Merry Christmas to You!

Merry Christmas from lizzlizz.com!

Here is a festive Fleischer cartoon I really like: "Somewhere in Dreamland" ENJOY!

LAST POST!

Just a quick blog to say that today is the last day for ordering stuff to arrive in time for Christmas!

Stock up on stocking fillers-

SHOP LIKE CRAZY HERE

And if you don't know what to get here is a review of the Depressed cat book from Forbidden Planet International!

Comical Animal 6!

It's COMICAL ANIMAL TIME AGAIN!! It's a great Christmas/winter special issue!

Read my story "Forest Festivities" here and I also drew another Pippin the Aye Aye for Adopt an Animal- go see what he's up to today.


As well as all this there is a "Meet The Zookeepers" interview with me in this issue! Enjoy!

Wellcome Collection!

You can now buy my Depressed Cat book in the Mental Health Graphic Novel section of Blackwell's in the Wellcome Collection. The Wellcome Collection is one of my favourite places in London to go for a cup of tea and to look at the exhibitions as it is right opposite Euston Station so perfect if you have time to spare between trains! It also has great ceiling lights (see photo above!)

More new stockist news soon- shops currently stocking the DC book are: Ikon Gallery -Birmingham, Wellcome Collection -London, Gosh -London, Orbital -London, Page 45 -Nottingham, Dave's Comics -Brighton, Here Gallery -Bristol, Here Gallery -Cornwall, OK Comics -Leeds and the online shop. If you know of any shops or galleries interested in stocking my books do get in touch (sushimonsters at gmail dot com)

Take Away Cups!

I recently designed some coffee art for take away cups at Six Eight Kafe Birmingham! Look out for them!

Thought Bubble!

Despite not being in full health I will still be at Thought Bubble this weekend selling copies of my new book and badges (and old stuff too!) Do come along and say hello and buy things so I don't have to carry a heavy case home again! Poster above by Hugh Shug Raine!

I will be at table 144 in Saviles Hall on "Trouble Maker Row" sharing a stall with Dan Berry! See you there!

Depressed Cat Mini Site Book launch week!

CLICK HERE FOR DEPRESSED CAT MINI SITE!

All of this week I will be posting the amazing DC fan artwork I have been sent in on a mini site as a launch week for the new book. Above Depressed Cat by John McCrea and below by Paul Shinn, just two of the awesome drawings I had sent to me. Tune into the mini site all week for artwork by Hunt Emerson, The Brothers McLeod, Gemma Correll, Timothy Winchester, Jim Medway and many more!

Don't forget- Depressed Cat will no doubt be moaning about all the fuss on twitter! Sigh.

(You can also follow on tumblr if you prefer)

DC BOOK IN STOCK!

I got the new Depressed Cat book back from the printers today ready to sell at Comica tomorrow and Thought Bubble next weekend! It will also be in stock in Page 45 next week and other stockists pretty soon.

Pre-orders will be posted this afternoon so if you place an order before I go to the post office at 5pm today it should arrive by Monday just in time for Depressed Cat week on my website! Here are some preview photos of the book and remember if you order just the new book from my online shop between now and next Friday you get free postage! (free postage within UK only-will arrive carefully packaged in a miserable grey stripe paper bag)

New Stockists!

I have three exciting new stockists this month!

Comma in Oxford!




Almost Antique in Birmingham!



Quimby's in America!

Desk of DREAMS!

It's a bit of a miserable November afternoon so I thought I'd share a photo of my workspace. A while ago I drew this for this interview:
....but now that dream has come true! This is my current desk area. It was looking unusually tidy so I thought it would be a good time to share with annotations:

It's bigger if you click on it! What is missing from that photo is tea so I'm going to go and make some now. Also my lightbox/scanner/paper trimmer/paper which I keep safely on the floor.

Tomorrow I hope to see you at the Sol Pop launch night! And then on Saturday I will be at Comica and I've also sent a bunch of comics along to the South East London Zine Fest.

WOO!

Depressed Cat Book!

You can now pre-order my new book Depressed Cat: Nine Miserable Lives from my website shop!! I will be sending copies out in a couple of weeks and I'll also be selling copies at Comica and Thought Bubble conventions- at a special discounted convention price!

I'll be having an online launch on the week of the 14th November with a special Depressed Cat mini site featuring lots of fan art and comics :¬(

Follow DC on twitter here!

(I also meant to say- if you are pre-ordering just the Depressed Cat book and no other items then postage will be free so I'll refund the postage charge when you order!)

MCM EXPO LONDON!

This weekend I will be exhibiting at MCM Comic Village! I'm *hoping* new badges arrive in time but I'm not sure if they will or not. If not I will still have my usual stock- which all make great xmas presents for your friends and family so come and buy everything so I don't have to carry things home!

If I do have new badges they will look like this:

I will also be selling a few limited copies of my German book for anyone who likes to read comics in German instead of English!

See you there!

German Book!

I have a few copies of my German book "Ich liebe Katzen und Katzen lieben mich" available for order in the UK direct from me- so if anyone wants a copy get in touch. It is £8 with free p&p! 72 pages of comics all translated into German! See this blog post for some sample comics from the book. Just email me sushimonsters at gmail dot com and I will send you an invoice.

It is also available on German Amazon and in all good stockists across Germany!

Read some reviews of the book here and here!

Romantic Bison!

You can now read my Romantic Bison comic on Top Shelp 2.0! Go read!

And there is a bit about it here on Comic Book Resources.


