ComiXology
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 …
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.
If you want more information about our products, please get in touch. Thank you.
Life’s a party – an ongoing comic project
I have self-published my own comics for nearly Twenty years. A good portion of these are what is generally termed autobio, short for autobiography, Ten years in the making I have produced eight comics centred around my personal experiences. I had the gauge idea of the BIG BOOK, collecting these comics and working towards 600 pages. This was with one eye on Eddie Campbell – The years have pants and building a legacy work. But drift set in and I was lost as to what direction to lead the project.
Strip for me steps up
It was Douglas Noble that suggested that I should collect them under a working title and he would publish them on Strip For Me/ComiXology. He suggested Life’s a party. I was quite resistant to this title at first. It’s a play on my surname and I’ve heard most versions including ASSPARTY ! After a while I came round to accepting the title as a thing.
Why do you need to know this.
Basically all my back issues are out of print, and I have no intention of reprinting any of them. New comics will be published and if I ever get to the end of this project I will try to get a complete book published. But until then, digital is the way to read the back issues.
So where can I buy these ?
Life’s a party/Strip for me/ComiXology is the place to go for back issues.
For my current print comic, Last Orders click through to the shop.
Phatcomics is now reborn – Rejoice !
Phatcomics 2021
This is the latest version of the Phatcomics website. There had been a crash and loss of blog and then a website malaise set in. No-one reads blogs or visits websites anymore, right ?
I couldn’t give this space up. After a couple of weeks I started a rebuild and here we have the bare bones. I hope to add more content than previous versions have had, and the usual promises of regular content.
So what’s going on with my work ?
I’m currently working on four comics. The large work is Street art and protest – a visual history. This has been funded by The Arts Council, and I am half way through the project. More about this soon.
There are two autobio works in progress. One for the road and The morning after ( The night before) both follow on from Last orders. The fourth comic is a reworking of a comic from 2001 called Flesheater. This is another work with Douglas Noble and will be published as a pocket chiller on ComiXology. There is also a bunch of other works there by me and Douglas, or my autobio under the title of Last Orders.
So quite a bit to be getting on with.
Next post I’ll talk about my Hull creative experience and what’s happening alongside my comics work.
Right, I’m off to drink beer and watch champions league.
Have a lovely Bank holiday.
