Notes of All

Robbins Video

John Robbins nice rostrum camera type videos with panels from his comics are overdue a mention. All are available from the Blackshapes shop.

Whilst stocks last orders of more than one book come with a copy of the Park and The Littlest Arsonist (click and wait for the animated gif):

Mindfield meltdown

Along with a bunch of folk from the Dublin Comic Jam I'm going to be doing court sketches, comics and cartoons at the Mindfield festival this weekend - come and say hullo if you're around.

What I am at but not why it is taking me so long

Up at the Catalyst Arts Comic Fair this Saturday, [23rd April] also in their awesome exhibition. If you're in Belfast come along - it'll be class.

Little Book

Everything is in Notes pt.2

Christmas 2009

My apologies if you didn't get a card from me this year - it's not because I don't love you anymore. Things got really busy towards the end of the year and I just didn't get it together in time to send out widely. Here's my effort from 2009:

Front

Inside

and Back

Everything is in Notes

vote for the hat

Got an image into the recent Upstart project.  As well as providing an alternative to all those horrid visages on the Election posters the project is intended to highlight creativity and the arts. My contribution looks a bit archaic and incongrous (and dare I say obvious?) next to all the hip graphics (Archie Templar's excellent effort notwithstanding). Haven't spotted where mines is located though - if you do please let me know.

UPDATE: A very nice person from the campaign posted photos of the poster in situ - see below.

(Any similarity to The Hat is entirely coincidental.)

The Park is unresolved

The cover of The Park mini-comic was a bit of a wrestle and what I settled for finally in the previous post still doesn't quite nail it.

It was to be a wraparound cover to emphasise the theme of the story. This was the first shot which felt a bit cluttered and over-textured:

This simplification didn't seem to solve things:

In hindsight I think it's the story itself that prevents the cover coming together.