NevermoreIt came to light a few weeks back, that a few people weren’t aware of my involvement with Self Made Hero’s ‘Nevermore’, a graphic collection of 9 Edgar Allen Poe tales.
I was lucky enough to be given ‘The Raven’, perhaps the most memorable of all Poe’s works, adapted by Dan Whithead.
Playbackstl.com had this to say about [...]
Rick Lundeen, Harry Markos, and Chris Lynch talk about ?The Dark?Rick, Harry, and I have all been interviewed by the Hypergeek website about the forthcoming release of The Dark. We all answered our questions seperately, and it is interesting to see the areas in which we see the book differently as well as the areas in which we agree! A great chance to get a little “behind the scenes” peek at the workings of a trans-atlantic creative team and a trans-atlantic publisher. And, of course, I give a few little clues away as to what the big mystery is in “The Dark” … Read ...
The Dark hits PreviewsDiamond Comic Distributions “Previews” catalogue will hit stores this week, containing the first solicitation by AAM/Markosia for “The Dark“. Our Diamond Order Code is JAN100699. The advert in previews features the OGN Cover by Rick Lundeen and the following about the book: (W) Chris Lynch (A) Rick Lundeen. Imagine a story that you can drink, a story that you can feel, a story you can live. Welcome to the city of Dante, and the world of Memetech. As a wave of drugs that create living stories sweeps his city, one man fights back as ...
Batman Sketch in colourBack in BICS this year I had a very busy time doing sketch commissions, although I did have a few spare moments (mostly when the big panels were on I think) and I drew a few things for myself. One of these was a Batman sketch with the ‘poncey art-school’ approach of ‘drawing the light’. [...]
First pencilled pages for HypergraphiaI received the first pencilled pages yesterday for my new Insomnia story “Hypergraphia” this week, drawn by the very talented Valia. I can’t say much about the story without spoiling it, but suffice to say that this once is a heady mix of Greek mythology and Faerie lore, and should have enough little “Easter Eggs” in it to satisfy everyone. As always, I’ve had a great time going overboard with the research. I’m hoping Valia will have time to include some cameos from my writing alumni, as there is room for plenty ...
Cover for ?The Dark? graphic novel revealedReaders of Rich Johnston’s Bleeding Cool comic news website have been given a sneak peek of the cover for the graphic novel release of “The Dark”. Click here to see “Thanks Given 21 @ Bleeding Cool”. Regular readers will know that I have been working on this project with Rick Lundeen for Markosia since May of 2009 and, having finished the script just a few weeks it ago, I am incredibly excited to see the cover sitting alongside other previews for Markosia’s 2010 line. Finishing the last chapter of the story was probably ...
MWM Live #1: Keys to the KingdomThe first MWM Live was for someone who we honestly didn’t press-gang long in advance of the event. Probably the one person to play our “name a place, name a thing, name a person” game to get their story started too! ?OK?, said the landlord, ?Here’s your uniform.? Carl looked sceptically at the bear skin hat and rusty old gas mask. The job hefting barrels at the Queen’s Head was supposed to be easy money, beer funds for his summer vacation. Gas masks and furry hats were not part of the ...
SFX Magazine calls Chris Lynch ?oddly sweet?They know me so well! Murky Depths has picked up the SFX “Fanzine of the Month” gong for a 3rd time. It wasn’t until I met up with Terry from Murky Depths this weekend that I found out that “The Escape Artist” was given a special mention.
BICS 2009 ? A High Fidelity inspired report.Yep, BICS rocked. It rocked in a very special way. To steal a trick from Nick Horby here, in no particular order other than the order that my brain spewed them forth, are my favourite moments: Getting a trading card of “The Dark” from Sy Wyatt Almost making Amy Liff faint/vomit/both with an impromtu rendition of the classic children’s showtune “Tranny Wingman”. Sharing Supernatural love with The Nuge Getting the original art for my “Fictionalist” avatar from Rob Making Stuart admit that I loved Supernatural first, that he mocked my Supernatural love, but he is now ...
MWM Live #1 : Deadly Spider MonkeysThis one was for Richard Griffiths, of Crafty Butchers fame, who just wanted “spidermonkeys”. We live to serve … Cliff reloaded his rifle as quickly as he could, letting the spent cartridges join those already scattered about his feet. The barrel of the gun was hot enough to scorch the wooden parapet of the outpost as he propped it there, glad for a moment not to have the weight against his shoulder. ?How many of them are there?? asked Delilah. ?Depends,? replied Cliff. ?If they breed like monkeys, we’ve got to be getting to ...
MWM Live #1: ?Bite?Inspired by Ryan Reed, who asked for a story featuring “?A man who has been bitten by a radioactive man, a VW Camper Van, and a pie? Rain rattled against the side of the camper van. Reed tried to ignore it, and concentrated on cooking. Cooking was a lot more complicated for Reed these days than it used to be as, since the bite, he had to work just as hard to keep things out of his meals as put things in. Thunder crashed overhead and the VW camper rocked from side ...
