Jim Medway - Playing Out

I really enjoyed Jim Medway's 'Playing Out'. It's for sale here, from Blank Slate.

It's a really good looking book, nice and big, like a European album size. It's about three kids, Connor, Kieran and Jamal, wandering around Manchester at the end of the Summer holidays. Connor is the youngest and is going to be starting big school after the holidays. They walk around the shops, getting thrown out of most places for not buying anything and look at all the 'weirdoes'. The drawings great and its cool to recognise all the places. I always like Jim's cat people and the book really captures the particular day in time very well. Highly recommended.

Cover for 'A Handful of Groats'

Here's the cover for my new comic, 'A Handful of Groats'. Now for the endless scanning and cleaning up jobs, then its off to the printers.

Inside Front Cover of 'A Handful of Groats'

Here's the inside front cover of my new comic 'A Handful of Groats'. I'm just working on the front and back covers today, I'll put them up here when they are done. It's 44 pages long and I'm going to get it printed fairly soon.

Michael Kupperman - Tales Designed to Thrizzle Volume 2

Here's the second hardback volume of Michael Kupperman's 'Tales Designed to Thrizzle'. I really like these. They might seem very quick to read at first, but you can flip through them again and again, laughing at different bits each time. This volume has the long story 'Quinception' in it, which might well be his best work yet, and makes the book worth buying all on its own. I also really laughed at some of his fake comics covers, especially 'The Turducken Fuckers'. Highly recommended.

A Row of Panels from Page Thirty One of My New Comic

Here's a row of panels from page thirty one.

Pedro is "Helping"

Pedro is helping me draw. This is what the internet is for, after all.

Mardou - Sky in Stereo 2

I really liked the first part of Mardou's 'Sky in Stereo' and the second part is even better. I think it's Mardou's best comic. It's for sale here, from Yam Books.The postage from America was expensive, but it was well worth it. Here's a proper review of the book, from Rob Clough's High-Low blog.

I find this book really true to life. Iris gets a microdot from Glen (who she has a massive crush on) and takes it on a boring Monday night. She ends up going back home and staring out of her window all night, while watching the sky dance around and melt. For the rest of the book she wanders around trying to make sense of the trip, and not being able to sleep, until she gets back home and has an encounter with her mother. It's a really great book, one of my favourites of the year so far. It's very beautifully drawn, and feels really honest. Very highly recommended.

Evening PS- just got some of the postage back, its gone cheaper now on the website