Monthly Archives: February 2014

TOZO by David O’Connell with Matt Boyer

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Tozo
Tozo is a science-fiction tale set in a retro-futuristic world. Detective Inspector Tozo is asked to investigate a murder, but has little idea that the trail will lead him into a deadly world of political intrigue. The second part of the Tozo saga, The Empire at of the Spider, has recently started.
tozocomic.com		 Writer/Creator: David O’Connell
David O’Connell is a children’s 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 published by HarperCollins, and he has a picture book collaboration with Sarah McIntyre coming out in October 2014 from David Fickling Books called JAMPIRES.
scribblehound.com		 Guest Artist: Matt Boyer
Matt Boyer is a London based visual effects artist and comic creator. His series Running can currently be read online at letsdocomics and in the digital and physical pages of Backwards Burd.

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LUCY THE OCTOPUS by Richy K. Chandler with Rachael Smith

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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.
“Inventive and witty, with a colourful cast of characters, Lucy the Octopus remains one of the most engaging UK originated webcomics out there.”  Andy Oliver, Broken Frontier
lucytheoctopus.net		 Writer/Creator: Richy K. Chandler
Richy is the creative force behind Tempo Lush, producing comics, illustrations and design.
He’s written for the Wallace & Gromit newspaper strip and Almost Naked Animals and Adventure Time comics.
Richy is creator of Lucy the Octopus and co-creator of Rosie and Jacinda.
He is the originator / editor of WASP and teaches comic creation to children and adults.		 Guest Artist: Rachael Smith
Rachael Smith began creating comics a few years ago, starting with weekly comic strip Vicky Park for the Leicester Mercury (which still runs today). She also keeps a diary comic One Good Thing. Her first two story comics The Way We Write and I Am Fire were both released to critical acclaim. Her third, House Party, is set to be even bigger.
“She has the style, the line, the skill to slowly build up an audience and be the next big thing.” – Richard Burton, Forbidden Planet International

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CAFE SUADA by Jade Sarson with Francesca Dare

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Cafe Suada
Down by the riverside there is a quaint little teahouse run by our heroine, Geraldine, who’s only desire is to spread her love of the golden beverage – But what’s going to happen to her business when a new coffee house springs up right next door?! And what is the meaning of Cafe Suada? Guess you’d better read and find out, huh?”
Tea leaves, coffee beans and a dash of romance, what’s not to like? A quaint, slightly eccentric twist on the slice of life genre with teastained visuals.
Cafe Suada		 Writer/Creator: Jade Sarson
Jade Sarson is a Bletchley based illustrator, writer and comic artist who likes tea and old books. She graduated from the University of Lincoln in 2011 with a first class honours degree in Illustration. Her work is a fusion of British and Japanese influences, and combines digital and traditional techniques – it has been featured in Neo Magazine, Kerrang! Magazine, and anthologies such as Ink+Paper and Parallel Lives. In 2013 she was nominated for Best Emerging Talent in the British Comic Awards. Her current projects include the popular tea-inspired webcomic Cafe Suada, and her graphic novel Siddown!		 Guest Artist: Francesca Dare
Francesca Dare is a VFX artist from London. In her spare time she writes and draws comics, when she is not fighting giant lizards with a big stick. She likes tea and dogs.

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RUNNING by Matt Boyer with Louise Wei

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Running
Running follows a boy, his grandma, and their gigantic robot as they flee from something unknown in a tired old world.
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wordpress.com		 Writer/Creator: Matt Boyer
Matt Boyer is a London based visual effects artist and comic creator. His series Running can currently be read online at letsdocomics and in the digital and physical pages of Backwards Burd.		 Guest Artist: Louise Wei
Louise considered herself a very lucky housewife/artist, she studied art and has worked in many professions through out the years, but drawing is the one passion she kept coming back to, now happily living and creating in London.

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OVERGROUND by Alex Brenchley with Nicola Streeten

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Overground
Overground is a comic strip, seeing London through the eyes of a group of pigeons and their day-to-day experiences.
www.overgroundcartoon.com		 Writer/Creator: Alex Brenchley
Alex Brenchley (born 1983, London) is an artist, living and working in London. He has participated in exhibitions at the Barbican, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Battersea Arts Centre. He has designed artwork for the band Noah and the Whale, and illustrated for the British Museum children’s magazine, Remus.		 Guest Artist: Nicola Streeten
Nicola is an anthropologist-turned-illustrator and comics scholar. Her graphic memoir, Billy, Me & You, about bereavement following the death of her two-year old son was published by Myriad Editions in 2011. It is the first published long form graphic memoir by a British woman and received a British Medical Association Award in 2012. Her second graphic novel, Hymn, a fiction exploring issues around abortion, will be published in 2015.
Currently Nicola is working on a PhD at the University of Sussex on British feminist comics for which she has been awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council Scholarship.
She is co-founder of Laydeez do Comics, a unique graphic novel salon with national and international branches.
www.streetenillustration.com
Blog: http://nicolastreeten.
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Contact:
nicola@streetenillustration.com

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ONE GOOD THING by Rachael Smith with Paul Shinn 1of 3

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One Good Thing
One Good Thing is a diary comic drawn by Rachael Smith.
Rachael started this comic in 2011 in an effort to beat depression and look at the good things around her. As well as being therapeutic for Rachael herself, One Good Thing has also inspired many of it’s readers to be more positive as well.
“If One Good Thing is Rachael Smith’s attempt to deliver something good into the world, and make the reader’s day a little better by sharing life’s ups and downs, then this smile on my face says she’s done the job.”
– Richard Bruton, Forbidden Planet International
http://rachaelsonegoodthing
.blogspot.co.uk/		 Writer/Creator: Rachael Smith
Rachael Smith began creating comics a few years ago, starting with weekly comic strip Vicky Park for the Leicester Mercury (which still runs today). She also keeps a diary comic One Good Thing. Her first two story comics The Way We Write and I Am Fire were both released to critical acclaim. Her third, House Party, is set to be even bigger.
“She has the style, the line, the skill to slowly build up an audience and be the next big thing.”
– Richard Burton, Forbidden Planet International		 Guest Artist: Paul Shinn
Paul Shinn is a freelance illustrator and comic artist who likes to create images which make people smile. Paul has produced comics for the bands Emmy The Great and Emperor Yes, as well as uploading various comic strips on his blog: lookwhatidrawed.blogspot.com. Paul is aiming to release his first self-published work later this year!
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PANDA & POLAR BEAR by Louise Wei & Dave Hodgkinson with Alex Brenchley

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Panda & Polar Bear
A fuzzy little comic by a couple who call each other Panda and Polar Bear, one grumpy and one cheeky, enjoying every day in their special manner.
www.pandaandpolarbear.com		 Writers/Creators: Louise Wei & Dave Hodgkinson
Louise and Dave enjoy creating comic based on their lives, seeing it as an adventure with each other, Louise is in charge of the arty side, while Dave in charge of the techie side of things. Their comic Panda And Polar Bear started online 18th July 2012.		 Guest Artist:
Alex Brenchley
Alex Brenchley (born 1983, London) is an artist, living and working in London. He has participated in exhibitions at the Barbican, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Battersea Arts Centre. He has designed artwork for the band Noah and the Whale, and illustrated for the British Museum children’s magazine, Remus.

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