tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77163756978565366752024-02-19T22:36:54.747-08:00C R U M P E T | T I M ECrumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-23641850482452059572013-02-24T13:43:00.002-08:002013-02-24T13:43:37.852-08:00New O'Messy Life single pt.2Had some people ask me over the last couple of years how I colour on Photoshop, so here goes.<br />
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1) Scan in at 1200dpi<br />
2) Open in PS and use Image > Adjustments > Threshold tool<br />
3) Reduce image size to 300dpi <br />
4) Go to Channels tab and make a copy of the "Blue" channel<br />
5) Go to Image > Adjustments > Invert<br />
6) Use the "marching ants" tool to select the inks<br />
7) Create a new layer<br />
8) Paint bucket black into the selected area<br />
9) Clear the background layer<br />
10) Create a layer between the background and the inks to colour on<br />
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This is my tried and tested method, and exactly what I did for the O'Messy Life cover. I use a Wacom tablet and a whole bunch of Polygon lasso tool when colouring on that intermediate layer and it's a much messier business than it appears when you remove the inks layer from above:<br />
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In many ways, however, it actually looks much softer and easier on the eye than when my clumsy line work is slapped over it. Never the less, this is the finished product! More when I start work on the back cover.<br />
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<br />Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-84677177659888705672013-02-18T03:51:00.000-08:002013-02-18T03:51:21.219-08:00New O'Messy Life single pt.1Hello all,<br />
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I have a big news dump on the way, but for now here's what I'm tinkering with at the moment. I heard some rough mixes of some great new songs by <a href="http://omessylife.bandcamp.com/">O'Messy Life</a>, that they'll be releasing on <a href="http://tinylightsrecordings.com/">Tiny Lights</a> pretty soon. This time, the external platform they've chosen to use for these deeply internal songs is the space shuttle <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster">Challenger</a> disaster of 1986. I'm once again privileged to be asked to design the artwork for this release. Number one fan boy, right here.<br />
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Lead singer David Littlefair had some pretty specific ideas in mind to begin with, but I meddled with them a little bit and with our powers combined we've came up with what I think will be a really neat design. It's been a much more involved conceptual process this time around, and we've drawn from this amalgam of reference material to come up with the image.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Incredible illustration by <a href="http://www.rebeccamock.com/">Rebecca Mock</a>.</span><br /></div>
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While the tragedy was worldwide and almost other-worldly in scale and coverage, we wanted to get at the sense of loss on a personal, domestic level. The obvious reason for this was that musically, the band are exploring personal ideas, using the disaster as a parallel/metaphorical narrative throughout. Here are some design process shots:</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> I made a very faded printout of this photo, drew directly over it in black fineliner, changing the proportions of various parts of the room and disregarding some features. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Then I used a light box and a new sheet of paper to pencil over the basic lines I had made on the printout and filled in the extra details as I went along. </span></div>
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<br />Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-3514875275656764872012-11-10T12:05:00.002-08:002012-11-10T12:08:42.554-08:00Thought Bubble 2012<br />
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With <a href="http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/">Thought Bubble</a> only a week away, I thought I'd share some news/plans with everyone. Firstly, if you're not planning on going to Thought Bubble - GO! It really is the finest convention the UK has to offer. Just the right kind of focus for anybody's tastes, just the right kind of atmosphere to make creators, guests and families feel welcome. This will be my fourth time exhibiting and I'm more excited about it than ever before!<br />
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I'll be sharing table 169 in New Dock Hall with <a href="http://www.pmbuchan.com/">P M Buchan</a>, who I've been collaborating with for 8 years, since the first issue of our and <a href="http://www.phillipmarsden.com/">Phil Marsden</a>'s collaborative anthology <i>Blackout</i>. They were humble beginnings, and we've periodically released 3 more issues since that first one, as well as completing a slew of other strips that Bucky has written and I have drawn, which have featured in, among other places, <i><a href="http://www.starburstmagazine.com/">Starburst</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.screamhorror.com/">SCREAM</a></i> magazines. Meanwhile, Marsden has surpassed even himself, managing to weasel his way into illustrating for <i>NME</i> and <i>Kerrang!</i> magazines. <br />
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Bucky will also be releasing issue one of his Gothic-horror series <i>La Belle Dame Sans Merci</i>, and has work featured in the anthology <i>Disconnected vol. 2</i> - read more about these delights on his <a href="http://www.pmbuchan.com/">website</a>. As for moi, I'm disappointed to say no new issue of <i>The Big Bang</i> this year, as it's been all kinds of busy. But I do plan on putting out a beastly issue (if not a concluding issue) next year to make up for it. I will be doing some super sweet deals on comics and prints though:<br />
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<i>The Big Bang</i> Issues One, Two and Three - £6.00<br />
<i>John Henry Split My Heart</i> - £2.50<br />
<i>The Gentleman Ghos</i>t - £1.50<br />
<i>Costume Party</i> - £2.00<br />
One print - £5.00<br />
Two prints - £9.00<br />
Three prints - £12.00<br />
And I will be offering my customary "Anything you Like" A4 b/w commissions for £5.00 too!<br />
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The price of <i>Blackout</i> is yet to be announced, but you're looking at about £3.00 for 32 full-colour pages, on sexy uncoated stock - the only comic that come with a 100% guarantee that all contributors are going straight to hell! Blood sacrifices, hearts of virgins and other offers may be accepted. <br />
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<br />Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-46088111043424155452012-10-08T13:07:00.000-07:002012-10-08T13:09:21.360-07:00Bath TubSomething worth sharing with you.<br />
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<b>Classroom</b><br />
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<b>New Rob Heron Cover</b><br />
After the success of the last cover, I had the pleasure of working with Rob Heron & The Teapad Orchestra again. This time was a little draining on the band and on myself, because my iMac is on its last legs and finding Photoshop to be a very tricky customer. But we're both happy with how the artwork turned out and what I've heard of the album also sounds swell. You can find out more about the release and where to pick up a copy on the <a href="http://www.teapadorchestra.co.uk/">band's website</a>. <br />
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<b>O-Messy Life T-Shirt</b><br />
I had loads of fun drawing this scene of gore and death - took me right back to childhood! I also managed to side-step having to do anything on Photoshop, which helped with the turn around and my sanity. It's an even nicer commission because it marks the triumphant return of the band after an injury-related hiatus. More gigs and releases soon I hope! The t-shirts are available from the <a href="http://tinylights.bandcamp.com/merch/omessy-life-t-shirt">Tiny Lights website</a>.<br />
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<b>Lemons</b><br />
As almost a cheesy motivational poster for my classroom, and something fun to do over the summer, I created this little illustration. I'll probably be putting it in my <a href="http://crumpettimecomics.etsy.com/">Etsy shop</a> soon, and I'll have copies for sale at Thought Bubble this year.<br />
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<b>Starburst</b><br />
How I've never picked up a copy of this magazine before I have no idea; it's brimming with reviews for movies, TV shows, books, comics, videogames, table-top games and basically all of the stuff I live and breathe. BONUS! Now that Bucky is on their writing team, we have a comic in the current issue (read more about that <a href="http://pmbuchan.com/2012/09/21/starburst-magazine-issue-381/">here</a>) and I also get a mention for my series <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/88089467/the-big-bang-issue-one-two-and-three">The Big Bang</a> in his column <a href="http://www.starburstmagazine.com/component/content/category/7-comic-world">Adventures on Alternative Earths</a>. Go to any good stockist and pick up a copy!<br />
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<b>Blackout</b><br />
The crude A5, black and white, hand-folded and -stapled overly offensive rag of death, alcoholism and rage that saw me through my self-publishing fetish as a teen is back with a vengeance! This time, in addition to the 'original three' contributors: myself, <a href="http://pmbuchan.com/">PM Buchan</a> and <a href="http://www.phillipmarsden.com/">Phil Marsden</a>, we are also welcoming to the fold the immeasurably talented beard of <a href="http://thismeanswaugh.com/">Andy Waugh</a>, who will be offering some original work of his own creation, AND the miniature making, miniature painting, comics writing, comics drawing <a href="http://www.elblondino.co.uk/">Michael Barnes</a>, who will be colouring some of mine and Phil Marsden's work.<br />
