Written Sy Wyatt at the now infamous MWM Live! in Bristol, May 2009.
Pressure. Emmett had dealt with pressure his whole life. Pressure to deliver. Pressure to perform. Today, however, he was concerned entirely with the pressure on the outside of his deep sea exploration suit. The soft pinging in his ear told him he was safe, and still attached to the survey ship, thousands of feet above, by the umbilical.
“Can you see it, Emmett?”
“I’m pretty much on top of it. Another hundred or so feet and I’ll have contact.”
Emmett imagined …

This one was for Richard Griffiths, of Crafty Butchers fame, who just wanted “spidermonkeys”.
We live to serve …
Cliff reloaded his rifle as quickly as he could, letting the spent cartridges join those already scattered about his feet. The barrel of the gun was hot enough to scorch the wooden parapet of the outpost as he propped it there, glad for a moment not to have the weight against his shoulder.
“How many of them are there?” asked Delilah.
“Depends,” replied Cliff. “If they breed like monkeys, we’ve got to be getting to …

Inspired by Ryan Reed, who asked for a story featuring ““A man who has been bitten by a radioactive man, a VW Camper Van, and a pie”
Rain rattled against the side of the camper van. Reed tried to ignore it, and concentrated on cooking. Cooking was a lot more complicated for Reed these days than it used to be as, since the bite, he had to work just as hard to keep things out of his meals as put things in.
Thunder crashed overhead and the VW camper rocked from side …

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.

Monkeys with Machineguns … Live! is on the front page of the updated website for the Small Press Expo 2009
No pressure.

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 …