Daft Dimension for DWM 553 (Pencil stage)

I thought you might like to see one of my Daft Dimension strips as it was at its pencil stage. I took this photo a few weeks ago before I inked and coloured the strip. (As always, click or tap on the image to see it bigger.) You can see the finished result in Doctor Who Magazine No.553.... out now!

It's on! MACC-POW! this Saturday... LIVE ONLINE! (UPDATED.)

Macc-Pow is always one of the most enjoyable comic cons of the year and this year even Coronavirus can't stop it! Instead of the usual physical event, MACC-POW @ HOME will take place ONLINE this Saturday (the day it would have taken place in Macclesfield). Organiser Marc Jackson will be talking to guests live on INSTAGRAM TV throughout the day, and I'm proud to be part of it along with fab guests such as Rachael Smith, Charlie Adlard, Emmeline Pidgen and more! Tune in on Saturday 27th June for this free event!

More info...

https://www.facebook.com/maccpow/

UPDATE: I'm very sorry I let the side down with technical difficulties affecting my segment of the show. I could only broadcast in sound only for a few minutes then it dropped out altogether. Entirely a fault on my side. Perhaps my phone just wasn't up to it. I'm very dissappionted indeed. I hope you enjoyed all the other interviews though, and if you missed them you can see them on Marc's Instagram page.

This month's Daft preview

The only drawback with promoting a mini-strip is that if I show too much it'll give away the joke, so here's a cropped section of one of the panels from my next Daft Dimension strip. The printed size will be much smaller than this.

You'll see the full version in Doctor Who Magazine No.553, which will be on sale in supermarkets and (open) branches of WH Smiths and comic shops from this Thursday. 76 packed pages of news, features, and interviews including a feature on The Night Walkers, the final appearance of the 2nd Doctor from TV Comic back in 1969!

Summer can still be special

All new Postman Prat in the Dandy Summer Special.

These are stressful, worrying times but fictional escapism can always help whether we be young or old. It's good to see more comic specials being produced throughout this year and with shops beginning to re-open hopefully sales will still be good.

I do believe though that health should come first so if you don't feel safe venturing into shops just yet you can always order comics through the post. The Dandy Summer Special 2020 is still on sale and features 68 pages packed with classic reprints and some new material. Available now from WH Smith or you can order it by mail directly from the publishers at this link:

https://www.dcthomsonshop.co.uk/dandy-summer-special-2020

Cover by Steve Bright.

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Unseen comics that could have been

For every comic title that was published there were often many that didn't get the green light by the publishers. Some only made it to the ideas stage, some made it to printed "dummy issues" but never seen by the public. Now, Hibernia Books tell the story of some of those comics that could have been (and in some cases should have been) in Fantastic Adventures. Here you’ll read about comics such as Eureka, Glory Glory, Zarjaz!, and one I contributed to, Oh No!! There are also other surprise features well worth reading so don't miss it!

Details in the link below on how to order your copy of this new bookazine that reveals all!

http://www.comicsy.co.uk/hibernia/?fbclid=IwAR3cnSz-uz_IPigLFKJ7dDkXxy4K-00hQIz_8DstXt84aFrIu_jcz0UNwRw

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SHOUTY RETURNS!

The Kickstarter campaign for the second issue of The77 is now live and has already passed its target... which means it's definitely going to happen! You can pledge to ensure your copy by following the link below. It'll contain loads of new strips including another SGT.SHOUTY page by me!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/the77comic/the77-the-summer-special

Blog Break

Not a lot of comics news to report these days I'm afraid and, like most of us, I'm finding these harrowing times a struggle, so I'm taking a break from social media to try and focus on my work. Take care everyone.