I've Been Meaning To Tell You...

Laydeez Do Comics!

2012-01-12T13:21:00.000-08:00

Hello there,

Next Monday I'll be at the Laydeez Do Comics meeting alongside Jacqueline Nicholls and Karen Rubins, chatting about my work and showing pictures of it on a big screen. It'd be great to see you there if you can make it, I'm really excited about it. I haven't had anyone ask me to talk about my work since college crits!

Here's the info...

The What:

Monday 16 January 2012
Day: Monday
Time: 6.30 – 9.30pm
Venue: The Rag Factory 16-18 Heneage Street, London E1 5LJ

Guests:

Daniel Locke, artist and illustrator

Jacqueline Nicholls, artist

Karen Rubins, comics artist

And the where:

The Sewing Room

The Rag Factory

16-18 Heneage Street, London E1 5LJ

www.ragfactory.org.uk

Directions:

Nearest Tube: Aldgate East. Follow the exit which directs you to the Whitechapel Art Gallery

Turn LEFT out of the tube into Whitechapel High Street.

Take the first left into Osborne Street and carry straight on into Brick Lane.

Take the fourth turning on the right into Heneage Street and The Rag Factory is a little way up, on the right.

Smoke and Mirrors

2011-11-15T12:04:00.001-08:00

Ahoy,

The super naturally talented Mr Paul O'Connell has recently published a collection of solo and collaborative strips in 'Smoke and Mirrors: A Sound of Drowning Miscellany' It includes two that I had the pleasure of providing the artwork for, 'Grandad' and 'Spring the Hair'. Paul was selling them at last Saturday's Comiket fair in London, if you missed out there then go get yourself a copy from his website.

Grandad

2011-10-04T10:29:00.000-07:00

Here's a strip Paul O'Connell and I made a while back. Paul provided the beautifully poignant words, and I did my best with the pics.

Duh Duh Draft Init

2011-09-24T02:16:00.000-07:00

Hello out there,

I hope you're all well and if in the south of England,finding time to enjoy the tail end of the summer.

This past year I've been working hard on a long formnarrative, a book if you will. I'm now into the third re-draft and I thought I'dshare a few of the draft pages with you. I'm currently unsure what the finishedthing will look like, I've made these pages as quickly as possible, placing theemphasis on moving the story forward, getting an idea down (pretty much theopposite of the laboured way I usually work). There is still some re-draftingto do before any final aesthetic concerns need to be worried about though.

The working title is '311 Ditchling Road'. In an attempt tobuild on my previous work, this story is based on events from my childhoodhowever unlike other stories I've made this one is semi fictionalised.

In other news, you can hear me talking with my compadresSean Duffield and Ben Naylor at the Imperial War Museum over at Alex Fitch'sPanel Boaders podcast. You can also listen to a recording of my good friendDavid Blandy talking about his film 'Child of the Atom' to that greatcartoonist Mikkel Sommer. It's all available here: panelborders


Here's me, second from the left, with Ben Naylor, Sean Duffield, Francesca Cassavetti and Eileen Cassavetti listening intently to Alex Fitch.

And finally if you're in the Brighton area on Monday pop bythe Black lion pub and hear Gary and Warren Pleece talk about their new work atthe Cartoon County meeting, more info here: Cartoon County

Buzz Buzz

2011-09-06T14:43:00.000-07:00

Ahoy.

Through the post today I recieved a copy of Hive issue five! It made me very happy. The publisher Grimalkin Press (Jordan Shiveley) have done a totally outstanding job on getting the book together, from the perfectly balanced greyscale interior to the hand printed dust jacket. In short it is a touch of class.

I'm very proud to have my work represented between it's well crafted covers. I'm accompanied by my friends and fellow travelers Mr Paul O'Connell and Monsieur Lawrence Elwick. But there are also a wealth of other great cartoonists who have contributed to the book. I'm excited by the prospect of reading the work of those I know and getting the chance to meet some of the artists I've not yet read.

You can get a copy here: http://grimalkinpress.bigcartel.com/

Gimalkin Press you rock, you awesome cat you.

May the Drunk Drawn Begin

2011-09-03T16:37:00.000-07:00

Mark says he's had 'about one lager and a quarter bottle of Talisker' and I've had four lagers. Lager, lager, lager. Let drunk drawn begin!

Tweet Tweet

2011-08-23T15:15:00.000-07:00

Here's a pattern of birds and birds eggs.

All The Dogs

2011-08-18T11:16:00.000-07:00

This little strip was published in last years Solipsistic Pop 3. The next issue of SP looks to be a good one, it has a great contributors list and very ambitious plans regards to printing.

The publisher, Tom Humberstone has set up an indiegogo page for people who are interested in helping him realise his plans. If you'd like to contribute to making what I'm sure will be an excellent publiction happen then follow this link to find out more:

http://bit.ly/qV3Qiw

Comics and Conflicts

2011-08-16T06:13:00.000-07:00

Hi there,

This coming Saturday I'll be at the Comics & Conflicts event at the Imperial War Museum. The event looks like it'll be a doozie; there's a conference on Friday 19th and loads of events on Saturday 20th. I'll be on a panel with fellow travellers Sean Duffield and Ben Naylor at 2pm. Chaired by the great Alex Fitch we'll be talking about the anthology War: The Human Cost (published by Sean's Paper Tiger). And word has it that Francesca Cassavetti is going to bring along her mother who kept a diary during the war - Francesca created a beautiful comic based on this. Earlier in the day my old mucker David Blandy will be talking about his recent film 'Child of the Atom'.

