TURTLE HAT (GARY BAINBRIDGE)

I found this on the old hard drive from a while ago and someone said it was the best 24 Minute Comic I'd ever done. There's a direct correlation between that statement and the fact that I haven't been able to do a 24 Minute Comic since. Ho-hum.

Any good? My blog's here if you fancy it.

- Gary

FAKE BEARDS(LEY) (TERRY WILEY)

Someone was talking about Aubrey Beardsley tonight & I had a sudden urge to produce this:



It's a bit wonky, but OK, do you think?

- Terry

THOUGHT BUBBLE CONSEQUENCES

Paper Jam were down at the Thought Bubble convention in Leeds on Saturday, selling comics and meeting like-minded folks.

I'd taken paper and pens down in the hope that we'd get some 24-minute comics done during the quiet stretches, but it just goes to prove how hectic and exciting the occaision was that this game of Consequences was the only creative thing we got done all day (save for the creative peddling of our wares).

Behold the collective creativity of Waugh, Bainbridge and Thompson!

- Andy

TURTLE HAT (ANDREW WAUGH)

We haven't done any 24-minute comics for months now, but I couldn't really complain as I had this one sitting around unscanned and unloved.  It's from the "Turtle" and "Hat" session and marks a change for me in that it doesn't have any swearing or horrible things happening in it.  I think working on my Space Monkey submission has had an adverse affect on me.

For news on more swear-less comics, check out my blog.

- Andy

WATCHIN' THE COLLECTIVES... (TERRY WILEY)

Here's a page of sketches of Paper Jams folkies I've been accumulating during the last few meetings...

Apologies to Gary for making him all "supaa-defoormu" but he kept moving! Gary added me to the bottom of the page despite the terrible slur ;)

- Terry

OH YES, BELIEVE (DANIEL CLIFFORD)

Daniel's got a band, a blog and a strip in the new Paper Jam anthology. If it it came to a General Election, I'd vote for him ahead of Brown or the other one.

The words were Turtle and Hat.

- Gary

WHITLEY BAY : WORD:PLAY

Myself and Oscillating Brow attended the Whitley Bay WordPlay festival on Saturday, which was characterised as a battle for hearts and minds. We won of course, but during the quiet periods, we faffed about with pens and paper. As is our way.


- Paul

Tools of the Trade

I am a great believer that expensive tools do not a great artist make, but I'm always tempted to believe otherwise when I see someone talented using some pen I've never heard of to great effect.

Whether it's the way Andy Waugh deftly strokes his characters in to being with a brush pen, the furious hatching of Jack Fallows, or me - trying every pen in my arsenal until something sticks, it's exciting to see what tools other artists use to achieve their styles.

So my question to you, dear reader; what tools do you use and love?

- Dan