Hector Umbra

Great news! Uli Oesterle's Hector Umbra is finally being published in English by UK publishers Blank Slate. After years of staring at my German copies I'll finally be able to find out exactly what is going on. If you haven't seen Uli's work already click here. His stuff is wonderful. I saw one drawing on a sticker on a lamppost in Munich and I was hooked. Here's my pic of the eponymous hero to celebrate.

Also on the Blank Slate blog there's a release date for two new Darryl Cunningham books, more Mawil and the much anticipated Gungle by the brill Warwick Johnson-Cadwell. 2011 is going to be a pretty good year for comics.

Cumulus in glorious technicolour!

Latest pic of Inspector Cumulus and the first I've seen in colour. He's now penciled in for an early Spring 2011 release. Exciting! More details on the Crazy Label blog.

Sketchbook Vol 1

I've published a collection of drawings from my sketchbook and imaginatively called it "Sketchbook Vol 1". It's 32 pages - Colour cover (270gsm, for those in the know) and black and white interiors (160gsm). It's beautifully printed by Ripe Digital (who I can heartily recommend). If this goes down well I may even do another.

Sketches for the FM Wonder Room cabinets

I did these sketches for the Wonder Room cabinets featuring the Felt Mistress characters. They weren't used in the end so I've posted them here along with a link to the actual finished character in their cabinet.


Prof Wilbur Grumph


Uli Snooks & Rondo


Tabitha Snark & Rolando


Snapper Duvall


Scrimpton Fleeps


Grahhl Lagerfurr


Lady Gaarrgghhh Garrgghhhh

Felt Mistress Selfridges Christmas Window

If you follow me on Twitter or know me on Facebook you've probably seen me go on and on and on about the Felt Mistress window that Louise and I have got at Selfridges' Oxford Street store in London. It's a dream come true so just humour me for a tiny bit longer!

Selfridges theme this Christmas is play and we were delighted to be asked to contribute a dolls house window design to run over the course of their Christmas campaign. We produced a sketch of exactly the type of dolls house that we'd like our characters to inhabit and once it was approved we just ran with it. My illustration was printed onto MDF and the house was constructed by their excellent prop team. Louise made all the characters beautifully and I designed loads of accessories for the interior. We wanted it to be full of funny little details that you perhaps wouldn't notice at first glance. Not everything was produced so I've posted them here ( I'm particularly proud of the Eggheads team shot!) along with the original visuals.

To see how it turned out click HERE.

DoodlePlanet (Halloween Special)

My piece from tonight's DoodlePlanet. I channeled my inner goth! Posca on board.

Inspector Cumulus update

Here's a pic of the Cumulus prototype posted on the Crazy Label Flickr stream today. Look at those hands!!