Anyone following the plot of Ladies & Gents Issue 1 as it unfolds online would have noticed that the blog has skipped a few weeks of page uploads. Not to worry, page 6 is now available! Now go to the L&G page and feel that pleasant release mirrored only by the sensation of relaxing a stinging bladder. And it's good timing too, because only just last weekend Richard and I were down in London for the gargantuan MCM Expo for the Eagle Awards (more on that story to come) and we managed to slip away to the very Natural History Museum depicted on this page. So enjoy!
Until next time,
Jordan
Sunday, 3 June 2012
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Bristol Expo!
So, it's been a while since our last post but that doesn't mean we haven't been busy. In addition to working on issue two, we attended the Bristol Comic Expo at the Brunel Old Station in Bristol (well obviously). Looking around the interweb a lot of other exhibitors didn't find it too hot, not as busy or lucrative as previous years, but since this was only the Water Closet's second convention (the first being ThoughtBubble way back in November) we had fun and thought we got a good response. Whilst nowhere near as busy as TB we got way more interest, whether that's down to the fact that we are more comfortable with the material and pitching it to strangers or the simple fact that there was a larger focus on small/British comics is beyond my deductive ability. Needless to say we enjoyed it for the most part.
Anywho, we sold a bunch of issue and met and bunch of great people, we finally had a chat with Dan Clifford of Sugar Glider fame (mostly about the number of mistakes in our comics respectively *). We had an interview with Jimmy Aquino for the Comic News Insider podcast and loads of other people that I'll mention in the next post, when I get the plethora of business cards we collected off of JC. No doubt when the CNI podcast goes up we'll be plastering that all over the internet!
Other highlights include the appearance of one of the Water Closet's favourite creators, Paul Grist. If you haven't already checked out Jack Staff, it's excellent. Also JC got his issues of MUDMAN signed by Grist, so that good news.
As boredom started to set in a little on the Sunday afternoon we did a bit of creator to creator trade, a nice way of seeing what else is going on in the scene, and by chance it result in the Cinebook guys commisioning Jordan to do a sketch of one of their characters. It took us a while to find out the character's name but here it is in all its glory.
So that's a little catch up on what went down. As I say when I get the appropriate materials from JC I'll link all the other excellent people we met that weekend.
Til then, as ever, see you in the funny pages.
Rik
* This was edited in order to point out that Dan Clifford is not a shit bag who bullies other creators, he likewise pointed mistakes in Sugar Glider... what he considers mistakes anyway. Creative type's you know? A piece is never finished.
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| I put it down to JC's anger towards all punters. |
Other highlights include the appearance of one of the Water Closet's favourite creators, Paul Grist. If you haven't already checked out Jack Staff, it's excellent. Also JC got his issues of MUDMAN signed by Grist, so that good news.
As boredom started to set in a little on the Sunday afternoon we did a bit of creator to creator trade, a nice way of seeing what else is going on in the scene, and by chance it result in the Cinebook guys commisioning Jordan to do a sketch of one of their characters. It took us a while to find out the character's name but here it is in all its glory.
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| Turns out Papa Shababa-bubu isn't the character's name. It's Blake from "Blake & Mortimer" |
So that's a little catch up on what went down. As I say when I get the appropriate materials from JC I'll link all the other excellent people we met that weekend.
Til then, as ever, see you in the funny pages.
Rik
* This was edited in order to point out that Dan Clifford is not a shit bag who bullies other creators, he likewise pointed mistakes in Sugar Glider... what he considers mistakes anyway. Creative type's you know? A piece is never finished.
Saturday, 28 April 2012
Issue 1 Drip-Feed #1
Word on the street is that if you wander over to the Ladies & Gentlemen page, there's another tantalising page from Issue 1. If you haven't read it yet, today's your lucky day; if you have, go on and have another look for old time's sake.
That's it for this week. If you're too impatient to follow along with the class and wait until the next page upload, why not just skip ahead and buy the whole darn-tootin' issue on the Emporium page? And of course, if you have yet to vote for the Eagle Award Huntsman's Challenge we've been nominated for, please go here and check out both contestants... then vote for The Land of All Sorts (wink).
Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Eagle Award Nominees
Morning all. Some of you may be disappointed that there was no Teaser Tuesday this week. For that we can only apologise and instead bring you some good news. Jordan is currently on vacation with his new in-laws but on his return shall be commencing the art work for Ladies & Gentlemen Issue 2.
Another bit of outstanding news is that the Water Closet are now EAGLE NOMINATED creators in "The Huntsman's Challenge," The Eagle Awards' New Talent Competition. We were ranked first and second for story and art respectively for our short story The Land of All Sorts!
It's now down to you guys to help us go over the edge and send us to the MCM Eagles Award Ceremony in May. You can read both the nominees here (or read ours by clicking on the image above) and cast your votes... don't forget to verify by email. This would really mean so much to us and we can't thank you all enough for your support. Fingers crossed!
Furthermore, up until the release of issue 2 we will be releasing a new page of issue 1 each week meaning that issue 1 will become completely free to read online! Wowzers!
All the Best
Rik
**UPDATE**
Sadly, despite being one of the contestants to
actually bother showing up, we didn't win the contest. But congrats to Alex Wilson from the US who
managed to clinch it (check him out at alexwilson.com/comics/). Aside from our woefully broken hearts, we did have an otherwise great weekend in
London drawing barnyard animals in undergarments for Tony Lee (who was
lucky enough to win an award for his work writing for Dr. Who), and it
was nifty seeing our story printed in the back of the MCM Expo programme.
Next time, Gadget! Next time...
...(although there will be no next time seeing as it was announced that the Eagle Awards are now defunct).
Another bit of outstanding news is that the Water Closet are now EAGLE NOMINATED creators in "The Huntsman's Challenge," The Eagle Awards' New Talent Competition. We were ranked first and second for story and art respectively for our short story The Land of All Sorts!
It's now down to you guys to help us go over the edge and send us to the MCM Eagles Award Ceremony in May. You can read both the nominees here (or read ours by clicking on the image above) and cast your votes... don't forget to verify by email. This would really mean so much to us and we can't thank you all enough for your support. Fingers crossed!
Furthermore, up until the release of issue 2 we will be releasing a new page of issue 1 each week meaning that issue 1 will become completely free to read online! Wowzers!
All the Best
Rik
**UPDATE**
Sadly, despite being one of the contestants to
actually bother showing up, we didn't win the contest. But congrats to Alex Wilson from the US who
managed to clinch it (check him out at alexwilson.com/comics/). Aside from our woefully broken hearts, we did have an otherwise great weekend in
London drawing barnyard animals in undergarments for Tony Lee (who was
lucky enough to win an award for his work writing for Dr. Who), and it
was nifty seeing our story printed in the back of the MCM Expo programme.
Next time, Gadget! Next time......(although there will be no next time seeing as it was announced that the Eagle Awards are now defunct).
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
"Ladies Night"
Much like the characters themselves, this Lady featurette is a companion to The Gent’s, picking up where the other left off. He's not The Gentleman without his Lady, and she'd finish his sentences... if he ever started any. I can only hope to one day achieve such a beautiful knife-to-the-back-of-an-assailant's-neck relationship with my new darling lady wife.
Now that the artwork phase of Ladies & Gentlemen Issue 2 is officially underway, this will be the last of the character shorts for the time being. But don't worry -- we'll still be updating the blog with news and will drip feed you with weekly page doses of Issue 1 (for those of who you who still have yet to get your own copy)!
Enjoy!
-J.C.
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