Posts under ‘pop culture’

Exciting news! The first issue of ink+PAPER is out this week. This is a brand new comics magazine put together by the fabulous David O'Connell, and it includes a photo essay by yours truly. I haven't seen a hard copy yet, but David assures me it looks fantastic. That's his cover illustration up there. London [...]

I promised more book recommendations, so here are a couple that I'm recommending even though I haven't read them (yet) myself!

Last week there was a launch party for David B's Black Paths, at Clerkenwell Tales, a lovely little bookshop in Exmouth Market….

I really ought to plug stuff on here more often. Not my stuff — other peoples' stuff. I know so many people who make cool stuff, and I'm a fan of so many people who make cool stuff that I really ought to tell more people about the cool stuff. So here's a post about some cool stuff, namely one of my favourite comics series of all time….

I have no idea how many times I had walked down Museum Street and never noticed that one of the York stones had been signed by Peter Blake….

I was at Conway Hall for about the last 15 minutes of the (International) Alternative Press Fair on Sunday, but after browsing tables in the very cramped aisles, I found myself taking photos of the lovely interior (I do rather love this building!) [photo post]

Saturday was MCMExpo, but rather than face the hordes of cosplayers, I decided to just go for the drinking bit in the evening. And a lovely evening it was. Here are some iPhone pics from the day, as you can see, there aren't many that are comics related. Here's something that looks a bit like [...]

Last night my friend Viv Schwarz had a launch party with Alexis Deacon to celebrate their new children's book A Place To Call Home. They had the party….

Fans of light trickery and abstract imagery should visit this exhibition before it ends on March 27th (and hope when they get there that it's not too crowded)…..

Superstar dollmaker Louise Evans aka the Felt Mistress was recently given the opportunity to run wild and fill Selfridges with monsters, designed with her boyfriend Jonathan Edwards. I went and took some photos before they all disappear again on Christmas Eve. Fradley Benford Austin Flisk and Skeechy Dwippford Mr & Mrs Treep, with the twins [...]

Last month I went to a great, if small, exhibition of influential designer Barney Bubbles' work, at the tiny Chelsea Space gallery…