Medicine and Duty 7″ cover

This is the cover for the latest release from uber-prolific Brighton improv 3 piece Medicine and Duty, the three track Imperial Black Fracture EP. It’s available now from Foolproof Projects. One of the most thrilling live experiences you can see, M&D (as were: Raised By Wolves) specialise in skronky electronic scuzz and drone, backed by the truly amazing drums of Andy Pyne.

I’d been reading about Warhol, in particular his commercial illustration, and wanted to do somethin in that vein. I also wanted to stray from the scrtchy, scribbly no-fi art that usually bedecks these sorts of release. It was something the band were keen on, and I was happy to oblige.

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Sabbath

Well I warned you I’d put some of these up. Two classic Sabbath flyers. We always tried to create images people would remember and I like to think we succeeded…

Mr Miller

Mr Miller is one of those charcters whose been knocking around my psyche for a while but hasn’t yet had a chance to shine. He originally apperared in a two page piece for Paper Tiger comic entitled ‘Katie and Mr Miller take tea’. After that he was due to appear in Abel & Baker as a benevolent, slightly camp alien. That wasn’t to be, so he remains a peripheral player in the Danscape. Here he is for you having  nice bath.

Voodoo dolls

Here’s a couple of ‘boss’ voodoo dolls. These were done for a proposed website centred around being fired, and were going to be physically produced so you could vent your workplace frustrations. I liked the horrid, beady eyed little things. They’re almost cute.

Able & Baker: Monkeys in Space!

Fake adverts

These fake adverts were produced for Headpress publishing, and appeared in issue no.28 of the magazine of the same name. Headpress specialise in fringe and extreme sections of the pop cultural landscape, from neglected horror comics and mondo cinema to underground legends like John Sinclair. Ace stuff, well worth a look.

These adverts were collaborative – I produced the drawings and then a guy called Joe Scott Wilson did the words. I then put them together. Never met him, but I like what he did. They’re a parody/homage of all those weird little ads that used to appear in comic books, although some of those things are much weirder than what we produced.

Beasts!

This is simply a collection of some of the characters I’ve designed over the past couple of years. In amongst them are a number of the stars of my comic Tony Is A Werewolf, which I like to describe as “Robert Altman’s Short Cuts meets Pokemon”. I’ll be putting a pdf of this little gem up here soon, as it’s been out of print for a while now.

The last little guy on the 4th row is the Anticat, the mascot/logo of the cult Brighton electronic night Sabbath, which I ran for three years with my partner in crime Matt ‘Mr Six’ Banks. He made his way on to hundreds of flyers, posters and promo material, in increasingly disturbing situations. I might also put a choice selection up in the future. God bless the little blighter…

Escape From January

This is a strip completed for an anthology put together by myself and my good friend and frequent collaborator Fraser Geesin. The title of the comic was Escape From January, and was an attempt by us to turn the routinely miserable malaise of the beginning of the year into something productive. The basic pitch was that each contributor would produce a story called escape from January. 4-8 pages, black and white. Beyond that there were no restrictions. It turned out pretty well, and had some nice work from all involved, including the mega-talented Nelson Evergreen.

Although I produced my own strip last minute, it turned out nicely. It’s essentially a love letter to Chuck Jones’ Duck Amuck, my favourite ever cartoon. Enjoy.

Jackie Goes to Hell

This is a page from a story I produced for the recent Polish anthology New British Comics(!) It’s the brainchild of Karol Wisniewski, who put in a tremendous amount of work putting together an excellent comic, featuring wonderful new work from my amigos Paul O’Connell, Nelson Evergreen and Daniel Locke, among others. It’s available in a Polish or English language version, and is well worth a peek.

Jackie Goes to Hell  is basically the tale of Orpheus in the Underworld as if written by Jarvis Cocker. I got a real kick out of coming up with the various levels of Hell that Jackie descends through searching for her boyfriend’s soul, and from playing with grayscale duotones on it, trying to capture a specific feeling of English seaside misery.

He Bought Me a Soda…and He Tried To Molest Me In A Parking Lot

These two pieces were done for the two issues of Paul O’Connell’s He Bought Me A Soda and He Tried To Molest Me in A Parking Lot, a great anthology of work based upon snippets of song lyrics.

The first piece is taken from Jeffrey Lewis’ song If you shoot the head, you kill the ghoul. If you haven’t heard Mr Lewis, I thoroughly recommend. He’s original, witty, and extremely talented. Go to Youtube and stick in a search for ‘Creeping Brain’ if you don’t believe me.

The second is Reel 2 Reel featuring The Mad Stuntman and I Like To Move It. Say no more.

They can be purchased from Paul’s website, and while you’re there check out his wonderful comic The Sound of Drowning, probably my favourite comc in the world!