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Comic Book Poems Series 2 – 1001 Monsters – Lessons Learned
After Series 1 – Outsider Art was published I did a postmortem blog post about what I was looking to achieve with the series and Comic Book Poems as a project. Now that Series 2 – 1001 Monsters is...
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Comic Book Poems – Taking a break till Series 3
Comic Book Poems will be taking a break before Series 3 starts on 8 September. Expect some articles and posts, but no new content will be posted. Until then have a few teasers of what may be present in...
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A New Comic Book Poem on Comic Soapbox Scotland
Comic Soapbox Scotland is a new blog that hosts comics that look at the Scottish referendum on independence. There are lots of cool posts and comics on there at the moment, but today a brand new Comic...
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Comic Book Poems Series 3 – What to Expect
For Series 3 of Comic Book Poems we will obviously be carrying on the tradition of experimentation with words and images, but also the idea of collaboration. Series 3 will see a collaboration with Long...
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Comic Book Poems Series 3 – Starting 22 September 2014
Series 3 of Comic Book Poems will start on 22 September 2014, with a preview a few days beforehand. Check back on this blog for more details.
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New Material – Preview – Comic Book Poems
Here is a teaser/preview for the first Comic Book Poem in Series 3. It is called New Material and will go live on 22 September 2014. Check back at the blog to see the final Comic Book Poem.
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New Material – Comic Book Poem
The first Comic Book Poem of Series 3 is New Material. Please give it a read below. The individual Pages are below: A slideshow of New Material is below: Click to view slideshow. DOWNLOAD If you would...
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Unflow – Preview – Comic Book Poems
Here is a teaser/preview for the second Comic Book Poem in Series 3. It is called Unflow and will go live on 29 September 2014. Check back at the blog to see the final Comic Book Poem.
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Unflow – Comic Book Poem
The second Comic Book Poem of Series 3 is Unflow. Please give it a read below. The individual Pages are below: A slideshow of Unflow is below: Click to view slideshow. DOWNLOAD If you would like to...
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Outside – Preview – Comic Book Poems
Here is a teaser/preview for the second Comic Book Poem in Series 3. It is called Outside and will go live on 6 October 2014. Check back at the blog to see the final Comic Book Poem.
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Outside – Comic Book Poem
The third Comic Book Poem of Series 3 is Outside. Please give it a read below. The individual Pages are below: A slideshow of Outside is below: Click to view slideshow. DOWNLOAD If you would like to...
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Writing a Comic Book Poem – New Material
For New Material I wanted to carry on the tradition of experimentation by creating a poem that uses short, sharp, sentences and paints an abstract picture. For the content I was almost trying to evoke...
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Illustrating a Comic Book Poem – New Material
The materials used when creating the Comic Book Poem New Material were ProMarker Pens, Fineliners and watercolour paints. I wanted to create a colourful image that would stand out. I created the Comic...
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Writing a Comic Book Poem – Unflow
Unflow poises a question at the start, but it is the protagonist who is asking it. ‘If only I knew what I wanted to do, when I was so much younger.’ The narrator asks if there would have been a...
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Big Words – Preview – Comic Book Poems
Here is a teaser/preview for the fourth Comic Book Poem in Series 3. It is called Big Words and will go live on 13 October 2014. Check back at the blog to see the final Comic Book Poem.
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Illustrating a Comic Book Poem – Unflow
Unflow was illustrated using ink on watercolour paper. I used an ink pen and kept the style purely as black and white (apart from when writing the title of the Comic Book Poem). This allowed me to...
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Writing a Comic Book Poem – Outside
In Outside we take the perspective of a lonely person that is trying to get attention. It’s about wasted opportunities and trying to cease the moment. Other that using stanzas I decided to make the...
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Big Words – Comic Book Poem
The fourth Comic Book Poem of Series 3 is Big Words. Please give it a read below. T
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Illustrating a Comic Book Poem – Outside
Outside takes a colourful and illustrative side to creating a Comic a Book Poem. In my artwork I tend to focus on people and communication. This may be because I find it difficult to communicate with...
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Writing a Comic Book Poem – Big Words
A fairly straight forward one here about communication. The words represent fear and a lack of ability with communication. For this Comic Book Poem I came up with the idea of someone being trapped and...
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