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I’ve been thinking about how comic books and their place in popular culture has changed. When I first started out, comics in the UK and US were viewed almost entirely as a disposable medium with little mainstream respect. We the fans and creators loved the medium but our hobby lived on the margins of pop […]

When I decided to get back into the illustrator game after almost 10 years away, the first thing that hit me was how much the world had moved on.  In the early 2000s, I jumped from working pretty much exclusively as a comic book artist to targeting wider illustration opportunities in media and entertainment. I

We live in a wondrous age. We also live in an age that can be pretty daunting if not at times downright terrifying and exhausting. Through technology we have the world and it’s collective knowledge at our fingertips. We also have continual news that is a slave to the need to get you to click

I’m a lucky man.  There are moments in life that are forever indelibly etched in our memories. One of mine was taking the phone call that offered me, a wet behind the ears artist, my first ever Judge Dredd story. That was the first time I got to tick the ‘ getting to draw a

I grew up in what is lovingly referred to in the Bronze Age of Marvel comics. it was a sweet sweet time. The previous generation, the 60’s was the silver age, and saw the birth of Marvel comics. By the time we got to the bronze age Marvel and DC we’re slugging it out on

I’m an illustrator and creator. Hurrah! It must be a life of non stop fun? Endless days of making things up and drawing lots! Well, no not exactly. As an artist, you’re strapping in for a life of creative frustrations, disappointments and long long hours juggling trying to become the artist you want to be

Last newsletter (which you can read here), I had a bit of a rant about AI images. I’ve got a couple more thoughts to add about the growing use of AI and how it relates to creativity. I’ve been thinking about a Hollywood blockbuster vs a film which is a singular vision. Two obvious examples

First off, just so my position is clear, I don’t believe that AI creates art, it creates images. It’s the difference between having a ready meal with Gordon Ramsey’s name slapped on it and actually having Gordon Ramsey cook for you. The former is probably a reasonable approximation but may well give you wind (a