The British comics community was stunned by the news of the passing of award-winning comic creator Terry Wiley, a key figure of the independent scene for decades, after a long battle with cancer. He was 56. Here, Jay Eales, Selina… Read More ›
Pete Ashton
Quote Me: Portfolio Advice from Pete Ashton – Don’t be Nervous
“One thing I’ve noticed over the last couple of years is that the creators doing portfolio reviews at the 2000AD table [at the Bristol Comics festival] at least are very encouraging to new people probably because a lot of them… Read More ›
Cartoonists naturally good at social web practice?
(Above: A panel from Darryl Cunningham’s Evolution strip. Click to enlarge.) There’s an interesting post over at Pete Ashton’s Ash-10 blog about cartoonists and social web practice. ‘I often pick up on cartoonists as examples of good social web practice,’… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: Tony Lee on writing, Richard Starkings on Elephantmen and Pete Ashton on comics (what’s not to like, you lucky, lucky people!?!)
Links, link, links. Links, links, links. Links, links, links, links…links, links, links (sung to the tune of Postman Pat): Tony Lee shares his comics-writing process over at his blog… ‘So recently on my Twitter page,’ he writes, ‘I spoke about… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: Alan Moore, web/hyper/small press/all types of comics and events aplenty too!
Alan Moore guests on Utter Shambles, a podcast hosted by comedians Robin Ince and Josie Long. Pete Ashton will be talking about the emergence of the British small press comics scene in the early eighties at the Birmingham Zine Festival… Read More ›