I will remember this the next time I decide to be a massive pikey!
OF COURSE they weren’t going to have tobacco in them! They were left on a bus seat! I’m sure even the most careless of smokers would notice they’ve dropped two packs of baccy.
Oh well, you live and learn…
W00p w00p w00p!! Told you Orful Comics would be back in 2012 and here we are with a brand new strip!
Thanks for your patience during the break. I couldn’t have got everything else I needed to do done otherwise and now, as I hoped, I am refreshed and ready to get going on some serious comic-ing again.
The Ben Kinsella comic is completed and sent off to the printers and I’m thoroughly looking forward to seeing it at the launch at the end of the month. Also, Paper Science should be landing around about that time also. Get your orders here or wait and buy one from me in person at a show (so I can get some moneys 
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Also, Orful Comics Vol. 2 is almost ready to go to print! Finished up the cover last night and it is looking lovely. I should have it ready in time for London Super Comic Con in February so start getting excited people!
Talking of conventions, been lining up events for the year and I must say, I am looking busy in 2012! Not finalised anything yet but once I have, there will be a blog post about just that.
Anyways, enjoy your Friday’s!
-Rob
Hi all! Merry Christmas and junk. Hope y’all be stuffing your faces right now.
Anyways, final update of the year here at Orful HQ and boy have I been busy lately!
First up, reindeer!
I recently got the amazing opportunity through work to make a Christmas animation to go around the top of the BT Tower in London. It was a lot of fun to do and made me smile seeing it on the way to work every day. Was nice to be able to wish the whole of London a Merry Christmas in my own little way. Here’s a vid of it:
Next up, comics!
As you no doubt are aware, the usual update schedule has been put on hold for a little while so I can get a few other projects out the door. Well you’ll be glad to know that they are both pretty much done! Woohoooo! and in time for Christmas too!
The first of these projects is for anti knife-crime charity, The Ben Kinsella Trust. They are organising a touring exhibition to educate children on the dangers of carrying knives and kindly asked me to create a comic to go up on two of the walls. Really happy with the results of this and it’s great to know that a lot of people will be seeing my work and that it’s for such a good cause. Here’s a little preview image:
The other big project I’ve been working on is for the amazing newspaper anthology Paper Science. I had an email at the start of the year from Matt asking if I’d like to be in Paper Science 7 in a travel themed issue. Obviously, I jumped at the chance! I was hoping to be a good boy and get it done early in the year so I wouldn’t have to worry about it but then tragically, writer’s block struck me hard in the face. I tried writing a few things which then didn’t seem right. I then tried to do something a bit more personal and introspective than usual but then I felt like I was dumping problems on my audience. I tried out abstract but then I’m not so good at abstract. Eventually October came around and I had no ideas and ever decreasing amounts of time.
So I forced myself to smash out a semi auto-biographical strip with some jokes in it and got to work on some of the best artwork I’ve done yet in a comic. This, thankfully, worked. Here’s a preview:
Paper Science lands sometime in January? (Matt if you’re reading, when does Paper Science land?)
With those out of the way, I can now start working on stuff for myself again. YIPPEEEEE!!
Been working on a couple of website updates ready for the re-launch in January you’ll be glad to hear and also, I decided to draw some stuff that’s not for anything whatsoever other than my own personal enjoyment. Fans of Adventure Time, peep this:
Merry Christmas folks
