Monkey Man: Week 5!

Part 5 is now up at Film Threat. Monkey Man continues to audition for new supporting characters, let him know who's got your vote in the comments section! Written by Brian Lynch and drawn by me!

Masters Of The Universe: The Next Chapter!

Finally learn what happened to Skeletor after the events of the Masters Of The Universe movie! This was done for the Prince Charles Cinema's "Good-Bad Movie Club" screening of the movie. MOTU was one of the first movies I ever saw at the cinema, closely following the He-Man/She-Ra: Secret of the Sword movie, both of which my Dad took me to (he had to put up with a lot of Greyskull back then). Even though its a little dopey and ropey (and totally steals Superman's intro and theme tune) its still pretty fun and hold a special Gwildor shaped place in my heart.

Bath University ICIA courses for Autumn!

I'm going to be teaching classes in Comic book art and Illustration at the University Of Bath from October. I taught the classes back in February and really enjoyed it (and to the best of my knowledge, so did my students!) Both courses are for beginners and they are a lot of fun. Details about the courses can be found here at the Bath ICIA website. I'll see you kids in class!

Monkey Man: Week 4!

Hey you alls! Monkey Man week 4 is up at Film Threat! For the next 3 weeks Monkey Man is going to be auditioning new supporting characters and its up to you to vote for your favorite! Vote in the comments section. Its interactive! Like one of those video games the kids love so much! Written by Brian Lynch and drawn by me!

Jurassic Dorks present: The A-Z of the Eighties!

Myself and my artistic powerhouse friends John-Paul Bove, Jess Bradley, Dylan Cook and Mark Pearce have merged and become the world destroying behemoth (of drawing stuff) that is JURASSIC DORKS! And to celebrate this we're putting on a show! The A-Z of the 80's is a gallery exhibition dedicated to the movies, tv shows, video games and toys of the eighties, 26 new pieces of artwork will be on display, depicting the alphabet according to that influential and nerdtacular decade. The show takes place in December at Centrespace gallery in Bristol. I'll be posting more info as we get closer to the date but to stay ahead of the pack make sure to check out the Jurassic Dorks page and follow us on Facebook and Twitter!

Ghost Cake!

Another fake book cover for my portfolio at Advocate Art. These were really fun to do and I think they are some of my best work. Certainly my best work featuring phantom baked goods...

The Mystery Of Frankenstein's Vampire!

This is a fake book cover done for my portfolio at Advocate Art, my agents. Unfortunately I haven't written a story to go with it but it sort of writes itself doesn't it?

Monkey Man: Part 3!

The saga continues! Written by the awesome Brian Lynch and drawn by the small, hairy me!

Check it out here at Film Threat!

This week: Ape Dude!

Monkey Man: Part 2!

Week 2 of The New Adventures of Monkey Man is now online at Film Threat!

Written by the comedy genius what is Brian Lynch and drawn totally with a pencil by me! This week: STREET GANGS!

If you like it, leave us a message and share the comic with your friends. DO IT! (thanks!)

Part 1 is still up here...

Monkey Man Begins!

Part one of The New Adventures of Monkey Man is now online at Film Threat! Monkey Man is the brainchimp of writer Brian Lynch (IDW's Angel, Spike and forthcoming Ninja Turtles: Raphael micro series). He's written an awesomely hilarious strip and I couldn't be happier to be adding my dumb doodles into the mix! New stories are up every week so check it out and laugh until you cough up delicious blue furballs of comedy!

Hello, Hauser. Still bulging, I see...

Total Recall was one of those classic ultra-gore masterpieces I got to see when I was slightly too young. Along with Robocop and Predator, all the exploding heads and liberal F-bombs shaped me into a fully functioning adult (who spends his time drawing fan-art).

Also I once saw the guy who played Quato! (the man, not the little stomach-gremlin, that would be weird)

Spoiler Goose!

This is probably the most important picture of a goose bursting out of someone's stomach that I'll ever draw...

