the banal pig

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a couple of my funnies-type strips feature in jim medway’s all-ages new comic antho Garden Funnies 2. its got a lot of great artists in there, but most importantly it has round corners, so go buy it.

this image is from a new series featuring Mr Wobbles that i’ve been working on. the colours are a bit funny though as it was a cmyk file first, dont worry about it though.

lastly, check out gareth’s brilliant new song about art school

hello friends
i’ve put some more links on my links page, compelled into action by joe gordon from the excellent forbidden planet blog. have you got a link you want me to plug? if you think its worth your time, let me know and i’ll stick it up.
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click here to be magically transported to two new onion peter funnies. i’ve been doing them for the fix magazine, an excellent mag about stand up comedy thats given out free in comedy clubs, the website’s down at the moment, but the facebook group is here if you’re interested.

so over on the excellent covered blog today is my humble attempt at jimmy olsen number 1, which i did a while ago as a little distraction from my ordinary comics work. go have a look, and why not leave a comment to make me look good?

Furthermore, the landscape anthology is now available online to buy here- why not buy one? you can even buy the two anthologies together for a special bargain price of £7.50

Furthermorthermore, gareth has a new smell of the wild song up over on appallingnonsense.co.uk’s music section, well worth a listen.

Oh yes, lastly, i’ve just sold out of fan club packs, so if you didnt get one, consider yourself banished to the periphery, so to speak, while real fans feel the warm glow of inclusivity.

yes, that’s right. pig lovers. i have turned 30 years old since we last liaised. it was ok. here i am a 30 year old man, making silly drawings that a handful of people see. logically, i shouldn’t bother; i dont make money out of it, and i dont do it for the compliments, should there ever be any. but that’s the beauty of art isn’t it friends? its a luxury, it’s illogical and its a freedom to do something uncensored and unique. i feel a real urge to crack on with it. its a bit like playing the worlds crappest fruit machine and being obliged to keep pumping away to win the “jackpot”. i’ve done 13 comics now (14 of you count the collected 1-3) over three and half years and i’m on with the next one. i think its the same with all artists, you’re compelled to top the last thing you’ve just done, and it’s an enjoyable challenge. where am i going with this? i dont know. what is the jackpot? how am i ever going to make money out of this? dont know, but i’m gonna keep trying. it’ll work out. things always do. gizza job.

it’s the bristol spexpo on saturday (and the other one all weekend)- we’ll have the brand new landscape anthology and the hot cake that is the manly boys annual. please come and see us and buy some good stuff.

landscape antho will be available to buy online very shortly- keep in touch

here’s the wraparound cover for the new full colour landscape anthology featuring such luminaries of the small press scene as jim medway, oliver east, gareth brookes and paul o’ connell. when i copied the image to do a preview, it didnt copy the line art over the top, but i think it looks “neat” so i’m sharing it with youse.

it’s gone to printers today, will be ready for bristol small press con 9th may, and of course will be available right here to buy online at the same time.

hello pals and pig lovers! after last week’s successes at the web and thingy comix ming, i’m down to the last dregs of a few comics which won’t be reprinted, namely Ethel Sparrowhawk, Banal Pig’s Funnies and the Banal Pig Membership Pack. banal pigs funnies is a signed, limited edition of 50 which is a nice full colour book, but if you were to miss out, the strips are for the most part are available online (a few are exclusive to the book), and similarly the membership pack was another limited edition multimedia pack with lots of fun things like a poster and cd, which i think i’m down to the last one of. However, i think if you’ve got £4 burning a hole in your paypal you could do a lot worse than buy the well respected Ethel Sparrowhawk, as myself and Miss Von Schindelberg are currently working on the second part, which should be available for the Leeds Thought Bubble in November. the second part deals with ethel’s family relationships in a bit more detail and she quits her shit job. yay!

Need proof? okay, here’s a few roughs.

yep, it’s here! the knockout smash hit sell-out of the web and mini comix thing is available to buy online. get yours today!

so heres page 1 of conscientious johnny to tickle your senses into anticipation of new comic Manly Boys. you may expect comic strips stories, poetry, amazing facts, a wordsearch and untold hilarity, all in a manly style, all for boys (or girls who would like to be boys).

t’will be available at the weekend from our stall at the web and mini comix fing on saturday, and for sale from next week from this very site.

c u there pig lovers!

here’s the cover to manly boys, soon to be released. exciting!