Phatcomics @ Hackney comics and Zine fair
Flesheater – We’re raising the undead, once again !
Maybe it was Night of the living dead that sparked the idea of Flesheater.
Around 2002 I was consuming a lot of horror flicks and books. I wanted to make a comic inspired by this and Grey Sky was the result. It was my first self published outing and was an anthology. Issue one had a main story called Tunnel of fear, a dystopian commuter yarn that I still really like.
By issue two ambition had grown and I wanted to write an ongoing strip.
Well Flesheater was the result. It made it as far as two issues before I then got distracted with autobio. There was going to be an ongoing theme of tainted dog food turning people into the undead, a Government conspiracy and maybe some supernatural elements too. Pretty much the kitchen sink. I moved on and Grey Sky became history.
Douglas Noble had decided to run a monthly title, pocket chillers. We have collaborated on two issues, ( I woke up like this, our rebel skin) and I suggested that maybe, Flesheater could be a good fit for this. It would need a bit of work, and Douglas happily agreed to get onboard and freshen it up. So here it is, 18 years later. I don’t even want to think of the chunk of time that has passed between these two versions, that’s for another post.
Suffice to say, I liked the original, and I REALLY like this comic. Main reason is collaborating with Douglas. He always manages to inspire something new from my work, and he’s managed it again.
If you want to buy a copy click here. Also below some then and now images.
Thanks for reading.
One for the road, new comic – I’m so happy !
Phatcomics has a new autobio comic available, One for the road. Two years since Last Orders, One for the road is a return to self -published output. An inkjet a stack of paper and a long arm stapler are called into action once again and results in a full colour 28 page comic.
This comic will be available digitally first, via Strip For Me and ComiXology. The physical copies will be available soon after
More info soon …
Goodbye, Prospect centre. It was a good year !
Still playing catch-up with what’s happened for me the past month or so. One event was moving out of the studio In Prospect Centre. (The space was being run by lovely East Street Arts )
Barney invited me to join October last year. He had set up Red contemporary arts Nourishment centre, and I took a room on the top floor. What followed was a really intense year, in many ways. I made a lot of work, a lot of creative breakthroughs. There was the unfolding pandemic, lock downs, shielding. In the downstairs gallery space a number of exhibitions and provocations resulted in the shopping centre management telling us to take them down or that there was many, many complaints.
The final one resulted in us having our notice served. East Street had taken possession of a new building a couple of minutes away and we were offered space there. More about this later. There was one final performance by noise artist Yol, and then it was over.
An intense year that, thanks Barney.
I don’t think we will forget that one in a hurry.
Where to buy my comics
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in VAT regulations we are temporarily suspending shipments to EU territories.
I’ve had a lot of people ask where they can buy my comics, so here is a list.
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