BICS 2009Just a quick update to let you know I will be at this weekends BICS event in Birmingham, I will be sharing a table with the Orangutan Comics guys.
I will be doing sketches for £5 each. Chris and I also have some limited edition (only 100) oversized postcards of the never seen before MWM story [...]
Cast for motion comic of ?The Dark? announcedThe cast list for our motion comic adaptation of "The Dark" has finally been agreed. Terry and I listened to quite a range of different interpretations of the characters and the decision process was far tougher than I had anticipated. I certainly had not expected there to be so many talented people willing to give their time up for the project and I am immensely grateful to everyone who auditioned for us. Equally, it is a was a new experience for me to hear people reading my words aloud and has certainly given me a few ideas ... Click the "read more" link to see the list!
Broke Back Bikers?Here’s something a little different to my comics and illustration work.
This is a logo/brand I’ve designed for a new South Wales Mountain Biking group called ‘Broke Back Bikers’
Special Guest AppearanceJust a heads up for those of you that don’t know, I did a guest appearance on The Sidekickcast the other week, which is now available to stick into your ears!
Happy Birthday from a Monkey with a MachinegunThought I’d post a piece I did for Stacy Lynch’s (yes Chris Lynch’s sister) birthday present.
This was a fun piece to do as I got to draw some of my favourite things; Monkeys, guns and cake!
The Dark Cover In TechnicolourSo I finally finished colouriong this cover for the first issue of Chris’s ‘The Dark’. But…
There’s 2 versions, one has a bit more of a green hue to it and I’m not sure which I prefer.
The Dark Issue 1 Cover B&WJust finished inking this, thought I’d post it up. Colour version to follow.
The Dark is a new book written by my monkey co-collaborator Chris Lynch and illustrated by Rick Lundeen.
?The Dark?I am currently working on the pencils for a cover to issue 1 of Chris Lynch’s new book with Markosia ‘The Dark’. Will preview the cover once it’s inked.
You can read more about ‘The Dark’ over at Chris site
Comic Book Outsiders Bristol Con Report
Go and check out Scott talk to Stephen aboat his Con Expierience and also listen to Sundays ‘Round Table’ discussion with Orangutan Comics, Geek Syndicate and of course Monkeys with Machineguns.
http://comicbookoutsiders.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=478595
Markosia unveil Bristol Comic Expo Special Edition of ?The Dark?To celebrate the launch of “The Dark”, Markosia are producing a limited run of just 100 copies of the “Bristol Expo Special Edition”! The official promotional text runs as follows: To celebrate the launch of their new graphic novel, “The Dark”, Markosia are producing a special edition of the book exclusively for Bristol Expo visitors. With a variant cover from series artist Rick Lundeen, there will be only one hundred of these individually signed and numbered editions available. A great opportunity to read the graphic novel that critics are calling “highly original“, “a great, ...
If it?s in Previews, it gets shipped ? Diamond change the game for the betterFantastic news broke on Bleeding Cool yesterday with an announcement from Diamond that they are changing their policy on the much publicised, and much maligned, “minimum order threshhold”. Implemented last year, the order threshold previous basically meant that Diamond had the right to cancel orders for any book that did not reach their minimum order values. Retailers who had ordered the book would not get it, nor would their customers, even if they had pre-ordered, and effectively the book would be dead. This rule has been a bane for the small press. ...
Sidekick Cast Episode 33: Don?t be afraid of The DarkRacuous, crazy, and great fun … at least until I turned up … it’s Sidekickcast Episode 33. Gentlemen … let’s play darts! I had a fantastic time recording this with Bones and Dan, and I really think that comes through. These guys are always great value. Dan’s done a cracking job of editing some sense into what was several hours of comic book related madness. If you want to hear a very different take on The Dark to other’s I’ve recorded, and also hear my head almost explode trying to ...
The Dark is ? Ace!OK, you’ll need to excuse the pun. Ace is a superlative I don’t think I’ve used since junior school. I put it away in the big-box-of-words-I-no-longer-use along with “mega”, “brill” (except when referring to the fish), and “wicked” (except when describing witches and rather nifty anthology comics from FutureQuake Press. Something that is genuinely, actually, and properly ace though is the new Ace Comics website, not least because the guys at Ace have been kind enough to place The Dark and Freeman front and centre on their brand new homepage for ...
We are full of win ? The Dark Prize launches on TwitterTo celebrate the launch of The Dark, we have arranged a very special prize draw, with our esteemed publisher Markosia, to win a signed copy of The Dark. The competition is simple to enter, just tweet our URL “http://www.thedarkcomicbook.com” anytime between now and January 31st. Every tweet will count as an entry, and a winning tweet (and tweeter) will be selected at random on February 1st 2010. It would be fantastic if we could make The Dark a trending topic on Twitter, but I’ll settle for knowing that we’ve got the ...
