Artwork showing pencil stage for the recent Wallace and Gromit strip.
Friday 28 January 2011
Wallace and Gromit v Feathers McGraw inks
Those blank, blinking eyes, silent, yet deadly, it can only be Feathers McGraw! Inks produced for Wallace and Gromit strip. The Sun newspaper.
CI Comic Cuts
I would say like many, I honestly really miss one of the best magazines to ever cover the comic book industry, namely, Comics International. Needless to say, I was so pleased when publisher/editor, Dez Skinn invited me to produce a cartoon strip which would appear in each issue. Therefore, Mike Kazybrid's Comic Cuts strip was born and ran for a period of nine years. Happy days!
Dennis
Whilst enjoying drawing most characters connected to The Dandy and Beano comics, I had the enjoyment of working on both the British and the American Dennis the Menace. Hence, while digging into my files, I was pleased to discover some of my artwork on Hank Ketcham's Dennis.
Crikey issue 1
Really pleased when asked by Brian M Clarke to produce the artwork for the first issue of new magazine, Crikey! Because the title was designed to pay homage to British comics, I was allowed to go to town concerning the design. Where to begin, impossible to end, fun to do.
This wasn't the first time of my working with Brian, I had the pleasure of him been my editor back in the 80s whilst working on a variety of titles such as Masters Of The Universe, She-Ra, Duckula, Dangermouse, Battlebeasts, to name a very small few.
Plus Comic 411
Towards the end of its time, Plus continued to offer young readers such pre-school strips as Wishy, Washy and Wig. The characters were created back in November 1974, and mainly used as visuals whilst teaching in schools. But it was in May 1975 that they moved in a new direction. A children's audio visual aid was produced along with at least eight original pieces of music, this written and produced by Stuart Medland. Medland himself would in later years go on to create children's books in the series, The Nogard.
During the 1980s, Wishy, Washy and Wig moved on to video and cable Tv, but it was whilst working on Plus that they remained as a cartoon strip.
Sadly, the comic was taken over by a company seriously lacking interest, the content was greatly reduced until finally coming to a close.
Plus Comic 366
Plus Comic was a title produced for a younger readership by Challenge Publishing. Whilst consisting of certain feature pages, it equally included a good number of humour strips. During my working on Plus for 11 years, one of the highlights was when writer, Andrew Wooding took his place in the editor's seat. Andrew wonderfully transformed the title into looking like a traditional british children's comic. One of the many strips I enjoyed helping to produce was Wooding's, Charlie the Dog Detective. The character had already appeared as three paper back books and now ran as a comic strip, along with his rather strange house keeper, Ethel.
Chromobots
The Chromobots were originally produced as a short back-up strip in Marvel UKs The Transformers. Whilst certain moves to produce a new series have been made, it was interesting to discover back in 2009/2010 of how a major store in the States had borrowed both name and design for a toy line.
Aachan Solvitz 2
Artwork produced for the second Aachan Solvitz story in the children's Dvd series entitled, The Case of the Missing Playboy.
Aachan Solvitz 1
This enjoyable piece of work was produced for a children's Dvd series entitled, Aachan Solvitz in The Case of the Missing Body. All thanks to both Digital Dimensions and World Vision.
Rattus Holmes 3 cover design
Artwork showing both an international and intergalactic feel to Rattus Holmes and the World Heritage Crisis.
Rattus Holmes and the World Heritage Crisis
The third adventure not only took Rattus Holmes and Felis Watson around the world, but also to the moon in order to have an encounter with that deadly villain, Fiendfeather!
Rattus Holmes and the Case of the Spoilsports
The second adventure of Rattus Holmes and Felis Watson took a slightly different direction, as seen in The Case of the Spoilsports. With this one, the script was provided by editorial at UNESCO, the subject, a strong anti-doping in sport message. The other thing that made this somewhat different was that the artwork had to be produced well in time for the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, China. To reach an international readership very quickly, the strips were put out on the internet via UNESCO. This resulted in it appearing on quite a number of international news sites.
Thursday 27 January 2011
Rattus Holmes and the World Water Crisis
When asked by Ed Chatelier of The Edge Group to come up with something of a Sherlock Holmes nature, the most natural thing was to think of was a rat on the trail of an evil black and deadly bird, well...isn't it?
