As promised herre is the first of many blogs I'm actually going to write and post for a change lol.

Last year was a massive year for me in a few ways. but one of the biggest things was exhibiting at Thought Bubble in Leeds. Which for those who don't know is one of the biggest and possibly the best comic convention in this country. Its a fantastic event where small press guys like myself can rub shoulders with the big boys in the industry and there is no snobbery or anything like that. It's just a lot of fun with a lot of people who love comics. Well this year I'm going again and like last year I'm sharing  a stall. This year I shall be sharing the stall with fellow comic creator and awesome artist Mike Jackson aka @Mikimus_Prime so you all need to come and visit us and get cool sketches ok :-).

As for what comics will be coming to Thought Bubble, well I'm currently working on the first full issue of 'The Intrepid Endeavours of Cornelius Blow' which will introduce all the main characters and story of what I hope will be a long running series. I am also working on the first pages of 'Potemkin2205' which is a very different kettle of fish to Cornelius, but more on that another time. Finally along with the comics I'm hoping to have progressed far enough on the Cornelius game to be able to bring a copy along to show people.

So all in all a big year ahead for comics and this is on top of all the other illustration projects I have planned. Watch this space for updates and I'll keep you all posted.

TTFN

Mike (Elblondino)

This year so far has been mentally busy with all manner of day to day life type things getting on top of me. This is in part cos that's the nature of things but also because of my woeful ability to organise my thoughts and actions, which I'm sure many of you have noticed by now. This stops here!!!!!
I have so many projects simmering away including comics, miniatures and world domination plots that I've decided to get my arse in gear and actually sort things out. As such over the next few weeks I will be running a series of blog posts about key things on my mind and desk.

For starters I will be displaying at Thought Bubble again this year so will be doing a lot of work on Cornelius as well as a few other very cool comic projects. I will also be working on the Cornelius game and trying to get the rules and some miniatures done for that. No small task I hear you say but I'm determined to get things cooking this year. 

As for other miniatures. I have decided to stop being quite such a butterfly and set some targets and goals. Firstly I won't be attempting Golden Demon as I originally intended due to the arrogance of a certain company who shall remain nameless. I will channel this effort into finishing some of my other projects.  Namely my 15mm Gruntz force, Dystopian Wars Prussians, and my Infinity Ariadnas. My only dalliances into GW territory will be for Dreadfleet and Epic. 

So as you can see I have a lot of things to do but if i manage them correctly then I dont see any reason why they can't be done. Next post will be about the comics projects and Thought Bubble so watch this space.

Mike (Elblondino)

I've been off work all this week with exacerbated asthma, and though this is a royal pain in the posterior, as it means pills, puffers and wheezing like an old man. It also means I've been able to finally sit down and start painting up some minis. In particular I started on  my 15mm goodies. 15mm is a relatively new thing to me and as such is a breath of fresh air from the institutionalised wargaming I've been used to in the past. The freedom 15mm presents is incredible. Originally I was going to try and conjure up my own rules etc, however I have now realised there really isn't any point when some of the rule systems out there are so open that they can fit exactly with what I'm after. My main case in point for this is Gruntz. Written by Robin Fitton this game offers almost endless possibilities in unit design and more. This coupled with the numerous miniature manufacturers out there producing fantastically detailed models just makes things even better, and this is before I've even thought about converting and scratch building.  
Now for those who don't know my 15mm dabbling was always intended to represent the Earth / Mars civil war which pre-dates the events in my graphic novel 'Potemkin 2205'. With this in mind below is a picture of my first painted 15mm Mars colonist. Now I just need to find some money to buy others. Hmmm..........