Convention Appearances!

Hello fellow comic book fans and random visitors! I'm sorry that I haven't posted anything for many months but much of my time was taken up by working on a comic with writer Alan Kasim for Myriad Editions' First Graphic Novel Competition. Some of you will see in one form or another if it doesn't get chosen as the winning piece.

The reason for this post is to announce my convention appearances, the first one will be next week at the London MCM Expo 28-30th at the Excel Centre! I'm sharing the table with S. Atholl Gordon as usual but you won't see me there on Friday, but expect to see me on Saturday and Sunday! You can also expect to see the first 10 pages of my new ongoing comic book series "Windrush". Sadly, this comic book won't see the light of day until early 2012 due to unforeseen real life circumstances (such as getting a full-time job) but you can get a free 10 page preview of Windrush at the MCM Expo, Comica Comiket and Thought Bubble in Leeds and you can get a sneaky look at the original art of the first 15 pages. For those of you who won't be able to attend any of these events can look at the previews online once I upload them after the Expo is over.

The second appearance will be at Comica Comiket, which is a one-day convention featuring the best in British small press and independent comics which sadly S.Atholl Gordon will not be able to attend so it'll be my first time exhibiting without a table mate! The event will be on Saturday 12th November. I've been hearing so many good things about this event from the previous year so I'm hoping to have a wonderful day!

My final appearance of the year will be at the Thought Bubble Festival in Leeds, and its the first time this event will be for two days! You can find me and Stuart at the Saviles Hall. I had an amazing time last year so hopefully this one will be just as enjoyable, or maybe even more so!

London CSPE and Illustration 4 & 5

Hi everyone!

I had a very good time at the London Comic and Small Press Expo last Saturday and I met some great people. The morning was quiet but it gradually got busy. Surprisingly my autobiographical comic book "Through These Slanted Eyes" did quite well at the Expo, I consider it a comic book with too many flaws to count, particularly because it's my published first comic, so I was happy to hear that many were very complimentary about my early art style. Someday I may do a sequel to "Through These Slanted Eyes" using the simplified art style I previously used and most likely the story will be less depressing!

And also, thank you all for the kind words about my work-in-progress "Chester Goes Underground", even though I only had the front cover and first page to show to everyone! The comic is written by my good friend Alan Kasim and I promise you that he is a talent to look out for in the future.

I was previously too busy to post the last two A4 drawings I did for the event, so here they are in all it's glory!

 

(Above) Stuart Atholl Gordon's Petunia Rascal (left) causing trouble.

Have a lovely weekend all!

T'sao Wei