Posts Tagged ‘Dead End Friends’

22 results.

And the winner is…

by Geebie on March 1, 2012 at 10:00 am
And the winner is…

…Superstar!

This reality star has her own hit TV show which gives the public an insight into her celebrity life. However, over exposure has taken it’s toll and recently the public seems to be falling out of love with the super powered party girl. Her agent has suggested she needs a new “hook” to bring back her wayward audience and Superstar thinks capturing the metahuman fugitive Cheezar is exactly what’s needed to get her back in the spotlight… How hard can it be?

Thanks to everyone who voted over on the facebook page to decide that Superstar will be showing up in the next issue. But don’t worry… Bulldog, Frogman, Snakespitter and Venus & Mars are bound to turn up sooner or later!

I’ve got some important news coming up shortly in the blog so stay tuned!

~G

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Oh shit it’s 2012!

by Geebie on February 2, 2012 at 1:28 pm
Posted In: Blog

No I don’t believe in that whole “The Mayan’s predicted the world would end in 2012″ thing, I reckon they just thought “that’s a nice round figure to end this calendar on… if we’re still about we can fix it later!”

But anyway that’s not what this post’s supposed to be about… I just wanted to let you guys know what’s going on. I’m not going to whine on and on but some of you who follow my Twitter will know that the second half of 2011 was pretty rough for me and I’ve had a pretty crap start to 2012 if I’m honest. I’ve either been ill or stressed out from the day job; neither of which are ideal for getting any comicking done!

The idea was for me to quietly get on with the next issue while you guys enjoyed the crossover section of Dead End Friends so there wouldn’t be this horrible lull in between issues like there was last year… Of course me actually planning something for once meant that something had to go wrong instead so my tablet laptop died and took everything I’d done in a couple of months with it.

As it stands I have about a third of “Times Like These” written and I’ve started on inking the first page but the main thing I’m working on right now is tweaking “A Quiche Too Far” so I can put it together in a book for you guys to pick up in my new shop. I’ve just had a great weekend in Cornwall with the amazing Beth Walls for our sixth anniversary which has left me feeling refreshed and inspired to get cracking!

So yeah, I guess what I’m saying is bare with me… there’s new stuff on the way and you’re gonna love it, I promise!

Stay tuned!

~G

P.S. Did I mention I have a new shop?!

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Coming this November…

by Geebie on September 8, 2011 at 9:00 am
Coming this November…

Ok so I’m just gonna say thanks again to everyone who took part in this issue, everyone who’s retweeded a post, or even just said something nice to me about the idea… the reception this storyline’s got has been incredible!

Who knows? Maybe it helped introduce you to some new comics that you wouldn’t otherwise have read? Maybe even this one!

The printed issue will be available for sale at this years Thought Bubble in Leeds (get excited!)

There now follows a short break…

Stay tuned!

~G

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6-28: The Carmen San Diego Ending

by Geebie on September 1, 2011 at 9:00 am
6-28: The Carmen San Diego Ending

Ugh this is rubbish! Easily the worst bit of the crossover! Who did this bag of… oh hell it was me wasn’t it?

(pause for laughter)

I just want to say thanks to Aaron, Paul, David, Matt, Ritchie, RiCO and Mike for doing such a superb job on my comic for this storyline. Seriously, I’ve been so pleased with everything I’ve gotten back from these guys it’s almost made up for the stress of the real life stuff I’ve had to deal with for the past couple of months! You guys have totally nailed what I was going for with this story with almost no supervision and the feeblest of guidelines so thank you all!

It’s the wee hours of the morning so that’s all the gushing I’m gonna do; see you next week!

Stay tuned!

~G

 

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6-26&27: Scherzo

by Geebie on August 25, 2011 at 9:00 am
6-26&27: Scherzo

This is the last guest page. It’s by the amazing Mr. Aaron “Smurph” Murphy and if living with RiCO taught me about writing and drawing then Aaron showed me how to do conventions. We met at the UK Webcomix Thing years ago when he was supposed to be sharing a table with Two Sides Wide. When TSW discovered they were moving house and left Aaron on his lonesome, RiCO and I ended up chatting to him… Or rather we ended up standing dumbfounded as he chatted to every single person who went past his table, even pointing some of them in our direction! I shared a table with Aaron the following year and found that all that patter wasn’t an act… he’s genuinely that nice a bloke.

Because he doesn’t have an ongoing strip, asking him to take part in Dead End Friends was a bit of an afterthought. But that’s because I’m an idiot! I love this page more and more each time I look at it… just a shame I’m gonna have to chop it up to fit it in the print book.

Tune in next week when I’ll finally be working on my own strip again for the epic conclusion of Dead End Friends!

~G

P.S. +10 nerd points to anyone who gets the reference in the title of this post!

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6-24: DENIED!

by Geebie on August 18, 2011 at 9:00 am
6-24: DENIED!

You are now leaving the RiCO-verse. Please enter the decontamination booths on your right. You may experience some discomfort but please let the acids do their job.

