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Mob Psycho 100 redraw

To shake off a bit of rust, I redrew a page of a manga book that I had on my desk, Mob Psycho 100 volume 4. This isn't a series known for its super slick art so it's an opportunity to not totally "...

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Cover duty

Please don't share this, as the art is not in the world yet, but here's the variant cover I did for issue 3 (not 2 as is currently solicited) of IDW's TRANSFORMERS: LAST BOT STANDING. Proud to say ...

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Low power mode

After two years of quite intense comic-drawing, I'm returning to drawing smaller strips for an indefini...

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Read SOLVER: SPRING SPECIAL in full now

Your PDF is linked under the cover image - please let me know what you think in the comments.

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Onion Dan: Bulbquest pt 13

Bulbquest "continues"!!!

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Multiple passes

Forgive me if I've posted this sequence before - I don't think I have. 

When I was making Bobbins.horse in its final run from 2018-2020,  I got tighter and tighter with the layouts,...

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Steeple Summer Special

I've been working on a comic with Max Sarin drawing and Sammy Borras colouring, it will emerge around the same time Steeple volume 3 does. It's just a web thing at the moment, no plans for a print ...

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Sneaker

I promised you a sketch, here's one. What it indicates... I cannot say


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Q&A 8: ageing characters

[Apologies for the recent lack of sketch posts and fun comics. I've been writing pitches and scripts, which has left me little extra time and inspiration. I want to get back to sketching soon! I mi...

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Q&A 7: naming names

Andrew Dederer writes:

"Is there a plan or pattern to your character's names?  I ask because there seems to be some latent jokes and symbolism behind some of them. &...

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Q&A 6 : goths, women, film

Anna McDuff writes:

"What are your favorite goth bands of the 1980s?"   

When I was a teenager, the UK charts were hip deep in goth bands bu...

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Call for Q&A questions

ITEM! I'm currently very busy finishing up the Spring Special, coördinating a secret project with Max Sarin, and doing a rare bit of "outside" work so I'm not generating much new nonsense for the ...

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Upcoming Grote

I'm just finishing up the next Lottie story this week. Given that the script was hastily assembled, I t...

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Improvised comic drawing video

I've been making Procreate templates for fixed-format strips, so I improvised a comic to try one out. I remembered after I made it that Procreate records your drawing by default, so here's the vide...

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Laughing Len

A few weeks ago I drew an impromptu comic for my friend R Stevens of Diesel Sweeties fame, the world's #1 Len Pickering fan. I tried to convince him to take Len for his own comic - I saw the Bobbin...

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Giant Days samples

  • When Lissa Treiman left Giant Days after issue 6, we reached out to a few artists to fill what was a huge hole. I felt like it was an impossible job. The samples we got were all really good, ...

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February 2022 sketchbook excerpts

Memories of Sea Magus Tours washed over me last week.

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New relatable characters

Okay, so there's Desmond's uncle Ken, the Furry Orb, and Eggsy Maximus. Who will break cover first? Keep an eye out for these lads. Rumour has it that one of them has been nominated for an award. View Post

Grumpy

I designed a couple of limited edition coffee mugs for NY coffee shop Cafe Grumpy (as seen in HBO's 'Girls') back in the day. While looking for something unrelated today, I found the art for a tote...

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Read GIANT DAYS x BATMAN now

NOW AVAILABLE TO PATREON SUBSCRIBERS AT ALL TIERS, $1 AND UP!

RE-UPPING FOR BATMAN DAY 2022! PATREON SUBSCRIBERS, ENJOY THIS STORY IN HI-RES PD...

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READY YOURSELF


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Hourly, daily

Here are my hourly comics from last year. No hourly comics this year, I was marooned in Darlington last ...

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Free Comic Book Day 2017

I just put the best colour version of this that I have up on Instagram, I don't have the hi-res colour artwork on file as it was finished by Sarah Stern (who coloured By Night and issues 1-5 of Ste...

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A new umbrella

New Lottie stories will appear under the 'Solver' umbrella (and derivations thereof), this was the title I pitched Wicked Things to Boom under but it did not pass muster. I still like it, ...

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He stoops to conquer

After my slight wobble at the end of last week, I've had a bit of a reshuffle of the schedule, looked deep into the inner landscape, and worked out a (fairly) gentle Lottie story that I think you'l...

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Upcoming and not upcoming

GOOD NEWS ITEM

I'm just putting the finishing touches to a special story that will run on badmachinery.com in February and March. I think it will go down well but I'm never too sure....

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Steeple vol 3 cover by Max Sarin

Steeple volume 3 has begun to show up on bookshop searches so I can reveal this now, it's Max Sarin's beautiful cover for the book. The 160-page book is out August 23rd (TBC) and covers Christmas W...

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Cattywampus Update

I've drawn a little strip in Procreate just to keep the Patreon ticking along. I've begun to find different ways of working in it, fun new lines and methods of attack. Sadly I've not used them wise...

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When I was a squirrel

In 2016, I drew a cover for Squirrel Girl. That's right, Marvel Comics, home of Woodgod and Spitfire & The Troubleshooters, let me, Johnny A, draw a cover for a comic. Should they have? History...

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HOLIDAY LODGE MASTER POST

It's Christmas Day tomorrow, so here, in its entirety, for all to enjoy, is this year's festive spectacular.  Best wishes to all my readers and thanks to all my Patreon subscribers for keeping...

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