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What's that? Colour you say? You better believe it! This is going to be like no other Blackout you've read before. In fact, so redundant does it make all of the other issues, that we're simply giving it the monolithic title of 'Blackout' and doing away with issue numbers! It will be full colour, much lengthier than the other issues and more succinctly offensive and filth-ridden. Here are a few sneaky peeks of my progress so far.<br />
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<b>Twitter</b><br />
Okay, I swore to myself that I would never submit. As a devout technophobe and hater of all social networking websites, apps and other nonsense, Twitter seemed about the stupidest thing of all. HOWEVER, when I found out that the game designers I turned onto my dice game <i>Teltos</i> at a recent stag party were creating wonderful ripples in the gaming world, going so far as to create Teltos arenas, custom dice bags and a slew of new and hilarious gaming names, I had to be a part of it. Nay, I had to stake my claim! Plant my flag! And now that I'm on, I'll occasionally post an update about arty progress or gaming stuff. Follow me @Teltos.Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-40344531396108964272012-06-24T13:39:00.001-07:002012-07-19T13:13:22.660-07:00School's Out for SummerGreetings all. Well, I'm now officially a qualified teacher and have an exciting September ahead of me. Until then, I also have a little more time to devote to drawing and stuff, so I thought I'd kick off with some old stuff that I didn't have the chance to post up here while I was in school etc.<br />
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First off, here's the cover artwork for the second <a href="http://tinylightsrecordings.com/">Tiny Lights</a> release from <a href="http://omessylife.bandcamp.com/">O'Messy Life</a>. It's a reference to the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmTq19ii2KA&feature=related">Heaven's Gate Cult</a> and originally had a different back cover featuring the head of their ultra-creepy cult leader Mark Applewhite.<br />
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Here's the unused Applewhite head:<br />
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I also had the tremendous pleasure of being placed at Benton Park Primary School for 8 weeks at the end of my course, and I got to know an absolutely lovely and utterly bonkers group of kids whose teacher acted as my mentor while I was there. Every morning they would tell me about the bizarre dreams they had the night before about being eaten by various food stuffs, mostly fruit. As a parting gift I made this illustration for them:<br />
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Finally, a bit of fan art for Mountain Man. Go <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5ivBnosEJo">lisssen</a>.<br />
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Check out this re-vamped toaster bot, and if you'd like it hanging around your excellent physique, <a href="http://www.threadless.com/submission/415463/Crumpet_Time/showmore,designs">GO VOTE FOR IT</a>! It would look awesome on you, and I'm not just saying that.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuVC_qdrRUgNi0ZbqWcJabDxhmuw9Duirsw664yQi2q0TByPTj_msfRb1No_5sHTcdXnrePgsK-G5H0zsxibqWwVjMWah28Aj5GEqbCu9bQchYjEpNTXS_6KSJm-OevjQdJuTgP7r9Ond/s1600/presentation.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuVC_qdrRUgNi0ZbqWcJabDxhmuw9Duirsw664yQi2q0TByPTj_msfRb1No_5sHTcdXnrePgsK-G5H0zsxibqWwVjMWah28Aj5GEqbCu9bQchYjEpNTXS_6KSJm-OevjQdJuTgP7r9Ond/s320/presentation.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727142216566491282" border="0" /></a><br />If it's successful I'll pick a bunch of you bloggers to get a free tee - just comment below to say you've voted! Thank you in advance for your support!Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-44849214796508102142012-03-31T14:56:00.008-07:002012-03-31T15:48:13.513-07:00Since Last We SpokeHello! I've just broken up for Easter so I'm hoping to get organised on both the comics and becoming-a-teacher front over the next two weeks. I made a few tweaks to the <a href="http://www.jackfallows.com/">main website</a>, as I'm now teaching kids who know both of my names and are curious about googling me - there's a kids and grown-ups option when you hit the home page now, with ruder bits contained only in the latter.<br /><br />Here's a few news items that might take your fancy:<br /><br />1) There's an audio interview with me at the Canny Comic Con<br />2) I have illustrated THREE album covers I've managed not to post about before<br />3) I've created a tabletop RPG for Primary School-aged children<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Interview at the CCC<br /></span><span>Even though the event has been and gone, I recommend you visit the Canny Comic Con <a href="http://www.cannycomiccon.co.uk/">website</a> so you can hear about how amazingly well the whole thing went. There's a n</span><span>ifty list of all the press it got - photos, reviews, </span><span>blog entries</span><span> a</span><span>nd the likes. Among this selection of tasty t</span><span>reats are a few audio interviews with some really cool people, plus me. My girlfriend pointed out to me that I keep interrupting and sound like a jerk - I prefer to think of it as enthusiasm! The direct link is <a href="http://community.newcastle.gov.uk/libraries/2011/12/15/canny-comic-con-lived-up-to-its-name/">here</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">THREE Album Covers</span><br />The first I really should have put up ages ago. This was commissioned by <span style="font-style: italic;">Rob Heron and the </span></span><span><span style="font-style: italic;">Teapad Orchestra</span> for their EP "Teepy Eepy". Go check them out <a href="http://www.teapadorchestra.co.uk/">here</a>.<br /><br /><span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXmzGYbFlTqu8DToe84oMyLAmyU1SccHcXhZH8r-Dz4SY88tPpUbvG6IkBdy_vxQ4b-pRFL33r-stVvplDtMlIFOndKi9bFZ4xTcjhZFMAz1uLFWKBH5fP7-c4-wIFod3SJzT7LSrEjn_/s1600/robheron1.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSXmzGYbFlTqu8DToe84oMyLAmyU1SccHcXhZH8r-Dz4SY88tPpUbvG6IkBdy_vxQ4b-pRFL33r-stVvplDtMlIFOndKi9bFZ4xTcjhZFMAz1uLFWKBH5fP7-c4-wIFod3SJzT7LSrEjn_/s320/robheron1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726193287313231458" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgClR3aiKX0D2MdYbht9yW1D25OxY2gKb3MAQRCEV4vNyZX8sB7ha8SpMocQ-Y5mwKdblVser5OWvi2qQAAdXEtXTBX4CRxOq7Gsy0D09yU0dlsLrmKu-u7Z-DXIDzNzVrmXMs9T3OACAX9/s1600/robheron2.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgClR3aiKX0D2MdYbht9yW1D25OxY2gKb3MAQRCEV4vNyZX8sB7ha8SpMocQ-Y5mwKdblVser5OWvi2qQAAdXEtXTBX4CRxOq7Gsy0D09yU0dlsLrmKu-u7Z-DXIDzNzVrmXMs9T3OACAX9/s320/robheron2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726193516099853458" border="0" /></a></span><br />The other two are the fourth and fifth covers I've produced for <a href="http://o-messylife.tumblr.com/">O'Messy Life</a>, this time for a couple of singles - "Escape Velocity" and "Little Vehicles/Space Holiday". Both of these bad boys are being put out by <a href="http://tinylightsrecordings.com/">Tiny Lights</a>, the first is available now, the second later this month. I'll post the cover for that one when it's all confirmed and the artwork is finalised.<br /><br /><span><span><span><span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08Doj_Ur6CL3WlUnklYC9V3xhI8c8YGUbDdSB1koap8zRqDSRGxqpeOGBLdF0TsDb5YAcGeVH-0ZYh7xDZ6qIqNSNiOYbHKrjW97uImXjSD341U3gECZuupz5GU6hbUUIYrJHTzhpVllR/s1600/evelocity1.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08Doj_Ur6CL3WlUnklYC9V3xhI8c8YGUbDdSB1koap8zRqDSRGxqpeOGBLdF0TsDb5YAcGeVH-0ZYh7xDZ6qIqNSNiOYbHKrjW97uImXjSD341U3gECZuupz5GU6hbUUIYrJHTzhpVllR/s320/evelocity1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726193700454876146" border="0" /></a><span><span><span><span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FRnayEYB-DZNh93dctSw2cEOjOPtBWEJgGiXjlEZNPOQq36YMzBmW6nSNz3C1XttBhyphenhyphenulVgv3Nz-8dWicxPy4Y6ssaFEABdmCJhPnhNgORhiLdfm6PbnYomFjt6M68FVfJcNF_PdaabK/s1600/evelocity2.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3FRnayEYB-DZNh93dctSw2cEOjOPtBWEJgGiXjlEZNPOQq36YMzBmW6nSNz3C1XttBhyphenhyphenulVgv3Nz-8dWicxPy4Y6ssaFEABdmCJhPnhNgORhiLdfm6PbnYomFjt6M68FVfJcNF_PdaabK/s320/evelocity2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726195050645371426" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Tabletop RPG for Kids</span><br />Among the other tasty nuggets of newness you can find on my main website, there is a link on the Workshops page for a <a href="http://www.jackfallows.com/workshops/index.php">free download</a> of all the materials you need to play <span style="font-style: italic;">Forging Fables</span>.<br /><br /><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtwu86FMI_CzmCo8hQX34vyL-dRBfChsgwUAx2bEeCxFHNnwQ7M8yooc1BPkwFiHiAhqpJUx8rHrXjggEf6rcJyUH2OszqOvMJQDlbXj6CwxFAKrkmoA5OAVVWvZFEVKVTGH7QQ9bclDM/s1600/FF_logo.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjtwu86FMI_CzmCo8hQX34vyL-dRBfChsgwUAx2bEeCxFHNnwQ7M8yooc1BPkwFiHiAhqpJUx8rHrXjggEf6rcJyUH2OszqOvMJQDlbXj6CwxFAKrkmoA5OAVVWvZFEVKVTGH7QQ9bclDM/s320/FF_logo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726195761037798466" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />This is a game I play-tested with some Year 6s as an after-school club while I was on teaching placement and it went splendidly. It's not vastly different from a lot of other RPG gaming systems, but it's sleek enough to appeal to younger kids without bewildering them with tomes of stats and rules. Try it out with some youngsters and tell me how it went!<br /><br />More soon...ish. Maybe.