The dog is FINE, don’t worry. I mean, they’re made entirely of yearning and contemplating some canine scuba action but they are fine. Tragedy by Becky Howard is another one of those zines that embodies everything good about the art form. It’s an A6 foldout, a single page of A4 that’s crammed full of humour …
Kristyna Baczynski is one of the dynamos of the UK comics scene. Her work is always precise, highly detailed and thrumming with a unique palate, energy and focus. Her first full-length graphic novel, Retrograde Orbit, is a particular favourite. Now, A Measure of Space is too. Vesna’s planet is about to be hit by a …
Rob Turpin makes beautiful spaceships. Gloriously lumpy, and weirdly graceful, the Weird Field (WF) ships are almost abstract collections of parts, the idea of a spacecraft filtered through the practicality of not having to worry about atmosphere. Weird Field World, Turpin’s first book, collects them all and provides some welcome, and expertly designed, context. In …
Georgie Mac‘s zine slides sideways through your expectations into comedy, surrealism and pop culture. The moon is hatching. A new kind of astronaut, propelled out into the universe to seek answers discover the truth and be caught, as we all are, in the awe-inspiring gravitational pull of Steve Harrington’s hair. Max’s collage work here is …
Look at these four people. All of them thinking they’re about to have fun and watch a meteor shower. One of those things is true. The meteor shower will come, the sky will light up but fun? No. Tonight, these four intrepid individuals will be having…MINUS FUN. Aside from Lou, the chap in glasses on …
NOTE: Bit of a surprise today. The day’s got away from me and the most recent thing I watched to catch up on it was the excellent new edition of Event Horizon. Turns out, I already wrote a long-form piece about the movie and so, with a slight tweak, but on brand, here it is. …
I’m spending a lot of time at the moment trying to make the invisible visible in my artistic process. That means spotting assumptions and asking why they’re assumptions. It means a lot of planning and it also means constantly trying to look at the bigger questions about a piece of work and why I’m doing …
the november blogs-There is something in the in-between moments of making art
On Halloween 1992, TV presenters Sir Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Mike Smith and Craig Charles hosted Ghostwatch, a live TV event exploring the apparently paranormal events surrounding two young sisters. The events that ensued scarred a nation. With FUN! Ghostwatch is a classic piece of TV close up magic. There’s a ‘by’ credit for writer …
Something a little different today. All Against All isn’t out yet but I was very lucky to get an advanced copy. Details of how to pre-order it are at the bottom of the post. B’Tay is an Operator, part of an alien race. He’s also a scientist and in way over his head. All Against …
You walk as the world ends. Bleak foggy countryside gives way to a forest infested with colossal bipedal nightmares, a series of underground cities and a reality-shattering discovery. There is snow. There is fire. There is death. There is more. You keep walking. It occurred to me as I was writing this that I really …