Lloyd and the Bear

So back in 2018 I had a plan for a new project. The whole idea really came about finding something for me to to do in my lunchbreaks at my work and the idea that I could draw a panel a day and put a comic together with little planning. 

The idea floated about in my head and in 2019 I started sketching out the characters while making a few notes of potential ideas of what the book would, or could, be about.

And then 2020 happened and working from home became a thing and the idea of doing a sketch in my lunchbreak really didn’t matter or make sense any more. Instead I found this new project as a great form of escape and was able to split my focus between working on Lloyd and the Bear (my safe happy place), Urp! (where I could release my inner turmoils) and this (something new, different, and out of my comfort zone).

I still stuck to the idea of very little planning along with the doing small story snippets that would tie together (somehow!), and doing a panel (or two) was something I could do anywhere in either my flat or out in a park or the like.

With changing my location and working in a different medium of paper and ink I found the whole process  not only a rewarding new experience but also got me to feel more relaxed – necessary, right?

I’ll be speaking more about Fenton Hud over the comings weeks/months  but for the moment here’s the cover of issue #1 (with two different colour variations – as always with me I’m not sure which one to go with yet!)

Please, please, PLEASE, let me know what you think! I’m so excited about this book as it’s very me but also something I’ve not tried producing before!

Hope you like it! Bear hugs!

So back at the end of 2018 I posted on Twitter the first sketch of a new project I was working on. I’ve been having this idea  to do another book, one that I would work on in my spare time during lunch breaks at work (which with our current situation isn’t a thing just now) and it has since slowly been worked on and rejigged in my mind and then on to paper (yes, actual paper! I’m drawing and more bizarrely inking now!)

I wanted to try something a bit different and work with hand drawn pieces and for a slightly older audience (more with the ideas and stories that I’d be putting out rather than the use of violence or dirty words) and I was going to be a lot more relaxed when it came to how the artwork looked and was laid out in the panel.

And now we’re at a point where I can start telling you all about this new idea! So what’s it called? Well, it’s…

Who is Fenton Hud? What is F.A.C.T.? What’s my plans with this? Man, I’ve got so much I want to tell you (but y’know, not all at one go!)

And hey, I’m still telling the adventures of Lloyd and Bear! Man, I’m not stopping that! I’m just enjoying the change of styles and flipping from one book to the other as it feels like I’m giving myself a little break even though it just means I’m doing other artwork!

More soon (and that’s a F.A.C.T.)

Bear hugs!