Have a listen to these recent podcast interviews with WASP creators…
Alex Fitch for the comics podcast, Panel Borders.
Initially broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM.
Alex talks to Richy K. Chandler, Zarina Liew, Nich Angel and Naniiebem about WASP.
First broadcast 3/3/2013.
South London Hardcore presenters, Steven Walsh and Jack McInroy talk to Richy K. Chandler about growing up in South London, his comic work and WASP.
The WASP chat starts at around 44.24.
First podcast 19/2/2013.
| Lucy the Octopus Lucy the Octopus is a weekly webcomic about a teenage girl who happens to be an octopus. Lucy is staggeringly unpopular both at home and school. Still our heroine soldiers on, armed with a guitar, a pufferfish and the occasional Chunky Muffin shake. lucytheoctopus.net |
Writer/Creator: Richy K. Chandler Richy is the creative force behind Tempo Lush, producing comics, illustrations and design. Writer for the Wallace & Gromit newspaper strip and Almost Naked Animals comic. Creator of Lucy the Octopus and co-creator of Rosie and Jacinda. He’s sure his favourite Pop-Tart is Unfrosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon. |
Guest Artist: David O’Connell David O’Connell is a writer and illustrator living in London. He is the creator of the webcomic Tozo, and is the editor of the comic anthology ink+PAPER. His children’s book series MONSTER & CHIPS is to be published by HarperCollins at the end of February. scribblehound.com |
The webcomic David O’Connell normally works on looks like this…
Tozo is a science-fiction tale set in a retro-futuristic world. When Detective Inspector Tozo is asked to investigate a murder, he has little idea that the trail will lead him into a deadly world of political intrigue. Currently on a year-long break, the comic returns in the autumn of 2013.
tozocomic.com
Lucy the Octopus normally looks more like this…
| Penny Blackfeather Penny Blackfeather is a Regencypunk webcomic about a young lady who wishes to go on an adventure. It features monsters, regency balls, ghosts, magic and a parrot. pennyblackfeather.co.uk |
Writer/Creator: Francesca Dare Francesca Dare is a VFX artist from London. In her spare time she writes and draws comics, but mostly just reads trashy steampunk novels and Jane Austen mash-ups as “research”. She is very short. |
Guest Artist: Rebecca Burgess Rebecca Burgess is a illustrator, comic artist and time traveler living in Bristol. She has a particular love for history and culture, which she manages to squeeze into all her comics someway or another. Read Rebecca’s webcomic Strangers & Friends here: hemu.smackjeeves.com |
Penny Blackfeather normally looks more like this…
| Mephistos Mephistos is a sort of supernatural day-in the life comedy comic, featuring a demon. Mephistos at mangamagazine.net |
Writer/Creator: Naniiebim Self publishing Illustrator and comics artist from the UK! I’ve been drawing in this style since about 2006 after a long hiatus as a kids book illustrator and uni student, but went back to a manga-like style after i discovered it was something I always enjoyed doing anyway. ^^ Mephistos was started in 2008 in order to get me started in drawing sequential comics and is now up to volume 4 drawn inbetween illustration jobs! www.naniiebimhbd.co.uk |
Guest Artist: Jade Sarson Jade Sarson writes, illustrates, and yells passionately at comics. She graduated with a first class honours degree in Illustration from the University of Lincoln and has since been working freelance in between updating her popular tea-mad webcomic Cafe Suada. Her favourite comic is One Piece. See her work at: teahermit.co.uk! |
Mephistos normally looks more like this…
| Strangers and Friends When a series of murders haunt the small town of Wootton Bassett, Hemu becomes an easy target. He has his fair share of secrets, but what are the other locals hiding? Strangers and Friends… part thriller part fantasy with a splash of social commentary! hemu.smackjeeves.com |
Writer/Creator: Rebecca Burgess Rebecca Burgess is a illustrator, comic artist and time traveler living in Bristol. She has a particular love for history and culture, which she manages to squeeze into all her comics someway or another. |
Guest Artist: Nich Angell Nich Angell is a comic book artist right down to his blood. He draws the almost daily Cat and Meringue and the kickass musical adventure comic 7STRING published by Zeta Comics. Check out his work at nichangell.co.uk. |
Strangers and Friends normally looks more like this…
| Fruit Machine The story of Jason fellows and his struggle to figure out what to do when you accidentally fall in love. A tale of art school, mind games and pink shoes. fruitmachine.smackjeeves.com |
Writer/Creator: Evelyn Hewett Evelyn is a Student by trade and a nocturnal comicker. She lives and works down in the denizens of Cornwall where she draws her beloved webcomic Fruit Machine, considers life, and obsesses about owls and other such shenanigans. |
Guest Artist: Naniiebim Self publishing Illustrator and comics artist from the UK! I’ve been drawing in this style since about 2006 after a long hiatus as a kids book illustrator and uni student, but went back to a manga-like style after i discovered it was something I always enjoyed doing anyway. ^^ Mephistos was started in 2008 in order to get me started in drawing sequential comics and is now up to Volume 4 drawn inbetween illustration jobs! www.naniiebimhbd.co.uk |
Fruit Machine normally looks more like this…
| Le Mime Le Mime Webcomic is an ongoing strip about a mime artist and his friends, delivered every Friday, in small, mime-sized performances. What is Le Mime about? I’ll let you decide… Why mime? Because, like traditional painting and cut-and-paste comic art, it’s a precious art form, that needs to be revived! le-mime.co.uk |
Writer/Creator: Zarina Liew Zarina Liew is a London-based, freelance fashion illustrator and comic artist. Her work has appeared editorially in various publications and advertorial campaigns across Europe and her comic art work includes Rosie and Jacinda (co-creator), Le Mime Webcomic and The Higgs. She’s addicted to savoury snacks and collecting plushies. |
Guest Artist: Evelyn Hewett Evelyn is a Student by trade and a nocturnal comicker. She lives and works down in the denizens of Cornwall where she draws her beloved webcomic Fruit Machine, considers life, and obsesses about owls and other such shenanigans. |
Le Mime normally looks more like this…
