SHAAARRRRRRKS!

As you read this I'm probably still in Birmingham after the International Comic Expo so here's a scheduled post to say that bidding on my original Pathetic Sharks artwork ends this evening. If you're interested in buying an original page of Viz artwork here's my eBay site:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ORIGINAL-PATHETIC-SHARKS-ARTWORK-DRAWN-FOR-VIZ-No-212-Signed-/201136855406?pt=UK_Books_comics_Magazines_UK_Comics_ET&hash=item2ed4b0d96e

Thanks for looking (and bidding). Good luck!

Sharks! Robots!

Just a quick plug for my eBay sales this week. I currently have a couple of pieces on there, - original art for a complete Pathetic Sharks strip from Viz and a Robo-Capers from The Transformers. Black ink on Bristol Board.

Bidding ends on Sunday and all bids are much appreciated. Click here to go to my eBay page. Thanks for looking!

Original art auction

Just a quick post to let you know that I have a few of my old pages of original artwork up for auction on eBay at present. They include a couple of Pathetic Sharks pages from The Pathetic Sharks Bumper Special (1991), a Pete and his Pimple page from Oink! (1987), a huge A2 double page spread from Know How! magazine, and pencil art from a Cartoon Network commission. (Click on the images here to see them larger.)

Bidding ends on Sunday. All bids much appreciated. See here for more info:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/graphite47/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686 

The Christmas VIZ is here!

  
The Christmas issue of Viz is out now with 52 festive pages plus a free 2013 calendar pull-out. Amongst the Christmas crackers are The Fat Slags, Drunken Bakers, Sid the Sexist, Aldridge Prior (He's a Hopeless Liar), and Paul Palmer drawing the brilliant Mormon Wisdom. 

I have a couple of strips in there too: The Pathetic Sharks and Suicidal Syd.

This is the last issue that will be on sale this year (next one comes out 10th January) so pick it up for a seasonal stocking stuffer. Viz No.221, £3.20.  

Viz: Annual and new issue previews

This year's Viz annual, The Billposter's Bucket, will be in bookstores soon. Once again it's a nice thick 160 page hardback, just like comic annuals used to be. It has a nice busy cover by Simon Thorp featuring numerous characters, evoking memories of the sort of thing that Wham! Annual and the like used to do many moons ago. 

Inside, the pages are packed with choice strips and satirical features from issues 192 to 201 with contributions from Graham Dury, Davey Jones, Christina Martin, Alex Collier, Lee Healey, Barney Farmer, Paul Palmer, myself and many others. (My contribution is a Pathetic Sharks page from Christmas 2010 if you were wondering.)

The new issue of Viz (No.219) will also be hitting the shelves any day now. Under an eye-catching cover by Simon Thorp (who also does The Pathetic Sharks strip this issue) the contents include Drunken Bakers, The Fat Slags, Angela's Merkin, 8 Ace, and much more. 

My contribution this issue is the revival of Unlucky Frank (Lucky Frank's unlucky twin brother). And for the benefit of those who say today's comics only feature a few panels per page (and quite often they're right), Unlucky Frank has 12 panels in a half page. Do I spoil you or what? 

Viz: The Billposter's Bucket has a R.R.P. of £10.99

Viz No.219 is priced at £3.20 

Shaaaaarrrrks!!

  
The Pathetic Sharks make their return to Viz today with a new full page, 19-panel strip in the latest issue. Here's a preview of my work above. 

Also in this 52 page issue are The Fat Slags enjoying the hot summer (remember summer?), Jack Black and the Case of the Lord Mayor's Chain, Led Zeppelin and the Land that Time Forgot, Tinribs, Biffa Bacon, and much more. 

Viz No.217. £3.20 from your local papershop or out of town supermarket. You'll find it on the top shelf. If you can't reach it, ask a kid to climb up and get it for you. 

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Blog posts are likely to be infrequent and/or brief for a while as I have a lot of work on over the next couple of weeks. Finishing off my new six-part series for The Dandy (more news on that soon), four pages for the next Toxic, and a page for the next issue of Viz. It's all go! Hope it stays that way.

The new Viz Annual arrives

For those of you who miss the days of 160 page British annuals on pulpy paper with many strips in black and white, or if you just want a good laugh, you'll be pleased to know that the new Viz annual, The Cleveland Steamer, in out now.

The large format hardback collects selected strips and features from Viz Nos.182 to 191 including favourites such as The Fat Slags, Drunken Bakers, Roger Mellie, Biffa Bacon, Eight Ace and others along with one-off strips such as Davy Jones' excellent spoof of old UK adventure strips with The Clockwork Mountie Grand Prix Boxing Jungle Boy of the Foreign Legion.

Contributors include Simon Thorp (once again providing an excellent cover), Graham Dury, Christina Martin and James MacDougall, Paul Palmer, Barney Farmer and Lee Healey and many more. There's also a couple of pages by me featuring Felix and his Amazing Underpants...


...and The Pathetic Sharks...


For traditional comic fun with an adult twist, Viz: The Cleveland Steamer is on sale now at £10.99.