Updatey Thing

It's been a while since I posted anything, all sorts going on here including Dylan's first birthday, Jebus where did that time go? Anyway, thought I'd fill you in on what I am, have been and will be doing, and that. First off...

BRISTOL!

I will be at The Bristol Comics Expo this weekend, sharing a table with Graham "Tour De France" Pierce. I've got a new comic out, depressing vegetable murder mystery Funny Onion. And a special edition of The Spine Chillers set at the convention. Do come along and say hello if you're going!


SPINE CHILLERS!

My webcomic The Spine Chillers continues weekly, we're currently in the middle of an epic storyline. Dare you witness the mindboggling Terror of The Werebadger?!

ZARJAZ!

I've got a story in the current issue of 2000AD fanzine Zarjaz, drawn by the brilliant Nick Dyer. You can get it online or at the aforementioned Bristol shindig. I'm really pleased with how it turned out so I hope you like it too.

LACF!

I was at the second Leeds Alternative Comics Fair recently, and had a great time again. Hopefully the boys will be announcing number three real soon! Highlight was meeting the supremely talented Nuala Murphy, I really liked her first comic and I'm looking forward to seeing what she does next. I didn't have anything new out but Space Dracula did really well again, people seem to like that one...

OTHER STUFF!

I've also done other stuff. I intend to also do more stuff soon. I might even update my website once in a while :)

Keep watching the pies,

Ben

Merry Christmas, Mr Mothman

A festive treat for fans of the Fortean Fiend, Mothman returns in his first "adventure" for two years! Hope you enjoy it my friends and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Here it is!

Return of The King

The Mentalist Monarch makes his long awaited comeback in 2011 in The Griefbringer Chronicles! Watch this space for more details!

The Daily Spine Chillers

Over the festive period my webcomic The Spine Chillers is being updated every day! There will be a new comic every morning between now and Christmas. Already we've had the unfortunate twitter episode, and part one of Legend of The Snowbeast, which starts today! Can Lovecraft, Bierce and Poe survive the unimaginable horror they face? Find out in the days to come!

And Merry Bloomin' Christmas from Mrs P and the boys, and thanks to everyone who has been reading and supporting The Spine Chillers this year, it really means a lot.

Ben

Ship Ship Shop and You Don't Stop

It's still a work in progress kids, but my shiny new online shop is open for business! It's at big cartel, I liked the name :)
The link is over there next to these words what you are reading. Can you see it? Champion.
Or if not:

Magic Beans Comics Online Shop!

Cheers me dears,

Ben

My Friend Flickr

You know the bit of my website that says Read My Comics! Well it works again! So if you click on the links you can, you know, read my comics! Thanks to help from my friends Martin Newman and Paul Thompson I've started uploading my comic galleries to Flickr, so the mysterious world of Magic Beans Online lives again... :)
No thanks whatsoever to Comicspace though, which I used to love but doesn't seem to serve any kind of purpose at all anymore. Never mind.

I'll keep you up to date when new goodies are added, in the meantime, enjoy!

Thought Bubble Aftermath

Another Thought Bubble is over, and it was a rather special one for me. Because it was the first convention appearance of my son, Dylan. That's him there, in his Batman T-shirt, helping out on the Magic Beans table. He was a very good boy all day and had a great time!
So did I, it was a superb event as always, even better than last years I think. I was part of the mighty line of Paper Jam tables, taking up practically an entire aisle with our awesomeness! And I was sharing with Graham Pearce of Sgt Mike Battle fame again, and our next door neighbour was Paul Scott, so it was fab to be surrounded by babysitters erm, I mean friends, all day :)
I didn't quite manage to get all five of my new comics printed in time, but i got three out, which I was happy with. I was being a bit overambitious possibly! Mike Neville Forever!, Gravy and Chips and Stringer Bell At The Earth's Core all seemed to go down well, in fact nearly all of my comics did, I had one of my best single days for sales that I've ever had all told!
I tried my best to get round and see as many people as I could, but the day passes so quickly! So I'm overjoyed to hear that next year's Thoughty is going to be a 2 day event.
I did manage to catch up with the Banal Pig boys, Hugh 'Shug' Raine, Magda Boresyza, Garen Ewing, John Reppion and Leah Moore and baby Eddie, the Accent UK and Futurequake crews, Tom Mcnally, Gary Erskine, Al Ewing and a few others, but apologies to everyone else I missed out on seeing, especially Krystina Baczynski. See you soon Krystina!
And special thanks go to Stacey Whittle, for the gorgeous toy dinosaur that she knitted Dylan. He loves it, it's become his favourite toy and is affectionately called Wonky :)
And now the con season is over for another year, and it feels good to be back after my paternity leave. I'm already planning for a big and exciting year for 2011, so I'll see youse about!

Keep watching the pies,

Ben