<br /></span>Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-29468133113135543802011-12-09T13:10:00.000-08:002011-12-12T09:00:47.984-08:00What's the What, World Wide Web?Here's an uber-fast rundown of everything I've been up to since the last post:<br /><br />1) A Christmas Special for Scream magazine with collaborator PM Buchan, of course<br />2) A meal and sip of scotch whisky with Anders Nilsen, don'tchuknow<br />3) A new issue of the Big Bang (available <a href="http://crumpettimecomics.etsy.com/">here</a>)<br />4) A nice weekend at Thought Bubble comic con<br />5) A new print in the Etsy Store<br />6) A talk and stall lined up for tomorrow's Canny Comic Con<br /><br />And here's a little bit of an expansion on these news items:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Christmas Special for Scream Magazine</span><br /><br />The third and, alas, final for now, submission to <a href="http://www.screamhorror.com/">Scream Magazine</a> that <a href="http://buckychainsawmassacre.blogspot.com/">PM Buchan</a> and I will be submitting, but what a corker. It's about the legend of Krampus in the modern age and is a gloriously blood-soaked festive treat. We're selling the three strips we've submitted as a limited numbered set, so if you run into either me or Bucky out and about in the comic world (or if you check my Etsy shop after this weekend) you'll be able to score yourself a copy for a mere £2 English. Here's a sneaky peak:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbH30IuDf6sqxCVDiLdSHpcaNz6c5ZTCBGr82BLueLCkuxtulkHC4-PNMpmhqZk4GlvWpcpYoqObz1vqQ5TgJSsquiGDZyQWNgWyj6v0AdUSYE7MXsPCmOg6ux8m_1G0lfEtj7fKgXV4m/s1600/krampus.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbH30IuDf6sqxCVDiLdSHpcaNz6c5ZTCBGr82BLueLCkuxtulkHC4-PNMpmhqZk4GlvWpcpYoqObz1vqQ5TgJSsquiGDZyQWNgWyj6v0AdUSYE7MXsPCmOg6ux8m_1G0lfEtj7fKgXV4m/s320/krampus.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684245678315405474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Meal and a Sip of Scotch Whisky with Anders Nilsen</span><br /><br />Due to being at a wedding, I wasn't able to make it to the recent <a href="http://themonologuist.blogspot.com/">Anders Nilsen</a> signing for <span style="font-style: italic;">Big Questions</span> at <a href="http://www.travellingman.com/">Travelling Man</a>. But although I don't work there anymore, I still invivte myself to all of their social events. So naturally, when I found out they were wining and dining him the night before, I gatecrashed. I also brought with me an arsenal of comics that I knew he'd want to see by <a href="http://www.angusmckie.co.uk/">Angus McKie</a> in a vain attempt to get a mention on his blog. And guess what, you guys? I (sort of) <a href="http://themonologuist.blogspot.com/2011/12/angus-mckie.html">did</a>! Here's some grainy photos of Anders looking uncomfortable and me looking happier than I've ever been in my sad little life, plus the awesome sketch he did for me:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9Mw_9Ix6I05AKccES96lL8gNfaQ4mvZHvZo6VG4WjUs-NP4kUK-tJtoxlrhqT_OI3-EiNA0TzITqr1WG4KivOoVkUu0CvoEvT9wW0vyk9vjaT7ZLE1O5w-_aa94MgjAH_lkCBPEaRO_-/s1600/IMG_0408.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9Mw_9Ix6I05AKccES96lL8gNfaQ4mvZHvZo6VG4WjUs-NP4kUK-tJtoxlrhqT_OI3-EiNA0TzITqr1WG4KivOoVkUu0CvoEvT9wW0vyk9vjaT7ZLE1O5w-_aa94MgjAH_lkCBPEaRO_-/s320/IMG_0408.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684246880414797186" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfqK0GAXNBFY5GIxBYwhuNJt4FDp_KJaastvR8R1SjChMtLSkDc3tydvsE_SOFLj-0gllAaY31ALJB8SJ4c01_MH-oRX-O1PDNa-mhyphenhyphenjLxLIJrUh7MD8IXTReA5-WhQ33PfqYE4a8SSJo/s1600/IMG_0426.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfqK0GAXNBFY5GIxBYwhuNJt4FDp_KJaastvR8R1SjChMtLSkDc3tydvsE_SOFLj-0gllAaY31ALJB8SJ4c01_MH-oRX-O1PDNa-mhyphenhyphenjLxLIJrUh7MD8IXTReA5-WhQ33PfqYE4a8SSJo/s320/IMG_0426.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684246881744897874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Big Bang Issue Three - A Comic for Dennis Brown</span> (+ New Print)<br /><br />Please welcome to the fold Issue Three of The Big Bang series. This issue is a mini comic, featuring 12 pages of delicious greyscale story all about the life of Dennis Brown, the bus driver who makes his first appearance at the beginning of The Big Bang Issue Two. The subheading is a reference to the song “A Song for Dennis Brown” by The Mountain Goats.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBjKo05Dn9LLax3pJ75bisw4iqtX8ZrXTtb0SRveIjHdgz1zu1CvtdYwE30d9DLN2LmfR2t7hI7PyFw0bRkxQkbSTUZF6-dKTc-hD7EdEduhX1GP4_ZzmK8VzoPEgBG6TSibcK_EOrB6M/s1600/bb3cover.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilBjKo05Dn9LLax3pJ75bisw4iqtX8ZrXTtb0SRveIjHdgz1zu1CvtdYwE30d9DLN2LmfR2t7hI7PyFw0bRkxQkbSTUZF6-dKTc-hD7EdEduhX1GP4_ZzmK8VzoPEgBG6TSibcK_EOrB6M/s320/bb3cover.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684247938302821618" border="0" /></a>While this issue doesn't carry on from the previous one, it offers extra depth to the character and should enhance your reading of the issues yet to come. On the other hand, it can also work as a standalone story without any need to have read issues one and two. The story is broken up into three parts – Dennis’ childhood, his early adulthood and his midlife career choice to drive buses.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/87740435/big-bang-issue-three-a-comic-for-dennis">Go buy it</a>! And while you're there, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/88096874/arienette-vs-the-dragon-a3-posterprint">buy this too</a>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtidk4T2CgmxJxuL2MwnPwDOH-_ist0C13yHX_yUtFuczyLo1zvfzSCpH0JgbIhcC7Xnt-hc56u4rprHYahdcmg9b6jkZ7zLVlLflN3YqAoElg_emaGSVHJ5pHhx_nrYDigQsYdT4sGlkS/s1600/dragonprint.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtidk4T2CgmxJxuL2MwnPwDOH-_ist0C13yHX_yUtFuczyLo1zvfzSCpH0JgbIhcC7Xnt-hc56u4rprHYahdcmg9b6jkZ7zLVlLflN3YqAoElg_emaGSVHJ5pHhx_nrYDigQsYdT4sGlkS/s320/dragonprint.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684248638054420658" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Nice Weekend at Thought Bubble</span><br /><br />It <span style="font-weight: bold;">was</span> a nice weekend, and too nice to possibly go into all of the details with the limited time I have. Great catching up with folks I don't get to catch up with otherwise, nice being at the mercy of Joe Public during my (now customary) "Draw Anything You Want For £5" social experiment and I also had the chance to make my peace for not bowing down in servitude to the wonderously talented <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://kriskicorp.blogspot.com/">Kristyna Baczynski</a> the last couple of times I unwittingly spoke to her at the con.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Talk and Stall at Canny Comic Con</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpepKOtEkLomORcI4AKvemuYkMSX36MjIDwLeluSBKIjQ_hL_xNNp7-UeUWxedZfrFKCKQPQ8BcZOeIVqUg9sylg70nrckxCfprlP5Xf6K9kS8oLw6u0AChkMPkeSQKTGnRUcS3AROhfiN/s1600/cannycomiccon.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpepKOtEkLomORcI4AKvemuYkMSX36MjIDwLeluSBKIjQ_hL_xNNp7-UeUWxedZfrFKCKQPQ8BcZOeIVqUg9sylg70nrckxCfprlP5Xf6K9kS8oLw6u0AChkMPkeSQKTGnRUcS3AROhfiN/s320/cannycomiccon.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5684250658491212466" border="0" /></a><br />It's probably a bit late in the day to be informing you of this now, but <a href="http://alexiconman.blogspot.com/">my co-conspiritor</a> on <span style="font-style: italic;">The Big Bang</span> has organised an incredible schedule of talks, workshops, panels and seminars to take place in a hall full of comic stalls at Newcastle City Library tomorrow (10th December!) - in other words, he's finally filled the gap between Leeds and Inverness that the comic-convention-going people of the North needed! I'll be doing a 30minute talk starting at 10am called "What Comics Aren't" and I'll also be selling my wares all the live long day. Go to the <a href="http://cannycomiccon.co.uk/">CCC website</a> and brace yourself to be punched in the face with <span style="font-weight: bold;">awesome</span>.Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-2336848139769126732011-09-11T07:26:00.000-07:002011-09-11T08:00:26.612-07:00Hey You GuysI'm not going to give my usual apology for irregular updates or any empty promises to stay on top of things like usual. This is for two reasons: 1) I always say those things and never follow through, and 2) I'm going to have even less opportunity than before to do regular updates between now and June 2012 because I've just started a Primary PGCE and Hoo-Boy, is it going to be <span style="font-style: italic;">intense</span>.<br /><br />Instead, here's a massive information dump to read at your leisure. If anyone out there still follows my work, they may have noticed a big change to my <a href="http://www.jackfallows.com/">main website</a>. You might notice it isn't as fancy pants, but has been streamlined into a sleek little set of pages that a HTML dunce like me can manage without help from <a href="http://www.timeggleston.co.uk/">computer geniuses</a>. That means more regular updates, more frequent page errors and generally more STUFF. What's more, you can view this blog as part of the site, so why not bookmark it? Why not, huh?<br /><br />You may also remember me talking about some collaboration with the heathen known as <a href="http://buckychainsawmassacre.blogspot.com/">Phillip M Buchan</a>. Well, aside from the four page strip mentioned before, I've also done two one-pagers with Bucky that have landed in the sweet UK horror magazine <a href="http://www.screamhorror.com/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scream</span></a>. One is about the grim reaper and being a drunk, and the other is about a teenage werewolf and being drunk. Thematic stuff, previews of which can be seen below.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqMOwCGTtcMmcE5cpx09cjEhHDj7kPPY2noRW4EfjRfpaQlCJNllcAJ78b5uPQDuH6ZAGhXiw3BpF2z-s3Sx0OvQTaK4NvTX8BgjI6TZ84BOsRCl0V7iuXEZsRMf4J21CN40WxA58ISem/s1600/dftr_preview.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqMOwCGTtcMmcE5cpx09cjEhHDj7kPPY2noRW4EfjRfpaQlCJNllcAJ78b5uPQDuH6ZAGhXiw3BpF2z-s3Sx0OvQTaK4NvTX8BgjI6TZ84BOsRCl0V7iuXEZsRMf4J21CN40WxA58ISem/s320/dftr_preview.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651114663823435538" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5vOVJjmPMur1i0ScxbnKdjuD_zEiKTb5sB5nKcztxLi8ALAEeyT7kKXa4wTeH-nOoyaXLCfdR5jJR5hrEFil2owJEYne06lrE7BgdbDJRRLBCFLSPNvrnJXGrHBk_lVO5LT3RW0lnuJ1/s1600/iwatw_preview.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5vOVJjmPMur1i0ScxbnKdjuD_zEiKTb5sB5nKcztxLi8ALAEeyT7kKXa4wTeH-nOoyaXLCfdR5jJR5hrEFil2owJEYne06lrE7BgdbDJRRLBCFLSPNvrnJXGrHBk_lVO5LT3RW0lnuJ1/s320/iwatw_preview.