Sketched covers!

Had a go at some sketch comic covers for the first time and despite the bomb-defusal style tension involved in not making a mistake, I really enjoyed them. I'll have them for sale on my table at Thought Bubble this weekend. I'm in New Dock Hall, table 171 alongside heroic art man Mark Pearce.

Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival this weekend!!

 This weekend is the annual Leeds Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival and I'm going to be there with all 3 issues of Big Jimmy! Issue 1 & 2 are in regular, everyday black and white, but issue 3 is FULL COLOUR and features eye popping (note: no eyes will be popped) moments of THREE DIMENSIONALNESS! It also comes with a pair of 3D glasses so you can enjoy the excitement of stuff flying out at you wherever you go! T-Bubbs is the first time Big Jimmy 3D will be on sale so I'm looking forward to getting it into people's hands n' brains.

 I'll also have art prints on sale, including my new Age Of Ultron collaboration with colour-bot John-Paul Bove! Plus I'll be doing sketches on comics, paper, babies heads, branded on your cattle, EVERYTHING!

I'm going to be in New Dock Hall at table 171, sat alongside my partner in comics/crimes Mark Pearce, who's going to have two AWESOME new editions of his badass book, Ronin Dogs.

While you're at the con, make sure to check out some of the greatest artists I know who are also riding tables like wooded horses from Hell; Jess Bradley-Bove (New Dock Hall 112) will have her new book "I Know Bigfoot" alongside her traditionally amazing menagerie of Squid Bits! John-Paul Bove (New Dock 113) will have a robotic avalanche of amazing prints as well as his terrifying new comic, UnEarth.

Nikki Stu (NDH 162), Louise Ho (NDH 163) and Will Kirkby (NDH 164) will be situated behind us, making me look like the back wart I am with their fantastic books. Make sure to also head over to Rob Cureton (NDH 106), Sarah Graley (NDH 120) and last but not least, comics supergroup Big Punch Studios (NDH 180) who will have a massive selection of books, including Big Punch Magazine, and anthology featuring 99 Swords (with art by hot young art-buck Jimmy Stayte).

TLDR: GET YOUR FIRM ASSES TO THOUGHT BUBBLE THIS WEEKEND!!

Big Jimmy? More like COLLOSSAL JIMMY!

My dear, dear chump, Mark Pearce (Ronin Dogs) has once again punched it out of the park with kickass fan art for my comic, BIG JIMMY. He makes me look like some kind of schmuck with a butt full of pencils!

Lavish love and attention on Mark at his blog here!

MCM London Comic Con Next Weekend!

It's MCM London Comic Con time again!! I'll be at the Excel London from Friday 24th - Sunday 26th for the con, on board my mighty space-table full of comics and dreams and pictures and things as always with co-pilot Mark Pearce. I'll have comics and prints for sale including these three new guys:

I'll be on table CD6 in the Comic Village so come along and say hello!

Also make sure and check out some of the other fantastic artists at the con including John-Paul Bove, Jess Bradley-Bove, Lewis Terry, Jon Lock, Nich Angell, Rob Cureton and Deakin and Marisa Brook. BE THERE AND BE SQUARE!

MCM LONDON COMIC CON THIS WEEKEND!!

It's MCM London Comic Con time once again, everything is taking place this weekend at the Excel Centre in London's Docklands and once again I'll be there, riding a mighty table into battle with my co-adventuring comic-drawer-dude Mark Pearce (the Kick-buttock creator of Ronin Dogs). We'll be at table CF9 in the Comic Village where I'll be selling issues 1 & 2 of my comic Big Jimmy, loads of movie & TV related art prints and for the first time, sets of Marvel Phase 2 art cards (coloured by the Avenging John-Paul Bove). I'll also be doing commissions and selling some awesome original art too. You might say that I'm some kind of walking human shop! (it would be weird but you'd be welcome to say it) So come on over!

While you're in the Comic Village, make sure you check out some other amazing artists, including Marissa & Deakin Brook, situated right next to us at table CF10, Jess Bradley-Bove (table CB13), John-Paul Bove (CB14), Rob Cureton (CE5), Nikki Stuart, Louise Ho & Will Kirkby (CC8/CC9), Lewis Terry (CK7), Jon Lock (CK9) and Nich Angell (CK10). Only after you've visited all these people, do I give you permission to have a sit down.

Also The Fonz is going to be there.

Bristol Comic Expo & MCM Comic Con!

May means it's comic con season for James! I'll be sharing a table with the Mighty Mark Pearce (Ronin Dogs) at Bristol Comic Expo on the 10th & 11th of May, then we'll be at MCM London Comic Con on the 23rd to the 25th. I'll be bringing two brand new prints with me; The Lannister family tree, which matches my Stark family picture from last year, and a Sherlock print for all you Cumberlords and Freemaniacs out there. I'll have loads more artwork, including some original sketches on my table too.

I've also got issue 1 and 2 of my comic, Big Jimmy, about an Intergalactic fight-rumble and the little Martian twerp that gets caught in the middle of it, as well as "Now We Are Running", a comic about sharks, toilets, triplets and other craziness.

So please come along and say hello, or any other formal greeting you like, IT'S TOTALLY UP TO YOU!!

Thought Bubble Comic Con this weekend!

I'm going to be at Thought Bubble, Leeds Comic Art Festival this weekend from the 23rd to the 24th of November. I'll be sharing a table with my comics partner in crime (and also my CRIME partner in crime), Mark Pearce, hocking our various comics, prints, sketches and sultry looks to the unsuspecting public. I've got copies of Issue One AND Two of Big Jimmy, while you can snag all three issues of Mark's awesome Ronin Dogs. THATS the kind of swag that Justin Biebers would spit on his young fans to get his hands on! Check us out in New Dock Hall at Table 64!

While you're there you'd be some kind of silly non-Belieber to miss a chance to check out other amazing artists in New Dock Hall like Jess Bradley-Bove at Table 173, John-Paul Bove at Table 172, Jon Lock at Table 113, Nich Angell at Table 114, Rob Cureton at Table 98 and Andrew Scaife at Table 84.

See you up North!

MCM LONDON COMIC CON: ONE WEEK TO GO!!

I'm going to be sharing a table with Marvelous Mark Pearce at MCM Comic Con at the Excel Centre, London from Friday 25th of October until Sunday 27th! We're going to be in the comic village at table CC2 surrounded by an embarrassingly giant number of awesome comic creators.

I've got issue 1 & 2 of Big Jimmy, along with some other comics and prints. Mark has all 3 issues of his amazing Space-Fantasy-Epic Ronin Dogs, plus his own eye melting prints that you'd be crazy not to sacrifice the solidity of your eye balls for!

But that ain't not even all the stuff that ain't there! While you're at the con check out the world of wonder created by Jess Bradley-Bove, the sweet-ass robo-colours of John-Paul Bove, the smooth smooth jazz that is the art of Lewis Terry, the musical majesty of Rob Cureton's Scene City, and the dynamically dynamite duo that is Deakin and Marisa Brook! All fantastic artists that will make your lives better by gazing upon their wonders (AND NO DESPAIR!)

So what are you waiting for? Time travel one week into the future and check it all out now! Tell 'em last week's James sent ya!

James's guide to what's HOT at London MCM Comic Con...

Here's a cavalcade of wonderful fellows and fellowesses that will be at MCM this weekend. Be sure to check them all out, under penalty of DISAPPOINTMENT:

First up, comic con royalty! Fresh off her appearance at her wedding, Jess Bradley will have her traditional table packed to its wooden gills with books, prints, badges, stickers and so much mo' that you may be overwhelmed with rad and need a good sit down. Check her out at table M1!

First the bride, next up, the groom, John-Paul Bove! JP is deep into his jaw dropping run colouring IDW's Transformers: Regeneration One and his first issue as writer of Panini's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has just been released. Check out the wealth of amazing prints at table M2 (including a few of our magical team ups...) and get your con sketches coloured by him, BAM! Right there at the show!

Nich Angell will be rocking his amazing graphic novel 7String at table M6...

Find Jon Lock at table H9 and enter the world of Afterlife Inc....

Marisa and Deakin Brook and their NewFangled Press are tearing stuff apaaaaart at F9...

TRIPLE THREAT!! Nikki Stu, Will Kirkby and Louise Ho and their respective bits of amazing will be at G10/11...

And last but not least, Lewis Terry will be at table E8 so make sure to pick up his awesome comic, Royal!

Wow, that was a major info dump! Oh yeah, and I'll be at table K9 with artist amigo Mark Pearce!

MCM London Comic Con This Weekend!

Its London MCM time again from Friday 24th until Sunday 26th at The Excel centre, Royal Victoria Dock. I'll be there, along with my table-co-pilot Mark Pearce. I've got my latest comic, Big Jimmy #1 and some brand new prints and Mark has three badassssss issues of his book Ronin Dogs to whet your sequential art appetite. If you can make it to the show and fight through the pony loving masses then come visit us at table K9. I will celebrate that table number by dressing like James Belushi for the whole weekend. There are tons of other amazing artists in the comic village too (sordid details following...)

Bristol Comic Expo this weekend!

Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th of May is Comic Party Time in Bristol! The Bristol Comic Expo is taking place at the Brunel Old Station and I've got a table along with my sequentially illustratin' partner in Kryme, Mark Pearce. I've got my new book, Big Jimmy and Mark has the eagerly anticipated third issue of his brilliant book, Ronin Dogs. We'll also both be selling prints, doing sketches, performing slight of hand card tricks and scaling the walls like a pair of human lizards. So come along and say hello!

Looking for MORE amazing artists at BCExpo? Check out the Cute n' Crazy cartoon stylings of Jess Bradley, the Colossal colouring powers of John Paul Bove, Nich Angell and his awesome book 7String, Nikki Stu, Will Kirkby and Naniiebim of Failboat Press and more, More, MORE! MORE!

Off Panel: Indie Comics Battleground

Off Panel is a new card game featuring art and characters by some incredible artists on the indie comics scene like Nich Angell (aka the master and creator of Off Panel), Jess Bradley, Mark Pearce, Dani Abram, Jon Lock , Dylan Cook and more! I was lucky enough to join this league of extraordinary gentle-artists with some cards featuring my characters from Big Jimmy so you'd be a fool not to check it out (a fool I say). More information about the card set and upcomic info about where you will be able to pick them up can be found at Off Panel's Facebook page, so get busy liking!