To shake off a bit of rust, I redrew a page of a manga book that I had on my desk, Mob Psycho 100 volume 4. This isn't a series known for its super slick art so it's an opportunity to not totally "dispirit" oneself doing a rework (just a little Mob Psycho joke 4 u).
I've posted the original...
2022-04-09 07:20:58 +0000 UTC View PostPlease don't share this, as the art is not in the world yet, but here's the variant cover I did for issue 3 (not 2 as is currently solicited) of IDW's TRANSFORMERS: LAST BOT STANDING. Proud to say that I coloured this myself! The last two years may have been largely miserable for everyone but I'm...
2022-04-08 14:55:21 +0000 UTC View Post
After two years of quite intense comic-drawing, I'm returning to drawing smaller strips for an indefinite period to rebuild my strength. I wrote a 32-page follow-up to Destroy History: NEMS, did the roug...
2022-04-05 19:53:31 +0000 UTC View PostYour PDF is linked under the cover image - please let me know what you think in the comments.
Thank you for your support!
Forgive me if I've posted this sequence before - I don't think I have.
When I was making Bobbins.horse in its final run from 2018-2020, I got tighter and tighter with the layouts, they became very complex for a little cartoon strip. Towards the end they became brutal. I think, s...
2022-03-31 20:22:02 +0000 UTC View PostI've been working on a comic with Max Sarin drawing and Sammy Borras colouring, it will emerge around the same time Steeple volume 3 does. It's just a web thing at the moment, no plans for a print version but it will probably end up in any prospective fourth Steeple volume.
Anyway, here's t...
2022-03-28 14:39:03 +0000 UTC View PostI promised you a sketch, here's one. What it indicates... I cannot say
[Apologies for the recent lack of sketch posts and fun comics. I've been writing pitches and scripts, which has left me little extra time and inspiration. I want to get back to sketching soon! I miss it!]
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Michael Ben Silva writes:
"When did you sta...
2022-03-23 17:09:44 +0000 UTC View PostAndrew Dederer writes:
"Is there a plan or pattern to your character's names? I ask because there seems to be some latent jokes and symbolism behind some of them. First of all, I can't believe Susan made it over 50 issues without having a "Queen of De-nile" ...
2022-03-18 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostAnna McDuff writes:
"What are your favorite goth bands of the 1980s?"
When I was a teenager, the UK charts were hip deep in goth bands but I didn't really like goth music. I liked dance music, and synth pop. Fields of the Nephilim were t...
2022-03-13 12:13:59 +0000 UTC View PostITEM! I'm currently very busy finishing up the Spring Special, coördinating a secret project with Max Sarin, and doing a rare bit of "outside" work so I'm not generating much new nonsense for the Patreon. But I would love, LOVE it if you could give me some new Q&A questions to answer, becaus...
2022-03-09 15:56:41 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm just finishing up the next Lottie story this week. Given that the script was hastily assembled, I think it's ended up as some of my best work. It'll be available to $3 and up Patreon subscribers in f...
2022-03-07 17:27:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been making Procreate templates for fixed-format strips, so I improvised a comic to try one out. I remembered after I made it that Procreate records your drawing by default, so here's the video. The finished comic is below. It is, sadly, near-gibberish.
2022-02-28 20:09:44 +0000 UTC
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A few weeks ago I drew an impromptu comic for my friend R Stevens of Diesel Sweeties fame, the world's #1 Len Pickering fan. I tried to convince him to take Len for his own comic - I saw the Bobbins patriarch arriving in an established "property" and swiftly dominating proceedings, a bit like Nor...
2022-02-22 17:26:19 +0000 UTC View PostMemories of Sea Magus Tours washed over me last week.
And in a special feature presentation, Des Fishm...
2022-02-16 08:49:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, so there's Desmond's uncle Ken, the Furry Orb, and Eggsy Maximus. Who will break cover first? Keep an eye out for these lads. Rumour has it that one of them has been nominated for an award.
2022-02-14 17:25:14 +0000 UTC View PostI designed a couple of limited edition coffee mugs for NY coffee shop Cafe Grumpy (as seen in HBO's 'Girls') back in the day. While looking for something unrelated today, I found the art for a tote bag I designed for them in 2015. I have absolutely no memory of making this. The tote was never pro...
2022-02-08 13:42:45 +0000 UTC View PostNOW AVAILABLE TO PATREON SUBSCRIBERS AT ALL TIERS, $1 AND UP!
RE-UPPING FOR BATMAN DAY 2022! PATREON SUBSCRIBERS, ENJOY THIS STORY IN HI-RES PDF FORMAT - THE WAY BILL FINGER AND JERRY ROBINSON WANTED YOU TO SEE IT!
2022-02-06 23:59:59 +0000 UTC
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Here are my hourly comics from last year. No hourly comics this year, I was marooned in Darlington last night on a broken southbound LNER train and spent the night in a Leeds Premier Inn. Now home, I'm to...
2022-02-01 15:56:20 +0000 UTC View PostI just put the best colour version of this that I have up on Instagram, I don't have the hi-res colour artwork on file as it was finished by Sarah Stern (who coloured By Night and issues 1-5 of Steeple), but here's the B&W work with all the bits that were covered by trade dress.
If memo...
2022-01-27 15:05:53 +0000 UTC View PostNew Lottie stories will appear under the 'Solver' umbrella (and derivations thereof), this was the title I pitched Wicked Things to Boom under but it did not pass muster. I still like it, though the more I write it down, the less it makes sense as a word.
2022-01-25 16:38:58 +0000 UTC
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After my slight wobble at the end of last week, I've had a bit of a reshuffle of the schedule, looked deep into the inner landscape, and worked out a (fairly) gentle Lottie story that I think you'll enjoy, one that won't send me into an early grave. I'll post some process material over the coming...
2022-01-24 17:59:17 +0000 UTC View PostGOOD NEWS ITEM
I'm just putting the finishing touches to a special story that will run on badmachinery.com in February and March. I think it will go down well but I'm never too sure. I could be a smoking ruin after it concludes. But $3/mo and up (Beanie tier) Patreon subscribers wi...
2022-01-20 18:02:45 +0000 UTC View PostSteeple volume 3 has begun to show up on bookshop searches so I can reveal this now, it's Max Sarin's beautiful cover for the book. The 160-page book is out August 23rd (TBC) and covers Christmas With Clovis, Author Unknown and Clotted Crime.
2022-01-19 16:25:59 +0000 UTC
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I've drawn a little strip in Procreate just to keep the Patreon ticking along. I've begun to find different ways of working in it, fun new lines and methods of attack. Sadly I've not used them wisely on this occasion but there's always a chance that the next comic could be "the one".
2022-01-16 17:29:56 +0000 UTC
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In 2016, I drew a cover for Squirrel Girl. That's right, Marvel Comics, home of Woodgod and Spitfire & The Troubleshooters, let me, Johnny A, draw a cover for a comic. Should they have? History will decide.
2022-01-07 11:50:54 +0000 UTC
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It's Christmas Day tomorrow, so here, in its entirety, for all to enjoy, is this year's festive spectacular. Best wishes to all my readers and thanks to all my Patreon subscribers for keeping the show on the road this year. All being well, I have some real treats for you in the new year. 2021-12-24 15:22:25 +0000 UTC View Post
