Last chance to back LOLZ!

Last call! The Kickstarter for LoLz, the new all-ages humour comic, ends in a few hours! It contains loads of new strips by a variety of contributors, including a brand new Derek the Troll page from me. Here's the link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/the77comic/lolz

 

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Next event: LFCC (London Film and Comic Con) for the LONDON COMIC FESTIVAL 5th to 7th July!

Here's where to find me at London Comic Festival, part of London Film and Comic Con from 5th to 7th July! A massive three-day event at Olympia, Kensington. (Click on the image to enlarge it.) We're all on the ground floor this time. Come along and join us! I'll be bringing along comics, original art, and doing sketches!

https://londonfilmandcomiccon.com/

 

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Happy times at MACC-POW 2024

Big thanks to Marc and Jane Jackson for the invite to another enjoyable Macc-Pow comic festival yesterday at Macclesfield Town Hall. Always a friendly event and a steady stream of attendees all day. Great to see comics pals David Leach, Rachael Smith, Rob and Henry, Laura Howell, Sean Phillips, Peter Hogan, Emma Vieceli, Dan Whitehead, Carol Ann Whitehead, Roger Langridge, Kev F Sutherland, Shane Chebsey, Dave West, Steve Tanner, John Webster and more. 

Laura Howell, David Leach, me, and Marc Jackson.

 

With writer Dan Whitehead at the show.

Thanks to all who stopped by for a sketch and/or a comic. Extra special thanks to Ché Michael for giving me a fantastic model of Combat Colin he'd made (see photos), and to John D. Payne for coming along in Combat Colin cosplay! (Thanks also to John for giving me a drawing he'd done of me as Combat Colin!) :D 

 

Ché Michael with the Combat Colin figurine he made.

John D. Payne as Combat Colin!

  

It's me as Combat Colin! Art by John D. Payne

It was also the launch day of Goof comic which went down well with all who bought a copy. An all new summer special edited by Marc Jackson, featuring a range of current humour artists. You can order yours at this link:

https://ko-fi.com/s/d7475af5fd 

 

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See you at MACC-POW this Saturday (22nd June)!

It's time once again for one of my favourite comics festivals as Macc-Pow returns to Macclesfield. There are events going on all weekend but the comic con itself is on Saturday 22nd June at Macclesfield Town Hall. (That's the day most of the comics guests will be there.) 

And of course GOOF comic launches at the event too!

There's quite a guest list, as you can see from below! See you there! 

Full details: https://maccpow.co.uk/ 

 

Sneak peek at the next Daft Dimension

Here's a little preview of part of my next Daft Dimension comic strip and the cover of Doctor Who Magazine No.605 in which it appears! On sale in shops across the country from tomorrow, Thursday 20th June. 

You can also order it directly from Panini UK at this link:

https://www.panini.co.uk/shp_gbr_en/doctor-who-magazine-605-gbdrw605-uk02.html 

If you're following the TV show don't forget there's a special Tales of the Tardis on iPlayer and BBC Four tomorrow (Thursday) that ties in with the current episodes, and the final episode of this series of Doctor Who is on iPlayer at midnight Friday, and BBC 1 on Saturday evening.  

 

GOOF ready for pre-order

You wait for a new humour comic for ages, then two come along in one summer (and both with predominently orange covers!). 

You saw my news about LoLz in the previous post. Well, the other brand new humour comic GOOF is ready to pre-order now, - or you could buy one at MACC-POW next Saturday (22nd June).

Here's the link for mail order:

https://ko-fi.com/s/d7475af5fd?fbclid

 

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LoLz No.1 hits its target!

The new humour comic LoLz has reached its Kickstarter target so it will be published in July. You can still pledge though, to ensure your copy, as the Kickstarter runs until June 30th! 

This week I'll be drawing my page for the first issue, bringing back Derek the Troll in an all new story in full colour. 

Launching from The 77 Publications, LoLz will also feature the talents of Sonia Leong, Nigel Parkinson, Anna Everts, Darren Stephens, S.P. Zero and many more! 

Please support this brand new all-ages humour comic. You can find out more at this link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/the77comic/lolz

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MACC-POW returns on 22nd June!

 Next event I'll be at is on Saturday 22nd June at Macclesfield Town Hall! Yes, it's time for MACC-POW again, - and this year the guest list is bigger than ever! See you there! More info:

https://maccpow.co.uk

A busy day at SALE COMIC CON

Thanks to John Webster for the invite to Sale Comic Con up in Manchester yesterday which was a very enjoyable event indeed. A short but very busy show (10.30am to 4pm) it gave the public a good day out. It was good to catch up with fellow guests and friends Rachael Smith, Laura Howell, Marc Jackson, Colin Mathieson, John Jackson, Brian M Clarke (and apologies to not seeing those who were in a different part of the show).

Good to meet actor Willie Coppen and thanks to TV star Hacker The Dog and his handler Phil Fletcher for being such entertaining fun on the table next to mine. An instant hit with all who attended.

Last but certainly not least, thanks to everyone who stopped by for a sketch and to buy comics!

Here are a few photos from the day. Click / tap on them to see them full size.

The debut of my new banner.

Award winning comics artist/writer Rachael Smith.

 

Met up with an old friend.

The picturesque view outside the venue.