Really into bison? Then don't forget my other bison story Buffalo Mozzerella on Comical Animal!

Or you can buy a hard copy of the Bison story in my shop. (now in pink cover only)

Not into Bison? pfft! why ever not!

Upcoming!

Since the start of September you may have noticed a lack of online comics on my website again. This is because I've been busy working on various projects that are taking up most of my time. I'll be announcing more exciting news soon but for now- here are the main things I've been drawing the past few weeks :
Depressed Cat THE BOOK! If I get it finished in time I hope to release the book at Thought Bubble, put possibly earlier if it is back from the printers before then. It will be a textured cover A6 size comic book with a spine (A SPINE!) collecting all the DC strips and lots of new ones too! I'm also collecting fan art so if you want to send in a drawing of DC please do. The fan art will all go on the website and here on the blog when the book is launched. Don't forget to follow DC's tweets!

I have also been working on Solipsistic Pop 4 (For this I have written a three page story about mind mapping for issue theme of maps) and Ink and Paper! (In this I have a two page story about a fortune teller) Sneak peeks of both below! Don't forget you can still fund/pre-order sol pop here.



I think I will probably be delaying the release of At The Lighthouse until next March so that there is a new "At The..." comic every year (unless I suddenly get a lot done in the next few weeks in which case it could be out soon)

Anyway, here is a comic as a special prize for this week. And tomorrow is Grizzly Bear Thursday!

Comical Animal 5!

It's that time again! A NEW ISSUE OF COMICAL ANIMAL IS OUT!

I have written a story for this issue called Buffalo Mozzarella which comes with this handy BUFFALO/BISON comparison chart-


Why not try using this diagram to identify this beaut below- photo taken at the Natural History Museum in New York by Felt Mistress! :oD

I also drew the gift adopted Aye Aye- Pippin for issue 5!

There are some really great stories this issue- Enjoy!

Solipsistic Pop 4!

Solipsistic Pop has launched an IndieGoGo campaign to raise money for volume four.

Please head over there and donate if you can – or tell your friends. All help and support is greatly appreciated!

Brighton Exhibition!

Starting this Friday my work is part of a pop up exhibition on Brighton seafront at the Brighton Fishing Museum. Curated by Upstream Creative Ltd. "Where Are You Mr Tucker" features work by a bunch of artists. I will be exhibiting some brand new artwork which reveals the title of my next comic released later this year...."At the Lighthouse"

Here are the pieces I'll be exhibiting which will also be on sale exclusively at the exhibition in a limited edition of 10 prints.




All being well I should be at the opening on Friday so if you live in Brighton come along!

ONE A DAY AUGUST

Today is the start of my ONE A DAY comics for August. You are all invited to join the party! Go read here!

When checking the spelling of the word awkward (because I can't spell even basic words) I came across this beaut of a site.

I suggest listening to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack while checking these links out.

MCM Manchester

This Saturday I will be in Manchester for the very first MCM MANCHESTER.

Man-oh-Manchester, mANCHORchester, Man-che-STAR are some nicknames I came up with for the city. You can thank me later if you choose to use them yourself.




I will also be at the MCC Drink And Draw on Sunday no doubt!

Preclusion

Today I went to paint a couple of Leopards in Leotards and Dullbog the Bulldog in the derelict Whitmarley factory in Stirchley, Birmingham. "A genuinely guerilla experience, Preclusion is a totally unsupported spontaneous art exhibition"

There will be an opening tomorrow with dancing and live art and drinks etc at 18.30 so go along if you are around! check out the website here for more details. If you can't make it here are some photos of the painting in progress and me hanging out with the final characters.

New Cross Turn Left!

I'll be at THIS on Sunday. See you there!

Where is the love?

Wondering why I've not put any comics online lately? (since March! March!! ugh March)

WELL!

I've been really busy with a bunch of stuff but also I'm planning to draw a comic a day in August so I figured anyone who is interested in reading comics for free can wait until then....

If you prefer to pay for laughs who not take a look in my online shop! Patches are now for sale! Bison zine now comes with a pink cover (I sold out of red- same story inside) AND until August I'll be sending a free original drawing with every order! it could be a bison or a moose or a mousse or a grain of salt or whatever I think of at the time...no requests, this will be drawn at random!

BOG GOBLIN ZINE! + Birmingham Zine Festival

Birmingham Zine Festival starts today!

Tonight at 5pm is the launch party at the 6/8 Kafe with a zine artwork exhibition featuring some of my work from the 33rpm exhibition (of Birmingham based LP cover collage art) as well as work by Bunny Bissoux, Carla Smith, Dina Kelberman, Gareth Courage, Harriet Shephard, Jane McGuinness and Roxie Collins. Then at 6pm tonight there is the opening of the Gareth Courage exhibition at the We Are Birmingham shop!

Tomorrow I will be at the zine fair 12-6 (Kings Parade, Dale End, WAB shop) selling all my usual stuff as well as a new zine especially for this weekend by me and Bryony. Here is a blurry photo-


I will also have some more Romantic Bison zines, this time with pink covers!

Do come along if you can! The fair promises goody bags to the first 100 people, tea and cakes, drawing workshop, badge making, films, a talk and exclusive showing of the brand new "Isle Of Spagg" by the Brothers McLeod and lots of zines by a long list of excellent artists! check the website for more details.

See you there!

Book Launch!

My book "Ich liebe Katzen und Katzen lieben mich" will be launched this week at Comicfestival München 2011 see the Zwerchfell website for more details! Here are a few sample strips! HA HA Doppelkinns!