A quick note for you chums.
You can now buy my splendid comics from Comicsy - hurrah for small press fun.
Form an orderly queue now.
RT
Showing posts with label Get me eh?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Get me eh?. Show all posts
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Sea of Joy
Howdy chums,
Welcome one and all to my official pre-Bristol Expo blogpost. You may be very slightly interested to hear that the Grinning Mask issue 3 has now arrived from the printers and it's looking super-duper. You may also note that I've upped my printing budget and gone with a USA comic book sized format for this issue. Not only has it given me more space on a page to fit in lettering, it's also saved me a great deal of dull time spent hunched over a stapler bundling photocopies together. Can I hear a collective hurrah from the cheap seats?
I have sneaked in a loving homage on the cover and do you know, I'm going to offer a mini competition for the three avid readers of my blog. First to spot it and get in touch 'wins' a piccie commission of their choice drawn by my fair hand. If that doesn't cause a global internet sensation then I don't know what will.
Many thanks to the good people at Pulse Print for their patience, and very speedy turnaround times. Be sure to push your custom their way should you find yourself with a comic to print.
Whilst I'm thanking people, the mighty Forbidden Planet blog ran a mini preview of meself and Mr. Bolton's forthcoming Bristol trip. What splendid human beings they are.
If you happen to be popping by Bristol this coming weekend, I shall be selling the new Grinning Mask comic in bundles with the first two issues. Do feel free to part with your hard earned cash at our table. I shall also have some prints and greetings cards for sale. I do believe that they make the perfect gift for your fair deserving acquaintances.
I'll also be trying my hand at sketches etc over the weekend, and so if there is anything that you'd like to see drawn in a particularly nervous, ham-fisted manner, then do pop by our table in Old Station. (Although I know that most folk like super hero sketches in these situations and so I shall probably already be at a disadvantage in the drawing stakes....)
Hope to see you at the weekend in Bristol then gentle reader.
Your chum,
Ryan.
Welcome one and all to my official pre-Bristol Expo blogpost. You may be very slightly interested to hear that the Grinning Mask issue 3 has now arrived from the printers and it's looking super-duper. You may also note that I've upped my printing budget and gone with a USA comic book sized format for this issue. Not only has it given me more space on a page to fit in lettering, it's also saved me a great deal of dull time spent hunched over a stapler bundling photocopies together. Can I hear a collective hurrah from the cheap seats?
Many thanks to the good people at Pulse Print for their patience, and very speedy turnaround times. Be sure to push your custom their way should you find yourself with a comic to print.
Whilst I'm thanking people, the mighty Forbidden Planet blog ran a mini preview of meself and Mr. Bolton's forthcoming Bristol trip. What splendid human beings they are.
If you happen to be popping by Bristol this coming weekend, I shall be selling the new Grinning Mask comic in bundles with the first two issues. Do feel free to part with your hard earned cash at our table. I shall also have some prints and greetings cards for sale. I do believe that they make the perfect gift for your fair deserving acquaintances.
I'll also be trying my hand at sketches etc over the weekend, and so if there is anything that you'd like to see drawn in a particularly nervous, ham-fisted manner, then do pop by our table in Old Station. (Although I know that most folk like super hero sketches in these situations and so I shall probably already be at a disadvantage in the drawing stakes....)
Your chum,
Ryan.
Friday, 1 March 2013
Solomon bites the worm
What ho there my gentle reader.
Once again I make my merry way to my oh-so neglected blog to try to make up for the lack of stuff on here. I must blame that pesky twitter thing for this. In this day and age, it often seems easier to hastily post stuff on there leaving this once-mighty blog to quietly weep bitter digital tears to itself.
Still, I return here to happily report that myself and Mr. Bolton have booked an exhibitor table at the (I'm told) splendid Thought Bubble convention in Leeds. This on top of our previously reported table at Bristol Expo in May. Blimey. I may get some tour t-shirts printed up with these two gargantuan dates.
I'm also happy to report that I've now finished pencilling issue 3 of the Grinning Mask. I may well be dooming myself to failure but I should get it ready for Bristol. Form an orderly queue now.....
