Apologies for the lateness of this guys. I've actually been ill with "convention flu" since the day I got back from the SFX Weekender....bit frustrating with all the work I've not been able to do!
Anyhoo....here's some pics! Here's incredible ABC WARRIORS artist Clint Langley and I doing our thing at the 2000AD booth...
Mega stud and 2000AD writer, Al Ewing and I were drafted in to do a workshop where we had to create a comic book page in 45 minutes.....Al asked the audience for suggestions on what the story could be, eventually ending up with a Dredd tale about an MP with a sexbot that rips off his head.....
In all seriousness, I have to say that Al was INCREDIBLE engaging the audience on the microphone...where as the audience had a great view of the back of my head and my ass...
Check out the Ghostbuster creature on both sides of the stage!
Yeah...you aint gonna see the final page...not my best moment...but what the hell do you expect in 45 minutes?! It takes at least 45 HOURS to do a bloody page! The audience seemed to enjoy it though...
The next day, Clint had the FANTASTIC idea for us to do more finished drawings on huge boards for us to later give away as prizes. For every purchace at the 2000AD booth, you would get a raffle ticket. I really hope 2000AD adopt this idea to use at every convention now as it was really popular. Below is Clint's HUGE Judge Dredd on 4 boards together, and my Defoe/zombie piece...
At the last minute, Clint decided to knock out a third prize of this gorgeous demon drawing!
The talented sod doesn't even pencil first--just goes straight to inks!
A big thanks to our lovely PR, Charley Grafton Chuck, who arranged for Clint and I to jump on the stage with Gareth David-Lloyd who played Ianto in one of my favourite shows, Torchwood (!) and give away our drawings!
I'd like to say that Ianto and I swapped emails afterwards...but we didn't...
That's your lot! A big shout out to SFX and 2000AD for the invite and graciously putting us up, and it was great to hang out with mates new and old--the married couple that is Geek Syndicate, the wacky gang of Abaddon Books, Murky Depths, Genki Gear, and of course all the lovely folk who stopped by to say hi and get a sketch! (Apart from the one who got me sick....gggrrrr...)
That's your lot! A big shout out to SFX and 2000AD for the invite and graciously putting us up, and it was great to hang out with mates new and old--the married couple that is Geek Syndicate, the wacky gang of Abaddon Books, Murky Depths, Genki Gear, and of course all the lovely folk who stopped by to say hi and get a sketch! (Apart from the one who got me sick....gggrrrr...)L
2 comments:
WOW! Those prizes are top, that idea should deffinately stay!
Good work dude.
Cheers Aidan! Yeah 2000AD would be mad not to--it brought alot of business to our booth...
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