Info from Alex Fitch at www.panelborders.com/events / ticktes at: http://wartime.iwm.org.uk/?page_id=13 (scroll down to find tickets for individual events)

Article and links from Paul Gravett here:

http://www.paulgravett.com/index.php/articles/article/comics_conflicts/

On High Alert

2011-08-15T02:34:00.000-07:00

A Fella Acapella

2011-07-28T12:40:00.000-07:00

Space Shuttle

2011-07-21T13:34:00.000-07:00

A very quick homage to the good ship Atlantis that landed at Kennedy Space Center at 11am this morning. When I was a kid I thought the Space shuttle was about the coolest thing ever. Have you ever seen the Russian shuttle? It's like the bizzaro version.

Pencil Case

2011-07-20T06:06:00.000-07:00

Comics & Conflict

2011-07-20T02:36:00.000-07:00

Ahoy there,

Just a quick note to let you know that I'll be on one of the panels at the Comica Comics and Conflict event in August. I'll be on a panel with my compardre Sean Duffield and Ben Naylor and Francesca Cassavetti, chaired by Alex Fitch.

It should be interesting, I'm looking forward to it.

Comica

Adelante II!

2011-07-18T10:39:00.000-07:00

New print! Yes. A2, two colour screenprint. The first of a new batch, avaiable to purchase via a simple email to my good-self: danielulocke@hotmail.com.

Hope you's all good yeh.

Adelante!

2011-06-25T08:18:00.000-07:00

Paper Tiger

2011-06-22T01:47:00.000-07:00

Hello there,

My strip 'George Watts' is featured in the excellent 'War: The Human Cost' anthology from Paper Tiger. The story shares space with some pretty amazing cartoonists; the wonderful Lawrence Elwick and Sean Duffield, the pretty awesome Paul O'Connell and the magnificent Dan Hansen as well as the likes of Spain Rodriguez, Steve Bell and the eminent Dr Parsons (aka James Parsons).

£1 of every sale goes to Campaign Against the Arms Trade, and every issue comes with a CD of massive music! Yes! The books can be purchased at the Paper Tiger site (see the link).

Kick the Can

2011-06-20T04:39:00.000-07:00

I've been playing around with how I approach drawing and making images recently. This is one of a new batch of stuff that has come out of my experiments. I'll post some of the more substantial drawings in the coming weeks.

Does anyone know what the hell happened to the summer?

La la la Lambiek.net!

2011-03-29T11:03:00.000-07:00

I have a profile on Lambiet!

HURRAH!

NEWNEWSNEWNEWSNEWNEWS

2011-03-01T11:12:00.000-08:00

Ahoy there,

Old news, new news, its all news to me!

My work is to featured in the up coming issue of Hive! Hurrah! It's a great anthology published by Jordan Shiveley (who as those that read the comics comics comments will know, once had an encounter with the modern marvel that is Vin Diesal!)

This issue looks to be a doozey, it'll showcase the work of that much lorded cartoonist Noah Van Sciver as well as that of my close compardres Lawrence Elwick and Saint Paul O'Connell the Patient (I owe him some work!) AND! And! It's available to pre-order now! Now, I say! Where? You say. Here, I say, here!

In other news those of you in France, in Angoleme, can buy my short and mini, mini comic, 'Jean-Pierre the Wolf Boy' from this vending machine:

This project is the brain child of Lisa Lugrin and Clément Xavier at Na Editions. The guys that publish the wonderful L'episode. If you're on the continent and know where to buy it and haven't already, go get it.

If you're in London go and seek out a copy of the Stool Pigeon. Its packed with good music journalism and a comics section that puts a lot of comics devoted publications to shame. I particularly liked Krent Able's strip this month. There's a review of it here with nice previews.

And finally, here's an old picture of me with some beautiful human types:

If you are lucky enough to know people as lovely as Lawrence, Paul and Sean, then you are lucky indeed.

It's All Hap-Hap-Happening Next Wednesday People!

2011-01-25T10:22:00.000-08:00

www.thecomixreader.com

Graphically Printed Material

2010-12-23T09:20:00.000-08:00

'A Graphic Cosmogony' is being sold at my local comics shop Dave's, on Sydney Street in Brighton. I've been going there since I was 10 years old so it's a real blast to see a book with my work in it in the window and prominently displayed in store.

By way of crying out a joyful hurrah to the universe about my inclusion in GraCos I've made this screen print based on a panel from my contribution and the fine folks at Dave's have agreed to sell it for the Xmas period (£40 unframed).

If you are interested drop them a line, or even better go check out the store, it's a nice shop and very well stocked for back issues, graphic novels, mainstream or small press.

The Open Day Book

2010-12-15T12:06:00.000-08:00

Ahoy there Seafarers,

Last year not long before my first born was born I was contacted by David P. Earle, an artist and all round good guy from The City fo Angels in the U.S. of A. He invited me to be part of a project he was working on entitled The Open Day Book. After describing the endeavour he asked if I would like to contribute a drawing, I said,

"Would I!"

Meaning, yes, I would.

Today that project has reach fulfilment. Here's the press release;

The Open Day Book serves as a perpetual calendar that can be used in a traditional manner, but also lets you interact with the work of more than 300 of today's most captivating artists, all of whom have visually responded to a day of the year.

The design of every dated page allows users to fill in their schedule or respond artistically to the work on the page, engaging with the artists and their work. The over 300 contributing artists have all created work especially for this book that is designed to be used as a daily journal, sketch book or admired as an art book.

