Category Archives: Posts about Me

R.I.P. Carlos Ezquerra (1947 – 2018)

Sad to say, Carlos Ezquerra, the legendary Spanish comic-book artist who co-created futuristic/fascistic lawman Judge Dredd, bounty-hunting mutant Johnny Alpha, and badass vampire “bitch”* Durham Red (among many other characters), has passed into the infinite, at the age of 70. … Continue reading

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BFCC ’17

Ah, yes… another year, another Bournemouth Film & Comic Con. Hurrah! Sadly the “comics” element seems to be pretty nominal at this point, as there wasn’t a single comic-book-related guest this time around, and only one-and-a-half stalls selling back issues … Continue reading

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Season’s Goatings!

Black Phillip and I would like to wish you all a delicious Solstice/Hannukah/Xmas, and a buttery New Year! On a more serious note, the next couple of years are clearly going to be quite rough for anyone with a functioning … Continue reading

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Excellient!

Yesterday morning I travelled up to the mighty metropolis of Bournemouth, for a combined Film & Comic Convention held at the BIC! As an aspiring comic book writer, I was trying to view it as a serious vocational research and networking opportunity, and … Continue reading

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RIP: Sir Terence Pratchett, OBE (1948 – 2015)

A sad day for Fantasy and Comedy fans… last night it was reported that the author Terry Pratchett had died, at the age of 66. That’s far too young, of course, but he wrote enough brilliant books for several lifetimes, … Continue reading

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New Year, New Title, Same Old Shi–

Hello and Happy New Year to y’all (or “Happy Half-Year” to my fellow Geminis!) As regular visitors may have noticed, I’ve changed the title of this blog*, as well as the banner image. It’s something I’ve been thinking about for … Continue reading

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Short Answer: No

After logging out of Hotmail, I was faced with the question in the graphic you see to the left: “Is society sexist against men?” My initial, knee-jerk reaction was to snort with sceptical contempt… but then I slapped my wrist, … Continue reading

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Marie The Maven

While checking my Astrostyle horoscope t’other day, I noticed a testimonial from a lady who kinda looked like Nigella Lawson, so out of curiosity I clicked the link, and found myself at the website of “Multi-Passionate Entrepreneur” Marie Forleo… who describes … Continue reading

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Ommm Shandy

In an attempt to figure out what the central heroine of my latest script should look like, and achieve some vague sense of accomplishment and productivity, I knocked up the following cartoon strip. So, ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, … Continue reading

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CrowSeer Comix!

As I’ve mentioned before, I used to write pulp sci-fi detective stories about a character called Nutmeg Rodriguez (inspired by the mighty M-Rod), and I thought it might be fun to post a short comic strip I wrote for her … Continue reading

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