Monday, 24 May 2010

Ganjaman Presents Issue Two



Ganjaman Presents Issue 2 is now on sale.

http://ganjaman65.webs.com/apps/webstore/products/show/1322434

52 full colour A4 pages featuring stuff by Gilbert Shelton, Bryan Talbot, Hunt Emerson, Alan Grant, Bob Byrne, Dave Alexander, Pudsy Morris, Curt Sibling, John A Short, Gabbie Noble, Ty Stix, Nik Wells, David Hailwood, Jessie Makinson, John McShane, Dave Gordon, Jim Stewart and some bloke called Malcolm Kirk, whoever he is.

ADULTS ONLY!

Monday, 19 April 2010

Vote Doomlord In 2010!

At last a politician we can trust!


You know it makes sense!

Doomlord is copyright 2010 The Dan Dare Corporation
More information...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomlord

Monday, 22 March 2010

Scream Issue 16 (fake cover)

A fake cover for the non-existent issue 16 of 1980s UK horror comic, Scream! (it only reached issue 15 before merging with Eagle). This was originally created for April Fool's Day last year. It now looks slightly more authentic after being fiddled about with in Paint Shop Pro.



Relevant Links

Unofficial Scream! Fansite
Facebook group dedicated to getting Scream reprinted
Max from The Thirteenth Floor's unofficial MySpace profile

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Temple APA Issue Six (and some news)



The (somewhat overdue) sixth issue of Temple APA is now available to download as a free pdf file. Almost 100 pages featuring artwork and strips by Adam Grose, Dave Candlish, Dave Hailwood, Paul Eldridge, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri and there are a few pages by me in there too. There's also a feature on FutureQuake and a Small Press Directory, all put together by John Kirkham.

This is actually John's final issue and someone new will be taking over from issue seven. Hopefully this new bloke won't make a total mess of things or sully the memory of what has gone before. This is of particular concern to myself because I'm the new bloke. So, I'd like to take the opportunity to wish Mr. Kirkham well in his future endeavours and I promise to try my hardest not to ruin everything.

To download Issue Six right click here and "Save Target As..." or "Save Link As..." if you're using Firefox. File size is 50.6 MB.


If you’re a UK based comic artist/writer who’s interested in joining the Temple APA, then more details are available on the site which you can visit by clicking this link… http://templeapa.ning.com/

Saturday, 27 February 2010

Monkey Planet

I recently had a go at creating a comic strip adaptation of a film in six panels for Little White Lies magazine's Kick Ass Creative Brief.

The rules stipulated that the story be in black and white, had to conform to the template of panels provided and must be pretty much coherent to anyone unfamiliar with the film on which it was based.

I went with Planet of The Apes and here it is.




You can see the winner and some examples by other people here :

http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/blog/lwlies-issue-28-creative-brief-update/

Thursday, 25 February 2010

HALLOWSCREAM Needs You For Issue Two (Back From The Depths 2010 Special Guidelines)


Following the success of the Back From The Depths Hallowscream Special in 2009, we've decided to do it all again this year. That means we're once again looking for contributors. Here's this year's guidelines, (barely altered from last year's guidelines 'cos I'm feeling incredibly lazy)...

Ideal submissions should be horror orientated and must be weird or spooky to make the final cut. We are mainly looking for completed comic strips between 1-7 pages in length. Script submissions should also preferably be around 1-7 psges in length. Eerie illustrations and artwork along with interesting horror/comic articles, scary short stories, petrifying poems or anything just plain creepy will also be considered.

If you're an artist looking to illustrate a script, get in contact and we'll give you details of what might require your skills.

We'll also consider material previously published elsewhere, as long as the contributors own the copyright.

Completed artwork can be either colour or black and white, and should preferably be A4 (21cm x 29.7cm) 300 dpi jpegs.

Submissions can be sent to malcolm_iain_kirk@yahoo.co.uk or you can join the Creepy Community and upload stuff there if you prefer.


As this is a non-profit, small press publication, contributors will not be paid but they will retain copyright on any material submitted.

DEADLINES :

Scripts, articles and text submissions : Saturday 24th July

Artwork : Saturday 9th October

Completed strips : Saturday 23rd October.

The finished issue will be available online on October 31st.

Thursday, 21 January 2010

Back From The Depths Presents HALLOWSCREAM! (2009 Hallowe'en Special)

Last year saw the 25th birthday of Scream! , a shortlived British horror comic. To celebrate this, the members of the forum of the Back From The Depths fansite decided to produce a horror comic of their own. In actual fact, there had been talk of a tribute issue for a few years, but the 25th anniversary seemed a good time to finally get our act together, so yours truly set some deadlines, rushed like mad to put it all together and on Hallowe'en night, 2009, it finally appeared as a free, downloadable pdf file...




72 pages of horror comic, delivered on time, albeit with one or two rough edges. Overall, I'm rather pleased with how it turned out.

You can download it from Clickwheel by following the link below...

http://www.clickwheel.net/features/308

...or right click the attachment at the Back From The Depths ning site and "save target as"...

http://backfromthedepths.ning.com/forum/topics/back-from-the-depths-presents

2014 Edit : Click HERE to download or HERE to view online!

... or you can now also read it online at myebook

http://www.myebook.com/index.php?option=ebook&id=19415

...but you'll need an account to be able to read it there, because I set it to be for "mature readers".

Another special is planned for this year and I'll be posting the submission guidelines for that in the not too distant future. Watch this space.

Full list of contents for the first issue follows...


Front Cover... Artwork by Dracaddict
Page 2... White Werewolf Pin-up by Andrew Milne
Page 3... Contents Designed by Carol Kewley
Page 4… BUZZZ! Story by Tim West, Art by Andrew Milne
Page 6… Dracula : Harker’s Journey by Rattan Bhagwandin
Page 13… Time Tours Story by Rory Kavanagh, Art by Bolt-01
Page 14… How Not To Sell Your Haunted House Poem by Shaun Avery, Art by J McMonagle
Page 15… Mostly Haunted Story by Tim West, Art by Carol Kewley
Page 20… A Grim Tale : Arthur by Malcolm Kirk
Page 22… Glubbleblugg Story by Matthew McLaughlin, Art by Conor Boyle
Page 25… Terrorvision Guide by Malcolm Kirk
Page 26… Hell’s Belles Story by Dave Hailwood, Art by Chow
Page 29… The Golem Rises Story by Mister Roberts, Art by Simon Mackie
Page 36… A Grim Tale : Stone The Crows Story by Tim West, Art by Andrew Milne
Page 37… A Grim Tale : Bloodline by Malcolm Kirk
Page 38… Avenger Story by Mo Ali, Art by Brian Gorman, Lettering by Chris Harvey
Page 44… The Bucket of Blood Story by Andrew Milne & Carol Kewley, Art by Matt Soffe
Page 51… Last Orders Story by Dave Hailwood, Art by Stuart Giddings
Page 52… Trick Or Treat Story by John Gatehouse, Art by Dave Windett
Page 53… Special Ingredient Story by Rory Kavanagh, Art by Andrew Milne
Page 55… Field of Screams by Malcolm Kirk