This was a comic done for Party Truck USA, an awesomely funny podcast by Brian Lynch, Rich Monahan, Brian Sadecki and Jordy Bogguss (as well as many guest stars) that races down the pop culture highway firing bullets of sweet comedy at all the movies, comics and tv shows along the way, much like that game, Chase HQ I had on the Commodore 64 when I was 8. I urge you to check it out and LOL your :( away.

After sending this picture to PTUSA I got a response from Brian Lynch which convinced me to send him a copy of my comic, that then lead to Brian offering me the chance to draw his webcomic Monkey Man and the rest is the future!

So the moral of this story is.... uh, draw geese? I guess... also listen to funny stuff. I dunno.

This is too much madness to fit into one text!

Attack The Block is an awesome film and I urge everyblud to go see it. I've been a big fan of Joe Cornish since The Adam & Joe show and his radio shows with Adam Buxton are part of the small group of podcasts that keep me sane while I scribble away at my desk. I can't wait to see what he does next.

Heres to you Torpedo Commander Cornish!

Monkey Man Returns!

Good Monkey related news everybody! I'm proud to announce I'm going to be the new artist for the awesome web-comic Monkey Man. Its written by Brian Lynch (IDW's Angel and Spike books and web cartoon Angry Naked Pat), he's one of them Hollywood funny dudes you're always hearing about so I can't wait. More blue furry news as it happens!

I wanna dance, I wanna win. I want that trophy, so dance good.

When I was 15 I was obsessed with Pulp Fiction and everything Tarantinoesque. Its still one of my favorites, one of those rare movies that tells a story in a way you've NEVER seen before and it blows my tiny mind (all over the back seat of the car).

I enjoyed drawing all the characters in little boxes on my Shaun Of The Dead poster and thought I'd do it again with Pulp Fiction's behemoth cast. You can see them in better detail here...

Get their kit on!

From the latest issue of RNLI Storm Force. This was really fun to do, feel free to print, cut them out and have a go yourself!

(artwork by me, page design by Laura Wiltshire at RNLI)

Party on Wayne and Party on Garth!

My Wayne's World poster is going to be available this saturday at the Prince Charles Cinema for the always popular 'Schwing Along with Wayne's World' event. This is the first print I've done for the PCC so I'm excited to see how its received. The event is sold out (Way!) but the next showing is on the 27th of August (details here).

Update: The poster is now available for £5 at the PCC bar. Excellent!

Now open for commissions!

I'm now open for commissions!

For $48/£30 you will receive: a full photoshop coloured image of any single character. Movie/comic/video game/cartoon characters, your own creations, portraits of your friends, loved ones, pets, anything! (except anything... y'know, weird...)

Tell me what you want me to draw and specify how you want it to look (full body, bust, specific poses etc). If you're looking for multiple characters or something more complex, send me a message and we'll discuss it!

If you want a drawing of your own character or someone you know then make sure to send plenty of good reference images.

The artwork will be 300 dpi, PSD/PDF/JPG. I will send the original line artwork to you if you add the extra for postage.

I except payment through Paypal and will start work on the commission once I have received payment.

If your interested contact me via email: james@stayteoftheart.co.uk

Looking forward to hearing from you!


Plus my comic book "Now We Are Running" is available to buy at my Bigcartel store now!

OMG I CAN'T WAAAAAaaaaaaaaaiit.

I'm looking forward to going to see Tim and Eric live in London at the end of the month and I've been watching their show a lot lately. Its the perfect blend of awkwardness and insanity. This was fun to do and give it the requisite strangeness that a tribute to them deserves. Great job!

Hobo... WITH A SHOTGUN!

My poster design for the Prince Charles Cinema's Hobo With A Shotgun gallery. The poster is going to be displayed in the PCC bar during the Exploitation Triple Bill event on the 14th of July as well as being displayed at XOYO in London when the movie plays the midnight movie slot on the 5th of July.

More movie poster fun coming soon!