 

Hacker T Dog, Phil Fletcher, Willie Coppen, with Wayne Thompson of Wow Comix.

The changing face of Manchester.

 

Ready for SALE COMIC CON in Manchester!

 

Tomorrow (8th June) I'll be at Sale Comic Con in Greater Manchester where you'll find me and other artists at Sale Library, which is near the Town Hall. I hope you'll come along and join us for the day. 

I've designed a new convention banner (see above) so look out for that at all the shows I'm guesting at in the near future. 

I'll be drawing sketches on request and I'll be bringing along the following comics to sell...

COMBAT COLIN No.3, reprinting classic Combat Colin strips from the Marvel UK days...

 

FANZINE FUNNIES, collecting all the 'Prisoner' themed strips I did 30 yesrs ago for fanzines dedicated to The Prisoner TV series... 

 

COMIC SAMPLER - a slim selection of various comic strips of mine from over the past 40 years...

 

PEDANTIC STAN, THE COMICS FAN - The last few remaining copies of this comic by John Freeman and myself. 

 

See you there!  

https://www.facebook.com/people/Sale-Comic-Con/100024049312263/ 

GOOF is coming! NEW humour comic!

A brand new humour comic launches at the Macc-Pow comic festival on Saturday 22nd June. 

Goof is its name and the 24 page summer special includes new strips by Rachael Smith, Tor Feeeman, David Leach, Charlie Adlard and many more! 

I've contributed a page called The School of the Future and you can see part of it in the preview above. 

Goof is conceived and edited by cartoonist Marc Jackson, who also runs the Macc Pow event, and the comic will be initially available at the show. For those who can't make it (what? You're not going to such a brilliant convention???) Goof is available to pre-order from Marc's webshop here:

https://goofcomic.co.uk/

All the best humour comics have been edited by people who are humourists themselves (Mad, Viz, and Oink! as three examples) and Goof has a great sense of the absurd running through it. A delight to be part of, and a delight to read.

Dont just take my word for it. Here's John Freeman's review, on his Down the Tubes blog...

https://downthetubes.net/sneak-peek-goof-summer-special-launches-at-macc-pow/

See you at Macc Pow at Macclesfield Town Hall on 22nd June where several of the Goof contrubutors will be in attendance.

https://maccpow.co.uk/

COVER BY MARC JACKSON.

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It's Manchester this Saturday for SALE COMIC CON!

I'll be up in Sale, Greater Manchester this Saturday (8th June) for Sale Comic Con. 

You'll find the comics creators at Sale Library (which I'm informed is behind the Town Hall) from 10.30am. 

Attending guests include Phil Fletcher and Hacker T Dog, Rachael Smith, Laura Howell, Marc Jackson, John Jackson, Brian M Clarke, Dan Whitehead, Colin Mathieson, Rick Eades, Victoria Bates, Barry Renshaw, me, and more! 

Check out the Sale Comic Con Faebook page for more info:

https://www.facebook.com/people/Sale-Comic-Con/100024049312263/

News item about it on the Starburst magazine website:

https://www.starburstmagazine.com/comic-con-comes-to-sale/ 

See you there!

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Sgt.Shouty's Showdown with Doctor Plank!

Issue 10 of the award winning The77 comic is available now! Its 48 packed pages feature strips by Steve Bull, Jo Heeley, Rupert Lewis Jones, Andrw Sawyers and more PLUS a two page Sgt.Shouty strip from me.

In this episode, Sgt.Shouty finally confronts his nemesis Doctor Plank for the ultimate showdown. Not only one of the most enjoyable strips I've done but also one of the daftest - and daft comics are the best comics in my opinion. 

This issue's episode concludes the Sgt.Shouty of the Moon Force story arc that began in The77 No.1 way back in 2020! If I do any further Shouty adventures they will be complete self contained stories. 

For now though, leap over to the following link to order your copy of The77 No.10...

https://the77comic.bigcartel.com/product/the77-no-10 

...and if you want back issues, see this link...

https://the77comic.bigcartel.com/products 

The77 No.10 comes with a choice of two covers by Rupert Lewis-Jones (standard edition) or Ade Hughes (variant edition)

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Derek the Troll returns for the LoLz!

The77 Publications have unleashed their latest Kickstarter, and it's for a brand new humour comic!

LoLz is the name and it'll include all new comic strips by established pros such as Nigel Parkinson and Sonia Leong as well as talented newcomers. 

I'm doing a page for it too, featuring a new adventure with an old favourite as Derek the Troll returns again!

I created Derek the Troll 40 years ago for a strip in Warlock magazine published by Games Workshop, and he moved over to their companion mag White Dwarf after Warlock folded. He's popped up in a few places since such as part of the online comic Goof! and a self-published Derek the Troll collection I did several years ago (now out of print). 

Set in a fictitious time of ancient history when weird wizards, daft dragons, and permanently-angry barbarians roamed the Earth, Derek the Troll is coming back for an all-ages audience in LoLz No.1 this summer. 

LoLz won't be available in newsagents so it's essential that you back the Kickstarter if you want to ensure your copy. You can see a preview of the other contents of this exciting new comic, plus details on how to back issue one, at the following link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/the77comic/lolz

COVER ART BY S.P. ZERO

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