Some of my favourite Artists have contributed images to this project, people such as C.F. Miranda July, Genevieve Castree (whose piece can be seen below), Jordan Crane, Anders Nilson, and Dash Shaw to name only a few few. Seriously the book is bursting with incredible work.

Here's some pictures of it:

Note the amazing cover by David Earle himself. My work can be seen in the above image on the left hand page.

HuRrAh

2010-11-26T11:09:00.000-08:00

The Comix Reader is in house people!

That scholar and gentleman Richard Cowdry dropped them off at my gaff when I was at work today. I can hereby comfirm that it looks f**king awesome. Here's some pictures:

My work, on the left ably accompanied by the work of Kat Kon.

The comic is full to brimming with lots of brilliant stuff by the likes of Lawrence Elwick, Paul O'Connell, Steve Tilotson, Gareth Brookes, Hurk, Pete Lally and of course Rich Cowdry.

I'll have a stack on my table at the Alternative Press Fair this Sunday, but I'm also flogging them here for £1ppp or $1.50ppp, just drop me an email.

Take care now and stay warm.

Cosmically AWESOME!

2010-11-24T11:24:00.000-08:00

Hello!

A few months ago the lovely people at Nobrow invited me to contribute a piece to their anthology of stories based on creation myths.

I was totally chuffed to pieces to be asked. Nobrow has been producing some of the sweetest comics and art books I've seen lately, their roster of artists features some of my favourite illustrators around at the moment. Basically, I'm really excited to be part of A Graphic Cosmogony.

It's out now on the Nobrow site and has been showcased on Drawn! I can't wait to see the thing for myself! I mean just look at that cover!

Alternative Press Fair This Sunday

2010-11-22T01:13:00.000-08:00

It's that time of year again, I'll be there with my friends, Dr Parsons and Sean Duffield. In my humble opinion this is the most fun fair, I'm looking forward to it and hope to see you there.

Nice poster, art by Martyn Warren.

Solipsistic Pop Three I Tells Yeh!

2010-11-17T06:56:00.000-08:00

My work has the honour of being included in the latest issue of Solipsistic Pop!

The book was launched last Friday at the Black Heart in Camden, and editor Tom Humberstone will be at Thought Bubble this weekend, if you're in the Leeds area be sure to pop by and say hi. I hear that lots of good stuff will be there, including the We Are Words and Pictures peeps, and Steve Tilotson and his Banal Pig, to name but a few.

Here's the link for the festival, www.thoughtbubblefestival.com.

And here's a detail from my contribution:

Here's to Dale

2010-10-21T11:22:00.000-07:00

My website has been given a very kind write up by the lovely Dale Berning over at Bunt.

Go check it out, it's a blog full to bursting with interesting links and well written observations and thoughts, as well as lots of kicking music and pictures.

And here's a link to Dale's website, the online repository for her beautiful work:
Loup

New Website!

2010-10-20T12:15:00.000-07:00

Hello there,

Cue the drum roll... Drrrrumm Drrrrumm Ten years in the making! It's claimed seven lives! Ladies and Gentlemen hold your breath! Dare not say a word! For the time has come! Yes! Dum Dum Dum... I have a brand spanking new website!

And it's here: www.daniellocke.com

From Brighton to Marrakech and Back Again

2010-09-29T02:34:00.000-07:00

Salome.

I've just got back from a residency in Marrakech. It was great fun. I met some really lovely folk and worked like a camel in the Western Sahara.

The residency was organized by the highly hospitable, generous and incredibly hard working Amy Smyth-Said and Saad-Eddine Said over at Terre Sans Frontiere (http://www.terresansfrontiere.org/).

I was working alongside a group of international artists and musicians in a communal residence and studio space. Over the course of seven or eight days we worked together to create a group show at the Remp'Art Gallery and a musical extravaganza at the Theatre Royal.

I can safely say that the group of people I found myself amongst are some of the nicest I've ever met, so although I missed my family terribly whilst there, I am compensated by the fact that I have made many new friends.

The exhibition we made is on until the 4th October, if you find yourself in Marrakech feel free to go and check it out.

Here's a pic of the space on the private view night and a drawing from the piece I submitted.

Minneapolis is Absolutely Fabulous

2010-08-22T07:13:00.000-07:00

Ahoy There Seafarers,

If you find yourself in the wonderful city of Minneapolis (the City of Lakes) then be sure to pop by at CO Exhibitions (located at 1101 Stinson Blvd at the corner of Broadway & Stinson) to check out the currant exhibition, Smell the Glove. Artist Michael Gaughan invited interpretations of Spinal Taps album art as described in the movie. Here a photo of my contribution (on the left) in situ.

And here a link to Michael's site and an article about the show:

http://worldfamousdesignjunkies.com/album-art/smell-the-glove-a-hypothetical-album-cover-show/

Saint Martin of Tours

2010-08-11T04:19:00.000-07:00

Open publication - Free publishing - More mental illness

Here's a digital version of the comic that I made for Islington Exhibits last month.

As a result of this project I was asked to make a few portraits of some of the folk that work and reside at St Martins. Here's one of those images, it's destined to be used as part of St Martins Annual report.

RIP Harvey Pekar

2010-07-12T12:14:00.001-07:00

Big Bad Robert Roburts

2010-07-05T14:55:00.000-07:00

Here's page 1 and 6 from a story I've been working on in my free time. It's tentatively titled 'The Malevolent Life of Big Bad Robert Roburts'.

Distro Mayhem in the Capital

2010-06-30T11:21:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday I received the copies of my publication, all 2000 of them. It's a daunting thing to think of all those copies of my work out there! I spent the afternoon handing it out at the Highbury and Islington tube station. It was a funny experience, on the whole people took it without a so much as a word.

