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Thanks, Phil!
Photo by Phil Boyce, from his blog.One of the original readers of Oink! back in the day, Phil Boyce now runs The Oink Blog, where he's reviewed every issue over the past few years. More importantly...
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Best wishes for Christmas!
As we approach the end of another year it's only natural to be reflective on the past 12 months. On a personal level 2016 hasn't been a bad year for me; I paid off my mortgage, work's been steady, and...
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Christmas with Tom Thug (1990)
Here's the Christmas Tom Thug page from Buster in 1990, back when I was hand colouring pages before I had a computer. I still remember colouring this with Dr.Martin inks 26 years ago (and it feels like...
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Back in the BEANO!
The New Year issue of The Beano is in the shops today and I'm very pleased to say I'm back in the comic too. New runs of Pup Parade and Ivy the Terrible begin in this issue, and I'm doing the scripts...
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Happy New Year!
I'm sure you all have better things to be doing on New Year's Eve than reading a blog (as do I) so I'll keep this brief. 2016 has been a steady and productive year for me and I'd like to thank you all...
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Plans for the Future!
Happy New Year! After the successes of Brickman Returns! and Derek the Troll in the previous two years, one of my intentions this year is to self-publish more comics. Now, this is all dependent on...
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New series for 2017
Here's a sneak preview of a brand new series I've drawn that begins in D.C. Thomson's Epic No.127, on sale 11th January! It's a two-pager set in a school, and I'll reveal more next week. I'm not the...
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There "be no" other comic like it
Here's a quick preview of my strips from this week's Beano. Pup Parade have fun in the snow, and Ivy the Terrible's dad invites her to play his favourite board game. There's trouble ahead! See what...
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New series! Hygiene High starts next week
My first new strip for 2017 starts next week in Epic magazine, published by D.C. Thomson. Hygiene High features the grottiest, grimiest kids since the days of The Swots and the Blots, and they're...
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Just Dandy!
It's been a very hectic week of late nights and one all-nighter to complete my pages for The Dandy Annual 2018 but deadlines have been met and the pages are all done and e-mailed to D.C. Thomson. (I...
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Preview: Next week's TOXIC
Here's an advance preview of one panel from my Team Toxic story that appears in the next issue of Toxic, on sale Wednesday 18th January. Throughout my comics career I've often tried to tie my strips...
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Grab a Troll!
I've posted another bunch of Derek the Troll comics to buyers today (and copies of Brickman comics to those who ordered them). My apologies if you've been waiting a while. It's been a hectic few weeks!...
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In newsagents this week...
Thanks as always for visiting my blog. Here's a quick glimpse of what I have in print this week. In The Beano, Pug decides he's the fastest dog in Pup Parade, whilst in the same comic, Ivy the Terrible...
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More convention dates to come
I'm now booked for eight comic conventions this year so far. It'd be bad manners to reveal them all before the official announcements have been made on the organizers' websites but I'll just say I'll...
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New venue for Comic Fest
Northern Ireland's Enniskillen Comic Fest has just revealed its new venue for this year's event. It's to be at Enniskillen Castle. Having never done a comic con in a castle before I'm looking forward...
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It's c-c-c-cold!
It's a cold day in Beanotown this coming Wednesday, with the Bash Street Dogs shivering in their bin. Find out their plan to keep warm in Pup Parade in The Beano on sale 25th January.
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Combat Colin in cyberspace!
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. He'll be getting his...
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In the news
I was recently interviewed by The Independent on my thoughts about the current state of children's comics in newsagents. Fellow comics creator Jamie Smart was also interviewed, along with others, and...
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Bash Street Teacher
I had great fun drawing this full page illustration of the Bash Street Kids' Teacher for this week's Beano. They've used it on the Beano website...
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Pick up a Print Pack!
A reminder that my Print Pack is still available to buy from my online shop. It contains five exclusive full colour prints of varying sizes. Here's what you get...The 7 Ages of Fan!A4 size print...
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