Charlie Adlard @ Shrewsbury Comic Con 2024 draws Carol Peletier from the Walking Dead

One of the headlining guests at Shrewsbury Comic Con was comic artist Charlie Adlard. Known for his work on 2000ad (Rebellion), The X-Files (Topps) and the original Walking Dead comic (Image). We at Blast Process first encountered his work whilst he was illustrating the original X-Files comic.

Indeed Neil has an X-Files ashcan comic with a Mars Attack Martian on it courtesy of Mr Adlard during an appearance at Nostalgia & Comics. He was even the second Comic Laureate (2017 -2019) and during the handover to Hannah Berry (2019 - 2021) he did a a series of sketches for Neil at the Cartoon Museum in 2019.    • Charlie Adlard @ The Cartoon Museum D...  

Anyway on this occasion he was drawing commission sketches and here we see Carol from the Walking Dead being drawn.

For more on Charlie Adlard why not visit his website; https://charlieadlard.com/ And his turn as Comic Laureate; https://www.comicartfestival.com/news...

Mike Dorey @ Lawless 2022 draws BILL SAVAGE (Invasion! / Disaster 1990)

Bill Savage appeared in the first issue of 2000AD and the Invasion story is reprinted in volume 62 of the 2000AD Ultimate Collection (which is issue 60 in delivery terms!).. But who better to draw our plucky resistance fighter than series artist Mike Dorey.

For tickets for this year's Lawless (2023) sponsored by The77; https://lawlesscomiccon.co.uk/

Lew Stringer @ Lawless 2022 draws COMBAT COLIN (Action Force / Transformers)

Neil took along his copy of Action Force: The Battle Years (a Kickstarter exclusive) to Lawless 2022. Lew Stringer, who was a guest at Lawless, is the creator/owner of Combat Colin. Colin Doobrey-Smiff, otherwise known as Combat Colin, appeared as a comedic back-up strip in Action Force) and thanks to this convention encounter has been added to the front of the book.

For tickets for this year's Lawless (2023) sponsored by The77; https://lawlesscomiccon.co.uk/

Lawless 2022 - A Celebration Of British Comics

With the next Lawless approaching the pressure was on to get the BP visual record of the 2022 event uploaded. So Neil and his intrepid team of one (Neil) has put the hours in and here is the result. But not resting on his laurels Neil has assembled a total of 5 videos. This video covers the event in a "Cinéma vérité" style.

The Art of The Game

Hi guys Mel here,

Recently I have been looking at all sorts of gaming art in my spare time, from game covers to posters and fan art too. Being an avid Tumblr (of gaming information, film funnies and occasionally cute puppies) I noticed the flurry of amazing fan art blossoming on social media. As someone who can't draw to save her life, I wondered what is was that drew artists to certain games, certain styles and what drew them to do it in the first place. I interviewed Jodeeeart, an amazing artist with a passion for games to get her opinion.

Jodie, first and foremost, how long have you been drawing?

Drawing? As long as I can remember, I have been painting digitally for around 6 years now.

What made you chose this game (Assassin’s Creed) to draw from?

It’s my favourite Franchise for a few reasons. I’ve always loved history, particularly the renaissance. The first AC I played was AC2 and I fell in love with it. The character’s are always beautifully designed the locations are gorgeous. