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Super School - pencils and finished art
Back in 2007 Alan Digby, who was then the editor of The Beano, commissioned me to draw a new series he'd created about young superheroes. Initially it was to be called Ultras and was even mentioned as...
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Come to Collectormania!
At time of writing this my profile hasn't been added to the website yet but I've been invited to be a guest at the Collectormania 23 event at Milton Keynes next weekend. The show runs to two days but...
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Convention on the coast
I'm pleased to announce another date for my summer convention schedule. Over the Bank Holiday weekend of August 29th and 30th I'll be a guest at the Bournemouth Film and Comic Con. The event takes...
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FOOM!
There are some excellent SFX fonts out there to buy but I've always enjoyed hand lettering my own sound effects on my strips. Here's an old-school sfx I've just done for a strip I'm currently drawing....
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All new! All daft! Combat Colin returns!
In the early hours of this morning I completed a brand new Combat Colin story and thanks to the wonders of technology it's now live online in the latest issue of Aces Weekly! (Vol.16 No.6)The new three...
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Just a reminder that I'll be at the Collectormania event at Milton Keynes this Saturday! If you're going, drop by my table for a chat or to commission a sketch that I'll draw Before your very eyes. See...
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Next stop: London
I had a very enjoyable day at the Collectormania event at Milton Keynes yesterday and you can read all about it over on my Blimey! blog...
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'Tour Dates' 2015
For the benefit of those of you who read these posts via e-mail and don't see the sidebar of my blogs, here's the list of conventions I'll be at over the coming months. I'll be at these shows on the...
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Sand Witch in Skegpool
The latest issue of Toxic sees the return of the Sand Witch to cause trouble for Team Toxic. The Sand Witch is a villain I created several years ago and I always like to bring her back for a Team Toxic...
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A drawing of me, by my Dad (1971)
As it's Father's Day I thought I'd share something that's quite special to me. It's a drawing my dad did of me for our amusement one evening in 1971 when I was 12 years old. I was always drawing and...
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Incoming Daftness
Doctor Who Magazine No.488 will be in newsagents this Thursday, 15th June, and it'll contain another Daft Dimension strip I did. (That's a close up of a section of one panel above.) That's just a small...
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The Dark Newt!
Although I've been working full time in British comics for over 30 years, one of the standout moments for me was creating a brand new character for one of my all-time favourite comics, The Dandy. I'd...
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My newest creation
My latest one-off strip for American publisher Dark Horse is out now. A cautionary tale for misogynistic dinosaurs and entertainment for the rest of us, here comes Sex Pest! (Don't worry; he gets his...
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A time for happiness, not anger
I awoke the other day to the news that the American Supreme Court had ruled that same-sex marriage could be legal all across America. It's also been legal here in the UK for a while now too. As a...
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Watch out!
Here's a preview of part of a sketch I did yesterday. You may recognise the character, but whether you do or not, you'll be hearing about her soon. I'll post more news when the publisher reveals the...
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Combat Colin Lives!
The character of mine that most people ask to see again is Combat Colin, the bobble-hatted hero who appeared in Marvel UK's Action Force and Transformers comics in the late 1980s. This therefore is...
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Toxic 257 preview
Here's a panel (before lettering was added) from The Nose of Doom, the latest Team Toxic story that appears in Toxic No.257, on sale in newsagents and supermarkets today. At least I think this strip...
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Bert's back
While we wait for the new Annuals to turn up in the shops, here's a panel from one of the Keyhole Kate stories I did for The Dandy Annual. I've reintroduced Kate's mad scientist Uncle, Black Hole Bert...
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A Snooty preview
The annuals might not be in the shops yet but they're now available to order from The Book Depository (and perhaps other online sellers too by the time you read this). While we're waiting for them,...
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Return of The Smasher
Here's another advance preview of work I did for The Dandy Annual 2016. Yes, The Smasher is back again, in three brand new stories that I wrote, drew, coloured, and lettered. As you can see from the...
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