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651114892925419170" border="0" /></a></div><br />I've also been chipping away at the third issue of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/61524954/big-bang-issue-two-comiczine">The Big Bang</a> and make a solemn promise to have printed versions at this year's <a href="http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/">Thought Bubble</a>. Finally, I just finished designing a poster/flyer design for the forthcoming Jeffrey Lewis gig here in Newcastle. I was a little pushed for time, but skimped on no details when it came to drawing the guitar composed 90% of stickers, for which Jeff is so famously known (to creeps like me). Behold!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1cqqaKfwGK2ZpzrpO2uw6HOsu4MguJqBOL9FWfI4Dog7IaS_0hb4Egm0aETwwPSWgEvfYZUD_6jmrBxLxHYJmTNp0tf9l_ZVQeWV2SNkU1yaSJzHfLsFTo-8NmoWLnGrURicUoyOZ7wZg/s1600/jefflewis.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1cqqaKfwGK2ZpzrpO2uw6HOsu4MguJqBOL9FWfI4Dog7IaS_0hb4Egm0aETwwPSWgEvfYZUD_6jmrBxLxHYJmTNp0tf9l_ZVQeWV2SNkU1yaSJzHfLsFTo-8NmoWLnGrURicUoyOZ7wZg/s320/jefflewis.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651115169522817938" border="0" /></a><br />In other news, my good ol' buddy bud Andy Waugh has just launched a <a href="http://www.thismeanswaugh.com/">website</a>, and I know for a fact that our two websites bookmarked side by side on your browser will be an incredible and beautiful sight to behold.Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-30660613028026035282011-06-17T01:25:00.001-07:002011-06-17T01:31:37.895-07:00DemonvillePaul Regan, writer and co-creator of the immensely popular small press comic book series <span style="font-style: italic;">Trenchfoot</span> and vice chairman of <span style="font-style: italic;">OG Comics Enterprises</span> has written a novel. Although it has a few stages left before it's unleashed on the general public, Mr. Regan asked me to produce a cover for this bold leap into the non-panel-based literary arts. And here, according to his original doodle, is the finished piece:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAxXWQ2OB1mUb3mkKywq7ZfncZJ6ubHeHwLQIVOlIxNlVaKpM9z90WAVItbOOX30q-clk2NQfPK9uNAKaaYce5_jr5-zLZSPVhRfLyvDHc0habn7DDS6zxEzUJX7ZrAKCJ0UacczdItTp/s1600/demonville.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAxXWQ2OB1mUb3mkKywq7ZfncZJ6ubHeHwLQIVOlIxNlVaKpM9z90WAVItbOOX30q-clk2NQfPK9uNAKaaYce5_jr5-zLZSPVhRfLyvDHc0habn7DDS6zxEzUJX7ZrAKCJ0UacczdItTp/s320/demonville.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619103433070691442" border="0" /></a>Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-6062898877452189382011-06-10T00:06:00.000-07:002011-06-10T03:49:55.678-07:00What's Up?Whatever small percentage of this blog's readership that still remains may be wondering why I haven't posted recently (or regularly) on here in a while and in explaining that reason, I'm also going to be producing one big post of updates to make up for it!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Make Do & Mend Fair</span><br />My last post was giving people the heads up about the recent craft fair at Heaton Perk and, as anticipated, it was jolly good fun. I met lots of nice people, including <a href="http://www.katiechappell.com/">Katie Chappell</a>, who as well as working in Newcastle's (and indeed the world's!) finest cosmetics shop Lush, is also apparently a really good artist! Sally was dishing out plenty of Tunnocks goodies to stall owners and visitors alike, and even snapped this silly and rather horrendous picture of me endorsing the procedure.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QCiZ9DfBjj45VOUUYy3x-t8HHxDzlXdhdzC5kvLqtpqa0Qpng45ND87IHBwz1qJIorEoUGBf8Bc9rZDnDdQstXRlwSuV5SuicXHW0EEYyskamTh9kGth9TQsDzC6NS1avKOp3sYr8ORM/s1600/226856_10150624664275347_269474270346_19006644_3992159_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QCiZ9DfBjj45VOUUYy3x-t8HHxDzlXdhdzC5kvLqtpqa0Qpng45ND87IHBwz1qJIorEoUGBf8Bc9rZDnDdQstXRlwSuV5SuicXHW0EEYyskamTh9kGth9TQsDzC6NS1avKOp3sYr8ORM/s320/226856_10150624664275347_269474270346_19006644_3992159_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616485882300476738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Bit Crack and Chris Bostock's Starlight</span><br />The infinitely talented traditional storytellers of <a href="http://www.abitcrack.com/">A Bit Crack</a>, a group who perform on the first Friday of every month at the Star and Shadow Cinema in Newcastle, hired me to re-vamp their promotional material. This was a long collaboration but we all came out of it happy with the results I think! Following that I was then hired by the group's own <a href="http://www.chrisbostock.co.uk/">Chris Bostock</a> to put together some promotional material for his younger years performance "Starlight"<br /><br />Below are some of the mock-ups I designed:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKGvuVm5BqKpAl6a_vVpIXrpGFTzOkMv7MZj3C66PB7FgAdchniSy52NXZd533SUig8qL8JxO4YTcaZ1MCyAB1yHiNwSq4bbEqfPUEIvf72QxPP58fsoUTCrNkSzR0sgEGcdwiQbpkNvV/s1600/slfront.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKGvuVm5BqKpAl6a_vVpIXrpGFTzOkMv7MZj3C66PB7FgAdchniSy52NXZd533SUig8qL8JxO4YTcaZ1MCyAB1yHiNwSq4bbEqfPUEIvf72QxPP58fsoUTCrNkSzR0sgEGcdwiQbpkNvV/s320/slfront.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616489165732937426" border="0" /></a>This design made use of one of the main props from the show but we agreed the colours weren't quite right for a younger years show and decided to incorporate the characters from the story into the design.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHQB7luvronMd9z-FU5_olD2mFF-w9lxG7gPUMKsmhxWWNIytTz8nI-1_T7hhy56_WCuoNlbe14RqbA336WXIfQBCTHg7Z0x-Up03k7Jdn7rQtx6-0n4EuyKiIduJwrp3-05DUneU6W0X/s1600/slfront2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHQB7luvronMd9z-FU5_olD2mFF-w9lxG7gPUMKsmhxWWNIytTz8nI-1_T7hhy56_WCuoNlbe14RqbA336WXIfQBCTHg7Z0x-Up03k7Jdn7rQtx6-0n4EuyKiIduJwrp3-05DUneU6W0X/s320/slfront2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616489683059831746" border="0" /></a>This is one of a series of very small (10cm x 15cm, I think) ink drawings of various compositions that I scanned into Photoshop to play around with more pastel-ly colours. Once I found a colour scheme I was happy with, I tried to stick with the same pallette.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneX6383sbgoxMFyupRrv78E0a_z1pYQKliViRwIBgZA7y3vVwcJn3zwoTn-mEpBQMGWfkacKKaBefjVMfIGP2anS246Q3C_KJQxt3XDJeNW1498Fv_WHbGvhTj3qYXo-cvu_8vgcnSdDw/s1600/slfront3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneX6383sbgoxMFyupRrv78E0a_z1pYQKliViRwIBgZA7y3vVwcJn3zwoTn-mEpBQMGWfkacKKaBefjVMfIGP2anS246Q3C_KJQxt3XDJeNW1498Fv_WHbGvhTj3qYXo-cvu_8vgcnSdDw/s320/slfront3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616490502527362834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNP3u5KPmchumnTrpKJxfX7BpCKvv2zA6ZaC46L3cBkz26ZzruBeuzykD3vQ8sCrNvsub4q6nIaB50XsxATS0rslEP0oE4aZ8I6nNFlYrPDefKEK9fR7nLZbHON1GCKft1Gu4mACLBoH1Q/s1600/slfront4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNP3u5KPmchumnTrpKJxfX7BpCKvv2zA6ZaC46L3cBkz26ZzruBeuzykD3vQ8sCrNvsub4q6nIaB50XsxATS0rslEP0oE4aZ8I6nNFlYrPDefKEK9fR7nLZbHON1GCKft1Gu4mACLBoH1Q/s320/slfront4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616490734435477138" border="0" /></a>It was a conscious decision on Chris' part not to show too much of the faces of the characters as the show is geared by the young people's imagination and he didn't want to ascribe too much detail. Chris was happiest with the original sky-gazing mock-up so I worked on a bigger, tidier version with clearer text and ended up with this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZw08NNaakI4FdKKyJzbzLxCooos3jYGtoXkkfm-9lU_HOAm6ZgrU3f_gxpmPiKNAXB_HyN77q25oJWy7J4wgrc6FjivirJOuua652NmRpWUzjR04XnW4pg8PO9phL4foiOJsjzWZyl4VE/s1600/slfinalf.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZw08NNaakI4FdKKyJzbzLxCooos3jYGtoXkkfm-9lU_HOAm6ZgrU3f_gxpmPiKNAXB_HyN77q25oJWy7J4wgrc6FjivirJOuua652NmRpWUzjR04XnW4pg8PO9phL4foiOJsjzWZyl4VE/s320/slfinalf.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616491701019795762" border="0" /></a>This acts as the cover to an A5 booklet with show details and contact information and I referred back to some of these original mock-ups when designing the interior pages too.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Workshops Galore!</span><br /><a href="http://jackanddanielscomicbookworkshops.blogspot.com/">Jack & Daniel's Comic Book Workshops</a> had their busiest month to date in May and in addition to all of the projects we lead during that time, we've also been working on getting an anthology of work together by a group we spent 12 lunchtime sessions with at Holystone Primary School near Northumberland Park. There's a touch of scanning left to do and I'm going to design a cover similar to our <a href="http://jackanddanielscomicbookworkshops.blogspot.com/2011/01/seven-stories-comics-anthology.html">Seven Stories anthology</a>, which will feature my renderings of the kids' characters - I can't wait! I'll post the finished piece when it's done.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Window Murals</span><br />This is a slight aside, but a strange creative endeavour I've recently undertaken so it might be of interest! <a href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview_srch&by=creator&for=Doug+Braithwaite">Travelling Man</a>, the aforementioned comic shop where I work, have actually encouraged its more creative hoodlums to paint stuff onto the shop window to promote our events! My first attempt was a straight-up robot to promote Free Comic Book Day:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaC_1qgIMCvwyq-sUlzRb4EzKrGX3wfZQclw2jIep2jdkDzsvmujMPM9anM0LxdJX8tH6HxaxS0_lglf3_VU6DJSP678LgQTYn25PQ2f0dgguhxlxwAUWlzu4uxtlI6rgw9BuLdA5iCmTs/s1600/FCBD.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaC_1qgIMCvwyq-sUlzRb4EzKrGX3wfZQclw2jIep2jdkDzsvmujMPM9anM0LxdJX8tH6HxaxS0_lglf3_VU6DJSP678LgQTYn25PQ2f0dgguhxlxwAUWlzu4uxtlI6rgw9BuLdA5iCmTs/s320/FCBD.