I'm not dead... honestly.

I know... I suck at blogging.

But let's not dwell on my laziness... since it is almost Christmas let's have a look at some nice art by the warm and lovely WJC...

...featuring the Black Sheep and Georgie!

I might not have been blogging much but I have been hard at work offline.

Honest.

I have now finished three scripts for short stories featuring the Black Sheep... one of which I have shown to a small handful of people I trust... and so far the feedback has been encouraging. I have outlines for about thirty more short stories and i'm working on a couple of longer stories that are a bit more ambitious.

I have also been putting together a revised edition of my Black Sheep bible with updated character bios and designs for over a hundred characters.

I'll try to post more often in the new year... but no promises because I don't like lying right to your cute little faces.

Meanwhile you can check out more from WJC over on his blog and his gorgeous new Quinthaven poster book is currently available to buy.

WJC Sketches the Black Sheep

It's been a few weeks since i last wrote... misfortune and illness and blah blah blah... but i am still hard at work on the Black Sheep comic whenever i have the chance and things are moving along.

In the meantime i thought i would share this sketch of the character by Warwick Johnson Cadwell...

...and here it is after i tried to throw some colour on...

I think i am right in saying this is the first drawing of the Black Sheep done by someone other than me... and it's a beauty. I cannot tell you what a buzz it is seeing something i created brought to life by such a talented artist... it's amazing.

WJC was one of the first people i told about the Black Sheep and he has been really supportive and encouraging. I was chatting to him about Ramsden a while back and happened to mention this other idea i had floating around in my noggin. I mean it was all there from the start but i thought that at best it might be fit for a short throwaway story. Warwick seemed quite excited about the character tho and his enthusiasm convinced me that maybe i was on to something bigger. I began to properly brainstorm the character and his world and it sort of snowballed from there.

So... uh... blame that guy.