Saturday 23 July 2016

Newstime! Summer 2016.

Greetings out there!

Got some news and reviews to pass your way so I'll do a long rambling post that could well get updated lots before the next wave of comics are ready!

First off- Small Press Day was a blast. Myself and NanoBolt attended at both 'The Comic Shop' in Macclesfield and Nostalgia & Comics back in the wastes of Brum on the day.

Macc was a grand trip. It was great meet Dan, catch up with Chris and see a proper nice comic shop. We sold a few comics, talked some nonsense and left the shop with stock of both the Zarjaz summer special and the latest issue of FutureQuake. 




Since taking on the initial stock, Dan of TCS Macc, has been back in touch to have  more stock! They have had a whopping 10 copies overall. It seems that folk just shy of the Wall really do have better taste in comics than folks further south. Of course if anyone out there wants to dispute that, then let me know how many copies of FQ are stocked in shops in London...

Nostalgia & Comics is the closest thing FQP have to a 'home' shop so it was a treat to be able to sit and actually chat to the staff and other SP dayers there. We met up with Steve of TimeBomb Comics, who was selling copies of Flintlock, which has some lovely lettering if I do say so myself and got to have a nice long chat with long time collaborator Roland Bird, who provided NanoBolt with a sketch of the Legion of Superheroes 'Lightning Lass.' Roland was knocking it out of the park with his sketches that day.

We've had a couple of reviews out there so far:

PIPEDREAM COMICS have some nice things to say, as does COMIC TIME.

New on 27/07/2016 is the review from John Freeman of Down The Tubes. John is perhaps the person in comics whose opinion I respect most. So a positive review from him is a total pleasure. 

What else is going on? Well work has begun on the second volume of Neroy Sphinx, with the first new stories set to appear sometime next year. 

Of course if anything else turns up I'll do my best to mention it on here!

Thursday 7 July 2016

Small Press Day



Seeing as there are only two days to go till Small Press Day, think it worth reminding folks that this is a vital part of the UK comics scene these days and should be supported.

There are events all over the country- Visit http://www.smallpressday.co.uk/ to see the updated list of what is going on.

I'll be at the Comic shop in Macclesfield between 11 and 1 (or thereabouts depending on traffic) before heading back to the Brum wastes to join in with a massive list of creatives taking part at Nostalgia & Comics between 2-3.

I'll have the latest issues of FutureQuake and the Zarjaz summer special with me, as well as a few copies of the Neroy Sphinx trade. Drop by and say hi.

Friday 1 July 2016

FutureQuake Summer 2016

Cover art by: Alex Paterson- Click to see a larger version.


NEW FORMAT! 96 pages, trade paperback. Featuring 20 strips by the finest talents in the Small Press. See the latest chapter in ‘Idea Space’ as Tyler Dann visits Birmingham’s ‘Nostalgia & Comics’ store. And that is just the opening story in the finest issue we have produced yet. All for £6.00
Strips:


Bait And Switch by writer Fred Francis and artist Keiran Squires


Beyond The Machine by Boy Phaff 


Child Star by writer Mike Kalin and artist Rafael Romeo Magat


Come Home by writer Lee Robson and artist Justin Woods


 Ghost Town by writer Marcello Bondi and artist Martina Marzullo


Hel comes to Baltitown by writer JJ Robinson and artist Alex Paterson


Men In Green by writer River Apparicio and artist Marc Ducrow


Murder He Read by writer Matthew Collyer and artist Jack Davies


Point of Contact by writer Eddie Robson and artist Matt Sandbrook

 Post Mortem by writer Tim Perry and artist David Valente


Prison Conditions by writer Chris Tresson and artist Terrance Whitlow


Second Chances by writer Alec Charles and artist Boy Phaff


Sentience by writer Jonathan Stevenson and artist Chris Connelly


Sleeping Life Waiting by writer Derek Adnams and artist Chris Geary


Slight by writer David Tomas and artist Aidan Gilman


Super by writer Jonathan Stevenson and artist Daniel Bell

The Happiest Dan Alive by writer Russell Hillman and artist Scott Twells


The Healers by writer Mike Kalin and artist Rafael Chrestani


These Things Happen by writer Dominic Teague and artist Roland Bird. 

Roland will be joining Team FQP as part of Small Press Day in July 2016 at Nostalgia & Comics in Birmingham. More news closer to the event.


Unbound by writer Niall Kitson and artist Michael Adam Kindred



Only £6.00 From the link on the right!