Your chum
RT
Once again I make my merry way to my oh-so neglected blog to try to make up for the lack of stuff on here. I must blame that pesky twitter thing for this. In this day and age, it often seems easier to hastily post stuff on there leaving this once-mighty blog to quietly weep bitter digital tears to itself.
Still, I return here to happily report that myself and Mr. Bolton have booked an exhibitor table at the (I'm told) splendid Thought Bubble convention in Leeds. This on top of our previously reported table at Bristol Expo in May. Blimey. I may get some tour t-shirts printed up with these two gargantuan dates.
I'm also happy to report that I've now finished pencilling issue 3 of the Grinning Mask. I may well be dooming myself to failure but I should get it ready for Bristol. Form an orderly queue now.....
Your chum
RT
'Quick! Let's get out of here before he witters on some more!'
Monday, 24 September 2012
To the gangsters with pens...
What ho chums,
In all the excitement of Autumn approaching, I very nearly forgot to mention that the Empyre pitch is rapidly nearing completion. Hurrah. This will be winging it's way to semi-interested people very soon.
Empyre chum Adam Bolton is also excited for he is heading to the New York Comics Con where he will be revelling in the launch of his 'Where's My Shoggoth' book (wrote by Ian Thomas). Do go and buy a copy of this super kiddies / Lovecraftian book. I said that you would, and you wouldn't want to make me a big fibber now would you?
In other news, I've recently discovered the mightily splendid Procreate for the iPad. If you are in any way interested in creating comics and own one of these infernal devices, then I strongly suggest that you make haste to grab an 'app' (I believe that's what the kids say?) of Procreate and a stylus pen - although it is surprisingly easy to use with your bare digits. This is about as close as you'd want to get to a version of Photoshop on the iPad and is super-duper to use.
I've been tinkering with it for about a week, and really believe that I could put together a snappy comic with it - without having to trouble my drawing board. From a screen resolution point of view, I think that I may struggle to get more than 3 or 4 panels to a page, but this may be down to my chunky scribbles. It will be interesting to see the paper print quality of some of the stuff I'm putting together, but for a web comic it's truly great. I only need someone to put together an IOS version of Illustrator and I might never turn my PC on again (only joking my trusty machine)....
I'm toying with the idea of a BIG digital project at the moment, and will attach a couple of quick jpegs from my initial scribblings. This page and a half took me about an hour to put together - all without having to leave the comfort of the settee.
Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye.
RT
In all the excitement of Autumn approaching, I very nearly forgot to mention that the Empyre pitch is rapidly nearing completion. Hurrah. This will be winging it's way to semi-interested people very soon.
Empyre chum Adam Bolton is also excited for he is heading to the New York Comics Con where he will be revelling in the launch of his 'Where's My Shoggoth' book (wrote by Ian Thomas). Do go and buy a copy of this super kiddies / Lovecraftian book. I said that you would, and you wouldn't want to make me a big fibber now would you?
In other news, I've recently discovered the mightily splendid Procreate for the iPad. If you are in any way interested in creating comics and own one of these infernal devices, then I strongly suggest that you make haste to grab an 'app' (I believe that's what the kids say?) of Procreate and a stylus pen - although it is surprisingly easy to use with your bare digits. This is about as close as you'd want to get to a version of Photoshop on the iPad and is super-duper to use.
I've been tinkering with it for about a week, and really believe that I could put together a snappy comic with it - without having to trouble my drawing board. From a screen resolution point of view, I think that I may struggle to get more than 3 or 4 panels to a page, but this may be down to my chunky scribbles. It will be interesting to see the paper print quality of some of the stuff I'm putting together, but for a web comic it's truly great. I only need someone to put together an IOS version of Illustrator and I might never turn my PC on again (only joking my trusty machine)....
I'm toying with the idea of a BIG digital project at the moment, and will attach a couple of quick jpegs from my initial scribblings. This page and a half took me about an hour to put together - all without having to leave the comfort of the settee.
RT
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