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The archives are still housed at this address, so if you want to know what questions I asked Bryan Talbot in 2005, if I passed my Filipino martial arts grading in 2007, or what my thoughts are on the work of maverick director Danny Lerner, please check out the old posts on the right.
the ongoing issues with my blog have gotten much worse! So it looks like I might be setting up a new one elsewhere. Don't worry, I'll let you know all about it.
In the mean time you can check out my photos from my super awesome NYC adventure.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leonieo/sets/72157617501206447/
That British/Polish anthology that I contributed to sometime ago is now available:
http://www.polygobooks.com/newbritishcomics
I haven't had a chance to have a good read of it as it's just turned up, but the artwork is of a high standard throughout. Apart from my contribution, which isn't quite how I thought. I could've sworn I did something pretty good. Tony did a great script and I painted it up with much care. I think it looks really weak black and white, which is my fault entirely, I probably should've done it in a black and white friendly style instead. Apparently Frank Quietly bought some copies. How embarrassing. Oh well, next time he sees some my work it'll be super awesome.
Apart from that, it looks great, so go check it out.
Some of the new pictures I'm exhibiting in Washington DC in May/June.
New postcard. I'm hoping to exhibit work in Washington DC in May, and this is a new postcard I designed to take with me as freebies. I might put some around at the Bristol convention too.
Inbetween drawing comedians and doing some new paintings (really, that's my freelance work at the moment), I managed to find time to watch and (by popular demand) review a shark movie.
Raging sharks.
Another amazing Danny Lerner Bulgarian shark movie (the man who also brought us the classics, Shark attack3, Sharkzone and Shark in Venice.
Let me share it with you.
Yo. If you make small press / self published comics in the North East of England or you know anyone who does, please get in touch with me! Spread the word.
Well, it's all going on in Leonieland now. Oh yeah. Got some good freelance work in at the moment, illustrations, teaching, all that good stuff. And, I might make it to to the USA twice this year. Woo hoo! Plus, I've been curating a super secret, super special exhibition which is coming together nicely. And, I was considering putting together a new Bishi Bashi,(warning! Beware of awful pop-ups at that link!) but there might be something a bit bigger just around the corner. So, I won't quite get all those comics done that I New Year resolutioned to do. But stay tuned, I think this is going to be a good year.
There were some links here, but I had to take them out as they weren't always loading properly. Basically, check out acceptable tv, they do some funny stuff.
Normal service shall resume soon. I'm working on some new stuff and once my 'studio' (i.e. freezing cold mess of a box room) is sorted out there'll be some lovely new artwork for you to gaze upon. If you can't wait for free art, please defy the credit crunch and buy one of my nice comics: http://stores.lulu.com/leonieo
I only just found out about this. Look how amazing it is! It's on at the science museum in London, just like everything else. (I mean everything's in London, not specifically in the science museum.)
Link
I'm between computers at the moment, so I can't put up any new art right now. But, I know you visit here to waste some time and I don't want to disappoint you, so today I shall share some favourite links with you. I'm also returning the favour for all the wonderful links that you have left for me (and I don't mean the cheap meds ones.)
First of all some animation:
Graham Annable is one of my favourite comic book writers/artists. He has awesome comic timing. So imagine how happy I was when Andy showed me that he now animates stuff too!:
http://uk.youtube.com/user/grickle
I'm totally going to start animating stuff once I get this computer situation fixed. Oh yeah. Then I'm gonna bag me an oscar. You'll see. You'll all see.
Okay, now some photos:
I came across the Smithsonian Institution on Flickr, there are some great photos, and the comments are interesting. People are kicking off about some of the images being racist. I guess some people don't get how Museums or photos or history work.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/
I also found the National Martime museum on there, which is more my sort of thing. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmaritimemuseum/
The National Galleries of Scotland have some beautiful old pictures of Edinburgh: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalgalleries/
I'm currently trawling through the links for the other museums and galleries. It will take a while.
Kids show:
Another link from Andy because his job seems to consist of using the internet. Concept indeed. This is one of the best kids shows ever! I think it was on boingboing or some such site, so you may have already seen it:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qSozwHahauc
That's all your links for today.
I'm working on some more comic stuff, obviously by now you'll have bought the new issue of Monstrum and although it won't have been delivered yet you will be eager for the next issue. So I'm working on that. I'm also doing a one-pager for an anthology that won't be out until 2010. They like to be organised.
Here's the shark cake that some kind people surprised me with for my birthday (it's part eaten in this picture, I didn't get to photograph it in time, it was super yummy):
