Bristol International Comics and Small Press Expo 2010 Announcement

bicspe-advert-300-a5-lo-resThe Geek Ninjas of Geek Syndicate have broken some exclusive news on the dates, line up, venues, etc. for the 2010 Bristol Comic Con.

The con will run over 3 days this year; 21 – 23 May to be precise; and will be spread between the Ramada and Mercure Hotels. This year’s double con (the seperate but affiliated Bristol Comic Con and Bristol Small Press Expo) also appear to have merged to create this single super-sized convention.

Also, there’s some guy called Chris Claremont coming.

Exciting news for the return of our of the UKs best conventions!

YBNBY Hall of Fame: Unintentionally Funny Comic Panels

People tell me that all writers have moments of doubt, times when they wonder if their voice is ever really being heard or if they are just screaming out into a void that will never respond. The existential dread that contemplating this for too long can engender is almost beyond comprehension, a crippling, agonising state of almost blind panic as you question whether anything you do has any meaning.

And then, you see this …YBNBY Hall of Fame: Unintentionally Funny Comic Panels.

And you realise the being in comics is cool because, if nothing else, you can slip this subversive nonsense past people from time to time. I, for one, don’t believe any of these are as unintentional as the creators would have us believe ;-)

For me, they are all the funnier for that! Enjoy.

Apple decrees Spotify worthy of iPhone

I’ve become somewhat obsessed with Apple’s App Store approval process over the last few weeks, impatiently waiting for Issue 1 of The Dark to be released.

A little while back I blogged about the phenomenal interest that had been generated by the submission of a Spotify App to the store. Well, in the journalistic style, there is an update.

The breaking news today? Apple decrees Spotify worthy of iPhone • The Register.

Phonophiles and eclectic music lovers like me may rejoice.

Now all we need is a really good sci-fi comic book series on there …

Dark Issue 3 Sketchbook

Writing Issue 3 of “The Dark” called for a plethora of new and nightmarish characters. I honestly did wonder what artist-extraordinary Rick Lundeen would make of some of my requests …

Turns out, he’s even sicker than I am.

Without further preamble, I proudly … yes, proudly … present two of the horrors that are being created for Issue 3 of The Dark.

Doctor Needles

Doctor Needles

The Doctor is in; part doctor, part dentist, part cyborg, and part giant spider. He is, basically, every childhood horror and nightmare that you ever had.

Just don’t ask what Rick has hidden behind those glasses.

fungus

Fungus

Fungus is living (well, mostly living) vegetable matter. Puss, goo, ooze, and slime are his best bits. Try not to ask about the rest.

Casting Call for The Dark opens at audiodramatalk.com

We have teamed up with voice empresario Terry Cooper to create a motion comic of issue one of The Dark!

Terry is a very skilled voice actor and will be producing the audio segments to be laid over the moving visuals as seen in the latest trailer.

If you are interesting in taking part and supplying one of our voices, please feel free to check out the cast for call for THE DARK