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616496647553081666" border="0" /></a>Following that we had a signing with <a href="http://www.hipflask.com/">Richard Starkings</a> and <a href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview_srch&by=creator&for=Doug+Braithwaite">Doug Braithwaite</a> to promote their forthcoming collaboration on Richard's series <span style="font-style: italic;">Elephantmen</span>. First off, I set about getting the information on the window before it started to rain one day. This was supposed to read as "Elephantmen signing 21st May with Richard Starkings and Doug Braithwaite"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcsisy5COcNI9mzLG_la0WQkxtkuvRm8F8FqpQIwjMKI8iFzSq2E9ObHA4lt_MNOi6I1hg7FtEjGNq3-axCyz6fyeIHEKu8_PI_uzpG1keEaD7t35Fq-rnr4jQbldeDy3DkKu6kB2tXsq/s1600/EM1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzcsisy5COcNI9mzLG_la0WQkxtkuvRm8F8FqpQIwjMKI8iFzSq2E9ObHA4lt_MNOi6I1hg7FtEjGNq3-axCyz6fyeIHEKu8_PI_uzpG1keEaD7t35Fq-rnr4jQbldeDy3DkKu6kB2tXsq/s320/EM1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616496983936002098" border="0" /></a><br />I took a photo of it, pondered it for a couple of days until I was back at work and decided that it didn't read right and probably needed a "This Saturday" because your average Joe doesn't conjure up the day based on "21st". I took quite a bit of care with the lettering knowing what a connoseur Mr Starking's is, and once I was happy with the tweaks I got to work painting a big scary elephant head.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_AeIxoGva1mFhj4rcULYAKnls6s7-ZwLcI89tyAHGqtqIDSNLXnasoH0RO5KAmw4wt_eJrJN8sYE2GScOgU-K-VaO2eoAy-pTn9hJ6P_GArETGxaJwZn_oPyA3Cp4t4Oh05jwZG5jU_2/s1600/EM2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2_AeIxoGva1mFhj4rcULYAKnls6s7-ZwLcI89tyAHGqtqIDSNLXnasoH0RO5KAmw4wt_eJrJN8sYE2GScOgU-K-VaO2eoAy-pTn9hJ6P_GArETGxaJwZn_oPyA3Cp4t4Oh05jwZG5jU_2/s320/EM2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616498923053254242" border="0" /></a><br />And here's the finished thing in all of its temporary, wash-off glory:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAb7JoXxVvd4CNHM57Xe83Gl9FVGbfJHsMzVrTG_YTc4xA66xqcUwoBYC4rUtWZhv1eenYh0TNBOwprmLCtw4yaVB7OunQ5-I01kwrU2OcM-EeFgUgqs9WjStqdpBizq9pxPJQ1tOJhO1/s1600/EM3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSAb7JoXxVvd4CNHM57Xe83Gl9FVGbfJHsMzVrTG_YTc4xA66xqcUwoBYC4rUtWZhv1eenYh0TNBOwprmLCtw4yaVB7OunQ5-I01kwrU2OcM-EeFgUgqs9WjStqdpBizq9pxPJQ1tOJhO1/s320/EM3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616499297969672450" border="0" /></a><br />As mentioned before, Travelling Man is going to be having a slew of awesome celebratory events for its 20th birthday soon, and I just found a chunky Posca pen in my collection so I'm very excited to get busy with that for the next mural. If you scroll back a bit you'll see the robot design I created for posters/t-shirts/flyers for the celebration, and when the flyers landed in the shop I was very excited to see that on the reverse side was <a href="http://www.estrigious.com/becky/">Becky Cloonan</a>'s awwwesome design for this year's <a href="http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/">Thought Bubble</a> comic convention. Which brings me nicely to the next point of business!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thought Bubble</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> S.O.S.</span><br />I will be stalling it out at both days of this years new and improved mega convention in Leeds, selling wares, meeting the good people of pen and ink and running a workshop on the Sunday. I'd like to make a call-out for anyone who might be so kind as to hop on my stall every now and then so I can eat, use the bathroom and more crucially, run a workshop on Sunday.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjuOEhK_ZVaAFO6syJtMjJ59pbrb-8s6pXGMDkx6NIg4PKoczCNlwh_X9PaGoRcTgnfIHBuTrTge5yvZF59Yb1ATOcWgUAO2og53uep4ZdnComlRyg48L7_7uSQFV7RpvqyRO0jiA3gsE/s1600/05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjuOEhK_ZVaAFO6syJtMjJ59pbrb-8s6pXGMDkx6NIg4PKoczCNlwh_X9PaGoRcTgnfIHBuTrTge5yvZF59Yb1ATOcWgUAO2og53uep4ZdnComlRyg48L7_7uSQFV7RpvqyRO0jiA3gsE/s320/05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616502681417706722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Here's Becky's design. I know, awwwesome.</span><br /></div><br />My table is a well-oiled machine now and you won't be expected to drive the hard bargain or to know anything about my work so long as you are willing to smite those who aim to steal things from me with your mighty fists! If you think you can help out please get in touch: jack@jackfallows.com<br /><br />If you've got a comic you wanna sell but no stall I'll probably have room for one or two titles so I'd be happy to sell it for you in exchange for your help.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Big Bang Issue Three</span><br />It exists in corporeal form now! After much set-back, deliberation and redrafting of scripts, it has four pages to call its own and a final script as well as thumbnails for every page. What's even more exciting is that I'm working on 1/4 of the size I usually would so I'm going to blaze through it. Why 1/4 size? Well,<span style="font-style: italic;"> The Big Bang Issue Three</span> is going to be a stand-alone A6 mini comic, which will delve into the biography of one of the story's characters. The aim is that it can be sold out of sequence with the main storyline, but that it will enrich the reading of the main storyline for those completists among you. This was the scene a couple of nights ago:<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XXpYJPSKlLz7lM-1SOE0R2cotyuqZsWMOJKhFyAbIBu7NNbdpnj15M69oNXbZdtMOHAn7ji6ObwcPiLOS-gCymzvRzGn2RY_cUubggXMVSyX8vuruy7-FLuvfzvwl36Hhb2nqtiNEbeO/s1600/bb3p.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1XXpYJPSKlLz7lM-1SOE0R2cotyuqZsWMOJKhFyAbIBu7NNbdpnj15M69oNXbZdtMOHAn7ji6ObwcPiLOS-gCymzvRzGn2RY_cUubggXMVSyX8vuruy7-FLuvfzvwl36Hhb2nqtiNEbeO/s320/bb3p.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616505802462542290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Commander and Chief Lua the cat observes my progress.<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span></span></div>More updates to follow soon... possibly!<br /></div></div>Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-8602779242377008612011-05-03T11:36:00.000-07:002011-05-03T11:49:23.379-07:00Emerging from my Hovel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCaAhu8_bc_49xiG0THpbBcNP40ZcJyOMONUOdklsYPPODvIxFY-xS2IcPapwihY3ATrTf4b-PHCj13zXlQqGiB16VCtdFHMpwzNTJUCT3i-Q86e7dmBktqwKeWmTs5krlHcPy7rNv5sK/s1600/download.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCaAhu8_bc_49xiG0THpbBcNP40ZcJyOMONUOdklsYPPODvIxFY-xS2IcPapwihY3ATrTf4b-PHCj13zXlQqGiB16VCtdFHMpwzNTJUCT3i-Q86e7dmBktqwKeWmTs5krlHcPy7rNv5sK/s320/download.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602560847681898802" border="0" /></a>Sally & Katia of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/makedoandmendarts">Make Do & Mend Arts</a>, two of the finest jewellery makers and friendliest/most-awesome hosts for a craft fair I've ever had the pleasure to meet are BACK, with the third in what I'm sure will be a slew of excellent bazaars hosting the exciting and eclectic work of the region's most talented makers (and me).<br /><br />As a seller at the two previous events, I can give you my personal guarantee that you will not regret either setting up your own table of wares OR blowing all of your hard earned cash as a punter. Also, TUNNOCKS TEACAKES! For FREE!Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-88639105742967650232011-03-07T11:47:00.000-08:002011-03-07T12:11:46.765-08:00Travelling Into The Future<a href="http://www.travellingman.com/">Travelling Man</a>, the comic shop where I work part-time, is celebrating its 20th birthday very shortly and I designed this illustration to go on posters and flyers for all the cool stuff we'll be doing for the occasion:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnkPR4n3yY25gmCgoYBvZsVk4eEhGA8-oeZ5ID4Z0V5Z1s1pMFgnHUw-UsLdqFbCZnsc8rKQA-XPySRZGP4vZju2_bL4pp0zl4et0wvcyzyMP5H9xPRtW6kqmzssSinAGF8xCVCJfsOc_b/s1600/tman20yrA5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnkPR4n3yY25gmCgoYBvZsVk4eEhGA8-oeZ5ID4Z0V5Z1s1pMFgnHUw-UsLdqFbCZnsc8rKQA-XPySRZGP4vZju2_bL4pp0zl4et0wvcyzyMP5H9xPRtW6kqmzssSinAGF8xCVCJfsOc_b/s400/tman20yrA5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581427989630915474" border="0" /></a>This baby scored me some sweet in-store credit which I put towards a copy of <span style="font-style: italic;">Mansions of Madness</span>, a new board game that is part <span style="font-style: italic;">Arkham Horror</span>, part <span style="font-style: italic;">Cluedo</span>, part classic narrative-driven RPG and all parts awesome. The gaming system, set-up and miniatures are all sweet and I know you came here to look at pictures, but check out this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ5mZStU5zI">video</a> and then go and buy your copy. If nothing else then for the facial hair on Corey Konieczka.<br /><br />Who needs a weekend in the sun when you could be trying to stop Cultists from summoning a Chthonian in the Chapel, or fighting back zombies in an attempt to find your long lost, possibly dead relative? Nobody, that's who!Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-3093496413833346132011-03-07T11:28:00.000-08:002011-03-07T11:46:53.463-08:00O The Horror!<a href="http://buckychainsawmassacre.blogspot.com/">Phillip Buchan</a>, an entirely morally reprehensible filth spewer of the lowest order who has been a friend and close associate of mine for some years now, is putting together an incredible anthology of horror comics, the majority of which he has either written or had some large hand in.<br /><br />As well as blood-drenched, dragged-up, Lucky-Strike-smoking, mutant orgy punk bands like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ2E8-XoeLU&feature=related">Zombina & The Skeletones</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOoh1j0iFz8">Harley Poe</a>, he's also roped old wooly-vest-wearing Fallows into the project, dragging me out of the self-loathing introspective emo vogue I currently call my comfort zone and forcing me to make comics like a real man.<br /><br />Below is the first page of our collaborative effort, the other three you'll have to read when the thing comes out (more on that later):<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEyYAr14x5iNw5uXyfo1LWZUZI5o2l79U1OygjMLASq5dZo6tCOMzq_LNVOz2JFZtNtpo8a2hFFgSJFh2W2Dm6Fo_nVaLh8ILIVGcfvw4jQWt6ZvhHnDzDmlhtnRcDv5plnB4rJbOaWig/s1600/donaldp1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEEyYAr14x5iNw5uXyfo1LWZUZI5o2l79U1OygjMLASq5dZo6tCOMzq_LNVOz2JFZtNtpo8a2hFFgSJFh2W2Dm6Fo_nVaLh8ILIVGcfvw4jQWt6ZvhHnDzDmlhtnRcDv5plnB4rJbOaWig/s400/donaldp1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581426784824476354" border="0" /></a>Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-25900697730893955082011-02-11T00:06:00.000-08:002011-02-11T00:16:36.886-08:00Drawing Request Number One<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyWZIjm_uaFqctAx9sZgi_yQBt24D69GDl6NYJ27pzyBSl-S4RRm5Sj-YjBbeOeIXDjwowZyUU1ut_cRRTkdjOqPx0MzEUoWfen6yPUJV3ahVbU1_LjYWGeaq__4_yxKMvdoUJQHN7l18/s1600/sugarglider.