Posts tagged british comics

I’m currently drawing three pages for Rol Hirst’s Too Much Sex & Violence 3; for this issue I have vampire DJ Gary Gore and his so-far unseen sister Julia, whom I get to design. Here’s my version of Gary, based on the sterling visual creations of Kelvin Green (issue 1) and Ryan Taylor (issue 2). Rol has really made the rotating teams of artists per issue work for TMS&V, and it’s very exciting to add to the whole, especially as everyone is so gracious about the little visual differences each artist brings to the characters.

• Andrew Cheverton.

rolhirst:

Return to Fathomsby to catch up with Dermot & Dorothy Kaye, Harry Hall, Detective Sam Kamara, Kathy Marr, Gary Gore and all the gang… plus meet Serena, Sister of Mercy. She does the Lord’s work. Written by me, with art by Stephen Prestwood, Neil Cavenham, Dave Metcalfe-Carr, Nige Lowrey, Mark Renhard, Ryan Taylor, Rob Wells and Tony McGee. Available to buy in either print (£2.50) or digital download (£0.99) from My Shop.

Rol Hirst writes:

“…yes, it’s true, the wait is almost over. TOO MUCH SEX & VIOLENCE #2 will be available by the end of the week. Here’s the official unveiling of the cover to whet your appetites… Whatever you’re imagining right now… believe me, it’s worse. Much, much worse. Heh.”

I’m currently pencilling my three pages for Too Much Sex & Violence 3 - I’ve got Gary Gore, Vampire DJ, and his sister Julia this issue - and I’ve seen a PDF of issue 2 for research purposes. You’re going to want to read it. When people look back and say, “Do you remember where you were when Too Much Sex & Violence 2 came out?”, you’re going to want to say you were there.

• Andrew Cheverton.

Richard Bruton has published a list of his UK “comics to look forward to” over on the The Forbidden Planet blog, including:

“Sounds like a busy year planned for Cheverton – there should be two new issues of West (hooray) – Points West in May and the provisionally-titled September for the autumn. West Book 2 will also be released mid-year. Meanwhile, Cheverton has three new series starting - The Whale House (art by Chris Doherty), The End (FH Navarro) & Month of Sundays (David Frankum). Wow.

“And if that wasn’t enough, he also has a story in the new Accent UK anthology with a difference – Who On Earth Was Thaddeus Mist? (Details at the Accent UK blog)”

Lumped together like that, it does look like a busy year, but this is a culmination of my finally working on scripts for longform comic projects, coupled with finally getting together with some like-minded artists who can bring their talents to bear on them.

I’m spoiled in a way, working with Tim Keable on West. We’ve been friends now for almost two decades, and he’s a consummate artist, drawing whatever I throw at him. Trying to find artists who will commit to years of working on a comic series with you is not easy. But West has also recently brought me into contact with artists who want to draw comics that I write (and in the case of AccentUK, editors who asked me to write for them). That’s a humbling and elating feeling, and Chris, Felipe and David are going to make these comics so much better for their presence. 

So yes - 2012 should see (providing the Mayans were mistaken) the beginnings of three new series that Angry Candy will publish (or co-publish) alongside the continuing adventures of Jerusalem West (Points West and September (now called Autumn Dusk)). We all hope you’ll join us.

• Andrew Cheverton.

Owen Michael Johnson writes:

“At the funeral of a mysterious and enigmatic gentleman, newly-wed Zelda Mist mourns for the husband she never knew, for Thaddeus Mist kept a life-time of secrets. In her grief she approaches each funeral guest to discover details of the strange life he lived.

“As they each tell the tale of Thaddeus Mist their flawed memories and individual imaginations shape their stories into mundane fictions and fantastical truths. These accounts disgust, scare, entertain, and inspire her in equal measure, but it falls to Mrs. Mist to decided which version of her husband lived. So…Who On Earth Was Thaddeus Mist?”