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The new issue of Colouring Outside The Lines has an interview with me in it! Order a copy and check it out. It's a great zine so you should buy it anyway, there's a really diverse mix of artists in it, you'll find all sorts of new art you hadn't seen before.
Also, one of the charity comics I did a while ago ('Do you want to kiss it better?') has been rereleased as a downloadable file, which means that you can now see my contribution in all it's original full colour splendour.
Monstrum is coming on well, I've chosen the most convoluted way of making it so it's taking three times longer than a normal comic. It looks like this, but painted:

I'm hoping to send off some submission samples at the start of next week. Then I only have another 30 or so pages to colour, paint, scan and letter. Then it's all done. Maybe in time for Christmas. Definitely not in time for the Birmingham comic convention, which I will definitely be attending. Train tickets have arrived. It's definite.

Sheriff has a new blog, you'll like it. http://sheriffmitchell.com/

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Andi Watson very kindly agreed to be interviewed by e-mail. This is for my research in to gender issues for an upcoming essay and also for my final dissertation.
You can check out Andi's work on his site (which includes a blog): http://www.andiwatson.biz/
And he also has a Flickr account where you can see his latest work:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andiwatson/

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In October, 2005 I interviewed Bryan Talbot. It was important research for my dissertation, but also for my practical work as Bryan is best known for his graphic novels. Here is an edited version of the interview. If you have anything to ask or add to this, please leave a comment or contact me.
Sorry it's taken me so long to transcribe this! If you want to find out more about Bryan's work or see what he's up to then check out his website: http://www.bryan-talbot.com/

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As my practical project for this year is a graphic novel, my research is also to do with this. An early problem I ran in to was describing what the term graphic novel actually means. Sure, you can refer to Will Eisner or look up Eddie Campbells manifesto, but to the average person on the street this isn't going to clarify things.
Anyway, I was really intrigued by Paul Raineys current work, 'There's no time like the present', which he describes as a graphic novel but it is released and formatted like a comic. So I've interviewed him about it. Read on to find out more, and leave a comment if there are any other questions you'd like me to ask him.

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