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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.
letsdocomics.
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.

Running normally looks more like this…
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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.
wordpress.com/
Contact:
nicola@streetenillustration.com

Overground normally looks more like this…
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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!
paulshinndraws.com

One Good Thing normally looks more like this…
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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.

Panda & Polar Bear normally looks more like this…
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Line-up of Webcomics and Artists for WASP 2014

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The final line-up of Webcomics and Artists for WASP 2014 is here.
Looking forward to seeing the results of all the exciting collaborations!

Paula Albaneze HMS Crock Doctor
Matt Boyer Running
Alex Brenchley Overground
Rebecca Burgess Strangers and Friends
Rebecca Burgess and Holly Caddick Headcase
Holly Caddick The Inbetween
Richy K. Chandler Lucy the Octopus
Francesca Dare Penny Blackfeather
Reed Hawker Culture Shock
Evelyn Hewett Fruit Machine
Zarina Liew Le Mime
Jenny McKeon & Alex Chaunyan Eerie PD
David O’Connell  Tozo The Public Servant
Jade Sarson Cafe Suada
Rachael Smith One Good Thing
Nicola Streeten A Year at 50
Sarah Turner Folklore
Louise Wei & Dave Hodgkinson Panda & Polar Bear
Paul Shinn will also be contributing art!  paulshinndraws.com

Could your webcomic be part of WASP 2014?

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Earlier this year, twelve artists created some fantastic and unique strips swapping art duties amongst their respective webcomics and working to each others’ scripts.  Now we’re gearing up for Round Two!

WASP Art Samples

Are you a webcomic creator up for taking part?
It’s a fun, creative challenge, a chance to promote your comic and a great way to get to know other folk in the webcomic community.

How WASP works

These amazing creators are already looking forward to joining me (Richy K. Chandler Lucy the Octopus) in taking part in WASP 2014…
David O’Connell  Tozo The Public Servant
Zarina Liew Le Mime
Jade Sarson Cafe Suada
Louise Wei & Dave Hodgkinson Panda & Polar Bear
Francesca Dare Penny Blackfeather
Rebecca Burgess Strangers and Friends
Evelyn Hewett Fruit Machine
Nicola Streeten A Year at 50
Sarah Turner Folklore
Matt Boyer Running
Rachael Smith One Good Thing
Reed Hawker Culture Shock
Jenny McKeon & Alex Chaunyan Eerie PD
Alex Brenchley Overground
Rebecca Burgess and Holly Caddick Headcase
Holly Caddick The Inbetween
Paula Albaneze HMS Crock Doctor
Paul Shinn will also be providing art!  paulshinndraws.com

You may get a chance to draw an episode of one of their webcomics and have one of them handle art duties on yours!

If your’e interested please contact me, Richy K. Chandler (WASP Editor and Lucy the Octopus creator): richy@tempolush.com

Your webcomic probably isn’t right for the project if it is overtly explicit or offensive, contains adults only material or if it uses characters you do not own the rights to.

I’ll be letting artists know if they have been selected for the project at the end of October 2013.  The deadline for finished webcomics will be around the end of February 2014, to go online March 2014.

Podcast Interviews

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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 by Richy K. Chandler with David O’Connell

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LUCY THE OCTOPUS by Richy K. Chandler with David O'Connell

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.
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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
Tozo by David O'Connell

Lucy the Octopus normally looks more like this…
Lucy the Octopus Sample Page by Richy K. Chandler