The good, good people of Waterstones will be letting me loose in their Cribbs Causeway store on April 24th at 1pm.
This is the first time I have signed in a “mainstream” book store as opposed to a specialist comic store or a convention; I’m really looking forward to introducing some non-comics fans to The Dark as well as meeting up with any comics fans who come by.
There are some details of the signing up on the Waterstone’s website and, of course, there is a Facebook event if you want to …

It’s that most vital of things … the home town signing! Chris will be Forbidden Planet, Cardiff, from 5pm to 6pm to sign copies of The Dark. Terror abounds as I face friends and family in my “professional” capacity as the mind behind the book, so any and all support is greatly appreciated!
Many thanks to the guys at Forbidden Planet for squeezing this into their busy signings schedule. If you are interested, please sign up for our Facebook Event so that they now how many people to expect. (Not that …

I will be appearing at Ace Comics in Richmond, along with Huw J and Harry Markos, to sign copies of The Dark on March 20th. Ace are already offering copies of The Dark at a discount price with free shipping via their website.
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The signing will run from 12:00 – 15:00, so hopefully I will have plenty of time to talk to everyone who comes in. Podcasters and bloggers are welcome to get in touch in advance to arrange interviews before, during, or after the session.
Other than for conventions, …

Yep, BICS rocked. It rocked in a very special way.
To steal a trick from Nick Horby here, in no particular order other than the order that my brain spewed them forth, are my favourite moments:

Getting a trading card of “The Dark” from Sy Wyatt
Almost making Amy Liff faint/vomit/both with an impromtu rendition of the classic children’s showtune “Tranny Wingman”.
Sharing Supernatural love with The Nuge
Getting the original art for my “Fictionalist” avatar from Rob
Making Stuart admit that I loved Supernatural first, that he mocked my Supernatural love, but he is now …

The 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 Birmingham International Comics Show (BICS) is back, bigger and better than ever before for 2009! And, as usual, Monkeys with Machineguns will be there!
After our exhibiting hiatus at last year’s BICS, we will be proudly sharing a double sized exhibitor space with the fine fellows of Orang Utan Comics and David Wynne at the 2009 show. Having seen life on both sides of the table at last year’s Birmingham International Comics Show, the first convention I have ever attended as anything other than an exhibitor, I think it is …

Monkeys with Machineguns are getting the front page treatment over at www.spexpo.co.uk.
Nothing like a little pressure.

Received news yesterday that Cymru Con was cancelled, at least for this year.
Official news is that 
Our main sponsor has had to withdraw their financial backing, and with the current economic climate this has simply made it impossible to be able to put on a large event such as Cymru Con as we have been unable to secure further financial backing.
I know a number of the people who have been involved in putting this convention together and we are all obviously disappointed that it will not go ahead this year. It …

Myself and Stu.Art, more commonly known as “Monkeys with Machineguns”, are booked to exhibit at this year’s Bristol Comic Expo.
This year we are exhibiting with a twist however, as all our hard work on The Magpye for Markosia has left us without a brand new issue of our eponymous horror anthology to debut at the show. With the release of the latest MWM being somewhat of a Bristol tradition, at least for Stu and I, were left somewhat stumped this year as to what exactly to do …
Thankfully, the answer …