Strip For Me

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Nothing new today, I just wanted to pop my head in and say that I hoped you all got the holidays that you deserved. My trip to the foggy north went with no great incident, and you'll all be pleased to hear that I'm back to work on the next year's worth of comics for you. I hope you managed to survive the last week without any new stories, but hopefully you remembered to nip over to The Rule of Death for more pretty pictures. We're on to Chapter Two there, you should check it out.

Hello again, my fine comics-reading buddies. I'm back again with another update for your delectation. Please direct your loving browsers to these two new entries in the story of The Silent Choir. I'm going to press on toward the end of the this particular tale in the new year. It's been hanging over my head for too long now, and it's about time I finished drawing the end of it

Also, remember that the newest issue of Strip for Me is now available. That's issue 22, in case you weren't paying attention last week. You can go over to the Shop and order it now. That button works, at least. I'm not sure about the other ones. Ah, it'll all be sorted out in the year-end clean that I'm intending to do. I'll be getting rid of some strips and reorganising some pages too.

I was going to weigh in with my opinions on the inaugural Birmingham Comics Show, but both Ade Brown and the rascally David Baillie have beat me to the punch with far more detailed reports than I had planned. My advice is for you to go to them for your fact finding, and good luck to you. You’ll find both accounts illuminating, although only Baillie delves into the secret details of the dreaded Argento Chamber, hidden in the mirror behind us.

I should say that I enjoyed myself immensely, and hello to all who greeted me, with a special extra hello to all those of you who bought one of my comics, or in some instances, a number of same. The attention is appreciated, as it is all that I crave, as you well know. Certainly I appreciated many of the kind comments that I heard over the weekend.

My thanks go out especially to the lady who presented me with a copy of Guh! For my money, Guh! was the stand-out comic of the show, as anyone who got within earshot was quickly told. A sizzling, fizzing mix of Johnny Ryan-esque horrors and humour, this one’s a great read, right through to the sexy pin-up of Mark Lawson. So, thank you, lady, whoever you were. I’ve reviewed that on bugpowder, with more reviews to come soon.

Now, quite apart from all that – have you done gone and got yourself a Comicspace profile yet? I have, and you can find me here. It really is quite the modern thing, and even though it is functionally useless at the moment, it promises to become an interesting hub for comics. Already Rob Liefeld is there. I expect the offers of friendship to come pouring from all directions.

And I suppose that it's time for this again, right?

I'm just back from the Birmingham show, and as usual after these events, I'm exhausted after a long, event filled weekend. So really, you don't expect an update tonight do you?

You DO?

Well, seeing as it's you then - there are two pages of The Silent Choir new to the site up now - enjoy them. I'll be back soon enough to tell you what happened at the show.

Hello, my people. Welcome once more to the exciting on-line world of Strip For Me. One more new page of The Silent Choir this week, as we move forward with that toward its eventual conclusion. As ever, there's also The Rule of Death at serializer.net or here for the latest installment.

Quick thought - as I write this on Sunday evening, Torchwood, the BBC's new science-fiction series, has just finished. I've just put on a DVD of Quatermass 2, also by the BBC and first shown in 1958. The difference is frightening. Unfortunately, things haven't got better in the last 50 years or so, but rather quite the opposite. I'm not sure why Torchwood seems so offensive to me, as it's relatively harmless. I suppose it might be something to do with the dreadful sense that it's a wasted opportunity - the dreadful feeling that there are no new ideas being used in the series. I anxiously hope that I'm wrong. Ah, well. In fifty years time we'll still be watching Quatermass on the holo-players in our jethomes, and Torchwood will likely be no more than CD-boxset landfill.

Here's something else - my good friend Dr Chris Murray writes to inform me of a call for papers for a new comics conference to be held in Dundee next May. All you academic types should get scribbling now - full details in the image below.

Another one page update this week, as the Silent Choir continues to spill its secrets out at an alarming rate. Remember to seek out the hidden connections between the troubled singers. It'll help you understand what really went on...

There's also this week's installment of The Rule of Death, new every Friday at serializer.net. As ever, it can be found over there on serializer, as well as the latest installment right here at home. It's a western about a man that refused to die. What else do you need to know.

Right - on to this week's news - Which of you went out and got the new issue of the Judge Dredd Megazine - issue 252 to be precise? It's the one that has a cover that looks like this:

Anyway, those of you who did surely skipped past all of the lovely Colin McNeil artwork to gaze in an astonished fashion at the two panels of borders that pop up about halfway through the magazine. These little nuggets of art delight accompanied a short appreciation by Matthew Badham, who is far too kind. Anyway, a heartfelt thanks from all here to Mr Badham. If this is your first time here, and you've come via the Meg's recommendation, you're very welcome. Look around and have yourself some fun.

More excitement soon.

Another week's work sees SFM 16 edging ever nearer to completion. I keep promising myself that the month should see the new number, so everyone cross your fingers for me. Certainly it's getting there. The crowd scenes in Diesel 4 are a pain, but if I want to write a bit in a pub, I really do need them. they're getting there though. If there's enough time I'll try to post a nice teaser image sometime during the week.
Today sees three new pages, which isn't bad as I would be happy to get one new page up per week. So today sees new installments of 20 Questions and Showdown, whilst welcoming This Is Not A Mystery for a one-off engagement. This new strip is another in the vein that you've been seeing - I'll have to think of some kind of collective name for them. Any suggestions gratefully received.
More new comics one week away.