Butcher's tale

So inspired am I by UK comics characters this week, I've also sketched the rather creepy Jimmy 'The Cleaver' Smith from Oink comic.


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Grimly Fiendish

Yet more piccies from the Weekly Themed Art Blog what I have done.

First up, a drawing in the 'Tron' theme. Despite having never seen either film, I struggled on regardless...


And, two drawings (and a preview) for this week's theme - 'Non 2000AD UK comics characters'. I've sketched up Grimly Feendish and definitely not the bloke out of 'Despicable Me'. (Mind you, Grimly himself is very similar Uncle Fester of the Addams Family, so I'm not going to be too picky here)

and the Leopard from Lime Street.

Hurrah for UK comics of yester-year.

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Imaginary Menagerie

No growing (Exegesis)

Grr. What was that about regular posting?????

Anyway, this post comes to you by way of Chris Askham's very splendid Weekly Themed Art Blog, of which I am a contributor. Below are my scribblings so far....


Behold, an 'Exorcism' themed piccie - a possessed Demon girl with a fair bit of Ken Reid influence.


....and 'Diesel Punk Girl'. I really tried my best to resist drawing Tank Girl (sigh).

All good stuff and an excuse to try out some different techniques and styles.

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Cobwebs and Strange

Fear not! I'm still here. We've just spent a while painting (walls not comics) and moving the flat around. Hopefully now everything is on a bit more of an even keel, I'll be able to post a bit more regularly....

Anyway, a couple of quick sketches.

Drummer Boy and Jonah Hex...

Drummer Boy sketch is brush and ink, and Jonah is pencil and Photoshop.

(Hopefully) more soon folks.

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Monkey Man

Tarzan sketch for you. I was originally going to call this post 'King of the Swingers' but thought it may attract a different kind of audience to my humble blog.



Also, if proof were needed that I'm working on 'Grinning Mask 2', here's a snippet of my thumbnails for a couple of pages.



Don't try and make sense of them whatever you do.

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Plan B

In a quick change from talking about what comics etc I'm working on, I thought that I'd take time to mention some of the stuff that's impressed me over the past year. So, in no particular order let's dive in...

The Absence by Martin Stiff
Mightily enjoyable and a real page turner - what's there not to like? Great art and design, a slow burning mystery and interesting characters. Very inspirational for a person (like myself) creating self published comics.

Vern and Lettuce by Sarah McIntyre
Super stuff. I defy even the most cold-hearted-super-hero-comic-book-reader not to enjoy this.

El Sketchbook Lorenzo Deluxe
Behold the Etherington Brothers. Very talented and nice blokes to boot. In a slightly odd choice, I've picked out the mighty sketchbook collection rather than a comic. I'm sure though, that you'd forgive me if you could see this book from over where you're sitting. 600 odd pages of fantastic sketchbook action and a great book to dip into for a bit of inspiration.

Spider-Man / Dr. Strange: Fever
The only super hero pick in my list. Brendan McCarthy's delightfully psychedelic take on two of my favourite Marvel heroes. As Stanley Unwin would say 'Once a-polly ti to begat tripsy Ditko technicolour and turns out smash and flake-it. Stay cool won't you.'


PJANG by Rol Hirst
Good old Rol was kind enough to let me loose on a strip in PJANG this year, but that's not the reason why he's here - oh no. Great, great stories - that's the reason. If like me you're a sucker for twists and turns in your comics, then you ought to check out PJANG.

Outcastes by Tony McGee
Magic and mystery by Mr. McGee. The only mystery to me being how he manages to draw quite so many top comics? Does he draw while he sleeps? I don't know? A top series and one that's going from strength to strength - my only criticism is the wait for the latest issue!

Kani by WJC
I stumbled across WJC's stuff in Will Kirkby's Nu Earth and am now officially hooked. Just the right mix of storytelling and oddness for my liking. Roll on his forth-coming book Gungle for Blank Slate this year.

The Bizarre Adventures of Gilbert and Sullivan by Laura Howell
Very funny stuff indeed by the wonderfully talented Ms. Howell. Bravo I say. Any comic that has Oscar Wilde threatening to take a gang of gentlemen off home for a 'jolly good kissing' has got to be worth a look.

Phew. Thanks for bearing with me on this one folks. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.

RT