Big thanks to everyone who took time out to comment on my last post, it's all really appreciated. Unfortunately I had to take it off due to some possible legal issues. Hopefully, once it's properly finished it will be back. Last week I attended Derby's first-ever comic related event. Liam Sharp was invited to do a talk about his career in comics, spanning from his work with the legend Don Lawrence, to his most recent-top secret- work (which will have us all salivating for more)

So stoked by this highly unusual comics event I wrote a small article which can be viewed on the link below.

Not only was I amazed that Quad (the arts centre that hosted the great event) were actually doing something about COMICS....but, the fact that there was a lovely couple there who were fans of mine:) finished the night off well. It's a small world

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/entertainment/Drawing-crowd/article-1466516-detail/article.html

Last week a good friend of mine from the U.S. managed to get a copy of GOTHIC in front of the legend that is Stan-the man-Lee. It was at Pittsburgh Con and Stan had a list of 900 folk who had paid for a signature ticket...as you can see by the picture they moved things along pretty quickly, and they wanted to rid Stan of the item pretty sharpish by the look of things;)---still I guess that's what happens at the top of the tree, but he still has time for the fans and that's pretty special for a guy of his stature in the biz, I reckon he must have found a way to bottle Jack Kirby's pure Cosmic energy while he was working with him in the 60s.....Kirby himself ran out of it in '94 as we all know, but what kind of queues would he have if he was still around eh? Long Live the King. Thanks a lot, Brian, for jumping in that rather small window to get my stuff in front of the great man.

Other news at Black Boar Towers, the next page I'll be doing on the samurai story, will be no.60, by the looks of things this MAY be the halfway mark---I know I mentioned a month or so back that I'd pretty much hit half way back then, but judging by the amount of script left I've a ways to go yet.

That's all for now folks,

Dave

Hi gang
Just a quick update here, got no graphic novel done this past weekend, but I took the time up with this commission instead. I don't normally get many requests for commissions, but I do have a little backlog building now (so if you have asked in the past, apologies that I've not gotten to it yet). In the meantime check this one out.
cheers for now,
Dave

I recently stuck a few things on that well-known auction site and actually SOLD one of them, yes lady and gentlemen someone was actually looking for my name to crop up. The item in question was one of my sketchbooks. The request was for a Ripper sketch on the cover. It was purchased by a girl...for her MOTHER as a birthday gift!! Apparently her mother has the newsprint edition of WHITECHAPEL FREAK also, she obviously has great taste (if a little unhinged in parts). Anyway, best get back to the drawing board.

talk again soon.

More Madam Samurai this weekend. Here's an unfinished page which I enjoyed doing. The bad guy creeps up on a drug-induced sleeping samurai, about to deliver the death blow and stray rays of the sun catch the polished steel blade slicing the darkness... and waking him up, as it would. A battle royale commences. The good news is that I'm just a tad short of hitting the halfway point (depending on what the final page count will be of course)

Here's the finished article chaps. I'm pretty pleased with the outcome, and it takes a lot to make me happy nowadays.

A MATTER OF GRAVE IMPORTANCE

A good few months back a fellow in the US asked if I'd be interested in doing a commission featuring the world's greatest detectives. I thought that sounded pretty original so I accepted. What with the graphic novel I'm drawing I've had to put any commissions aside just lately, and concentrate on the job at hand. I fancied a change of subject matter so set about the task of planning it out during the week...here's the peice so far. As of this writing it's actually completed, but I'll be updating once I get a flatbed scan of it. I'm pretty pleased with, and today I can get back to the book, so a productive weekend methinks:)