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSyWZIjm_uaFqctAx9sZgi_yQBt24D69GDl6NYJ27pzyBSl-S4RRm5Sj-YjBbeOeIXDjwowZyUU1ut_cRRTkdjOqPx0MzEUoWfen6yPUJV3ahVbU1_LjYWGeaq__4_yxKMvdoUJQHN7l18/s400/sugarglider.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572342683837362578" border="0" /></a><br />A couple of posts ago I asked the good people of the internet to post their ideas for something they'd like me to draw for the <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/66832341/personal-commission-courtesy-of-crumpet">Crumpet Time Comics Personal Commission</a> post that I've now created on my Etsy store. This was a suggestion [female superhero drinking a cup of tea] made by my good buddy and all round mega talent <a href="http://talesofthehollowearth.blogspot.com/">Paul Thompson</a>, and features <a href="http://www.gb.bigcartel.com/product/sugar-glider-1">Sugar Glider</a>, the heroine of <a href="http://danieljamesclifford.tumblr.com/">Daniel Clifford</a> and <a href="http://unterweltcomics.blogspot.com/">Gary Bainbridge</a>'s new and exciting title.<br /><br />More drawings to follow!Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-62403752810576909092011-02-09T09:12:00.000-08:002011-02-09T09:26:44.854-08:00Ghost CitingMatthew Murray of the awesome blog <a href="http://365zines.blogspot.com/">365 Zines a Year</a> just wrote up a <a href="http://365zines.blogspot.com/2010/12/gentleman-ghost.html">cool review</a> of my comic <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/44572972/the-gentleman-ghost-comiczine">The Gentleman Ghost</a>. Check out the unfathomably huge backlog of reviews he's posted up there and wonder why you're not so productive yourself, mister!Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-6348139233675262232010-12-29T14:11:00.000-08:002010-12-29T14:54:35.227-08:00A Cracking Start to 2011Hello All,<br /><br />I was very pleased not only to have a lovely feature provided by comics-criticism connoisseur of the North East, Christian Kerr, in the January issue of <a href="http://www.thecrackmagazine.com/">The Crack</a> magazine, but also to have the lovely robot illustration I created based on <a href="http://prettymuchliqidesigns.blogspot.com/2010/02/communist-robots-march-on.html">these</a> lovely robots put slap bang on the cover!<br /><br />But it gets better folks! The editor asked my permission after they were unable to use a picture of Muhammed Ali! Which means their next thought after legendary-boxer-hero-to-millions was ME! Ahem...well maybe. Anyway, feast your eyes:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLI7qtGUj82AHFwFbkImPAV774nF80UhyRAYuKjIZwU9OSyGa7EkTWS6Ii-O4a6sopU75UIlnNOZaWkFt-WIM09tKPWv_7AFxsG4J7eLkAG98cfscMeBrCpZPT2OlXRp6k05EHGzul9sp/s1600/crack1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLI7qtGUj82AHFwFbkImPAV774nF80UhyRAYuKjIZwU9OSyGa7EkTWS6Ii-O4a6sopU75UIlnNOZaWkFt-WIM09tKPWv_7AFxsG4J7eLkAG98cfscMeBrCpZPT2OlXRp6k05EHGzul9sp/s320/crack1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556239905344358578" border="0" /><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44RFnnuGPb2yVBs7wO6sWnOTpVc8bTlje-0QaMYlxWZ_yRlKfqPeUxtAZpMEX3mBEYalfF9hzXdjRP_r_DONcVzUgHVNit2FvJQ2Vb3-LYEGjKLsKKG5yzU5LLRUggh9fL_c5IkKxeSB6/s1600/crack2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44RFnnuGPb2yVBs7wO6sWnOTpVc8bTlje-0QaMYlxWZ_yRlKfqPeUxtAZpMEX3mBEYalfF9hzXdjRP_r_DONcVzUgHVNit2FvJQ2Vb3-LYEGjKLsKKG5yzU5LLRUggh9fL_c5IkKxeSB6/s320/crack2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556240636684641778" border="0" /><br /></a>The Crack is a free magazine that is chock full of reviews and listings for all sorts of lovely local gigs, theatre performances, galleries, good places to eat, stuff that's happening and everything in-between. You can pick it up from almost every decent pub and clothes/record/comic shop in Newcastle so please do seek it out!<br /><span><span id="hotword"></span></span>Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-4563321133088387012010-11-29T00:03:00.000-08:002010-11-29T00:22:32.449-08:00Any First Requests?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAr38bnXWw3Bq4daTPnssjtHD_xGooWYc-gx2k2XjsekkM0g-aR-aEDPnbohRhDAYwNakXWE_jegOjScCfWIL3Pc5lpIED5mKBfYBruPKIeVow8Q5vBVfRav0R8c1b2mj2lz36F5qIjnmT/s1600/Yeticolour2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAr38bnXWw3Bq4daTPnssjtHD_xGooWYc-gx2k2XjsekkM0g-aR-aEDPnbohRhDAYwNakXWE_jegOjScCfWIL3Pc5lpIED5mKBfYBruPKIeVow8Q5vBVfRav0R8c1b2mj2lz36F5qIjnmT/s320/Yeticolour2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544883793996126914" border="0" /></a><br />Since it was so popular at Thought Bubble, I've decided I will now be taking requests for small commissions online over at my <a href="http://crumpettimecomics.etsy.com/">Etsy Shop</a>. Unfortunately, I didn't have the foresight to snap pictures of any of the drawings I did at the event and the listing is going to look very bare unless I have some examples up there. So I'm asking YOU, the dear blog reader, to post some insane (but unoffensive) ideas for things I can draw and scan to spice things up a bit.<br /><br />I'll happily e-mail you a hi-res scan of your doodle to print out, or if you wanna PayPal me £2/$3 I'll mail out the hard copy to you as well! I will be doing two or three black and white ink drawings and one colour drawing for the listing so get in there fast with requests amigos!<br /><br />If you've got an idea just comment on this blog post or e-mail me at: jack@jackfallows.com<br /><br />Merci!Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-40205675200393991102010-11-25T09:59:00.000-08:002010-11-25T10:10:30.241-08:00Speak Easy<center><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YHUfHNEZDPc?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/YHUfHNEZDPc?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></center><br /><br />It was recently brought to my attention by a <a href="http://buckychainsawmassacre.blogspot.com/?zx=f044adb2e0a3a4fb">close associate</a> of mine that he wasn't able to post comments on my blog (for better or worse). I've isolated the source of the problem and I'm here to tell you that you need keep your scathing criticisms to yourself no longer! And what better way to bring you this message than with the above video. This is a trailer for "<a href="http://awakemysoul.com/">Awake, My Soul</a>" a documentary I had the great pleasure of seeing not so long ago when I went to see local heroes of mine <a href="http://www.myspace.com/cptyl">Cath & Phil Tyler</a> at the volunteer-run <a href="http://www.starandshadow.org.uk/">Star & Shadow Cinema</a> here in Newcastle. Yes, there are some scary religious people, but l i s t e n ! WOW.Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-67530325497293266582010-11-23T12:18:00.001-08:002010-11-24T12:37:18.039-08:00A Bubble for your Thoughts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYkaWW5o4vp2xdSP9bdVRfz-IVNBY8e3mSmCEg5kGu6bjgrxM1J8zlnS8RUy72UGP900aWnjgc-p-WRAoKpMvY9CYsGKij0CJH8RDLVAtIf536L-icqdUSt7zveuZcemXZ_xfC9tkuqdI/s1600/SAM_0857.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYkaWW5o4vp2xdSP9bdVRfz-IVNBY8e3mSmCEg5kGu6bjgrxM1J8zlnS8RUy72UGP900aWnjgc-p-WRAoKpMvY9CYsGKij0CJH8RDLVAtIf536L-icqdUSt7zveuZcemXZ_xfC9tkuqdI/s320/SAM_0857.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542842335459622658" border="0" /></a>While still ever-so-slightly shellshocked from what has to have been my busiest <a href="http://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/08about.asp">Thought Bubble</a> yet, I feel I should tell the tale the way I remember it. To help you imagine things in glorious technicolour, here's a picture of me behind my stall with my face turned away from the camera and towards a picture of Stalin that I'm drawing. Posed, you think? Contrived, perhaps? Well buddy, this is 100% candid camera, and a lovely chap called Paul Burrow will testify to that, since he's the generous stranger who snapped it without my knowing and e-mailed it to me later!<br /><br />Here's a list of mistakes I've learned valuable lessons from this year:<ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Turn Up Earlier</span> - no, packing the night before and getting up at 5:30am is not enough. Especially when your flashy new cardboard display stand has never been taken out of its box and you have no idea how to assemble it. On-lookers were treated to the sight of a cussing yeti flailing his arms around in a barbaric display of primitive oragami as the contours of the defiant card mocked him with their malicious smiles.<br /><br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Assemble ALL Your Comics</span> - Another wise idea of mine was to take the loose pages of my MAIN TITLE with me, as well as my long-armed stapler with probably THREE staples in it, instead of finding the time to assemble them before the show. This resulted in a panic attack in the middle of the day which found me back at Leeds station desperately groping the shelves of WHSmiths and Paperchase to find more staples.<br /><br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Take Down That Stupid Sign</span> - I'm not Jack Kirby, and I cannot produce good drawings in five nanoseconds. So what possesed me to put up a sign saying I would draw <span style="font-style: italic;">anything</span> you want for £2 (with the 'anything' in italics and everything) baffles even me. Don't get me wrong, it was cool drawing cosplayers as zombies, couples as pigs, celebrity portraits and Stalin's bushy lip, but MAN was I tired by the end of the day. I've only today actually finished all the requests I got, which I'll be mailing out to the people I made empty promises to on the day. Maybe up the price or lower the options? How about:<br /><br />"I will draw a rodent of your choice for £50"<br /><br />See how many takers I get on that one. Hmm.