Hard at work on Book Two.
Here's Book One!π
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Hard at work on Book Two.
Here's Book One!π
Yeah I like the line it can give but my overall approach is make a mess until itβs done. I mostly use a brush and rarely remember to switch between tools. That said a lot of Alex is done with liners
01.03.2026 12:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sketchbook thing from 2020 that popped up in my phone. One of many attempts to get along with nibs over the years. I am a bit too heavy handed to use them consistently
28.02.2026 17:51 β π 33 π 4 π¬ 5 π 0Your Sunday summary of the past week in FLASH GORDON β’οΈ
01.03.2026 10:45 β π 41 π 6 π¬ 2 π 0Digital painting, tugboats at dockside
01.03.2026 08:16 β π 705 π 113 π¬ 2 π 0New week, new Mindlessness. Issue #47 of our newsletter ft. The Battle of Algiers, Casablanca, concrete sounds, The Culture, the cunning trick of a single leaflet written in Urdu, Rob Grant RIP, Those Amusing Brothers, Venom symbiote fixation and more!
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I would imagine the large black area but it was 2020 so maybe some other bits as well I donβt recall I usually do most inking with a brush
28.02.2026 19:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks I have a little box full of different ones but probably lack the patience to tenner to change them too often but I have done so r experimenting with some Hunt ones
28.02.2026 18:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks Matty itβs more taht I canβt use them consistently as I am a bit cack handed but I do use them at times and sometimes to good effect
28.02.2026 17:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sketchbook thing from 2020 that popped up in my phone. One of many attempts to get along with nibs over the years. I am a bit too heavy handed to use them consistently
28.02.2026 17:51 β π 33 π 4 π¬ 5 π 0Storyboards from the 1960βs Alex Automatic Tv show
28.02.2026 09:33 β π 17 π 7 π¬ 1 π 0
Trapped. Alone. Under attack. They'll never know what hit them.
ALEX AUTOMATIC is back. #7. Kickstarter. March 2026.
wot wot!! Let's keep this train going! π€
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Some Plum in 2011 Brussels pretending to time travel
Bande Dessine Museum Brussels 2011 where I had a wee go in their time travel machine
28.02.2026 10:50 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Storyboards from the 1960βs Alex Automatic Tv show
28.02.2026 09:33 β π 17 π 7 π¬ 1 π 0Psyduck was right!
27.02.2026 19:56 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βPROFESSOR XAVIER IS A JERK!β
27.02.2026 19:15 β π 410 π 81 π¬ 4 π 4Is standing football a thing ? Could that work
27.02.2026 13:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Collect the set
27.02.2026 13:32 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I shall bravely endure we have a comic to punt!
27.02.2026 13:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I am now more Snot than man not unlike Gilbert the Alien. Binning everything off until Monday now.
27.02.2026 13:28 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Added The Shipβs Cat zine to my store. A5, 24 b&w pages of drawings of an astronaut and her cat. Each copy comes signed and with a sticker (while stocks last). Ship worldwide andiwatson.bigcartel.com
27.02.2026 12:40 β π 108 π 29 π¬ 7 π 2
Hi all, I know it's a big ask, and I look forward to never writing a post like this ever again but I need some help to pay bills & buy food whilst I'm trying to find work, If you can spare anything at all to help me, I'd really appreciate it π
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Pages from an as yet unused Stramash short, it was meant to be part of an Ashcan type thing for Sequential Scotland last year but ran out of time to get it printed before the show
26.02.2026 16:22 β π 22 π 8 π¬ 1 π 0The last two pages , it was meant to tell how the Prune ended up with that guy in a glass tank in issue 2 of the first series. More of an aside rather than essential to the story.
26.02.2026 16:28 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0New comic: "HULL OR HIGH WATER begins Monday" badmachinery.com/comic/2026-0...
27.02.2026 08:43 β π 83 π 13 π¬ 2 π 2Illustration of a man holding a beer can and with a cigarette in his ear.
Illustration of a man in uniform saluting, he has a large H letter on his forehead and is a Smeg Head.
Illustration of a smart looking man with a bow tie holding up a yoyo with the string hanging down.
Illustration of a mans head smiling surrounded by spaceships.
I can recall sitting on a bus coming home from school and looking at TV listings in a paper left on the seat in which it stated the first episode of a new Sci-fi comedy series would be on that night⦠RIP Rob Grant.
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