Mighty Macc-Pow Memories

Thanks to Marc and Jane Jackson for a brilliant MACC-POW! yesterday in Macclesfield and for looking after guests very well. (Thanks to Marc's pal Tristam Maddocks for the lift from the station. I couldn't walk up that cobbled hill very well with current Tendinitis.) Good to see Ché Michael again as Spider-Man meeting me at the station!  

It started off quietly as most shows often do but became quite busy from mid-day and I enjoyed drawing various sketches for people. 

Photo by Kevin J. Lyons after I did this Dalek sketch for him.

What really made the day was catching up with friends such as Laura Howell, Tim Quinn, Sean Phillips, Dan Whitehead, Charlie Adlard, Emmeline Pidgen, Sonia Leong, Kev F. Sutherland, John Jackson and more, albeit too briefly in some cases. Good to meet new people too such as artist Sayra Begum and Tim's publisher Iman Kakai-Lazell. 

Charlie Adlard, me, and Tim Quinn.

Speaking of Tim, I must give a plug to his latest book, Monster Marvel Memories which is a chunky volume covering the comics careers of Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett and the work they produced for Marvel, IPC, and many other publishers (and also Tim's work with other artists such as Charlie Adlard and Steve Parkhouse). The book is like a scrapbook of memories and strips compiled by Iman Kakai-Lazell and is worth a place on any comic fan's bookshelf! You can order it directly from the publisher at this link:

https://moochinaboutltd.bandcamp.com/merch/monster-marvel-memories-by-tim-quinn-dicky-howett
 

MACC-POW! guest list

It's all happening this Saturday! Join us at Macc-Pow! 2022 July 2nd at Macclesfield Town Hall! 10AM to 4PM. Here's the official guest list!

For more info, check out the website...

http://maccpow.co.uk/ 

 

Macc-Pow! - a festival dedicated entirely to comics and it's free to enter!

 

It's MACC-POW! this Saturday!

I'm looking forward to going to Macc-Pow! this Saturday as one of my favourite comics event returns to Macclesfield Town Hall on July 2nd after three long years. Other guests are: Tor Freeman, Rachael Smith, Nick Brokenshire, Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips, Laura Howell, Charlie Adlard, Roger Langridge, Sayra Begum, Charlot Kristenson, Sonia Leong, Tim Quinn, Dicky Howett, Iman, Jim Smith, Emmeline Pidgen, and Asya Voitenko. Quite a list! (Update: Unfortunately Rachael is unable to attend now.)

I'll be doing sketches on request, and selling my comics Derek the Troll and Combat Colin Nos.2 and 3. I might even bring along a couple of original pages to sell, depending on what I can find and if there's room in my luggage. 

Hope to see you there! http://maccpow.co.uk/

Upcoming conventions...

All being well, health and rail strikes permitting, I'll be at these comics conventions over two consecutive weekends...

Next Saturday (2nd July) I'll be at Macc-Pow! one of my favourite shows, which returns to Macclesfield Town Hall after three years of being an online event. Organised by the ever-enthusiastic Marc Jackson (a brilliant cartoonist in his own right) it's a free event for all the family. I'll be sketching and signing, and bringing along Combat Colin Nos.2 and 3, Derek the Troll, and maybe some other bits and bobs. Other guests include Laura Howell, Sonia Leong, Rachael Smith, Tim Quinn, Dicky Howett, Charlie Adlard and many more! 

Full details here:

http://maccpow.co.uk/ 

The weekend after that, from Friday 8th July to Sunday 10th July, I'll be returning to Olympia in Kensington for the massive three-day London Film and Comic Con. There's a huge guest list of nearly 50 comics guests including Dave Gibbons, David Leach, Rachael Smith, Nigel Parkinson, Jessica Martin, John Freeman, Mike Collins, Ian Richardson, John Higgins and many more! (Plus a load of guests from film and TV too including Marina Sirtis, Martin Shaw, Sophie Aldred, and many others).

You can find out the full details at this link:

https://londonfilmandcomiccon.com/ 

Hope to see you there! 

 

Next two upcoming conventions

The next show I'll be at will be Comics Salopia 2022 in Shrewsbury at the end of this month. It takes place on Saturday 25th June (where you'll find me in the museum) and Sunday 26th June (where you'll find me in the grounds of Shrewsbury Castle). 

You can find out more info from their website at this link:

https://comicssalopia.com/

Then, a week later, I'll be at Macc-Pow! 2022 at Macclesfield Town Hall. Good to see this returning after two years of it being online only. You can find out more info at this link:

http://maccpow.co.uk/