| The Sky in Stereo- first look |
[Dec. 8th, 2011|02:42 pm] |
I just realized it's been 2 years since I released a mini-comic. Well, I have been working on a long, long project. It's a graphic novel, called 'The Sky in Stereo' and I'm ready to put out a 50 page chapter from it as a mini-comic (except I'm waiting for the Christmas frenzy to be over). It'll be in my Etsy store and with a few distributors in January, so in the meantime here's a sneak preview.
This chapter's about the teenaged protagonist Iris and her crap job and ill-fated crush on would-be rock musician and fellow burger-flipper Glen....
Here's the cover, sans text, and a coupla uncorrected pages (seems the final pages are on another computer. Oh well, you get the idea!):
I am nothing if not shambolic. Meh, I'm okay with that these days!
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| Percy B Shelley |
[Oct. 27th, 2011|02:09 pm] |
I'm reading Richard Holmes fast-paced biography of the rock'n'roll poet Shelley. Damn, he was great! I mean, a total nightmare to be in a romantic relationship with it seems but He LIVED! He Wrote! He Read (a lot). People were smart back then. He believed in free love, vegetarianism, atheism, boating!
PBS, I salute thee!
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| Beggin' bones! |
[Oct. 11th, 2011|01:41 pm] |
A comic I helped found, 'Whores of Mensa' is changing it's name to 'The Strumpet' and I'm happy to be involved in the maiden issue, with an eight page story entitled "Mint Condition". Ellen Lindner is the Editress-in-Chief and this comic looks set to be sassy and ever-so-slightly disreputable. The contributor list looks incredible (Jeremy Day! Patrice Aggs! Megan Kelso! Many more!) We're trying to raise funds to launch the comic and so this is where I get cheeky and ask you, sweet reader for support. For as little as $2 (for which you'll be emailed a PDF of the final comic) or more if you're feeling flush (check out the sweet rewards!) you can help us get the page count we desire.
Please check it out and help us meet our goal if you can!
Here's the link to our Kickstarter!
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| Sad, sad news.... |
[Sep. 11th, 2011|12:38 pm] |
The artist and publisher behind Sparkplug Comics, Dylan Williams died this weekend. My heartfelt sympathies go out to his widow, family and his close friends. I was lucky enough to have met Dylan on multiple occasions and his support to me as a mini-comics artist has been so valuable. I'm so very grateful to him and can't quite believe he's gone. Many, many people in the comics community are going to miss him greatly.
I actually credit Dylan with introducing me to my husband, Ted May. Timing is everything and Dylan was the publisher of Ted's first book, It Lives which I happened to buy in the UK because Dylan was distributing it. When I first actually met Dylan I was a little over-awed, his reputation for all-around awesomeness preceded him and it was well deserved. He was very smart, generous, funny and talented, not to mention hard working.
Since then Dylan was always there to offer advice (I asked for it a bunch) and more than any one else, he's sold many copies of my minicomics through his distro and shown just incredible encouragement. I will miss him greatly.
If you're interested at all in mini-comics I urge you to check out the Sparkplug store and support his life work by purchasing books from them. He had a hand in many, many special books. Thank you Dylan. Man, we're all going to miss you. So very much.
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| dreamt |
[Sep. 7th, 2011|07:45 am] |
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| Manchester |
[Aug. 7th, 2011|05:16 pm] |
art for my upcoming new comic....
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| Fragrant, not stagnant! |
[Jul. 20th, 2011|02:21 pm] |
I'm not completely stagnant these days! Honestly! Amongst other projects I'm juggling, I did the artwork for this delightfully written zine called 'Garden Club' by my pen-pal friend, Katie Haegele.
Katie's zines are just the greatest, I urge you to check 'em out! She also has a sharp website, The La-La Theory, go visit it! |
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