Zine Symposium sucess

Last Saturday I was with the Alternative Press at the London Zine Symposium. It was a really good day. I launched my new comic "Gissa Job" which went down really well, I shifted around 25 copies of it and also did a few swaps (including a swap for a mini zine which is only 3cm by 3cm by Fernanda meireles from Portugal). 1st time I've left an event and done that well, plus I meet lots of cool people with cool work. I even got a really nice mention by a lady called Philipa Law on her blog, so thought I would return the favour.

I also managed to get to go to some of the talks where I got to meet the lovely Jossie Long (cool comedian). She is genuinely really nice and makes really funny zines, if anyone is interested in downloading some of her zines for free click here. Here are some pictures from the day taken by Noriko Onohara.

London Zine Symposium 2010

I will be attending this years Zine Symposium next week on the 29th. I will be using this event to launch my new comic. Click here for more info: Here

New postcard print

I just got a load of these printed as postcards.

My new comic "Gissa Job"

Here is a sneak preview of my new comic called "Gissa Job", as you can see it's a story about my experience in the job centre. Illustrations were produced using a twig dipped in ink.

Creative capital presents Alternative Press DIY Workshop

Last week Saturday me and the other Alternative Press guys were asked to put on a day of workshops. I was asked to demonstrate drawing with twigs and ink because that's the method I enjoy using to illustrate my home-made comics. The day went down really well. The point of the whole day was to get people who have never made a zine an opportunity to make one and be creative. We were hoping that people who attended all the workshops whould at the end of the day have there 1st completed mini zine or some sort of idea about how to make one. Here are some pictures of two of the guys whole actually completed a zine on the day and some of the twig and ink drawings people made. This is the 1st time I have ever been part of running a workshop. (New experience) More more pictures click here

The UK Web & Mini Comix Thing 2010 completed sticker passport

Here is a scan from the sticker book collection I put together at the The UK Web & Mini Comix Thing 2010 last weekend. It was surprisingly good fun running around the exhibit collecting a stickers/stamps from all of the other exhibitors. Once I got given the 1st sticker, I was hooked and couldn't leave without filling the whole thing up. Really good idea thanks to Lizz Luney, it was a great way of getting people to interact with each other.

I picked up a few cools things at the event including some of the following: a couple of humorous birthday cards illustrated by a guy called Matt Rosemier, 2 mini comics from Shug , a nice little mini comic by David O'Connell titled "The green lady mystery" and a really nice anthology called birdsong by failboatpress. The birdsong anthology book is really nicely put together and has a nice feel running through the book. They also they used a bit of spot varnish on the cover, I'm a bit of a sucker for spot varnish. I haven't read it yet, but I'm sure it's going to be good.

DINO-SAW-US

The UK and mini web comix thing is fast approaching. One of the exhibitors called Lizz luney has come up with this sticker collecting game that people can take part in one the day. She will be giving out paper passports and encouraging people to visit all the stalls to collect stickers or stamps off of participating exhibitors. More info can be found here: http://www.dinosawus.blogspot.com/ I recently got some stickers made just to give to people, so I might have to take part
in this too. Here is a picture of mine.

The UK Web & Mini Comix Thing 2010

I will be taking part in this event and sharing a table with 2 of the other members of Capes & Drapes.

Details:

27 March 2010

10am till 5pm

Great Hall, Queen Mary University, Mile End, London

http://ukwebcomixthing.co.uk