WHITLEY BAY : WORD:PLAY (VARIOUS)

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 (DISCUSSION)

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

TURTLE HAT (DAN GILMORE)

Another ace 24-minute from Dan Gilmore - young, good looking and talented.  Exactly what I hate in people, but he's escaped my wrath for now.

This one continues the "Turtle" and "Hat" combination of words - a juxtaposition which I felt marked a return to the simple, zen 24 minuters of old after several bouts of people putting stupidly long phrases in there which are impossible to draw.

 - Andy

TURTLE HAT (TERRY WILEY)

It has been my great pleasure to meet Terry Wiley through the Paper Jam meets - he's a great laugh and always full of good tips and advice.  He's also incredibly talented and prolific, which I usually choose to politely ignore, but it's becoming increasingly difficult when he keeps producing 24-minute comics of this calabre.  Git.

This one takes the words "Turtle" and "Hat" as inspiration.

- Andy

7-UP MOONSHINE (VARIOUS)

Another comics jam, instigated as a change from the usual 24-minute comics.  It's consequences, taking - I vaguely remember - "7-Up" and "Moonshine" as inspiration, and throwing in "Giraffe" as a varation.

Terry Wiley started it, but I don't remember who did the next few panels (sorry), but I remember that Faye Stacey was sitting next to me and that I got in there after here and ruined it with some toilet humour.  My apologies.

- Andy

GIRAFFE CANNONBALL (VARIOUS)

So this is a comics jam between Dan Gilmore and Terry Wiley (I think... correct me if I'm mistaken).

- Gary

CHEWING GUM DONUT CONGA (PAUL THOMPSON)

This looks like one of the frowned upon variations where more that two of the randomly generated words are used. No-one's frowning upon Paul Thompson's epic offering, however. You may need to rotate your screen.

- Gary

I'M GONNA BE A REBEL... (FAYE STACEY)

When is a Pooh Bear not a Pooh Bear? Perhaps when he's Paddington Bear instead. Faye Stacey has a deviant art for further proof that she's dead good at drawing and such.

- Gary