A few interested individuals asked what it was, and for more information about Islington Exhibits. The very first guy I offered it to replied that he didn't want it because he already had a copy! My friend Ellie pointed out that people like to have something to read when they sit on the train. It was so hot on Saturday that I worried they might equally have liked the idea of a free fan.

Scetkhbook sketchobko

2010-06-25T14:54:00.000-07:00

Here's a couple of pages from the sketchbook I kept whilst on a residency for Islington Exhibits.

Tomorrow from 4pm-5pm I'll be standing outside Highbury and Islington tube station handing out the comic for the festival. Come, come say hello and I'll give you a copy.

Wow, Woha, Hold the Phone!

2010-06-19T09:59:00.000-07:00

There's a new issue of l'Episode in town. It carries my story of supernatural discovery 'No Word of a Lie', the work of my close compadre Leon Sadler, an excellent strip by Lisa Lugrin & Clement Xavier, and the continuation of a really lovely piece by Manuel Clard. All this and a beautiful cover and little strip by Aidan Koch. Honestly folks this comic is great, I feel very proud to be a part of it. As I said in my last post I'll find out where to get hold of it online and let you know. Until then I have a few copies so if you're interested drop me a line.

In other news, here's a page from a piece I've been working myself into the ground for.
I'll be standing outside the Highbury and Isington tube station from 4pm next Saturday handing out copies of the whole thing for free as part of the Islington Exhibits festival (that is if all goes well regards the printing, I'll let you know if there are any further developments). It's twelve painted pages printed in tabloid format by the lovely folk at The Newspaper Club (www.newspaperclub.co.uk).

newsnewsnewsnewsnews

2010-06-06T12:17:00.000-07:00

Hello friends,

I hope you're finding time to enjoy this amazing weather, indeed I hope the weather where you are is as amazing as here in Brighton, sunny Brighton you might say. Sadly I'm locked into deadline hell, so for the past three weeks and for the next ten days, I'll be doing nuthin' 'cept drawin'.

But at the end of this work imposed life amongst the shadows I look forward to stepping out, blinking into the bright sunlight. My only fear is that my white, white skin might dazzle drivers on the busy road by my house and cause chaos and death as yet unknown on British highways.

I thought I'd post a page from the publication I've been working so hard on. This comic is being produced as part of my residency for the Islington Exhibits festival at the end of this month. For a while now I've been working at a housing project called St Martins in London. St Martins is a provides care for people who are diagnosed with serious mental illness. During my time there I've been keeping a diary in my sketch book, an edited version of this will be published and distributed for free on the 26th of this month from 4pm outside Highbury and Islington tube station.

I'll also take this opportunity to let know that the lovely folk over at Avoid the Future have see fit to review my comic, Pneuma. Here's a link:

http://www.avoidthefuture.com/2010/06/review-pneuma-daniel-locke-self.html#more

And my strip 'Green Fireball' has been included in L'episode 2. In my humble opinion L'episode 1 was one of the most exciting anthologies I've read in a long time, number two is just as good. The book is published by Lisa Lugrin and Clement Xavier at NA in France. I'm unsure if it can be purchased online, I'll find out and let you know.

Arthur

2010-05-19T14:29:00.000-07:00

Hello,

A strip I made at the end of last year called 'Spring '09' is currently being showcased over at the Arthur website:

www.arthurmag.com/contributors/comics/

There are many great articles and comics to check out besides my short story so go check it out my friends.

The Last Match

2010-05-15T02:11:00.000-07:00

Hello there.

A while back the editor of that great anthology Kush! (the lastest issue is just brilliant, I highly recommend you check it out: www.komikss.lv) David Schilter asked me to take part in a exhibition he's curating, called The Last Match. The show is full of tiny drawings and paintings all made on especially provided bits of uniformly shaped card, and responding to the exhibitions title. Here's my contribution, a painting of a missing match for a button I've lost.

The show is soon to travel to travel to the Netherlands, Germany and Georgia. You can keep track of it's progress here:

thelastmatch.wordpress.com

SolPop2 Launch, Oh Do Say You'll Come.

2010-04-19T09:30:00.000-07:00

To Bee Or Not To Bee

2010-04-12T12:43:00.001-07:00

The Resonant Resident

2010-04-12T11:54:00.000-07:00

Why, hello there,

As part of Islington Exhibits (www.islingtonexhibits.com) I have been given the opportunity to be Artist in Residence at the St. Martin Centre.

St Martins provides housing, support and care for adults who have mental health problems or are ex-offenders with support needs. My residency started two weeks ago and in that time I have been made very welcome by the lovely people I've met there. The residency is supported by Rowen Arts (www.therowanartsproject.com) and co-ordinated by Cubitt Education (www.cubittartists.org).

Over the next couple of months I'll be getting to know the people who live and work at St Martins and by collaborating with them and collecting their stories we will develop an art work that will be exhibited at the end of June this year; I'll keep you posted.

The above image is of a poster I made to advertise the first in a series of workshops I'm running as part of my residency.

Shoppe 'til Yee Droppe

2010-04-01T06:35:00.000-07:00

The most excellent scholar and fine gentleman David Bailey over at Good Grief (Manchester) has seen fit to stock my comic Pneuma. My humble offering can be purchased both in person and online alongside the sterling and stirring work of artists selected from across the globe!

Here's David's blog address where he has been very kind in his description of my work:

www.goodgriefshop.blogspot.com

And here's the address to his shop:

www.goodgrief.bigcartel.com/product/pneuma-by-daniel-locke

And here's some photo's of my book:

Toot Toot

2010-03-04T12:33:00.000-08:00

Hi there,

At the risk of blowing my own trumpet, I was excited to find that along with my friends Richard Cowdry, Peter Lally and Jimi Gerkin, I got a very kind review from Martin & Judith at the ‘Avoid The Future’ blog:

http://avoidthefuture.blogspot.com/2010/03/small-press-in-uk-our-favourite-comics.html#more

They brought one of the very last copies of a comic I made in 2005 called ‘10am’. It’s a work I produced about a month after deciding that my future, for good or bad was to be read in pictures and words and bound with staples. At the time I was working at a cafe called the Mock Turtle Teashop. I was charged with washing up and KP-ing.

On quiet moments in the pot-wash I'd make sketches and notes about the customers. The cafe was staffed by an amazing collection of people and the owners worked hard to generate a family feeling amongst us. It was a really lovely thing to be a part of, and although I often resented having to get up early and the repetitive nature of the work, looking back I can see I was a small part of a very special place.

Here's the first page of the comic I made in homage to it:

Hey, That's My Bear!

2010-02-14T10:30:00.001-08:00

The above image of the Polar Bear in blue ink was chosen by the fine folk at the Guardian Guide to advertise the most excellent Alternative Press Fair yesterday. I made the drawing at the request of Jimi Gerkin, one of the organizers of the fair and he, in turn sent it out with his press release.

The fair itself was great. I was selling my wares along side Dr Parsons (www.crazycomicclub.co.uk) and Lucy Porter (www.myspace.com/lucyporter), two very fine cartoonists who both brought along new works that I'm sure can be purchased through their respective online contact portholes.

Here's to the guys that put the event on (www.alternativepress.org.uk) and to those that came and enjoyed it, Hurrah!

APF This Saturday

2010-02-11T12:06:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends,

A very quick post to let you know about the Alternative Press Fair this Saturday. I'll be there sharing a table with the great Dr Parsons and selling my humble offering, Pneuma, (pictured below).

Spring the Hare

2010-02-08T01:27:00.000-08:00

Hello, I hope you are well.

I thought I'd share this little strip I made in collaboration with Paul O'Connell of The Sound of Drowning. I made the images for this cartoon at least 2 years ago, they where part of an experiment in which I started drawing without having a script to work from.

I had hoped that the script would follow the images, in some others case's this worked out and I was left with a finished piece. But for this strip I just couldn't think of the words, it never got finished, and eventually I forgot all about it. I rediscovered it early last month while having a new year clean out of my studio. I handed it over to Paul and he worked his dark magic on it.

Originalno, Nepredvidivo... i sve bolje

2010-01-07T03:37:00.000-08:00

Hello there,

I've made it into the Croatian Arts press. The magazine Zarez saw it fit to review Komikaze 8 and I got a mention. I'm not entirely sure what they thought of my work, as I don't read Croatian, but here's a Google translation of the end paragraph of the piece, my name in Croatian is Daniela Lockea, I like it:

"I pointed out comics Chiu Kwong Man, Daniel Locke, Davao Guedina and Craomana that disarms readers almost childlike charm and a bit morbid humor, obviously in the drawings even more than in writing. The starting point of all these comics have been moved, unexpected interpretations of banal everyday topics and situations that the original likovnoscu and consistent implementation of the author's worldview receive symbolic dimension. How is that from the very beginning one of the essential characteristics of those original comics Komikaze group members, it is not surprising that all these authors, it was domestic side, together with no problem and interact harmoniously complement."

The piece is titled 'Originalno, Nepredvidivo... i sve bolje', that apparently means something like, 'Originally, unpredictable ... and better', and I think thats a fairly good assessment of the the book myself.

Here's a link to the magazines site:
www.zarez.hr

And here's one to the anthology:
www.komikaze.hr

Hope you are all keeping warm, take care now.

Out With The Old (I say)!

2010-01-04T04:42:00.000-08:00

Hello there and a very happy new year to you,

I hope that you had a fine festive season with merry making and the acquisition of a few more inches around the waist. Here's to 2009! I found it to be a good year. It was the year in which I welcomed my beautiful daughter into the world, made a brief appearance on a reality TV show, and continued to teach and draw and make things. If '09 was shitty for you, you have my condolences, don't worry I'm sure 2010 will be sterling and 2009 is dead and buried anyway!

Keeping with tradition I thought I'd begin this year by casting out the old in order that the new will find a roomy and spacious home here. To this end I've posted a selection of work I made when I considered myself to be a sculptor and installation artist (in fact I'm not sure I did ever think of myself in those terms, but I was wracked with self doubt back then so the terms will do in retrospect). First there are two videos, the first entitled 'A Puppet Being Spied On', the second, 'Ghost Story.' After those you will find an image documenting an inflatable sculpture called 'Sit Up, Don't Slouch', I made it for Paul Smith's Paris boutique in 2005 I think...

Happy Xmas

2009-12-21T02:25:00.000-08:00

Hello there,

Just a quick message of Xmas cheer for you all. Check out these insane Santas (the one on the right is my favourite, he looks hard as nails).

There are more at this flickr feed;

www.flickr.com/photos/radiorover/sets/72157594280455427/

Take care now,

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2009-12-11T11:24:00.000-08:00

KomiKrazy

2009-12-10T11:12:00.000-08:00

Hi there fine folks,

This is a little late in the telling, so please forgive me. My work is featured in Zagreb's most excellent Komikaze.

www.komikaze.hr

I know I have a vested interest in saying, but honestly, believe me it's true, this is by far one of the best anthologies I've read in ages. Go get yourselves a copy, and be proud in the knowledge that your purchase has helped a worthy and noble publication.

It features the work of artists from around the world such as Dunja Jankovic, Cody Brant and my personal buddy, the great Mr Paul O'Connell! All this and one of the most bitchingist covers ever.

Smoke Signal pt2

2009-12-05T02:33:00.001-08:00

A couple of months ago I was included in the Brooklyn newspaper anthology Smoke Signal. It's a lovely comic published by Gabriel Fowler at Desert Island:

www.desertislandbrooklyn.com

I understand that the newest issue should be hitting the stands this month. The last one was free for those that can get to Gabe's shop and other Brooklyn outlets. I know I'm going to do what I can to get my copy here in wintry Brighton.

Anyway here's the strip Gabe published. I thought since the new issue of SS is out soon I may as well share my strip from the last issue here.

A Good Man Knows His Proverbs

2009-12-02T12:58:00.000-08:00

Hallo Dere,

The noble East End Arts Club is once again holding a Xmas show in the basement of Shoreditch's Town Hall. The space is absolutely amazing and the show is worth checking out just as an excuse to wonder around the labyrinth of rooms under the Hall.

The theme of the show is English Proverbs, I chose to illustrate that classic 'Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining', apt in these times of wind, rain and cold winter weather. There are many other great artists involved including, Rachel Eardley, Phillip Osbourne, and The guys from the ArtHouse;

www.racheleardley.com

(Phillip Osbourne) www.mista-mishto.blogspot.com

www.arthousemeath.com

Here's a photo of my print insitu:

The work is a two colour screen print on mirrored card in an edition of 10. If you'd like to be the proud owner of one please feel free to email me.

The East End Arts Club show opens tomorrow night. feel free to pop along and have a look. Here's the flier with details.

Those Dead Dead Eyes

2009-11-25T04:27:00.000-08:00

Helloee there,

This is a little illustration I did for the up coming issue of Electric Sheep magazine. This is the one they went with for publication but I also made a more colourful one (below) that I rather like, I know its sort of ugly, but I like it anyway.

The strip below is a review of Jose Marins' work that I made for Electric Sheep earlier in the year. The magazine has been and gone from the stands for some time so I thought I'd publish my humble contribution here for those of you who are interested.

Wo Wo Wohaa!

2009-11-18T06:06:00.001-08:00

Oh yes my friends the rumours are in indeed true: issue one of the much awaited Solipsistic Pop is available to purchase now! I have a strip of my own in the hallowed book entitled 'Spring '09', and my work is also featured in collaboration with Richard Cowdry on our gag strip 'Somersault'.

Here's the link www.solipsisticpop.com/shop/

There is an exhibition of work by some of the artists involved at the Orbital Comics Gallery in London and I heartly recommend you check out.

www.orbitalcomics.com

The book was launched on Sunday the 8th at the ICA Comiket, it was a great day with much fun had.

One week later to the day my baby was born, and she is indeed a little girl (relevant for those of you who have already read the strip). I'm feeling very tried now, but also quite loved up, so I'm going to go and do the washing up.

How Cool Is This!?

2009-09-16T08:29:00.000-07:00

www.designrelated.com

Puff Poff Puff

2009-09-10T11:06:00.000-07:00

HERE I AM READING THE LATEST ISSUE OF SMOKE SIGNAL AND IT'S GREAT! AND MY WORK IS IN THERE TOO!

I'M WRITING THIS IN UPPER CASE 'COZ I'M SO EXCITED THAT I FEEL I COULD ALMOST PUKE, AND WANT TO SHOUT.

www.desertislandbrooklyn.com

Mee On TeeVee

2009-09-09T15:04:00.000-07:00

Here I am as bold as brass and large as life with 'Contributor Sam' on the reality TV show 'Dating In The Dark'. The show aired on British TV tonight for the first time, and was great fun.

I was on screen for all of 2 seconds along with my fellow 'Sketch Artists' Sarah Woodburn, Morgan Tipping and Hayley Bowen. So that's two seconds off my allotted 15 minutes fame, leaving, by my calculations 14 minutes 58 seconds...

www.livingtv.co.uk/shows/dating-in-the-dark/

Electric Sheep Magazine

2009-09-08T12:27:00.000-07:00

Boy Oh Boy,

I got the new Electric Sheep Magazine through the post yesterday. It has a comic strip review of the work of Jose Marins by me and here's what it looks like in print. Go git yo'selves and copy quick.

Hope you're all doing fine and dandy.

A Couple o' Drawins

2009-09-04T10:57:00.000-07:00

Hello out there,

Here are a couple of new drawings I've done. The first is a self portrait made for the website to Solipsistic Pop (www.solipsisticpop.com). Solipsistic Pop is the title of an up coming anthology from the man behind Art School Scum, Tom Humberstone. It promises to be a good book. In the next few days sample pages should appear on its website, so keep looking for sneeky previews.

The other drawing posted here is one I made to mark the 30th birthday of my very dear friend Jack Southern (www.firestation-artists.org.uk/artists/current/jacksouthern/).

News News News New Stuff

2009-08-26T02:20:00.001-07:00

Hello there fellow travellers,

These past couple of months have been crazy busy. I've been working on a lot of interesting projects from comic strip film reviews to appearing on a TV show. Here's a few of the images made and links to the projects themselves.

The panels above are taken from a strip I illustrated for Paul O'Connell called 'Grandad'. It features along side other great stories by Paul and other creators (such as my good friends Lawrence Elwick and Richard Cowdry, check out the links bar below) in issue 6 of the Australian anthology of short fiction Torpedo.

Here's the link:
www.falconvsmonkey.com

And here's what the cover looks like:

As well as the strip I worked on with Paul I have a slightly longer piece all my own work. It's called 'No Word Of a Lie'.

This image is taken from a comic strip review I was asked to make by the good people at Electric Sheep Magazine. The brief was to review a boxset of DVD's by Brazilian Director Jose Marins AKA Coffin Joe.

Marins is a horror director and being a bit of a wimp I don't often like horror films. Having said that, after sitting through eight of his movies I ended up enjoying them. He is a completely mad individual who made movies that are unlike or predate anything I've seen before. Check them out.

Here's a link to the magazine:
www.electricsheepmagazine.com

And here's one to the boxset:
www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/9069972/Coffin-Joe-Collection/Product.html

The image above has been taken from a 12 panel strip that will be included in the up coming issue 2 of Brooklyn's Comics Newspaper Smoke Signal. I'm thrilled to be in this comic, it will include the work of some of my favourite artists, people like Leon Sadler, Gabrielle Bell, Dash Shaw, Matthew Thurber, Ron Regé Jr. There are so many more. I can't wait to read it myself.

Here's a review of the first Smoke Signal:
http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2009/05/new-york-smoke-signal.html

This is the ident to the U.S version of the Endomol TV show I've been working on for Living TV in the UK. I'll write further about it in a few days time.

I hope you are well and thriving.

The Alternative Press Fair MkII

2009-08-01T01:11:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Just a quickie to let you know that I'll be selling my work tomorrow at the Alternative Press Fair. Here's all he info:

Some Stuff What I Done

2009-07-25T01:18:00.000-07:00

Hello there,

Here's some news about to what I've been up to lately.

Richard Cowdry (see Love the Line in the links bar at the bottom of this page) and in have been working on a weekly comic strip. It's called 'Somersault' and the kind people at Forbidden Planet International have seen fit to publish it on their blog every Tuesday.

Here's the link: http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2009/07/turning-somersaults/

For the past few weeks my work has been serialized over at Blurred Books (www.blurredbooks.com) by the charming Kevin Mutch (you can see his own nice comics on the same site, as well as a couple of bits by the fabulous Mr O'Connell) I'm really excited about being part of this project, they've had some great work there in the past and it's cool to make my own humble contribution.

This one's a little late in the reporting, but here it is none the less; I have this illustration in the current edition of Electric Sheep Magazine (www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk).

I highly recommend this publication to those of you who love films. The thing is lavishly illustrated and full to the brim with intelligent articles.

And finally I had a couple of books for sale at the Tokyo Zine's Mate last month. I couldn't go but having seen the photo's since I really wish I'd just sold a kidney or something to afford the air fair. It looks as though it was really nicely staged and full of interesting work.

Banal Pig Landscape Anthology

2009-07-24T02:38:00.000-07:00

Hi there,

The Lovely Steve at Banal Pig has given me the heads up on where to get hold of copies of the brilliant Landscape anthology he's published. It includes work by lots of great artists including a really good piece by my friend Paul O'connell of Sound of Drowning fame. Go get yo' selfs a copy now!

http://www.banalpig.com/blog/?page_id=592

Have a good day now,

Dan

Aliens, Ghosts and Real Scarey Stuff!

2009-06-23T05:21:00.000-07:00

Why hello there,

Here's a couple of stories I did for two fine projects earlier this year. The first was made for Steve Tillotson's excellent The Banal Pig Landscape Anthology (http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=26232860).

And the second strip was made for the Polish anthology New British Comics.
P.S. Click on the images to make them bigger!

Green Sea Days

2009-04-17T07:53:00.000-07:00

Hi There,

I'm sorry for the lack of postings of late. The truth is that I've been really busy working on new projects. So in a little bit I'll have lots of news for you, and lots of new things to point at and show you.

For the time being I thought I'd publish the content of the strange but beautiful little project I completed earlier this year with Paul O'Connell, Green sea Days. Paul and I are almost out of the toblerone/scroll bound comics we made this into so we agreed that its time to put it on the net. I hope you enjoy it. If you would like to purchase a paper copy I still have a couple and would be more than happy to post one of them off to you.

A Fair to Remember

2009-02-03T06:14:00.000-08:00

What a great day the Alternative Press Fair was!

In the picture above, from left to right; Leon Sadler (find his stuff in the links at the bottom of the page under Famicon Express), Me, and Hannah Glickstein of Skinny Bill fame.

Lots of books were sold to lots of lovely people, and nice conversations were had. My hat off to the very organized and charming Peter Lally, Jimi Gherkin and Rich Cowdry.

I only wish I had known in advance about the snow storm; I would never have rushed off home and instead stayed to enjoy the evening fun. Oh well, at least during the three hour car journey home I had the famous Dr Parson's (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=26649732), the celebratic (I think that's a new word I've invented to mean, 'to have celebrity') Sean Duffield (www.dirtysquatters.com/papertiger/), the soon to be famous Hannah Eaton, and the lovely Jaz to keep me company.

Alternative Press Fair Tomorrow In London!

2009-01-31T03:50:00.000-08:00

Hello out there.

Tomorrow I will be selling my wares at the exciting Alternative Press Fair, organised by Jimi Gherkin (http://comicsandzines.wordpress.com/), Peter Lally and Richard Cowdry (http://bedsitjournal.com/).

