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Unfinished cover for Necessary Monsters, written Daniel Merlin Goodbrey, art by me.
The book is completed, but never made it as far as being published.
It happens.
Posted this as a reminder to keep going.
57 Today
57 today. It’s a good age and it means I’m allowed Vegan ice cream for my breakfast.
Cheers. 🍻The return of the Bubble People
Me painting a Bubble person in ‘22. I’m revisiting these lovely characters for an upcoming exhibition in Brew, Hull.
More details soon. I’m really looking forward to exhibiting in this lovely venue.VOTE! Broken Frontier awards are open.
Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 20th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our team has selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF Awards, honouring some of the creators and publications of the past year whose work has particularly spoken to us in 2023.
As always, you will have a big say in who gets to take home an award
While I wouldn’t want to influence anyone in any way, A Pocket Chiller has been listed in the best periodical category. An amazing ongoing series that has so many wonderful artists involved. Happy to see Mudchurn used to advertise the series.
Father’s Daze now in stock at Gosh! Comics
At this point it would be easy to mistake Sean Azzopardi as a journeyman cartoonist, so ubiquitous has he been on the UK small press scene over the last twenty years, but a mistake it would be. Sean has been evolving his craft, incorporating new print techniques, a myriad of aesthetic flourishes and fresh narrative challenges into his honed cartooning practice. Sean’s latest release, Father’s Daze is a testimony to his ongoing growth as an artist. Recently Sean has been repackaging his autobiographical comics under the banner Lifes a Party, stand alone stories from his life that can be slotted together like a mosaic to form a bigger picture, to tell a bigger story. The latest chapter, Father’s Daze, demonstrates a casual mastery of the form as Sean adopts the authorial voice of his own abusive father and threads the needle from Grandfather to Father to Grandson (Sean himself) in what is an impressive flex of smart cartooning. A real step up and a satisfying, if disturbing, story that has a real emotional punch.
Father’s Daze can be purchased from the Phatcomics shop, Gosh! Comics and OK Comics.Printmaking at Leeds Print Workshop
Here a selection of photos. Taken during various sessions at Leeds Print Workshop. I’m a member and have discovered the joy of Letterpress. Letterpress involves using Wooden and metal letters that are covered in ink and run through a press. The results are recorded on a sheet of paper. I have also had access to East Street Arts Risograph facilities. Risograph is similar to a combination of screen printing a photo copying. So, combining these two processes into comics, posters and sketchbooks has been creatively exciting.
Exhibition launch – July 7th – 5pm
My new exhibition, The Ruin, will be opening on Friday July 7th.
On view will be screen prints, Canvasses and a floating sculpture. All works are for sale and there will be comics and other prints available on the night.
This work has been developed during my residency at the Makers Space in central Libray.
Risograph at East Street
Last week I took part in a residency at east Street arts convention house.I was learning how to develop my skills using Risograph copies. This is part of my learning contract with the Arts Council via there DYCP grant award.
ESA have a room dedicated to all things Riso and it is run by staff member Hannah Platt, who is also a brilliant photographer, as shown by the pictures used in this post. The residency as mentioned is a core part of my skills development and enabling me to further develop my attempts to fuse screen print reprographics and comics into a new ( For me) form.
Having this extended access opened up a lot of potential creative paths that I’m looking forward to exploring. The work produced during the residency was a Zine for my upcoming exhibition at the Brain Jar, Hull, a new mini comic and a sketchbook zine.
Risograph is a rewarding creative process and if you have patience and enjoying thinking around problem solving. This has become an important part of the creativity for me.process and it’s application and the effect on the resultant work.
Plus, LOUD colours!
Thank you Hannah, Frank and ESA for making this a rewarding and fun experience. I look forward to returning sometime with my new knowledge and skill set.
Hello 2023
Tetley craft fair – February 2023 I can’t believe the calendar has reached March already. This is my first blog post in a few years. I’ve decided to return to blogging as social media is a bin fire. The above picture is from Phatcomics first event of the year at the Tetley craft market.