I’m exited to annonce that my SF comic strip is now uploaded for all to read on my comics site www.webcomics.co.nz . I’ve been producing this strip for sometime and have decided to actually make them publicly available…well, they have been appearing in The Funtime comics anthology in print but now is the time for it’s online premiere.

Sophie and Gil is a strip inspired by 70’s and 80’s space opera especially ones that took “inspiration” from a certain space flick that came out in 1977. I would recommend the soundtrack to “Battle beyond the stars” when reading it.

The premise of the strip is a young space captain and her robotic (and sentient) crew member travelling the universe and getting into adventures.

So please click on the comics page and I hope you enjoy Sophie and Gil. My little homage to Comic booky space adventure.

The last time I touched on Chch Armageddon, it was to announce that I would not be having a table there any longer, Which is still true but I will be there thanks to the New Zealand comics table and Christchurch Drawfest…Oh yes, I joined Chiristchurch Drawfest as well. This happened last year, Me and my wife were able to help out at the NZ comics table and I was able to do my sketching thing with a fellow Comics creator, the very talented, Sarah Lund. I worked the sunday mourning shift at the Chch Drawfest table doing exactly the same thing. This year, hopefully with be the same again.

Christchurch Armageddon 2018 announcement.

For the past 6 years I have been taking part as an independent vendor at Christchurch Armageddon and once at Auckland. It’s always a hoot to do and I’ve met a lot of people and I like nothing better than doing sketches for people but it’s been getting harder and harder every year to pay for the single table I need and finally I have to call the game. I can not go next year. I love going and being apart of it all but financially, it’s never been worth it.

ctober was the best of times and the worst of times….well, not really but it was a month of note in my world.

I’ll start with the worst first. No Auckland Armageddon for me this year. It wasn’t so bad but I love going to Auckland and I have friends there but it wasn’t going to happen this time. From a vendor point of view, it wasn’t worth it. My stock wasn’t that different from the year before. I would rather be productive than represent last years offerings…but I love doing the show.

But I did have a small presence there…

Funtime comics

I’ve had a story published in the latest Funtime anthology.  This latest offering made it’s debut at the Auckland show.  This is the best of times bit of the post.

The story is an 8 pager called Sophie and Gil. It’s a SF story about a young Starship Captain meeting a Robot.

The Crew

It was almost a year to the day that I first met the NZ Comics people at Auckland Armageddon last year. If you have seen the photos, you know that it was crowded. I decided to break away from my table long enough to go to the New Zealand Comics table and introduce myself and show them my three books. Swimming though the sea of bodies, I finally made it to the table. I met The Editor, Jason and two of the contributors , Mary and Alex (Who has done the cover for the latest issue.) I was impressed with the production quality of the new edition of Funtime comics. I almost fell over when they told me that they were based in Christchurch.  So now, Once a month I go to the Funtime comics workshop and “Work” on new things. It was a nice development in my life.

Funtime comics 28 is available at: funtimecomics.nz

A quick update. Armageddon photos found.

The Office