SPIRIT OF HOPE

A noble venture, folks doing what they can, in the best way they can- it's a beautiful book, with some genuinely stirring art and moving stories.

Britain's Comic Book Alliance will publish Spirit of Hope this month - a stunning-looking anthology featuring work by almost 100 comic creators in aid of survivors of the Tsunami and earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand which happened earlier this year.

The anthology features 50 pieces of donated art from 92 top international creators in the comic book industry. The pieces are mainly sequentials or comic strips but there are also a few stunning single page pin ups.

The brain child of the Comic Book Alliance, it's hoped that with all proceeds being donated, the project can raise over £30,000.

Edited by Alan Cowsill and Tim Pilcher, Spirit of Hope is being offered in two alternate covers - one by Jimmy Broxton (above), the other by Mike Allred (left). Creators involved include Natalie Abadzis, Nick Abadzis, Adrian Bamforth, Jasper Bark, Donna Barr, Jordie Bellaire, Paul H Birch, Bolt-01, Dan Boultwood, Mark Buckingham, Jim Campbell, Richmond Clements, Jason Cobley, Simon Coleby, Mike Collins, Martin Conaghan, Gary Crutchley, Glenn Dakin, Al Davison, Brandon DeStefano, Benjamin Dickson, Martin Eden, Mats Engesten, Gary Erskine, Al Ewing, Glenn B Flemming, Emma Flint, Henry Flint, Leigh Gallagher, Matt Gibbs, Gary Gilbert, Alan Grant, Jon Haward, Peter Hogan, Kev Hopgood, Graeme Howard, Inko, Rich Johnston, Ant Jones, GM Jordan, Jessica Kemp, David Leach, Tony Lee, Nigel Lowrey, Ciaran Lucas, Paul McLaren, Gary Spencer Millidge, Michiru Morikawa, Alex Moore, Leonie O’Moore, Michiru Morkawa, Eva Perkins, Grant Perkins, Martyn Pick, Maria Pickering, David Pugh, James Reekie, Regan, Neil Roberts, Darick Roberston, John Robbins, John Ross, Declan Shalvey, Liam Sharp, Akiko Shimojima, Si Spencer, Vicky Stonebridge, Lew Stringer, Steve Tanner, Archie Templar, S Thompson, Geoffrey D. Wessel, Chris Western, Andrew Wildman, WJC, Ant Williams, Rob Williams, Sean Michael Wilson and Yel Zamor.

Art by Mark Buckingham

Copies of the book can be ordered in advance and will be £14.99 + £3.00 p&p. Anyone ordering should state their preference of cover: both will soon be available to be seen on the Comic Book Alliance website or Facebook page.

Limited edition prints are also being offered to purchasers - check the sites for more information on these but one is a beautiful piece of art by Mark Buckingham (right).

Brizzle!

Most (if not all!) the Pendragons will be at the Bristol Comics Show this weekend! Come by, wave, smile, buy sketches or pages, or indeed buy us beer, we won't say no! :-)

New Post-age!

My god it's been a while!

Thought I'd post a couple of illustrations for the forthcoming Welsh anthology book '10thology' featuring the work of many of the Pen Dragons!

Enjoy!

S

sorry for the lack of posts,



here's a sneak peek of some thumbnails of my contribution to a Chris Lynch story called Devolution, which is due to appear in 10thology - a collection of stories from a few Welsh creators (some of the PenDragons).



I'm only one of 5 artists involved in this story and can't wait to see how it all looks when it's published. I think it's launching at Cardiff Expo on the 26th Feb 2011 so come and have a look.

cheers

Tattoo Design 'on' the Flesh

It's been a while since I posted here, so I thought I would make a come back with something a little different!

So about a year ago I had a comission to design a Welsh Dragon, half sleeve tattoo to work in with a celtic knot design. The brief was pretty straight forward, 'nothing cheesey and it needs to look fierce'.

Well last week I got an email with some photos of the tattoo in the flesh, so I thought I'd share.

Cheers

S