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Underwhelming Postcards of Yesteryear.

One of the most tiresome aspects of modern life is having to look at people’s thoroughly generic tourist photos on the Internet all the time.  No holiday can be properly Continue reading →

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J Homersham’s Pudding Print Pandemonium!

I’ve just received a gorgeous and extremely limited run of J Homersham’s  History of the English Pudding Prints! The illustration which originally appeared in the the fantastic Oh Comely Magazine, Continue reading →

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The Black Project – Page Reveal.

The number of days between now and the moment when my debut graphic novel The Black Project (released by Myriad Editions) is finally available for the general public to touch, Continue reading →

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Granny’s Books – A Lost England.

Say the word ‘England’ and chances are potent images will spring to mind of empty Hula Hoops packets floating in disused boating lakes, or the morning sun sending amber rays Continue reading →

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Make Em’ Squirm 4 – Everything Sucks by Richard Cowdry 2002.

If the history of comics was a 24-hour period beginning on the day George Herriman gave up baking, then the current wave of UK Alternative Comics would only appear at Continue reading →

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Granny Books Episode 2 – Men and Women

Reading Granny’s books is a very different experience to reading the books that fill most of my shelves. Every sense is engaged in a different and novel way. The weight Continue reading →

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I’m Reading – This Weird Comic I Found on the Pavement Around Elephant and Castle About 4 Years Ago

I spotted this odd publication on the pavement outside the picturesque Elephant and Castle shopping centre. Attracted by the title and the inviting cover imagery I snatched it off the Continue reading →

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Granny’s Books – Part 1

I recently inherited all of Granny’s Books, a prospect that didn’t initially fill me with any great expectations. It was only when I drew the first dusty volumes from the Continue reading →

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The Lost Genius of Frank Oates part 2

Some of you may have read the first part of my little article on Frank Oates, an illustrator who came to my attention through the book ‘Match Fishing How to Continue reading →

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Nervous in a Cape Issue 7 by Abe Christie

When I was a lad I fully expected to go into space before my twenty first birthday, but that’s because I grew up in the eighties, the era of the Continue reading →

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