challenge works is every group's given the same title, genre and line of dialogue and then has 48 hours to make the film. The title this year was 'Blood On The Moon', the genre was B Movie and the line of dialogue was 'Go on then...I'll play your vicious little game!'

The B-Movie genre certainly proved popular, and there was lots of terrific entries with giant mutated lobsters, vampires, zombies and all sorts of madness.

We went with a creature feature for our entry (courtesy of a 99p ball of wool from C and H fabrics...no expense spared on our movie) and although it had very little to do with the actual title, it went down rather well at the viewing. Phil Palmer, who plays the villain of the piece constructed the sound track in a matter of hours and did a damn fine job. My main role this year was 'Head Tribble Wrangler' which is of course the highlight of my film making career!

Last year our entry Dark Mesh won 'Best Film'. This year we won 'Best Soundtrack'.

Anyway, enough waffle...Click the link and enjoy the madness!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCyAvQQSsx8