Etherington Brothers Sign Television Develpoment Contract!

Announced HERE!

Rocky's Horror Show in The Dandy

Just a quick heads-up for my new strip in The Dandy -- it's called Rocky's Horror Show, and is a different horror story spoof each week. This week it's 

It's already easily the most talked about individual comic page I've ever produced! Thanks to all those who've tweeted, or sent other messages and comments of appreciation.
And if that's got you curious -- get down to Sainsbury's and buy yourself a Dandy!
My other strip Mr Meecher The Uncool Teacher is also in there, plus a load of other great strips by Jamie Smart, Alexander Matthews, Nigel Auchterlounie, Andy Fanton, Lorenzo Etherington and the rest of the Dandy team.   

Once Upon A Time Machine

I thought you fine people might be interested in this lovely looking comics anthology, a selection of classic folk and fairytales re-routed through a sci-fi filter, all wrapped up in packaging by the great Farel Dalrymple - see title page above. I did my own bit for it (artwork for a delightful re-telling of 1001 Nights by Tara Alexander) a good eighteen months back, so it's great to now see the entire collection very nearly finished and officially on the lookout for a potential publisher.

Naturally there's a big online promotional push going on, via the likes of Bleeding Cool and Facebook; do please stop by and have a peek for further info and artwork previews.

Previously unseen Bodkin and the Bear pages...

...and lots more, on my newly revamped web home

On the Move

Hey folks! Finally got the ole' scissors and glue out and made the attached change of address card, thought you might like to see it!

Lorenzo!

Artwork for DFB Project

Okay, so those of you with a keen memory will remember THIS POST from July last year, in which we talked about a brand new series of fully illustrated novels we'd just signed to Random House/DFB. Well, the books are coming on well, and I just wanted to pop in here and show you a teeny-tiny bit of artwork. The series is a little way off being ready yet, but stay tuned to the blog for more news...!

Lorenzo!

Quick Plug for 'Sounds Of The Past - Wild West'

Templar Publishing (UK)/ Silver Dolphin (US)

Hello all, hope this finds you extremely well. Just wanted to share/plug this book I illustrated recently - my big box of comp copies arrived last week, which is always the best part of any job, but even more so with this one. It pops up! It makes noises! It's ace!

Due out August 1st - you can pre order it from Amazon UK.

mr meecher the uncool teacher -- in *the dandy* NOW!

hello, haven't posted here in a long while -- i always have trouble logging into blogger for some reason... anyway, i thought i'd go through the reset-password malarkey in order to drop by and mention that my strip *mr meecher the uncool teacher* has begun a six week run in *the dandy*. this week he's teaching geography in his own inimitable style. there's pain, there's heartache, and there's papier-maché.

there's loads of other good stuff in there, too -- go on, go buy a copy!

Alisanne

Two more pictures of Alisanne from the ongoing project.

And oh look, there's that rabbit again :-)

See more at andrewwildman.net

Pursued by robots

I guess I have been pursued by robots for a long time so... have woven that into a metaphor and created a new project. More news on my blog here and the first piece of art for the project. I have used the same art style that was used in Frontier. Although this is greyscale. Like ya hadn't noticed ;-)

Sneak Peek: In-progress shot from YORE! for the Dandy...

A little behind the scenes progress shot...

Top of the world, ma!

Apologies for the avalanche of Mirabilis news this week, but there's no arguing with the Mighty Apple. And there we are splashed across the top of the "New & Noteworthy" page on iTunes. What can we say? Mr Jobs's guys, they have such good taste. You can pick up your Mirabilis - Year of Wonders graphic novel app here (the reader itself and first chapter are absolutely FREE) and if you haven't got yourself an iPad yet, here is where to find your local Apple Store. (No, we don't get a commission. It's just the coolest thing ever and you HAVE to get one. Trust me.)

First Look: The Etherington Brothers' YORE in the Dandy...

First look at our brand new series launching in the Dandy in the new year. More details HERE!

Lorenzo!

Etherington bros in the DANDY

HUGE announcement on our site HERE!

Whoop!

Lorenzo!

trumpet blowing

I'm not one to crow in the normal scheme of things, and most of you probably have heard already, but I figure this may be my only opportunity to say this, so I'd better say it now:

I won an award!

