So, things that have been announced and are coming:
Soul Plumber with John McCrea – I’m doing layouts for issue 3, after doing a couple of pages of pencils on issue 1, a bunch of layouts on issue 2 I’m doing ALL the layouts on issue 3. After that, who knows. Been a real pleasure to watch John take my sort of attempt at McCrea and polish them up to stunning diamonds of the most McCrea it can be. Honestly, even knowing the pages I’ve done it’s hard to spot them. OUT SOON!
(here’s an early mini review “McCrea and Holden’s art is an Acquired Taste” is a fair point).
Roots – this is the four page terror tale I’ve written and drawn for 2000ad. Simon Bowland over on that there twitter tells me he’s just lettered it up, I’m taking that as a positive sign that it’ll see print sooner rather than later. It’s only four pages, but it’s MY four pages. Really excited to see the reaction to it, too. (Because I’m a fool whose learnt nothing from decades of working for 2000ad – the fanbase can react … harshly). I’ve nothing firm on this, but I’m actually hopeful it’ll come out this side of xmas.
Lion and the Eagle – Ok, cards on table, not been announced yet, it’s been taking up most of this year, it’s a four part 40 page per issue Garth Ennis war story about the Chindits. I think it’s some of the best work of my career. Coming from Aftershock. Not sure when – February? maybe an announcement. (That’ll be almost a year since I started the damn thing!)
And weirdly been asked to do storyboarding for THREE different tv shows this week, my hit rate for shows pitched vs shows that have been made is rubbish though, but it’s decent money for – usually – a day or two’s work. Apparently this is the norm, pitching season is beginning with the hope production can start in the summer.
Anyway, that’s what’s coming. I’m excited about Roots coming out, Soul Plumber is fun to do (even though all you’ll see of me in it is probably my name, but I’ll give you some nice before and after images here at some point) and Lion and the eagle will be a while. Making comics takes time, and weirdly for reasons unknown, they all seem to pop out at the one time.
Oh Shoot! Forgot: Monster FUN – out now, too, I think!