Comic Chats & Hats!

Well that was fun, big thanks to SteamPaper's presenter Keith for herding us all t'other night in a nice Comics  Double Feature Team-Up Crossover chat with Dave and I representing Accent UK and Time Bomb's founder & scribe, Steve Tanner.

It was really good to see each other and chew the fat on our respective comic creating approaches and forthcoming projects. Keith ably guided us through the 'techy set-up' bits and it seemed to be well received with several live comments and questions.

Thanks to all who viewed or commented and don't worry if you missed it, it's available on demand direct from Keith's SteamPaper facebook page here and scroll around for several other entertaining interviews and news on the forthcoming SteamPunk over Ether event appearing in this brave new virtual world on 25th & 26th April! 

Steampunk in the Air?

Greetings and a heads up that a wonderful idea to fill t'ether with fine Steampunk art, music, makers, creators & happenings in a virtual festival is gathering apace for 25 & 26 April 2020! The gathering is brainchild of the estemmed Steampaper team and has been warmly embraced by the community since being first whispered about.

Please register your interest here and also check out Steampaper's own facebook pages where Mr Keith is currently conducting a series of online live interviews with various talented folks who dance to a Steampunk strut!

All interviews to date can be accessed from SteamPaper's facebook page under the page's video menu on t'left! A fine, hearty line up there is too :)

And if you are suffering withdrawal symptons form seeing your favourite comic book creators why not tune into Steampaper Live tomorrow from 6:30 pm when Keith will bravely be trying to re-connect Accent UK's Dave West and yours truly with our ol' pal, Steve Tanner of Time Bomb comics! One of us is in the North, one the South, one the Midlands and one a secret location!

What could possibly go wrong? Will any of us dress up for the occasion, has any of us gone native or stir crazy during these strange times, will any of us reveal some hitherto closely guarded secrets of creating comics? Who knows, but you can find out by tuning to SteamPaper Live,  Friday 6:30 pm!

And don't forget to sign-up to SteamPaper's own mailing list for the latest steampunk news!

MacBeth Comic Strip!

Hello again and best wishes at this difficult time. In the absence of planned comic convention and festival appearances, please browse another of my short stories, this time featuring the mysterious Cornelius MacBeth. Enjoy and scroll down for previous stories :)
 

 Story & Art by Colin Mathieson             Colours by Aljosa Tomic 

This story and others can be found in the first issue of Moments of Adventure which you can order a special signed & sketched printed copy from our Etsy store, thank you.

Free Comic Resources!

Our good friend Garen Ewing has made available some great resource relating to his wonderful Rainbow Orchid comic series in the form of spot the difference, wordsearches, puzzles and more, all for free downloadable from his, always interesting, blog here.

Many other comic creators and publishers are also making some of their work available for free to help keep you and your kids occupied during this odd time. John Freeman who runs the informative, Down The Tubes comics news site is keeping tabs on them here.

So you find yourself with some extra time on your hands, have a wee browse you may discover some great new creative work and have some fun at the same time :)

Zulu War Comic Strip!

Hello there, to help you all through this rather odd time, please enjoy this following short story with my compliments. Modestly it's one of my favourite comic strips I've produced! Scroll down for last week's one too, if you've not seen it! :)

Story & Art by Colin Mathieson             Colours by Matt Soffe

This story and others can be found in the first issue of Moments of Adventure which you can order a special signed & sketched printed copy from our Etsy store, thank you.

Pirates Comic Strip!

Welcome! If you're missing the Accent UK Comics crew from one of our cancelled convention appearances, then please enjoy the following short story with our compliments :)

Story & Art by Colin Mathieson             Colours by Aljosa Tomic 

 

This story and others can be found in the second issue of Moments of Adventure which you can order a special signed & sketched printed copy from our Etsy store, thank you.

Missing Comics?

Aha, well seeing the traffic from yesterday's post and in the need for some postive action, I thought  since people can no longer come to comic conventions, festivals and gatherings, why not bring our comics to the people!

I know not the most radical of ideas, but starting this week I'm going to post the pages from one of my short comic stories so you can see and read the sort of thing I do, much in the same way you may have browsed my work at a convention or gathering.

Also just like at an event, if you like what you see and want to read more, (and support an independent artist!), you may want to buy the whole issue and perhaps have it sent to you and signed for your collection or as a souvenir of your visit!

To that end, I've re-newed my dormant 'etsy shop' containing two of my comics in the 'Moments of Adventure' series from which most of the stories featured will come from. The store can be accessed both here and on the comic cover link on the right. You may even fancy a browse round other etsy comic stores for goodies?

Not quite the same as attending the show you and we had planned but brings a small bit of the trading and browsing experience to you so you know what to expect when normality returns and we meet on the 'convention circuit', whenever that may be.

Now bookmark and watch this space but please don't all rush at once, I've plenty of stock!