New stockist for Neon Loneliness!

Neon Loneliness is now stocked in Foyles Bookshop on Charing Cross Road! http://www.foyles.co.uk/bookstore-charing-cross.

LONDON COMIC AND SMALL PRESS EXPO

Hi everyone, it's been awhile since I posted anything. Just to let everyone know that I will be sharing a table with Stuart Atholl Gordon at the London Comic and Small Press Expo at:-

Goldsmiths University,
New Cross,
London,
SE14 6NW.

If you are at the Expo please pay a visit to our table and you'll get to have a glimpse at the original artwork I've done for Chester Goes Underground so far (admittedly I've only drawn the cover and the first two pages, but it's still worth checking out!) and I will be selling some A4 ink drawings based on our comic Neon Loneliness. These drawings will be one-of-a-kind so you won't find me drawing the same thing twice. There will only be five drawings sold at the event so make sure you to snatch them up quick!

T'sao Wei's drawing of Liberty

On November of 2010 I did a sketch for The O Men and Spandex creator Martin Eden based on his character Liberty (the transvestite superhero from Spandex) which can be seen here!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! I haven't posted anything in a long while so I'll use this opportunity to discuss my upcoming work. Right now I am working on my third comic book called Chester Goes Underground with a talented writer and close friend Alan Kasim who helped with the editing of my first comic book Through These Slanted Eyes. Chester Goes Underground will be the first comic written by Alan but we also have four collaborative projects in the works which I am very excited about because I'm really eager for the world to know of this talented writer.

Chester Goes Underground is an all-age comic book starring a young lad named Chester Chums who is separated from his parents and goes on a strange and wonderful journey in the London Underground, meeting many strange and wonderful people along the way. So...when will this comic be finished? I guess that will depend me unfortunately, I'll be drawing the comic and making sure it's up to publishing quality! More news on Chester Goes Underground in the near future!

The four other projects cannot be discussed here (as much as I want to) but we will slowly reveal them in the future, as Alan forms a solid script for each of them.

I hope everyone had a wonderful 2010 and an ever better 2011!

T'sao Wei

Neon Loneliness drawing by Martin Eden

Having had a nice chat with Martin Eden at Thought Bubble (a person whose work I've admired for years now but I'm finally able to put a face to the name) I received a lovely drawing from him of the sea creature from Neon Loneliness the very next morning, just as I was about to draw Liberty from Spandex for Martin. The drawing is here for everyone to see! Info on Martin's comic book Spandex can be found on this website:- http://spandexcomic.wordpress.com/ and lets not forget The O Men! http://www.comix.org.uk/theomen/.

A Day of Comic Books in Leeds

Hi everyone! I had a great time at Thought Bubble convention up in Leeds, even if we had to cram 4 people behind one table! We sold some comics, bought some comics, ate a lot of pizza, gave away free copies of the economy edition of A Lonely Raven.

I only bought three comics on the day:-

Filmish: Comic Book Essays on Film Theory by Edward Ross:- The storytelling style used in this comic is similar to that of Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics, which is a compliment from me! The essays were well done and I would definitely pick up Filmish Issue 2 and 100 Tiny Moments From My Past, Present and Future.

Spandex by Martin Eden:- The creator of one of my favourite superhero comics The O Men comes the tale of an all-gay super team Spandex with their transvestite leader Liberty aka Jason Ford. Spandex teams up to stop a 50 ft Lesbian from wrecking havoc in Brighton, death of a team member and a character who can has the power to absorb the abilities and skills of any gay person within the vicinity!

EthelSparrowhawk’s Terrible Hangover by Steven Tillotson and Jemima VonSchindelberg:- This is a good sequel to the brilliant tragicomedy Ethel Sparrowhawk. We follow Ethel as she tries her best to turn her life around after a series of bad luck and escape a life of monotony to follow her dreams. I've followed Steven Tillotson’s work on Banal Pig, one of my favourite comics to read for its uncomfortable dark humour and the disturbing look of Jolly Bear. 

Make sure to check out these comics which are available for online purchase online their websites.

THOUGHT BUBBLE!

This Saturday (20th Nov) I'll be at Thought Bubble in Leeds sharing a table with Stuart Gordon and Yuri Kore. T'sao Wei and I will have our new book, Neon Loneliness, available as well our usual stuff.

Yuri Kore is a very talented small press creator and winner of the Manga Jiman 2009, Stuart Gordon is a runner-up of the competition of that same year and it's an honour to be sharing a table with both of them.

We’ll also debut Stuart’s new double sided poster comic called The Plankmen. It's about the ultra-exciting adventures of three blokes who use wooden planks as a way of getting from A to B.

If you're about then please come by and say hi!

NEON LONELINESS

Neon Loneliness is a comic book about a humanoid sea creature trying to fit in with human society but of course he is shunned and treated as an outsider.

This is my first collaboration with friend and colleague Stuart Atholl Gordon.

Neon Loneliness is a 20 page comic book which is now available at the following shops-

Mega City Comics

Orbital Comics

alternatively the comic can be purchased at my online store.

Daventer Project's T'sao Wei Public Appearances

I'm here to announce that Stuart Atholl Gordon and I will be appearing this year at the upcoming events:-

MCM London Expo from the 29th-31st of October. You can find us at the Comics Village section http://www.londonexpo.com/guests/artistswriters 

and

Thought Bubble one-day Convention up in Leeds on the 20th November http://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/08home.asp .

If you require any further information please email me at wei@daventer.com

New Stockists!

I hereby announce that both Through These Slanted Eyes and A Lonely Raven are now stocked in Orbital Comics (a great comic book store) and Foyles (probably the best bookstore in London).