The Boy in the Bubble

Good day to you.

Today is a special day, because Dan Gaynor, my new favourite Irish comics artist, has a picture which I drew up on his excellent website, Giant Eyeball. There's a big old speech bubble which is featuring guest artists, and today is me. The picture is of Joel, the protagonist of my series in development, Small Town Heroes, listening to some of his favourite records and hanging out with some spiders. And crying a bit. Maybe. I personally think he just got something in his eye, or that he's chopping onions surreptitiously beneath the frame of the drawing, but you're free to make up your own mind. The spiders won't hold your opinion against you.

Anyhow, Dan is awesome and his work is awesome, some is really atmospheric and some is downright hilarious. One of my faves is his mini series on the excellent web collection Top Shelf 2.0 and is called Ted and the Animals. Go read it, and read everything else on there too. Top Shelf have published most of the comics of Jeffrey Brown, who inspired me to start scribbling, so that automatically makes them awesome.

In other news my comic site is still under construction, I promise there will be more on that when I have a bit more time to dedicate to it. Soon. Soon.

Music wise, my new favourite boy/girl power trio are Standard Fare. Their vocal balance is perfect and they're sweet, melodic and youthful. Have a listen.



Thanks for reading my blog, etc.