Here's a blurry photo courtesy of Neill Cameron's phone:



It's the first ever Leeds Graphic Novel Award, voted for by 11-14 year old Leeds schoolchildren and awarded to me for Good Dog, Bad Dog book 1. I'm very pleased, especially as the trophy itself is a bit like a see through version of one of Obelix's menhirs.

And luckily I didn't even get nervous about the awards ceremony because I was absolutely convinced Mezolith was going to win and so there'd be very little attention paid to me. As a result there wasn't much of an acceptance speech (a mercy for all concerned, I'm sure) just a bit of a surprised yelp and a "thank you".

Now I need to decide where to put it...

Dreams are the Genus...

A quick plug for this dark'n'scary new book masterminded by artist/photographer Tigz Rice. Along with my renditions of Cinderella, Jabberwocky and Little Red Riding Hood...


... is a whole heap of mesmerising imagery extracted from the minds of six superb artists, accompanied with prose by writer Helen Calcutt. Please check my blog for further details, previews and ordering info. Thanks!

Comical Animal

As most of you may know already Jim Medway's fine new venture, Comical Animal has emerged today with a special preview issue featuring animal-based comics work and articles by the likes of myself (Ned Trumpet, Elephant Detective), Gary Northfield, Dan Berry and Jim himself among others.

It's funny, it's furry and it's free, what more could you want?

Captain Winston Bulldog UPDATED

For those unfamiliar, CAPTAIN WINSTON BULLDOG is a comics hero very much in the tradition of British weekly comics of the 1970s, old-school 2000AD, and old-fashioned British heroes like Dan Dare, Bulldog Drummond, Biggles and the like - given a 1990s twist with a dash of daft humour, a pinch of satire, a wee bit of politics and lots of action. The strip is set in an alternative Britain named Union Britain (formerly Blighty) where some intelligent mammals and vegetables have evolved alongside people, so there are 3 types of people: humans, mammalians and arboreans. Bulldog is a mammalian and the only non-human Captain of an airship in the Aerial Defence Force. The most popular supporting character was SAMURAI COMMANDER KEIKO PANDA of the Nippon Lightning Fleet, his counterpart in that world's Japan, and she cropped up regularly in the self-published BULLDOG ADVENTURE MAGAZINE (later retitled BAM!). BAM! ran from 1993 on and off until 2005, after which Neill Cameron and I produced BULLDOG: EMPIRE, a 60-odd page epic Bulldog story co-starring Keiko Panda. It was picked up for professional publication in the MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW MANGA VOL 1 in its entirety thanks to the good taste of Ilya and Neill's hard work and talent. You can buy the remaining copies of EMPIRE from Neill's website. The Manga book is out of print but you can still pick up copies on Amazon and Ebay. KEIKO PANDA returned in the second Manga book, still available from booksellers such as Amazon - where it's currently only £3.50! - this time drawn by the amazing Mitzi.

I don't have a title yet for the new BULLDOG comic (I'm open to suggestions) that I'm working on with lots of creators, but I'm thinking about a couple of possibilities. The plan is that I'm currently working on a short script (almost) per day and then sending it out to artists for drawing, in order to have it printed ready for BICS in October. Most are people who were associated with BAM! and / or small press comics during the 1990s and early 2000s. And then there's some lovely surprises! Artists involved in one capacity or another, in no particular order are: Andrew Wildman; Neill Cameron; Jim Cameron; Mal Earl (see his illustration in this post); David Goodman; David Candlish; Marl Bickley; Tony Lawrence; Nick Raybould; Mitzi; Stephen Prestwood; Graham Pearce; Simon Perrins... and more to come! It's the whole range from professional to self-published and I've been bowled over by the response. If you are an artist familiar with Bulldog and his world, and you'd like to contribute an illo or a few pages of art for no money and little recognition, feel free to contact me here, on Twitter or on Facebook.

The other thing is: the plan I have is to donate a proportion of the cover price of each issue to charity. And the chosen charity will be DRAW THE WORLD TOGETHER.

As well as Marvel Comics, Transformers and DFC legend Andrew Wildman, Dr Who artist and all round comics titan MIKE COLLINS will also be contributing artwork to what is starting to look like a packed compendium of British comic art!

Etherington Bros interviewed in FRONT magazines' "Best Jobs EVER" feature!

We're officially cool. Details HERE!

Lorenzo!

Cartoon Museum & Comics Jams

Lots of comics and tips on comics jam workshops over on Sarah's blog post!