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUW4yEz2hKUO_iZ0wUOIB_gWEr354hDcr68EWOmLdCyqjDND9nV8kMZgeDMd3ALd0bOcHWDAmMk2IKbqfV-_ZO9Mz5c8GbmjOsKX4G0My8LRd6WsQfMCKelxoSSzzD9zPDu57sRFMguo7/s1600/ThoughtBubble01_web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUW4yEz2hKUO_iZ0wUOIB_gWEr354hDcr68EWOmLdCyqjDND9nV8kMZgeDMd3ALd0bOcHWDAmMk2IKbqfV-_ZO9Mz5c8GbmjOsKX4G0My8LRd6WsQfMCKelxoSSzzD9zPDu57sRFMguo7/s400/ThoughtBubble01_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542864593033221378" border="0" /></a></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Embrace Capitalism</span> - It's taken me a while to come to terms with the fact that some people don't have the time to listen to me whinge, even if I spend all of my waking life trying to turn that whinging into half-way decent comics. So why not exploit the fact that most people aren't as horribly self-loathing as me and create an alternative product to my comics in the form of punchy big prints for twice the money?! I should have brought more of these, I did not anticipate them to sell as well as they did! And despite my backwards way of expressing it, I'm really grateful to everyone who picked up one and validated the existence of the illustrator within.<br /><br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Remember Mrs. Gren</span> - Basic human functions still apply, even at Thought Bubble. I should have gone to bed earlier the night before, I should have had time to eat some lunch and use the toilet on the day. Chewits and Chuppachups only cut it for so long.</li></ul>Now here are some great things that happened, just to leave that lovely feeling in your belly:<br /><br /><ul><li>I met loads of great and talented people, some for the first time, including:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1lE5c3D7a1dpWQ9vkuNgu1QTg3wFj-WX-NXlj1vakyEj4R8Lojq3ueP_sY2ryFPw5op_g_OJSADv5MNVchcAdQTS8QqhjHyziptIdLu7Nwga-3e8mJa4Rw5EFg5MZTrT3yBJlUTr4puj/s1600/il_430xN.96992006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1lE5c3D7a1dpWQ9vkuNgu1QTg3wFj-WX-NXlj1vakyEj4R8Lojq3ueP_sY2ryFPw5op_g_OJSADv5MNVchcAdQTS8QqhjHyziptIdLu7Nwga-3e8mJa4Rw5EFg5MZTrT3yBJlUTr4puj/s320/il_430xN.96992006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542867454688754770" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.jessbradley.com/">Jess Bradley</a> - ex Travelling Man chum, now internet-based comics chum with stacks of awesome art and comics (and trainers!) for you to oogle at on her website. She and her boyfriend even offered me a guided tour of Bristol should I ever drop my anchor in those lands. And I expecting GUIDING, guys!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLrzhwaNUMJDoVJwaN0vkQwiSh8jEueflYulW7dVKdnfLL0rIgSs26Ywjw9ZKTf4iGBZijIBCz3ONGSaRpHsoF6gJNKCCXHQ05XZO5VCe9K8GR_GlUa3ZdvKKKMdVHX8KOPHDW7-hl-xr/s1600/2-hearts-monkeys.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLrzhwaNUMJDoVJwaN0vkQwiSh8jEueflYulW7dVKdnfLL0rIgSs26Ywjw9ZKTf4iGBZijIBCz3ONGSaRpHsoF6gJNKCCXHQ05XZO5VCe9K8GR_GlUa3ZdvKKKMdVHX8KOPHDW7-hl-xr/s320/2-hearts-monkeys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542867017864547362" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.magdaboreysza.com/">Magda Boreysza</a> - the mind responsible for one of my very favourite small press titles <span style="font-style: italic;">Toasty Cats</span>, as well as a slew of other weird and wonderful art and animations, no less!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJJG4zw5Vou9V5dyd5v3mh7ktUASZ5nC3LVFEXlY-EpnoQqh-tGH6sVR1f5ky1kjcZmz1P7RGQWQf-EOiaJnG68TGIPQuI4Qma4WIqI7X2hDaF2-UtP5EccMmR0y73IVxMTVDSG-HZJPA/s1600/spider-pike.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJJG4zw5Vou9V5dyd5v3mh7ktUASZ5nC3LVFEXlY-EpnoQqh-tGH6sVR1f5ky1kjcZmz1P7RGQWQf-EOiaJnG68TGIPQuI4Qma4WIqI7X2hDaF2-UtP5EccMmR0y73IVxMTVDSG-HZJPA/s320/spider-pike.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542867489474793410" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.pbrainey.com/">Paul Rainey</a> - a machine of comics production, the creator of <span style="font-style: italic;">There's No Time Like The Present</span> and all round splendid chap. Didn't speak to him nearly as much as I'd have liked this year but it was good to frantically cram a conversation in with him, none the less.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvwM0abwiWWS-snnVTmvoJyabwIvr2J8Zq6BaIcfN8bJu4agUo1qJgywr-EqkbPqoE_PMN85_AzaAxzYfllGMhLEOqe7pIY6vLnw4TMJdPbr-t53PKMRA0rkilzf7zU6KBzO1Qg2cU2td/s1600/showcasepreview.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvwM0abwiWWS-snnVTmvoJyabwIvr2J8Zq6BaIcfN8bJu4agUo1qJgywr-EqkbPqoE_PMN85_AzaAxzYfllGMhLEOqe7pIY6vLnw4TMJdPbr-t53PKMRA0rkilzf7zU6KBzO1Qg2cU2td/s320/showcasepreview.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542867465968624962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.banalpig.com/blog/">Steve Tillotson & Gareth Brookes</a> - of <span style="font-style: italic;">Banal Pig</span> fame, of course. Whose latest offerings met the extremely high bar they've set for themselves at previous cons and through their immense back catalogue of gems. If you haven't already, buy the <span style="font-style: italic;">Banal Pig Showcase</span>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc05_w3u2AgUJ-CrhVL6pMZ5qWzuChiYI51qZcSmmUcgRAp61uQIo8wr5s_Rs0o6R108hwBsADc5JIuqqZ_AMGavulNgVMRenX_icVg8CK-_1S9vrSmVvbIXmu9ankflBkpCWiwnSOP-g3/s1600/Girly-Book-Front-Cover1-art-by-Des-Taylor-Factor-Fiction.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc05_w3u2AgUJ-CrhVL6pMZ5qWzuChiYI51qZcSmmUcgRAp61uQIo8wr5s_Rs0o6R108hwBsADc5JIuqqZ_AMGavulNgVMRenX_icVg8CK-_1S9vrSmVvbIXmu9ankflBkpCWiwnSOP-g3/s320/Girly-Book-Front-Cover1-art-by-Des-Taylor-Factor-Fiction.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543217661027325362" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.factorfictionpress.co.uk/girly/">Selina Lock</a> - I didn't get much of a chance to speak to Selina or Jay of <span style="font-style: italic;">Caption</span> fame, but will hopefully be introduced to them properly by <a href="http://paperjamcomics.blogspot.com/">Paper Jam</a> member and comics veteran <a href="http://www.bleedingcool.com/forums/showthread.php?24814-The-Greatest-Comic-Creator-You-May-Never-Have-Heard-Of-Terry-Wiley&p=115266">Terry Wiley</a> when we all discuss plans to make the best con ever here in Newcastle.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XS5aZsMUrW1vG0hwcZn3c-ZxQM4Q2Ssc92pBbmrrpnQj8CzEZ465ZhUK8McygxJ0bIstsgmDzhz8IjYfNgYO0OlKdGBx1rcN-IOQ2fnFVwISXc19Q9eBCaFtcRU_Wvw7h5dcKyqwN9z0/s1600/Fancy_Owl_Web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XS5aZsMUrW1vG0hwcZn3c-ZxQM4Q2Ssc92pBbmrrpnQj8CzEZ465ZhUK8McygxJ0bIstsgmDzhz8IjYfNgYO0OlKdGBx1rcN-IOQ2fnFVwISXc19Q9eBCaFtcRU_Wvw7h5dcKyqwN9z0/s320/Fancy_Owl_Web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542867452708785426" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://kriskicorp.blogspot.com/">Kristyna Baczynski</a> - who I didn't realise I was actually meeting until it was pointed out to me in the pub after the show by close comics associates <a href="http://unterweltcomics.blogspot.com/">Gary Bainbridge</a> and <a href="http://thismeanswaugh.blogspot.com/">Andy Waugh</a>. Nor did I realise that it was the very same Kristyna the year before as I egotistically talked up my comics to her all the while being amazed by the wonderful things on her blog.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpqVmFU6rfz5t4N8T5DPVhd5M6UC1WwKxhpQjqtu8XJvyZaGCnjoMvs3qf5C8s2ovF7yuvPMUf8FcH5oT8FMp0udf0-_NooxVscK3FADt3afnTksWqkaYmcTw_CDNLv_R4ROytgUwkk8w/s1600/CBGB_TPB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMpqVmFU6rfz5t4N8T5DPVhd5M6UC1WwKxhpQjqtu8XJvyZaGCnjoMvs3qf5C8s2ovF7yuvPMUf8FcH5oT8FMp0udf0-_NooxVscK3FADt3afnTksWqkaYmcTw_CDNLv_R4ROytgUwkk8w/s320/CBGB_TPB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542867438722981474" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://marcellerby.com/">Marc Ellerby</a> - As he pointed out, we only see each other once a year, so it probably wasn't in-line of me to get all up in his face on a bitter, jealous rant about his insane level of success. Not least of which is being featured in the awesome <a href="http://www.ifanboy.com/content/articles/CBGB_s_Anthology_Series_Coming_from_Boom__Studios">CBGB anthology</a> that the likes of Jamie Hernandez were involved with - god, I hate you, Marc.<br /><br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">Paper Jam World Domination</span> - The Comics Collective I started in Newcastle some four years ago has grown immensely during that time, and its members have unleashed unbelievable talents on the comics world. We had FIVE stalls all in a row this year, one for the <a href="http://paperjamcomics.blogspot.com/">Collective</a> itself, another for me, one for <a href="http://thismeanswaugh.blogspot.com/">Andy</a> and <a href="http://unterweltcomics.blogspot.com/">Gary</a>, another with <a href="http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/09/08/the-greatest-comic-creator-youve-never-heard-of-terry-wiley/">Terry</a> (and honourary PJCC member <a href="http://www.factorfictionpress.co.uk/girly/">Selina</a>) and a third with <a href="http://talesofthehollowearth.blogspot.com/">Paul Thompson</a>, <a href="http://comicsdaniel.blogspot.com/">Daniel Clifford</a> and <a href="http://projectz-outbreak.blogspot.com/">Martin Newman</a>. All of whom had amazing new things to offer which you can read about on their respective blogs.<br /><br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">I Made Some Money</span> - and was able to treat my girlfriend to some nice things on her birthday to make up for the present drought that struck the Land of Giving this year. Thanks, November, month of poverty! But non-sarcastically, thanks to everyone who stopped by my stall this year, even the cheeky little kids who justed wanted some of my free chewits! I really appreciate everyone's support and I'll look forward to seeing you all again next year!<br /></li></ul>Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-13988826639708504622010-11-13T01:13:00.000-08:002010-11-13T01:20:50.172-08:00One Year Later...