Archive | August, 2009

5 page Gangrene preview

30 August 2009

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I’m not sure how well this gallery thing is going to work, but I’ll give it a bash.  Below is a preview of the first five pages of the comic mini-series I’m working on with some very talented artist types – namely Neil Chenier, Travis Stephens, Fran Ros and Kel Nuttal. Click the first thumbnail [...]

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Fingers…bleeding. Must…rest.

29 August 2009

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Today I have written a book. Not a bit of a book.  Not most of a book.  A whole book, from the first chapter to the last. It’s not a big book by any means.  It’s barely 7,500 words.  But it’s a book.  It has a beginning, a middle and an end. And I wrote [...]

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Gangrene Sneak Peek

28 August 2009

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Due to a number of little hiccups, my comic book mini-series, GANGRENE, was put on the back burner for a while. It’s back on track now, though, with pages coming back from the letterer, Kel Nuttal, at an incredible rate. Here’s a random page from the first issue. Let me know what you think.

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My visit to Edinburgh

24 August 2009

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I popped down to Edinburgh on Saturday, and had a quick browse around the book festival.  I didn’t really have time to catch any events, but I did manage to meet Keith Gray, wave at Malorie Blackman in what could have been perceived as a mildly sinister fashion, and mistake Michael Morpurgo for the guy [...]

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Frivolous science? Perhaps not…

18 August 2009

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It’s not unusual to open a newspaper, or catch the end of an evening news bulletin, only to be presented with the latest ‘findings’ of some team of government funded scientists somewhere – findings which, to the average person, seem like an utter and unforgivable waste of time and resources. Equally as often, you’ll hear [...]

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Yet more Invisible Fiends pre-ordering japes

14 August 2009

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I really must get round to doing a proper blog post soon.  I’ve actually got some stuff worth writing about for a change, but finding the time to do it isn’t proving easy.  Maybe tomorrow… Anyway, just found out that Invisible Fiends: Mr Mumbles is available to pre-order at Blackwell Bookshop Online.  It’s also showing [...]

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Achtung! Herr Mumbles kommen

1 August 2009

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I’m flippin’ delighted to be able to announce that Invisible Fiends has been sold to German publisher, Beltz & Gelberg.  As I write this, the first manuscript is being translated into German, so it can be ready for release in January 2010 – pretty much the same date as here in the UK. I’m really [...]

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