Convention update

I'm sorry to say I won't be attending the High Vis Kings Heath Comic Con tomorrow (Sept 19th). I've got a virus I cant seem to shake off and as I have a weakened immune system anyway due to CLL I don't want to make matters worse. Nor do I want to spread it to other attendees.

I was really looking forward to the event so I'm very disappointed to cancel but it's the best thing to do. This was the last event on my schedule for this year but I hope to see you at some conventions next year all being well. 

(I'm not certain about attending Thought Bubble in November as a visitor yet due to other concerns but I'll post an update about that soon.)

This month's Daft preview

Here's a quick sneak peek at part of my next Daft Dimension comic strip. You'll find the full version inside Doctor Who Magazine No.634, on sale Thursday 17th September!

Here are more details of the contents of that issue...

https://doctorwhomagazine.com/doctor-who-magazine/doctor-who-magazine-634/

 

On display in TG Jones.

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Yours to grab if you're quick! BASH STREET MICE! (UPDATE: SOLD!)

I've put a page of my original artwork on eBay at a special Buy It Now price. It's a joke page I drew for the Beano No.4157 back in 2022 featuring the Bash Street Mice. The jokes aren't on the artwork as they were added later by the Beano staff but the hand drawn art can be yours! Offer ends on Sunday 20th Sept. 

Here's the link:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/206560747307?itmmeta=01M2NMQZQ4BSMS6Y7TKNTFWPK4&hash=item3017fadf2b:g:E~wAAeSwKcBqqnu5 

 Your purchase would be very appreciated. Thanks for looking!

UPDATE: SOLD! Thank you!

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New Interview! Sonic Days

 A while back I was interviewed by Jack Yarwood about my time as a writer on Sonic the Comic in the 1990s, and now that interview is up on his Time Extension website.

Here's the link...

https://www.timeextension.com/features/interview-if-you-like-what-youre-doing-that-energy-comes-across-to-readers-sonic-the-comics-lew-stringer-on-badniks-brutus-and-writing-for-ki?fbclid=IwY2xjawUXsRhwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6t9ZMuQpg28nwux4DloD8rQIdi9UKTm8tFU1_OV41luZdGpEWrLJTwOBi9-Q_aem_pYQKdTX_4v3NANw-CfkABg 

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Grab 'em before they're gone! (Update: Sold!)

Above is the published version of The Daft Dimension strip that I did for Doctor Who Magazine No.600 back in 2024. (Click on the image to enlarge it.) Would you like to own the original art? Well, for a quick sale I've just listed it on eBay at a special Buy It Now price. (The original is in black and white because I colour my art digitally after scanning it in to my iMac, but it's the hand drawn black and white art where everything happens.) 

I'm also selling a small item of Beano character sketches that I did for an activity page a few years ago. Calamity James! Culthbert! Walter! All on one piece of Bristol Board. More info at the link.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?sid=graphite47

 

Plugging THE COLLECTED CLOAK

 One last reminder for people who missed my previous posts. Mike Higgs' 'The Collected Cloak' can be ordered via mail order from Forbidden Planet (and I'm sure other comic shops that do mail order will also order it for you). Don't miss out on this limited edition hardback as it won't be available from standard bookshops.
https://forbiddenplanet.com/509461-collected-cloak-by-mike-higgs-hardcover/

The book collects every comic strip featuring The Cloak, from the 1960s adventures in Pow! and Smash! and the 1968 Fantastic Summer Special plus the strips that revived the character in the 1986 Brickman special, an issue of Crikey! and more! Plus an all-new interview with Cloak creator Mike Higgs and an introduction by Alan Moore! 

The Cloak was the strip that inspired me to create Combat Colin, so if you like my work you'll also enjoy The Collected Cloak!

Mike Higgs with THE COLLECTED CLOAK!