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkl70wKNhnzBAbOg60GZjYZj41ujZT7PWuWTQcxavpl-R4KmqiPhJgpcaGQinR9z6m5IR70we_xiF17perLHsa0Zyqy82TUIQYm5ZbM7KrTL2nGcgZbNPzGA0XQEcJCIAZqiGreeotTspY/s1600/bb2_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkl70wKNhnzBAbOg60GZjYZj41ujZT7PWuWTQcxavpl-R4KmqiPhJgpcaGQinR9z6m5IR70we_xiF17perLHsa0Zyqy82TUIQYm5ZbM7KrTL2nGcgZbNPzGA0XQEcJCIAZqiGreeotTspY/s320/bb2_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538961002158741298" border="0" /></a><br />...and I've finally printed the second issue of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Big Bang</span>. I've decided I might as well make its official launch at <a href="http://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/08about.asp">Thought Bubble</a>, since it's only around the corner and I still need to fold and staple the whole lot. But it is available to buy from my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/61524954/big-bang-issue-two-comiczine">Etsy Shop</a> before then, where you can see further preview pictures and find out more about it. So if you're not going to be at Thought Bubble and/or can't be bothered to wait until it's in the shops after then and/or don't live in the UK, go check it out!Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-85781669663194068362010-10-13T05:58:00.000-07:002010-10-13T06:56:39.429-07:00Covering My Tracks<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/52868014/the-big-bang-issue-one-comiczine"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Big Bang Issue One</span></a> will soon have a new friend, who I've affectionately named <span style="font-style: italic;">The Big Bang Issue Two</span>. To generate some interest for this publication, or remind people of its existence, as the case may be, I decided to document each stage of the creation of the cover. I've been reading a lot of those artists' processes lately over on my two favourite blogs <a href="http://drawn.ca/">Drawn!</a> and <a href="http://meathaus.com/">Meathaus</a> so I thought I'd give it a go and maybe trick you all into thinking I'm more pro than I really am. So:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1) Materials!</span><br />Paper: 160gsm A3 watercolour card.<br />Pencils: 0.5 Faber Castell mechanical pencil with blue lead refills.<br />Pens: 0.1, 0.4 and 0.8 Uni Pin fine liners, with a Copic double-ended brush/chizel pen for bigger blocks of black.<br />Technology: Mustek A3 scanner, Wacom Tablet, Photoshop CS3 and the blessed iMac.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">2) Pencils</span><br />In keeping with the first cover, I decided to use no human subjects on this one, and to focus on a tranquil/eerie city scene with lots of tedious architechtural details. Notice also that I employed a poor man's one-point perspective, which is about the only good thing to come from my Design Technology GCSE.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-AwzpWoE69c-4aIGgjENlxZKzIKT9_lAc3sBUHowAhyphenhyphen-rFlpMQfRBfZr4EQu_Dr0In-Yqic3rX_Wn-mkM4yczVHOJDYEHhk5dZnZkv__jRxsgHFZLnJ3J5QhV2O8LWOFS2Kj0vxDWBjo/s1600/coverp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS-AwzpWoE69c-4aIGgjENlxZKzIKT9_lAc3sBUHowAhyphenhyphen-rFlpMQfRBfZr4EQu_Dr0In-Yqic3rX_Wn-mkM4yczVHOJDYEHhk5dZnZkv__jRxsgHFZLnJ3J5QhV2O8LWOFS2Kj0vxDWBjo/s320/coverp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527523655230900562" border="0" /></a>As you can probably tell, this is going to be another wrap-around cover with the vanishing point being the spine of the book. In other words, the right half is the front cover, and the left half is the back cover!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">3) Inks </span><br />Once I was happy I had reached an almost finished composition I started inking over all the lines. I noticed that the windows on the left-most building were totally NOT straight, so I just fixed it when inking instead of drawing the whole thing over in pencil again. I blacked in all the little x's I'd left for myself in the pencils, which is something I stole from <a href="http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gallery/categories.php?cat_id=487">Doug Braithwaite</a> and which is basically pointless in my case. Where Doug Braithwaite would then give his amazing pencils to some incompitent Marvel Monkey to ruin, I'm only drawing for myself, so there's really no need to tell myself which areas are supposed to be black given that I made that decision all on my very own.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQmai2q3e1yxkFSqweQDFHlQdjDpaYUB5tNHFRrJFobUnKvpBPb73A7AN8riy6udjRNNHqiUAG3SvGTA5TAH5VVs40J_5yTdafAy5-7BmwSZ80Ek77IxQJ9ZnhEU-jJ9ZD3gL5NluuT8b/s1600/coveri.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQmai2q3e1yxkFSqweQDFHlQdjDpaYUB5tNHFRrJFobUnKvpBPb73A7AN8riy6udjRNNHqiUAG3SvGTA5TAH5VVs40J_5yTdafAy5-7BmwSZ80Ek77IxQJ9ZnhEU-jJ9ZD3gL5NluuT8b/s320/coveri.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527523905090051570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4) Scanning</span><br />I don't bother to rub out pencil lines any more. It took me a lot of time to ween myself off that Blue Peter/smART technique, but I'm finally there. I scan in inks as 1200dpi RGB .psd files and use Photoshop's Image > Adjustments > Threshold tool to make all the blacks absolute black and all the whites absolute white. I picked that one up from this awesome RePro Guide you can download for free from <a href="http://reddingk.com/">Jordan Crane's website</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">5) Colours</span><br />Once I'm happy with the crispiness of my lines, and once I've gotten rid of any specks, mistakes and other incriminating evidence I make sure the image is set to the right paper measurements for print and reduce the resolution to 300dpi so my computer doesn't have a fit. Once it's time to add colour, I go to the Channels tab, make a copy of my Blue layer, Invert it, use the little marching ants tool to select all the black ink lines (which are now white), go back to my Layers tab, create a new Layer and Paint Bucket black (or in this case, a dark blue) into the selected area to make a copy of all the black lines seperated from the white background. Then I can fill the Background layer with white and create an intermediate layer between my white background and my free-standing ink lines where the colours can go. For adding grey to comic pages I usually just need one intermediate layer, but for this cover I had three: one for the sky, one for the clouds and another for the buildings. And here it be:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlFrhfjEEk_iSvbkfiGbMpHXpQdvot2WoWBtUuftDJ1PyJxoEs0OoSBH05Ngj-PNPH19vUIregEU7tOr-4taRHxtCLLRi7DaIjOYqrgRpJ4gBmCwPSxZckL_sJe7XzSBYNMEsg8Bl2zWx/s1600/coverc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlFrhfjEEk_iSvbkfiGbMpHXpQdvot2WoWBtUuftDJ1PyJxoEs0OoSBH05Ngj-PNPH19vUIregEU7tOr-4taRHxtCLLRi7DaIjOYqrgRpJ4gBmCwPSxZckL_sJe7XzSBYNMEsg8Bl2zWx/s320/coverc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527527401725169074" border="0" /></a><br />I'll have the comic printed and up for sale at my usual outlets by the end of this month, so be on the look-out! Thanks for sharing the tedious monotony of comics creation with me. I feel better already.Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-28346515994397779032010-09-12T05:50:00.000-07:002010-09-12T05:57:46.885-07:00The Crumpet Time Ghostly Gramophone Doodle Book...has landed. And here it be, in all its doodlesomeness:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Wg6wH8mtrSbJKd3rl8McPg3Qo0NbN3c1Cyk_IceZLWDhNonAa8CBmrFoVgqpVqCma4M-8HOI_lsdxcGaktrjaYwgb_cyk6psAkuesgrcvX1A8cGRO0tztDRVYkbCEIxveZdChfM7ey0z/s1600/db1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Wg6wH8mtrSbJKd3rl8McPg3Qo0NbN3c1Cyk_IceZLWDhNonAa8CBmrFoVgqpVqCma4M-8HOI_lsdxcGaktrjaYwgb_cyk6psAkuesgrcvX1A8cGRO0tztDRVYkbCEIxveZdChfM7ey0z/s400/db1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516009090725072594" border="0" /></a><br />The idea was conceived when I realised how boring white paper was, and how changing something as minimal as the colour or texture of your paper can inform your drawings and make them look much snazzier. The item, as always, can be purchased from my <a href="http://crumpettimecomics.etsy.com">Etsy Shop</a> for a mere $4.00 which works out at about £2.50 English. Go there for more pics and info!Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716375697856536675.post-3928927901648350052010-07-29T08:08:00.000-07:002010-07-29T08:27:45.788-07:00Wings & ThingsWell then,<br /><br />Big Bang progress has begun to steam along again - I can now truthfully say I'm more than half way through the second issue (only by one page mind, but still!). I've also whipped together <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/52594121/happy-birday-birthday-card">a new product</a> for my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/crumpettimecomics">Etsy Shop</a>, to satisfy both ornithological and capitalist hemispheres of my brain. Here it be:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBNODclA40ZEl23jwzo1B6HaloZqtNdwDfuQLUMqJsVXLYjtVwQvYXwWeCG-7oU18z6xZ1riY25KyaDvEO4zCy83LynXfU4toNBmPkZQ5km5y0i8C5gqyTzgRiFOr2QWCNo8MC4ip9HPRx/s1600/birday1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBNODclA40ZEl23jwzo1B6HaloZqtNdwDfuQLUMqJsVXLYjtVwQvYXwWeCG-7oU18z6xZ1riY25KyaDvEO4zCy83LynXfU4toNBmPkZQ5km5y0i8C5gqyTzgRiFOr2QWCNo8MC4ip9HPRx/s400/birday1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499346643342381890" border="0" /></a><br />Why, it's a birthday card centred around a very tenuous pun, of course! I realise these kinds of jokes don't aid me in my epic battle against the decline into an embarrassing Dad-type, but it did give me an excuse to draw a bird in a top hat and a monocle.<br /><br />In other news, a friend of mine called Phillip Buchan has just written a novel and started a Twitter account @FrancisSobriety among other things. If you want some proof that this guy isn't a total douche (and believe me, it can be difficult proof to find) - he's responsible for some really great, really profane comics that were spewed forth onto the world along with mine in one of our earliest ventures into self-publishing with <a href="http://www.phillipmarsden.com">Phil Marsden</a>, entitled <span style="font-style: italic;">Black Out</span>. Remember? No? How about <span style="font-style: italic;">What's Inside A Girl</span>? or <span style="font-style: italic;">Everything Is Going To Be Alright</span>? Well, then I can't help you. I guess he'll have to speak for himself, or his novel will. His novel, which I can testify to at least being one-quarter great (since that's all I've read of it so far).<br /><br />Anyway, that's all that blood-sucker is getting from me. Go check things out!Crumpet Time Comicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04006601218773942992noreply@blogger.com0