book launch - reminder
A quick reminder to those of you who haven’t already put it in your diary…
The My Fellow Americans book launch is tomorrow (Wednesday May 28th). Held at The Cross Kings, 126 York Way, Kings Cross, London N1 0AX (gmap). Doors open at 7pm (until 12am). Free entry all night.
Here’s the cover artwork for the book:
Four fantastic bands are playing on the night: Left With Pictures, Beacons, Plug, and Le Tetsuo. DJ sets from Nik Void and Word The Cat. Click on the links to hear their music on their myspace pages.
The first 50 copies of the book sold will come in a specially hand-printed envelope featuring this image:
All the original artwork and illustrations from the blog will be displayed and available to buy. I’ll also have a few copies of my comics there.
Here’s an American themed playlist to get you in the mood.
Hope to see you all there!
my fellow americans book launch
For those of you who followed the My Fellow Americans blog…
Dan Hancox and I are pleased to present My Fellow Americans, the book of the blog, and the first book published about the election, which will be available to buy for the first time on Wednesday 28 May at our launch party in The Cross Kings in (you guessed it) King’s Cross:
My Fellow Americans Book Launch
Wednesday 28th May from 7pm
The Cross Kings, 126 York Way, Kings Cross, London
Free entry
Live music from: Le Tetsuo, Plug, Beacons, Left With pictures
DJs: Nik Void, Word The Cat
Here’s the flyer I designed for the night:
Click here for a pdf of the flyer.
Click here for a pdf of the press release.
The book will be available to buy online from here and the My Fellow Americans blog after the launch party. Selected stores in the UK will also distribute the limited edition first printing but if you would like to pre-order and reserve a copy please contact us at press@myfellowamericans2008.com.
my fellow americans
It’s been a little quiet on this website of late, and I’m afraid it will continue to be for the next couple of months. The reason? Research and preparation for my next comic.
From December 30th, a friend and I will be travelling across America until mid-February. Following and reporting on the Presidential primary season’s crucial first few weeks. Our travels will be documented on our blog - www.myfellowamericans2008.com (the site just launched last Friday) - for which I will be supplying the images. So while it may appear quiet here, it will still be possible to see my latest work on this new blog. I’ll try to update this website as often as I can but I can’t promise anything.
This is the pitch
The 2008 US Presidential Election is happening in the abstract. Tightly controlled media campaigns and ad strategies (all fully scored and tested), polling reports and bewildering statistics, competing financial contributions, a few pallid televised debates, and suddenly it’ll all be over. But we aren’t interested in the abstract. We are ‘politics fans’ from London, England, and we’re looking for the meat on America’s political bones – even if we have to find that meat in a freezing cold cattle barn in Iowa.
During the Presidential primary season’s decisive first six weeks we’re going to be out there: meeting, greeting, and confusing the American people. Our campaign road-trip takes us through the highways and backwoods where the future fate of the USA – and therefore the world – will be decided. While the real journalists are at a press conference flashing their laminates and collecting official statements, we’re going to be in the bar over the road, drinking whisky with attractive young Republicans in sharp suits, or having coffee with grizzled old Democrats who once met Jimmy Carter.
And here’s some of the work I’ve been doing for the site
When I return, I plan to base my next comic on our experiences on the road.
The ridiculously delayed third part of How to Date a Girl in 10 Days will also be released early next year, and I’ll be publishing a cheap, but full-colour hard copy of my 24 hour comic Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Crohns Disease.
Merry Christmas all, and I hope to see you all on the new blog! Any advice or tips from those of you who are American will be greatly appreciated…
illustrated london noise
I will be doing a short half hour DJ set tomorrow (Friday 26th October) at the Illustrated London Noise event - part of the Comica festival. I’ll have an early go at playing other people’s music before leaving it to the professionals. Later in the evening I’ll be sketching people in the bar and giving the results away should people want them. The folks behing Le Gun magazine will also be doing animations and murals throughout. It starts at 8pm and is £4 to get in. Below is the image I drew for the flyer, followed by the final flyer (by the organisers of the event) with all the crucial information I neglected to mention…
24 hour comic day
Starting at 3pm tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 20th October) and finishing Sunday at 3pm, I’ll be attempting to write, draw and complete a 24 page comic in 24 hours. It’s an organised 24 hour comic event taking place at the ICA as part of the Comica festival. You can come by and watch me sweat, or just turn up an hour earlier to watch the talk by Jeffrey Lewis. Which, to be honest, may be more entertaining than watching me go slowly insane while sitting at a desk.
I feel tired and my hands hurt just thinking about it so do pop along and show some support if you’re at a loose end. I’ll upload the results sometime in the next couple of weeks when I get a chance.
For more information, visit the 24 hour comic website, read the rules, or visit the ICA website.
Click here for a lovely pdf list of all the Comica events over the next couple of months.
private view this thursday (7th June)
Some of my original artwork for the latest issue of How to Date a Girl in 10 Days will on display in this week long exhibition at the Vegas Gallery:
The private view (with the obligatory free alcohol, and a DJ set from Nik Void) is this Thursday (7th June) and starts at 6pm. The gallery can be found here.
There will be some artwork from the comic previously unseen in the context of a gallery, and there will of course be five other artists (Frank Pudney, Jhinuk Sarkar, Simon Prescott, Ricky Butler and Gary Collyer) - whose work is more accomplished and imaginative than mine - exhibiting and making me feel small.
The exhibition lasts a week, and there will be copies of the latest How to Date for those of you who have been unable to pick up a copy. Hope to see some of you there.