Here's a link to a site with detail's of how to get there and where it is! If you're near Euston Square around midday tomorrow, pop by and say hi.

http://comicsandzines.wordpress.com/confirmed-exhibitor-list/

Oh.

2008-11-30T14:21:00.000-08:00

I have a shop!!

2008-11-29T10:44:00.000-08:00

Okay, so its not a real shop, but it's the best the virtual world has to offer. It's part of the brilliant online market place for all things hand-made, Esty.com. Go check it out, click on this entries headline and the link will take you direct to www.daniellocke.etsy.com.

Coming soon, pay pal!

Oh My Goodness!

2008-11-21T08:51:00.000-08:00

Why hello,

Around about a year and a half ago the eminently talented Paul O'Connell (see The Sound Of Drowning in the links bar) approached me with a piece of writing that he needed some art work for. I was excited by the prospect and today our plan has reached fruition. The resulting comic goes by the name Green Sea Days and consists of a two sided stroll of comic art (29 x 42cm in size) bound in a 'toblerone' style cover.

Paul and I spent a nice day cutting and sticking bits of card and paper together to realize Paul's crazy and beautiful binding. Tomorrow Green Sea Days goes on sale for the first time at Comiket at the ICA in London (http://www.ica.org.uk/Comica%20Comiket+18413.twl).

If you can't make it to that and want to be the proud owner of one of these marvels of book binding invention please contact me on my email address and I'll pop one in the post for you (£3 plus pp£1.50).

Take care now.

Below: Section of art from Green Sea Days

Video Killed the Radio Star

2008-11-19T10:59:00.000-08:00

Hello there,

A few months ago I was asked to write a short story for a radio programme called 'Stand Up Comics' by Gemma Cantlow (www.intervalsketches.blogspot.com/). A recording of it with sound by Ian Murphy (www.myspace.com/r0ttenslushy) was broadcast on the excellent station Resonance fm (www.resonancefm.com) in august. Today I decided that since a few people I know couldn't hear it at the time I'd put it here, so here it is with a little animation and everything.

Dirty Dog

2008-11-02T04:20:00.001-08:00

I spent last week on holiday in Athens. They have an amazing flea market in the centre of the city under the shadow of the Acropolis. It was in this ancient and venerated setting that an skinny Greek guy charged me four Euros for this little masterpiece. It's so bizarre but somehow so perfect that I had to put on this page. My friend Vasso (http://www.greeceisforlovers.com/) said that his eyes are like those of the characters in my cartoons.

Punchline 3 - BBBBIG UP THE BOOTH

2008-10-25T01:57:00.000-07:00

http://www.booth.virtualmuseum.info/

One For The Kids

2008-10-03T09:31:00.000-07:00

For The Fear of Feeling

2008-09-26T07:45:00.000-07:00

Weigh anchor me hearties!

2008-09-26T07:21:00.000-07:00

Good day there,

I've been working on a website for some time, but feel like at last I'm getting to the point where it's almost ready. This image of a beached boat was one of those that came out of developing my portfolio. I thought it would be fun to print it onto a few t-shirts, so I now have some for sale (£15 plus £1.99 pp. International sales please send me an email and I'll get back to you with postage costs).

The shirts used are one hundred percent cotton and printed with the best textile ink, so are wash proof (it's always best to wash shirts inside out and on a low temperature though). The shirts come in three different colours (illustrated below) and two sizes, medium and large. I'm only going to be printing 20 in total, so there's little chance of those oh-so-embarrassing costume conflicts in social gatherings.

If you think you'd like to be the proud owner of one of these shirts please drop me a line on my email and I'll pop one in the post for you.

The Clock That Stopped

2008-09-19T10:10:00.000-07:00

Punchline 2

2008-09-19T10:05:00.001-07:00

Hello there boss,

Click on the image to make it bigger!

Take care now.

David Blandy is the Lone Pilgrim!

2008-09-19T09:41:00.000-07:00

Hello there,

A couple of months ago I was contacted by the performance/video artist David Blandy (http://www.davidblandy.co.uk/new%20homepage.htm) to work on a comic book that directly references the amazing manga series Lone Wolf and Cub (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Wolf_and_Cub).

David provided the script and concept and I threw together the art. It was a great experience and fun to be playing a small role in David's brilliantly imaginative, often funny and compelling investigation into identity and pop culture. I have a few of the publications that we made.

They are a heart felt homage to the spirit of the work by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima, and I hope a interesting addition to David's project. If you are interested in taking one of these fine publications home with you please feel free to contact me on my email address:

danielulocke@hotmail.com

Ahh... The Circus Life

2008-08-14T07:28:00.001-07:00

Punchline 1

2008-08-14T07:26:00.000-07:00

Illustration in Attitude Magazine

2008-08-13T09:42:00.000-07:00

I have this illustration in the current edition of Attitude Magazine, it accompanies an article by Johann Hari, and its on the stands now!

And Then I Was Carted Off By The Cops!

2008-08-13T06:38:00.001-07:00

Short Story on Resonance FM

2008-08-13T05:25:00.000-07:00

My short story 'It Was Always Burning' will be broadcast on Resonance FM at 5pm (GMT) 14 August. The recording features my reading with music, sound and edits by the terrifically gifted Ian Murphy (http://www.myspace.com/r0ttenslushy)

The story details someones life in the moments after he has committed an unforgivable crime. It is by turns sad, contemplative and darkly humourous.

Here's the link:

www.resonancefm.com

Look in the schedule for Strip! Ably hosted by Alex Fitch and curated by the talented Gemma Cantlow.