Rattus Holmes and the World Water Crisis was produced in the form of a daily newspaper strip, however could equally be presented as full page comic artwork. This was to be the character's introduction, allowing me to be able to both draw and write the strip. Whilst coming from The Edge Group, the key client would be the United Nations.
Not a bad start for a little rat!
Do-Do Man issue 4
Whilst the series came to a close with issue 4, completed artwork has been produced for a new issue 5 along with background and feature pages, this moving towards publishing a graphic novel.
Do-Do Man issue 2
I was really pleased with how the cover artwork turned out on Do-Do man issue 2, all thanks to writer, Andrew Wooding and his faithful computer.
Do-Do Man issue 1
Based on a positive reaction to the limited edition, it was decided to go ahead with a series, hence the cover artwork of Do-Do Man issue 1.
Do-Do Man The Limited Edition
Do-Do Man was co-created by myself and partner, Sarah Sier, back in 1993. This was to be a crazy humour story of Joe Public taking on all the various aspects of society. Published by The Edge Group, I had the honour of also receiving the talented imput of writers, Andrew Wooding and Chris Spencer, also artists, Siku and Jeff Anderson. My thanks to Jeff for doing the colour work on the cover.
Humph Promotional Ad
The idea behind this artwork was to create the feel of the old Saturday morning movie serial. Yep, I am really that old!
Humph the Cat page 5
A character that's very dear to my heart and art, Humph the Cat was based on a real cat that lived with me for ten years. He was quite a character and would take delight in sitting next to my drawing board. The cartoon version was born back in 18 April 1979, as part of a daily cartoon strip entitled, Matt. Having appeared for six years each day in the Bradford Telegraph and Argus, and later in The Manchester Evening News, the cat entered the pages of Marvel UKs, The Transformers in November 1984. The strip title changed to Matt and the Cat. After many years, the character has returned in a new 23 page Humph the Cat adventure which can be read on http://mychailokazybrid.blogspot.com/
I have pleasure in displaying page 5 and 6 for your enjoyment.
Chiquito's Restaurant
I've always enjoyed producing promotional artwork for various restaurants such as Garfunkels and Blubeckers Ltd, to mention but a small few, here's a sample of my artwork for a puzzle book for Chiquito's Restaurant.
Frankie and Benney's funpack
Apart from producing cartoons for a variety of comic strips, it's nice from time to time to produce promotional art, such as these characters for Frankie and Benny's.
The Great Bible Adventure
Quite a number of full colour cartoons were produced for this children's book, and quite a number of hours were saved due to my partner, Sarah Sier, helping to produce this.
Place Names of Sheffield interior cartoon
B/w interior cartoon produced for Place Names of Sheffield.
Place Names of Sheffield back cover cartoon
Original back cover artwork for Place Names of Sheffield.
Place Names of Sheffield
My thanks to Alistair, Alison and Liz of ALD Print of Sheffield for asking me to produce the cover artwork.
Sheffield Dialect 2 cover artwork
Always pleased to produce these covers. The character in blue was based on my partner, Sarah's mum. Just wanted to mention that!
Sheffield Dialect 2
Second book in the Sheffield dialect series, produced by ALD Print of Sheffield.
Wednesday 26 January 2011
Sheffield Dialect 1 artwork
Showing the original artwork for front and back cover of Sheffield Dialect 1.
Sheffield Dialect 1
Over the past years, I've produce the artwork on quite a number of book covers. This was for Sheffield Dialect 1, a popular book produced by ALD Print of Sheffield.
Two Men and a Ghost at Bunting Nook
This cartoon was produced for one of the 2MG features regarding strange happenings at Bunting Nook!
Two Men and a Ghost blog cartoon
Most of the features include a cartoon, illustrating the fact that these guys seek that which can not be found!
Two Men and a Ghost studio cartoon
Created in May 2009, talented writer, Andrew Wooding and I decided to embark on a new project, namely, 2MG aka Two Men and a Ghost. Originally as an entertainment blog, it looked into all the various urban myths of Sheffield, presenting our findings with a good mixture of humour and of course, cartoons.
Since its origin, 2MG have not only continued with the blog, but also podcasts and a regular feature in national title, Haunted Magazine, which can be obtained from good outlets such as WHSmith...plug...plug!
Now, those who tune in or read about 2MG range from Australia, New Zealand and the States.
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