Now then

Remember every order of 2 or more books from the shop gets a personalised note like these:

Noesh

John Robbins' Curtains

John Robbins latest book Curtains is now for sale in the shop area of the site. This one comes highly recommended and features the return of some of the characters from John's previous triumph The Well Below (also still available).

Remember, buy 2 or more books from the Blackshapes shop and get a free personalised note - counts for the Bockedy books selection also.

Independents Day 2013

Independents Day is happening on Sunday 23rd June this year. I'll be there.

Nota Recente

Christmas Derek and Damien

I only managed to get a page of this seasonal Derek and Damien story completed before Christmas. Ah well, there's always next year.

Where's Larry Jam Workshop

Calling all young Larry the Leprechaun fans! I'm doing a workshop in the Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire on the 16th March (yes, right before St.Patricks day) as part of the You Create series in which you can learn how to draw yourself as Larry and participate in a spectacular Larry jam where you draw in the characters.

More details and ticket booking here.

There are some other great events in the series too - from Chris Judge, Fintan Taite and Sarah Webb.

I visited a young Larry Fan in Co. Laois recently who had a rather well-loved copy of Where's Larry!
 

The Vision Service

A comic I did as a trailer for this excellent RTE radio play by Luke Clancy called the Vision Service - well worth a listen.

Last years Christmas Card

Just finished this years Chrimbo card and in the grand tradition here's last years:

Front (I got a bit confused here - it was a backwards gatefold with the second half of the turkeysaur on the back):

and inside:

Click on the label below to see all the cards of years gone by.

When Hitch met O'Casey

Promotional comic for the excellent Culture File Podcast on when director Hitchcock met Sean O'Casey the Irish playwright. Have a listen here.

I should also add - regular collaborator Liam Geraghty (Gazebo, Littlest Arsonist) did the script duties on this one. You can also be in with a chance of winning the original black and white line art by following and retweeting the Culture File Tweet.

It's A3 sized, black ink on heavy weight 300gsm cartridge paper - make a great Christmas present or self-indulgence!

It's digitally coloured and I did a few colour versions of this, the following of which were slightly brighter ones than the final chosen piece: