Killer Queens on ThreadlessI have submitted my Killer Queen T-shirt designs over at Threadless. If I get enough votes and positive feedback, the t-shirts go into production & go on sale. Please stop by and cast your vote to help me get these into production & tell your friends to! Thanks all.
Monkeys with Machineguns needs YOU!Myself and Chris Lynch have decided to do one more issue of Monkeys With Machineguns. This isn’t neccessarilly the end of MWM, but we want to draw a close to the 1st bit of MWM work. We will be doing this by bringing out a Trade Paperback of all the MWM stories, remastered and coloured. [...]
Meet the ?face? of 10thologyFinally 10thology has a ‘face’. Below is the cover for the CICE 2011 exclusive launch of 10thology. I’m very pleased with the design, I wanted it to break away from conventional comic book cover design and present something a bit more graphic and as always I have fun playing with ‘white space’. The 10thology site [...]
More 10thology PreviewsThought I’d post a couple of illustrations I’ve been working on for a short story that is to be included uin the coming soon Welsh anthology book ’10thology’. This story was some what ‘reverse-engineered’ in that I produced the illustrations first and then handed them to writer Chris Lynch to put a story behind (my [...]
Dragon Tattoo Design ?On? the Flesh!So a little whiles back I had a commission to design a dragon tattoo that was going to be linked to some celtic knot work. The brief was for something fierce and Welsh but without being cliched. Well the tattoo is now complete and Ian was kind enough to forward me a photo of the [...]
10thology Preview ? Red CaveHere’s a sneak peak at the inks for page 1 of ‘Red Cave’ by Pete Rogers and myself for 10thology. More to follow soon along with the launch of the 10thology website
Wonder Woman Day 2010First update in an age, but have been busy getting engaged and moving flat. Well that’s my excuse anyway. So, I have contributed a sketch of Wonder Woman for ‘Wonder Woman Day 2010′. Check out the main site, it’s a very worthy cause and charity and if you’re a Wonder Woman fan, there’ s an [...]
Threadless T-Shirt DesignSo I’ve submitted a t-shirt design to Threadless. If it gets enough votes it will go into production for sale online and in their stores. As such, if I can ask you all to take a few minutes to click on the image to link to the site, register and vote for my design, I [...]
Monkeys Behaving Badly ? MWM do Comic Racks!It had to happen eventually. After months, even years, of snubbing us in favour of unknowns like Paul Cornell and Tony Lee, Comic Racks have finally bitten the bullet and called down the thunder that is … the Monkeys with … Continue reading
Rick Lundeen, Harry Markos, and Chris Lynch talk about ?The Dark?Rick, Harry, and I have all been interviewed by the Hypergeek website about the forthcoming release of The Dark. We all answered our questions seperately, and it is interesting to see the areas in which we see the book differently … Continue reading
The Dark hits PreviewsDiamond Comic Distributions “Previews” catalogue will hit stores this week, containing the first solicitation by AAM/Markosia for “The Dark“. Our Diamond Order Code is JAN100699. The advert in previews features the OGN Cover by Rick Lundeen and the following about … Continue reading
First pencilled pages for HypergraphiaI received the first pencilled pages yesterday for my new Insomnia story “Hypergraphia” this week, drawn by the very talented Valia. I can’t say much about the story without spoiling it, but suffice to say that this once is a … Continue reading
Cover for ?The Dark? graphic novel revealedReaders of Rich Johnston’s Bleeding Cool comic news website have been given a sneak peek of the cover for the graphic novel release of “The Dark”. Click here to see “Thanks Given 21 @ Bleeding Cool”. Regular readers will know … Continue reading
SFX Magazine calls Chris Lynch ?oddly sweet?They know me so well! Murky Depths has picked up the SFX “Fanzine of the Month” gong for a 3rd time. It wasn’t until I met up with Terry from Murky Depths this weekend that I found out that “The … Continue reading
BICS 2009 ? A High Fidelity inspired report.Yep, BICS rocked. It rocked in a very special way. To steal a trick from Nick Horby here, in no particular order other than the order that my brain spewed them forth, are my favourite moments: Getting a trading card … Continue reading
Cast for motion comic of ?The Dark? announcedThe cast list for our motion comic adaptation of "The Dark" has finally been agreed. Terry and I listened to quite a range of different interpretations of the characters and the decision process was far tougher than I had anticipated. I certainly had not expected there to be so many talented people willing to give their time up for the project and I am immensely grateful to everyone who auditioned for us. Equally, it is a was a new experience for me to hear people reading my words aloud and has certainly given me a few ideas ... Click the "read more" link to see the list! Continue reading
Markosia prove they are not afraid of ?The Dark?The first official press release for my new comic book mini-series “The Dark”, with AAM/Markosia, was despatched today. The first issue should be available digitally from August, with the remaining four issues out by the end of the year, with … Continue reading
Monkeys with Machineguns Adopt LuckyMonkeys with Machineguns are supporting the Born Free Adopt A Monkey campaign and have just, through a concerted cereal eating campaign, adopted Lucky. Lucky was found in a town close to Lake Malawi. Passers-by saw him tied to a tree … Continue reading
Butterflies# Butterfly Aquamarine landed silently on the leaf next to her father, her wings beating softly in the warm summer air. She loved flying on a night like this, when the heat that had baked the ground during the day … Continue reading
Blood in the WaterThe Synder Brothers weren’t smart people, but they were smart enough to know that when you got into trouble … when you got into real trouble … you went to see Cassius. And they were smart enough to know that … Continue reading
ChemChem hadn’t seen a human for almost forty years, the day he came across the girl. He found her scavenging on the edge of the farm, digging for roots and grubs. She was using her hands, the humans had not … Continue reading
HowlerThe bomber dipped, breaking through the clouds. They lit of amber, orange, and red, illuminated by the fires and explosions from the battle below. Searchlights stabbed up into the night sky, but the bomber flew through them invisibly, thanks to … Continue reading
The Reincarnation of The ShrewWade drummed her painted fingernails on the steering wheel of the car. She hated this; a darkened car park, waiting for a mysterious informant, grinding her teeth because this was the week she quit smoking. She could feel her life … Continue reading
