Blank Stare Comics

30/03/2019

Hokey dokey. Here's the plan... now pay attention 'cause I may ramble a bit here. John F will be picking up the books from the printers during the week for it's grand unveiling next weekend at Edinburgh Comic Con. It's in colour (the book, not the comic con. 'though the Con is a beacon of comic book brightness in itself) so try ignore all those greyscale images that have been posted below. Unfortunately there are NO Motorhawk Tshirts for sale (TsU dropped the ball on that one) but hopefully they'll be in the pipeline in the future so feel free to noise up John F at the Vital Publishing stand this year (He likes to be noised up so he does) Alternatively have a word with TsU at the Deadhead Comics booth. Give us your details and sizes and we'll get that into production (I want one myself so it WILL happen at some point this year) I have also had confirmation that the Guest Artist in the book, Molly T, will be on site on the Sunday, 'cause her mum's working Saturday. I know it's Mothersday tomorrow, but THHPPPT! to mums. (I don't mean that really). And the writers and directors of the Electricman Movie are going to be there too. so feel free to badger TsU into signing the cover seeing as it's a proper picture and not the sillyness he does for John F or the Monkey King stuff. I think that's about it. yup. See you kids next weekend at Comic Con. and if you can't make it let us know and we'll think of you on the day

05/03/2019

Concentration... it's all you need to achieve greatness no matter what anyone else thinks

19/02/2019

Hokey... artwork scanned and coloured (even though it's a black and white comic) and has been passed over for lettering. So short of redraws or someones PC going ka-poot like what mine's about to do, or so it seems, this should be available soon. Or at keast at this years Edinburgh comic-con.

15/01/2019

Work in progress for the cover

14/01/2019

Line work for a double page spread for Aardvak Vs Armadillo )Working title

14/01/2019

Seeing as how TsUs' Monkey King is making an appearance in Aardvark Vs Armadillo (Working Title) He reckoned it'd be nice for a wee photo-bomb in one of the up and coming Monkey King issues. Though I don't think Aardvark and Lalaa really understand photo-bombing. More like they're selfie-ing in the Underworld

07/01/2019

Happy New Year folks.
Line work for issue one complete.
Tonal work still in progress.
It's getting there... honest!

12/12/2018

With only five pages left to pencil and ink of issue one (grumble, John finished his bit yonks ago...grumble grumble) TsU was quite happy to have this wee doodle to do for a background banner on pages 18/19. It brought a smile to his face 'cause it sums up the prior 17 pages. And seeing as how this cowboy looks like he's lost his marbles, TsU wonders (based on the script sections he's been getting from John) whether he has any of his own marbles left?

10/12/2018

Now this place may look familiar, But look how much fun the guys in the banner up top are having. Sweet!

29/11/2018

The work proper IS getting done but, TsU has produced this T-shirt design that's only going to appear in one panel and only about an inch tall... Is he taking attention to detail too far? or does he just want this T-shirt for himself?

26/11/2018

Feeling a bit like Armadillo at the moment. Really should be getting on with the strip proper, but am getting too easily distracted by the little side illos that have little to do with the over all story. At least this one's clean.

23/11/2018

19/11/2018

Proving Artists are morons, or maybe just TsU, He didn't get a single sketch done with the correct text. Either that or he's upto some kinda genius subterfuge to keep the rivals off the scent... Nah, Moron!

10/11/2018

Aardvark Vs Armadillo (as it was initially titled) was conceived back in early 2015 by John when he coerced TsU into coming onboard as artist on the project after several beers after the Edinburgh Comic Con by HERO CONVENTIONS. After much badgering by TsU, John finally produced the one pager "the Meaning of Life" around five months later. At present TsU is inking out page nine of the full story. So by my calculations, five months a page times twenty pages... erm, it should be finished in the next decade at some point... Only joking! Both John and TsU have been extremely busy over the past three years with their own projects. John with the School of the Damned and all other Vital Publishing titles he’s written, and TsU with his Monkey King series where he writes, draws, letters, and sings the theme-toon.

Anyhoo, the script is coming through thick and fast and the artwork being rattled out at a sensible rate. Here’s some of the initial concepts of the two leads from way back when, including the initial layout rough for “the Meaning of Life”

08/11/2018

Welcome to Blank Stare! We are brand new comic collaborative dedicated to showcasing new and established comic book talent. We'll be posting details of events and titles soon. In the meantime, here's a sneak peak from our debut book Aardvark and Armadillo.

08/11/2018