Sunday, November 29, 2009

INVESTIGATING, COLLATING, REPORTING...

CURRENT SOUNDTRACK: Geek Syndicate #139

Its bloody early. Or bloody late, depending on how you view 4.21am. Kneedeep in research, but wondering:

Who would be interested in attending, as publishers, creators, retailers, and interested readers, a conference talk panel thing in february time, in London, about the future of comics on digital platforms? I'm talking distribution, monetizing content, storytelling possibilities, marketing, on digital platforms like iPhone, kindle, blackberry, PSP, etc?

Let us know.

Friday, November 20, 2009

JUDGE DREDD HAS BEEN CAST!

CURRENT SOUNDTRACK: 501st Official podcast Episode 48

For the handful of people following this blog you'll know I'm busy doing storyboards and concept artwork for a Judge Dredd Fanfilm, Judge Minty. Well, director Steven Sterlacchini has announced who will be playing Old Stoney Face himself in his latest post here:

"Renowned Artist and Judge Dredd favourite, Greg Staples has kindly offered to play the part of the man himself in our film. Although Dredd will only be making a small cameo and will only be shown in shadow, blurred or extreme close up, we are lucky that Greg has the correct look for a young Joe. It's also a nice touch for fellow fans."

A cool pic of Greg in character is up on the post and well worth checking out, and in the meantime, here's a teaser panel from a scene from Minty:



Will post more closer to release date.

Sunday, August 09, 2009

TFTDB: 9/8/2009

CURRENT SOUNDTRACK: Nowt.

Something random from the drawing board as a break from current projects:

Saturday, August 01, 2009

THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED BEFORE...

CURRENT SOUNDTRACK: CAPRICA/BSG: THE PLAN SDCC 09 PANEL

Yes, check the temperature in hell and dodge those low flying swine. The future of comics begins with REDEYE 2.1, a pdf-only monthly magazine with all the news, reviews, features and stuff worth talking about, including:

Interviews with Leah Moore and John Reppion on The Complete Dracula and The Trial of Sherlock Holmes with artists Colton Worley and Aaron Campbell;

Cartoonist and festival organiser Oli Smith talks about throwing out the rule book for the small press and building something better;

New York born and raised illustrator Liz Baillie discusses her comics, her love for the Bouncing Souls and her Jabba the Hutt face;

Ben Dickson talks to Garen Ewing about Rainbow Orchid blossoming under a new deal with publisher Egmont;

Northern Irish illustrator Bridgeen Gillespie talks about curious rabbits, hissy fits and being open to interpretation;

And as part of his 100 Days, 100 Cartoonists series, Citizen Badham talks to creators Adam Cadwell and Jim Medway about unconventional narratives, the value of the everyday and deflated balloons.

Plus a THE SECRET HISTORY OF... IRISH COMIX, as Niall Kitson uncovers the growing Irish Comics scene ready for the international stage, and a report on the long awaited LUC@176 event... 114 pages, colour, PDF format, 82mb direct download. Just £1/$1.80!

Go to http://enginecomics.co.uk/redeye/reframeset.htm for previews.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

I HAVE BEEN, AND ALWAYS SHALL BE...

CURRENT SOUNDTRACK: Still nowt...

And continuing the TREK heavy theme, from last weekends Collectormania Milton Keynes show...





I've been mulling over my reaction to the Trek reboot film. I stil intend to see it again, at some point soon hopefully. But I think my reaction was summed up by someone else who said, they enjoyed it, but it didn't feel like a Trek film. And I think that was the point.

THESE ARE THE VOYAGES...

CURRENT SOUNDTRACK: Nowt.

Been sitting on these really until the issue was at the printers. The CI: STAR TREK COMICS SPECIAL covers all the Trek incarnations from the 60's to the present day, interviewing creators past, present and future, including Dan Abnett, David Messina, Gordon Purcell, Diane Duane, and many more, even Walter Koenig. I really enjoyed the challenge of redesigning each section around the aesthetic of each show, whether Starfleet, Cardassian or Borg, though I regret not doing a Klingon one. That'd be fun.













Monday, June 08, 2009

TALES: 08/6/2009

CURRENT SOUNDTRACK: EU elections results.

Been busy with other stuff this past week, so below is a recap of the TREK strip, with temp lettering. Still some panels need polishing, and inserts are missing, to be added at colouring stage.





Saturday, May 30, 2009

TALES: 30/5/2009

CURRENT SOUNDTRACK: Pounding headache.

Todays panel: