Friday, December 20, 2013

Last Years Christmas Card

Front:



Inside:
Back:
Cards from previous years here.

Friday, October 18, 2013

Zine workshop at Seomra Spraoi

This Sunday 20th October from 3 - 4pm I'll be doing a workshop in Seomra Spraoi as part of the Eddie Pie Hands launch. It's at 10 Belevedere Court which is not far off off Mountjoy Square in Dublin (map here).

The launch goes on from 12 - 6pm and there are plenty of other cool workshops as well as food and entertainment. Suggested donation is a fiver. Eddie Pie Hands is a non-profit printing resource for zine makers and DIY publishers and provides a great value way of getting your work reproduced. Facebook page here and good Totally Dublin article on them here.

I'll be asking 'Why bother make a zine when you can just blog?', explaining why, showing some of my early self-publishing efforts:



and showing how to make a zine out of one sheet of paper which is pretty much the following diagram:

It'll be all about getting back to my roots - yeah?

Monday, September 30, 2013

Wrong Way, Turn Back

Piece that I did for the very natty 'Gods and Monsters' anthology from last year. This appeared reformatted somewhat in the book itself.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Monday, June 03, 2013

2D Festival Sketches

Just back from another awesome 2D Comics Festival - just a really good buzz there and the best one so far.

Part of the fun is getting to do quick sketches on request from the various attendees. I actually did a bit of homework this year trying to learn the obvious superhero characters - but I didn't get asked for any of those ones!

'Draw someone tasting something they don't like:'
Sploot
'Draw a robot putting on clothes:'
Robot
'Draw the Hulk:'
Hulk
'Just a beast - whatever you like:'
Hairy Beasty
'Death *something* (a 90's superhero?):'
Death something
Unspecific request but has to be an unconscious Moebius swipe.
Moebius swipe
The Flash (yes, I know it's wrong).
The Flash
Green lantern (yes, very wrong).
Green Lantern

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Friday, May 24, 2013

Where's that Larry guy?

Got good news on the Where's Larry book this week - it's gone into a second printing which is ace!

Here's another avid Larry fan with yet another patched up Larry book. Try not to get too frustrated and tear up your book please - Larry's not that good at hiding!


I've also had some requests from eagle-eyed Larry fans wondering what is going on behind the text boxes in the scenes in the book. I've previously given the goo on Glendalough and Croke Park but here are another couple.
Bunratty:



and the Cliffs of Moher:

More soon!

Also coming soon some more Larry-based workshops - keep an eye on the workshops area in the right hand column for more details.

Friday, April 19, 2013

Now then

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


Monday, April 15, 2013

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

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.


Thursday, February 28, 2013

Independents Day 2013

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


Sunday, February 10, 2013

Tuesday, February 05, 2013

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.


Saturday, February 02, 2013

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!
  Larry-wellloved02

Sunday, January 06, 2013

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.