Last week I posted that the next Steeple story would be the last, as Dark Horse didn't want any more. People were very nice, and posted the words I fear the most, "can't wait to see what you do nex...
2023-11-06 20:04:36 +0000 UTC View PostHere it is, the penultimate issue of Steeple. Issue 20 will be the last, but believe me when I say that I am going out with a bang. Your PDF is linked under the cover - let me know if you enjoyed t...
2023-11-03 10:27:08 +0000 UTC View PostPeople sometimes write and ask if I have a PDF of a standalone book I did in 2003 (2003!) called "Girlspy". I tell them I will "dig it out". I have just dug it out for you. I apologise if anything ...
2023-11-03 10:21:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Just some of the hot stories coming up* in 2024, an arc I like to call "Things Snowball".
*A...
2023-10-17 19:58:39 +0000 UTC View PostI used to post loads of fun sketches on Patreon, I was a sketchbook monster and trees feared me. Sadly, circumstances are not currently conducive to fun drawing. My train ...
2023-10-13 16:39:53 +0000 UTC View Post
There have been many versions of this cover, but this is the one I am sending to print. I'll have copie...
2023-09-27 11:16:02 +0000 UTC View PostTo celebrate the end of my long writing stint, here's the cover for the next Steeple issue, number 19. I start work drawing this today. My plan is to conclude the current Steeple arc with #20 (whic...
2023-09-18 12:33:52 +0000 UTC View PostTwenty-five years since the first Bobbins comic was put on the internet... and no visible improvement has occurred ho ho! But I'll keep trying, at least until we reach the 50th anniversary, when I ...
2023-09-10 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostA Patreon subscriber emailed to ask me about the availability - or otherwise - of a comic I made called Human Soup. This was a 24-hour comic I did for the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival in...
2023-09-06 13:53:02 +0000 UTC View PostI hope you have been enjoying Hell On Wheels, as it moves into its final week. Like Kit + The Wolf, it draws on the first comics I made as a child, the Marvel UK Transformers comics that made me wa...
2023-08-24 14:34:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe Patreon has been quiet for the last month because I have been moving into a new house and it has thrown up some challenges that, I am sure, will find their way into "the work", so I will not de...
2023-08-15 15:08:43 +0000 UTC View PostHere's part 2 of Hell On Wheels. I hope you enjoy it. I was pleased with it when it was finished. I've hit my stride with these new stories, I'm hard at work on the next one, "Maggie's Party (pts 1...
2023-07-16 23:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Easy peelers, prune, tomato trio. Each conveys a unique vibe. Drew these for my own amusement.
2023-07-16 11:12:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Issue 4 is out on Wednesday. Written by me, art by Max Sarin, colours by Sammy Borras, letters by Jim Campbell, variant cover by Benjamin Dewey. This is the last one!
"Breakthroughs occur...
2023-07-10 15:48:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Prior to publishing the first Bobbins comic online, I hadn't published anything. I'd barely shown the c...
2023-07-06 16:27:41 +0000 UTC View PostI mentioned yesterday that I am contemplating making a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle to commemorate my 25th comics anniversary. The barrier to this is my high standard of jigsaw picture appreciati...
2023-06-25 09:32:59 +0000 UTC View PostOn September 10th it will be the 25th anniversary of the first "Bobbins" comic being published. I'd like to celebrate this with a fulsome programme of events but as always, I have had no time to pr...
2023-06-24 13:56:36 +0000 UTC View PostAs we are nearly halfway through the year, here are some new records I've enjoyed, with links to them on Spotify. I'm still going through a few things that make it harder than usual to keep finding...
2023-06-22 15:54:47 +0000 UTC View Post
This week I am writing Steeple 18, so here's the cover. I'm trying some different things with these cov...
2023-06-20 12:48:55 +0000 UTC View PostThank you to the multiple patrons who suggested the idea below. Needless to say, it worked like a charm and I can now relax and plan the party (and by party, I mean printing invoice).
2023-06-08 16:36:53 +0000 UTC
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Out June 14th!
"Arriving in comic stores and digital next week, Dark Horse will be releasing The Great British Bump-Off #3, an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery set in the world o...
2023-06-08 15:09:40 +0000 UTC View PostI've been trying to do a new cover for Giant Days x Batman that doesn't have Batman on it like the original does (this seems wise). I really liked the original, which makes the job a lot harder. I'...
2023-06-07 15:06:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe new Photoshop beta has the Adobe Firefly AI features built in so I have been playing with them. While obviously I fear AI taking my job (and everyone else's) I do think it has a significant rol...
2023-05-31 16:27:51 +0000 UTC View PostThere was only a one-off special last year, but Steeple is back back back for an extended run beginning with a new two-part story, HELL ON WHEELS! I hope you enjoy part one - let me know in the com...
2023-05-28 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Three comics from June/July 2018 that I don't think ever ran. Each betrays the state of mind of the author at the time ie f*ck this sh*t. Not a good time for my mind, I was burned out beyo...
2023-05-24 16:02:47 +0000 UTC View PostI'm working on a print version of the Giant Days x Batman crossover to sell "under the table" at conventions. For fairly obvious reasons, I won't be putting Batman on the cover, mentioning his invo...
2023-05-23 17:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostNot long until Steamboat Willy is out of copyright and I can start the next phase of my career.
2023-05-16 15:32:50 +0000 UTC
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These are to go with Great British Bump Off trade paperbacks (out for Christmas 2023). It's a "recipe card" - a real Fanny Cradock recipe! Please forgive that I have drawn the characters rather tha...
2023-05-15 18:17:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Great British Bump Off #2 is out next week and here is a preview.
“As Shauna Wickle continues to try to solve the mysterious poisoning amongst her fellow baking contestants, she...
2023-05-04 11:04:02 +0000 UTC View PostDrawing an exclusive bookplate for Gosh Comics in London today. It took three tries, attempts one and two were extremely creatively mundane. But I thought this one had a bit more about it.