Almost there...

London, then Leeds

November sees me taking a break from the drawing board and seeing some faces for a change.

Next weekend I'll be at the Hemp Expo'09 which, given the recent political furore between politicians and the science community should provide the social ease and tolerance for an even busier Expo than last year.

I'll be there raising the print money for next year's 'Day of the Deal', for which I will be selling comic artwork, original paintings as well as signed copies of Smuggling Vacation. This is a weekend that cannot be more highly recommended.

Then the following weekend I'll be at the comic festival Thought Bubble in Leeds, where I'll again be selling books, artwork and Smuggling Vacation paintings which I'm presently putting together.

Then it's back to the board and finishing the last pages of our present story, which on the serialisation is really picking up the pace as you can see the task facing Roo, Mikey and the gullible Stan.

Jas

P.S
Latest news;'Day of the Deal' is scheduled for release on 1st March, 2010.


Jas

It's BICS Time

This weekend is BICS weekend at the Think Tank, Millennium Point, Birmingham. An ideal time for me to come out of hibernation and start banging the drum for the new book 'Day of the Deal' which 'T' and I should be wrapping up at the end of Jan.


I'll be at the Think Tank with scores of other comic artists and publishers for the weekend selling more copies of Smuggling Vacation, as well as various oil paintings of the cast that I've been busying myself away on this last month.


Followers of the latest book should now be up to speed on the challenge facing our cast as finally, Stan steps to become the third man in the team that hopes to take on the biggest drug shipment Alleyton has ever seen.


Roo, Mikey and Stan will now start prepping for the night's work, avoiding the curiosity of the girls at the pub and focusing on the potentially dangerous job at hand, completely unaware of the interest that the British Police in the guise of SOCA are already showing.


For now, keep enjoying the latest.

Jas

Onwards and upwards...

Book 2 - 'Day of the Deal' finally kicks off

With the script and research wrapped, Book 2 - 'Day of the Deal' finally kicks off on it's regular schedule. Having been so far delayed by my ill health (quinsey) - 3 weeks, and the unfortunate arrest of the Crime Consultant in Holland - a delay of 2 weeks. The good news now being that all is storming forward once more.

Story wise - the first four pages take us into what happened after the "Smuggling Vacation" and as you'll see, all did not return to normal by any means.

The story now unfolds, of which I can say little except that the new adventure takes you to 'Alleyton' - the small industrial town where it seems to be just another ordinary weekend in the lives of our main cast of characters.


Elsewhere, glancing back to Book 1, Comics International have ran a four page interview with myself which you can find in our Media section here!

Replete with accuracy and fine detail, it should do a fine job of getting the book in front of the thousands who have so far heard plenty, but know little as to what the book is really about. So thanks to Mike Conroy at Comics International for enlightening comic readers the world over.

Now I'm back at the board - drawing, inking and painting. "T" will be putting up the latest pages every Sunday night as well as simplifying certain things and adding a little more content, which should soon include a ' Making of ' section to document how it's being put together.

'till next blog - keep reading.

Regards

Jas

P.S - Serialisation of Book 1 continues as ever in the pages of Weedworld magazine.

A new year... a new adventure!

Smuggling Vacation this month arrives in the States courtesy of Diamond; America's main distributor for comics.



Now having knocked myself out distributing Smuggling Vacation the best I can, I'm now on this year's book - 'Day of the Deal' which will begin it's serialisation right here from Feb 1st.
'T' is now making some additions and changes to accomodate the new book which takes us to Alleyton; the home of Stan, Kaye and Mikey, and the new true crime adventure that comes their way.

A new page will go up each Sunday night. First readers who've read the whole thing have gave it a big thumbs up and it promises to be a worthy follow on.

Well, back to the board.

Feb 1st is the night!

Regards

Jas

It's been a while...

Am now busy on the follow up to Smuggling Vacation, entitled 'Day of the Deal' as well as continuing the sales of SV on weekends. Time has been lacking, hence the lack of blogs lately.

Almost didn't have the time to promote the Ganjaman Presents magazine where Him and Her featured in the two page special 'Amsterdam Weekend'. Due to be available from the site some weeks ago it is already sold out following the three day Hemp Expo at Brick Lane. Will add it onto the paypal once Jim Stewart sends me more down.



Plenty happening. Easier just to bulletpoint so we can get up to date:

*Following Hemp Expo was Comica last week, headed by Paul Gravett. An excellent day where sales of SV surpassed expectations and reminded me that I need to start lining up some signings once more.

* Previews magazine by Diamond - the comic retailers bible: December issue. Smuggling Vacation features in both the British and Worldwide sections and will soon be taking the book all over the world.

* Contacted by a London Film Company regards the Film Rights to Smuggling Vacation. Many have said the book would be an excellent movie and it seems one film company has been quick to spot this.

*Dec 13th, 3-5pm booksigning at the Astral Gypsy in Coventry.

* Day of the Deal completes writing in two weeks time. August 2009 is now penciled in as its release date.

That gets us up to date. More additions to the site will be here soon. Hemp Expo Pics to go up, a new 'About' page, and a preview of Day of the Deal to come.

...and just one last thing. Jonathan Ross requested a copy of Smuggling Vacation prior to print with a view to providing a cover quote. Due to his overwork it never happened, but now... ?

Events for the autumn

Latest news:

November 14,15 & 16th - London 'Hemp Expo' - Brick Lane.
The number one day in the smoker's calender arrives. We'll be down there for all three days displaying artwork, signing copies and chilling out at the coolest London event of them all.

As well as this I'll be continuing to take SV around the country via the comic marts: Sept 27th - Liverpool, Oct 18th Nottingham, Oct 25th Birmingham and Nov 1st Sheffield.

October 3rd & 4th - BICS Comic Festival - Birmingham Will be signing artwork and grabbing copies of Amsterdam Weekend that feature in 'Jim Stewart's Ganjaman Presents', after this copies will be available from the site.

Other things are in the pipeline which can be announced once they reach print.

In the meantime I hope the new site additions introduced by Nooode and 'T' are enjoyed.

all the best

Jas