"New British Comics 2" Cover - Process 4

I hope I've quietly perverted the idea of "Britishness" here, what with the tea drinkers, bowler hatted gent and ominous skies rendered in a vaguely European sort of style and topped off with a decidedly shopsoiled union jack.

"New British Comics 2" Cover - Process 3

Ooh, that robot challenged me. I'm not convinced that he's quite right yet, but next up: get the titles sorted, slap them on and see how it all looks...

"New British Comics 2" Cover - Process 2

It's maybe a little too drenched in texture brush action at this stage, but after seven years of using Photoshop I've only just discovered the joys of utilising the buggers and am thus going quite perfectly bananas with them.

"New British Comics 2" Cover - Process 1

The pencils are done, along with a ghostly suggestion of the title logo at the top right, ready for some vector action. It's been a while since this blog's seen any colour work, so that's what's coming next...

Woman and Goat

Strange Sorts

For a blog that bills itself as "Nelson Evergreen Gets Sketchy", this place has been a bit low on, well, sketches of late. So! I present to you a bunch of doodly characters, some of whom may well end up on cover of New British Comics Vol 2 later this year. Oh and The Joker.

The Evergreen Archive: The Little Beast

A couple of years back writer Jason Louv and I were busy pitching a comic biography of one Aleister Crowley. You know the chap: occultist, mountaineer, poet, perennial frequenter of Madame Infamy's boudoir. A bit of an arse, but a fascinating, colourful arse nonetheless.

You can see the opening two pages of that initial pitch right here.

Bits and Bobs...

Been busy of late illustrating a short "graphic novel" rendition of a popular US folktale, so haven't got masses of extra-curricular stuff to post just now - if the client's okay with it I might look into sharing character designs and sketches at some stage.

Anyway! This just hit the shelves:

Says editor Jamie Smart:

Fat Chunk collects together artists from all over the world, from well-known comics titans to fresh new webcomic talent to urban toy designers, and everything in between, and it slaps them all together in a tidy little digest-size anthology! Volume Two - Zombies adds a little rotting flesh to the mix as a variety of artists do their take on the bumbling undead. With over SIXTY artists filling just under 140 pages, you’re sure to find some of the artists you love and discover new ones!

Artists involved in this issue include Aaron Alexovitch, Pete Underhill, Jon Burgerman, Marc Ellerby, Thomas Boatwright, Sarah McIntyre, Nelson Evergreen, and oh fuck FAR more than I can mention here.

Published by SLG Publishing, available to buy from your local comic shop (Diamond code APR090632), book shop, or from amazon etc! We’re only a humble book trying to promote people’s art, PLEASE spread the word and support Fat Chunk! (check out all the details at www.fatchunkcomic.com)

It looks damn good, so do please check it out and shout about it if you like what you see. By way of a preview, here's the toppermost tier of "Dishcloth of the Damned", written by Paul O'Connell, pictures by me:


What else? Well, my friend Felix Clement Parker has been busy drafting and re-drafting his first novel; this here's my cover for an impending limited edition 1st print run. More details when I get them.

Draw Serge!

My humble donation to me ol' mucker Jonathan Edwards' endlessly browsable Draw Serge!

GOD!

Pogo on that, Dawkins.