New year - new comics!

It's been a while since I last updated here.  Basically I've just emerged from hibernating since October Expo and am now knee-deep in comics that need my attention.  My own fault really.

I'm currently working on six different titles, most of which are only in the writing stages.  3 of them you might already know if you're familiar know my work, so you can probably guess those ones, and the other 3 are entirely new things.  It's not worth giving more details as it's too soon for anything like that, but basically I'm writing to say I'm back in the game, and actively working on new comics!  No idea which one will be finished first, but will keep you posted.

I'll also have a table at next month's London Super Comic Con, so if you're attending feel free to pop over and say hi. :-)

October Expo 2012 - Complete!

A couple of days after the event and I'm still reeling from what went on.  It was a good event!  Lots of happy people and lots of cool cosplay was on display. :-)

My new comics were pretty successful.  Japanofail, as with pretty much evey Expo was my most popular title, while a few people were able to complete their Beholder of the Eye sets.

Thanks to anyone who dropped by, and if you bought any of my comics I hope you enjoyed what you read.  Time to hibernate for the winter now, and of course I'll update with any developments. ^_^

Japanofail 6

Japanofail is back ruder, cruder and... actually, it's just the same as it's always been! ;-D

Issue 6 just arrived from the printers - please look forward to it!  Those already familiar with the series will know what to expect, but those new to it can now read issues 1-3 here!

Beholder of the Eye 5

Over three years after it began, the final chapter of Beholder of the Eye finally appears! It's an 80-odd page perfect-bound beasty that I just allowed to run as long as it took to make a proper conclusion.

I hope that anyone who's stuck with this series will find the ending satisfying.  Please look forward to seeing it at London Expo next weekend!

Acouple of preview shots of the physical thing:

September = Pain

Just a statement of intent for the next months or so.

First up, I've confirmed my spot at London Expo this October.  So yep I'll definitely be there selling all my comics.

And that is where the guarantees end. >_<;

I'm currently working at trying to get Beholder of the Eye 5 done for the event.  I really want to get it done in time, but it's proving to be a bit of a beast.  For an idea I've just pencilled page 60 with the ending still unwritten - it's big!  Once that's done I still needing to ink, scan, letter and tone the thing before it can get sent off to the printer.  So yeah I've made some decent headway into it, but it's far from the point I can promise it'll be finished in time.

I'll do my best to work as quickly as I can, but not to the point I rush/spoil it.  September's gonna be intense! :-)

Ushio Shirts has launched!

I've teamed up with the guys at Carbon Clothing to print-on-demand T-shirt designs.  It's pretty exciting stuff and if you like what you see you can customise what colour shirt and size etc. to how you want it.

We're currently testing the waters with a few designs, but if there are any requets for the kind of thing that people would like to see on there (Japanofail shirts?), let me know and I can try and get something organised.

The place to browse is here: Ushio Shirts

Lurking and Working...

It's been a while since the last update, and I gotta say the burnout I experienced from beasting out 100 pages for My Lovely Omnivore was insane.  It's been a couple months since then and I've only just gotten my head what my next step should be and how to go about it.

The reality: I now have 4 ongoing comics series to juggle, and the chance of getting a new issue out for all of them in time for October Expo is nil, lol.  Time to prioratise...

The next comic I put out will be Beholder of the Eye 5, which should be the last issue!  It's had the longest wait since the last issue and so is most deserving of my attention.  I'm starting to make some headway into the pencils and it's looking to be the biggest issue of the series by far.  Getting it done in 2 months will be very tricky but I'm just going go for it and hope for the best, batshit crazy ending and all!

I'm not going to talk about other comics for now, or else I'll get distracted.  Will keep you posted. ;-)