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LUCY THE OCTOPUS by Richy K. Chandler with Midori Harako

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 weekly webcomic Lucy the Octopus and co-creator of Rosie and Jacinda. Both titles saw new printed volumes in 2014, along with children’s comic Bang! Crash! Whizz! (with art by Sally-Anne Hickman) and Tempo Lush Tales: an comics anthology of stories written by Richy and drawn by Matt Boyer, Francesca Cassavetti, Martin Eden, Tim Hassan, Steve Horry, Inko & Chie Kutsuwada, Mike Medaglia, Aaron Murphy, Van Nim, Karen Rubins, Paul Shinn and Keara Stewart.

He is the originator of WASP and teaches comic creation to children and adults.

Guest artist: Midori Harako

Midori (aka Himmi) is a full time potato who sometimes works on children’s books and game designs in Leeds.

When she’s not drawing, she is wailing over fictional characters whilst drinking tea by the pint.

http://moongarage.co.uk/

A YEAR AT 50 by Nicola Streeten with Richy K. Chandler

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A Year at 50
Streeten began this series of cartoons after turning 50 as a way of reflecting on the day to day experience of life as an older woman. Hounded by the same old questions and dilemmas, as well as a few new ones, the cartoons document family life. These are based on Nicola’s own family, including husband John, teenage daughter Sally and Holly the dog RIP.
http://nicolastreeten.
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Writer/Creator: 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

Guest Artist: 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.

A Year at 50 normally looks more like this…

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

Lucy the Octopus normally looks more like this…

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

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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…

CAFE SUADA by Jade Sarson with Richy K. Chandler

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Cafe Suada
Cafe Suada is a dramedy about tea leaves, coffee beans and romance.
It has a colourful cast of characters, a unique colourscheme, and a fantastically fun story about the battle between a teahouse and coffeehouse that are next door to each other.
Who will win?
cafesuada.smackjeeves.com

Writer/Creator: 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!

Guest Artist:
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 Chocolate Chip.

Cafe Suada normally looks more like this…

LUCY THE OCTOPUS by Richy K. Chandler with Zarina Liew

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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 Blueberry.

Guest Artist: 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.

Lucy the Octopus normally looks more like this…