Arthur

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

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.

To Bee Or Not To Bee

The Resonant Resident

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

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

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: