Appearances Posts

Just got back from the London Small Press Expo, where I was tabling with Peter Vine – scholar, gentleman, writer of of Hard Graft.

So, hello and big thanks to everyone who stopped by and perused my wares – and even more big thanks to everyone who bought something! Welcome to the site, do check out the archives (and the store ), maybe even leave a comment. I love hearing from people who read and enjoy the comic, and it was especially gratifying to have several existing readers of the comic come up and say hi. I liked that a lot.

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I’ll be at the London Comic & Small Press Expo on Saturday March 12th, sharing a table with the doughty and dependable Peter Vine of Hard Graft. Table 55, straight ahead of you and a bit to the left as you come in.

Doors open at 10am and close at 5pm, I’ll be there all day with comics, minicomics and posters for sale. Come and say hello (and buy stuff).

Back from the MCM Expo, and it was awesome. I was tabling in the Comics Village all weekend and had a blast, and met a lot of really nice people. Really nice people. Special thanks to Dan and Amanda Potter of Walking the Lethe for letting me roomshare with them, especially given the last-minute nature of things. Go read their comic and buy their stuff. Do it.

I will admit that going from the isolation of my art cave to a giant convention hall with 40,000 visitors passing through over the weekend meant I got a tiny bit overstimulated and exciteable from all the people and action and noise and stuff going on. I probably talked a bit too fast, and I definitely waved my arms around like Kermit the Frog. But oh man, my brain is fizzing with enthusiasm for making comics. It’s what these events do to me, and I love it.

Incidentally, if I talked to you this weekend then please bear in mind that I don’t have a great memory for faces and costumes (mainly because there were so many faces and so many costumes), so don’t take it personally if I don’t remember meeting you straight away. Nudge me with a few more details (particularly stuff we talked about), or just keep talking to me and it’ll help me remember in future.

The next couple of days will involve working like crazy to get the next page done on time, since the Expo basically ate most of my week. Wish me luck.

Great news, everyone! I’m going to be at the London MCM Expo over the weekend of October 29th-31st 2010, Table C78 in the Comics Village. Look for the big Dark Places banner, come along and say hello. I will have things for sale, including new things. New things like…

That’s right, The Silver Chain is making its print debut at MCM Expo! It’s at the printers even as we speak, and I am all kinds of excited. Behold:

Visitors to Eclectic Games may have seen a poster similar to this one on display:

It’s a pretty simple deal – check in here by September 10th (just leave a comment on this entry), then show up at the store (directions here) for D&D “Red Box” Game Day this Saturday, September 11th. Say hi, and I’ll give you a little bundle of loot, including exclusive items you can’t get from the site store! Free stuff! Easy as that!

I’ll also be taking character sketch commissions, and you’ll be able to try out the new D&D Essentials line with demo games run by local DMs.

See you there!