I’m so glad I could get RiCO to chip in on this project… The guy was such an integral part of the writing process for this incarnation of Jambo in the beginning. Back when we shared the flat in that bit of Liverpool that was in the first episode of The Secret Millionaire (seriously, fucker was right outside and I didn’t get nowt!) we’d both be writing pages of our comics. Then we’d swap over and go through each others stuff saying “You can’t use that, it’s nicked from Earthworm Jim” or “That panel doesn’t work, if he’s doing that then you need to show it” I guess it’s the equivalent of musicians jamming together? I dunno, I’ve never been in a band cos I got bored of the keyboards and I’m too lazy to learn to play anything well!

This whole collaboration thing is what gave birth to Reject! He first appeared as one of the clones in Lifewaltz… before getting retooled as the super-genius-high-tech-hero that appears in this very issue. He’s also one of my favourite characters to write. So expect a lot more from him… and probably a lot more of me gushing about how much fun he is!

I’ve waffled on for long enough, come back next week if you like!

Stay tuned

~G

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6-23: Breaking the (Oscar’s) Law!

by Geebie on August 11, 2011 at 9:00 am
6-23: Breaking the (Oscar’s) Law!

Told you we’d be back on track this week! Nevermind the riots or personal problems that this week has brought… we’ve got comics! (Comics that you can decide the future of right here!)

This one comes courtesy of the legend that is Mr. Richie “RiCO” McCann! You may know him from Lifewaltz, Artsouls or the fact that he co-founded Not Regret Studios with me. This story crosses over with the perpetually “in pre-production” Oscar’s Law… which I think he’s been working on for at least a decade and STILL doesn’t think it’s ready for the public to see.

Richie and I shared a flat while we were at uni together in Liverpool and in all honesty if it wasn’t for him being there to bounce ideas off and show me how he put his pages together in photoshop then there wouldn’t be any Mighty Jambo. So yeah, I’ve gotta give Richie even more thanks than most of the people I’ve roped into doing this… Cheers buddy!

I could write an essay about the crap that’s been going down this week, both the national unrest and the problems that’re a bit closer to home with my family members who’re seriously ill… but I’m not going to.

Come back next week to see if Cheezar and Wrath manage to make it home (I wouldn’t bank on it)

Stay tuned!

~G

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Bonus

by Geebie on August 4, 2011 at 9:00 am
Bonus

A couple of people need a bit longer to get their contributions for Dead End Friends ready so Mr. Georgiou has stepped into the breach once more!

This one’s based on his other longer running webcomic Steve & Bob which he’d like to make an announcement about…

I was thinking this’d be a great time to mention that when I finish working on Elemental Micah, I will be working on some brand new Steve & Bob strips in a new project. Basically, the challenge is to draw as many comic strips as I can for 30 days and then after that, they’re going online. So basically, these strips are going to get written, drawn and coloured in all within the 30 limit. Technically I could do four strips per day, but the aim is to have 80 strips done in the 30 days. If I could get 100 done, that’d just be magical!

So, yeah, quite a big announcement, hope you don’t mind me hijacking yer site to mention this bit of news. I just think a lot of people will get a kick out of hearing this news.

No problem Mike! Cheers for the extra page (and for rewriting the original pornographic dialogue!)

Thanks again for anyone who popped down to MCM Manchester to say hi or buy stuff off me… as you can see from my gushing below I had a great time!

There’s an important question for you guys at the Facebook page. These artist types have had their chance to chip in, now it’s your turn! So enjoy!

Anyway things’ll hopefully be back on track next week!

Stay tuned!

~G

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6-22: DOOOOSH!

by Geebie on July 21, 2011 at 9:00 am
6-22: DOOOOSH!

How’s that for a sound effect?

So apparently I spelt Tekka wrong last week… Sorry Ritch!

That’s the end of Ritchimon’s part in Dead End Friends, I dare say it’s not the last we’ve seen of him. The bloke needs to get his new comic off the ground pronto cos from what I’ve seen it’s gonna be epic!

Not much to ramble about this week, I’m a bit busy trying to sort out some new swag for those of you who’re going to brave darkest Manchester in order to come say hi to me in a couple of weeks.

Once again I’m not gonna tell you who’s up next, you’ll just have to come back next week to find out!

Stay tuned!

~G

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6-21: Meka Teka What?

by Geebie on July 14, 2011 at 12:00 am
6-21: Meka Teka What?

Change of pace this week… I’m told “It all kicks off on page 2!”

This is probably as close as I’ll get to doing a gaming webcomic… actually that’s a lie cos I’ve done bits about ‘puter games over at N-A-S before now, sorry about that!

This one is courtesy of Mr. Ritch Lillie whom you may remember chipping in with this waaay back in 2009! I met Ritch at a horrible convention in Lancaster (or maybe Doncaster?) where we were amongst about 2 other comickers up in some park that had no foot traffic and looked like it was something out of Shadow of the Colossus (hmm… maybe there’s a definite computer game theme about this post after all)

We also shared a table at last years Thought Bubble and a good time was had by all! Have I mentioned that I’ll be there this year too? I’m also at MCM Manchester at the end of the month… busy busy busy convention-wise this year!

Anyway, come back next week to see where the machinations of Mr Lillie lead us!

Stay tuned

~G

P.S. What do you think of the new social networky buttons I’ve stuck on the posts?

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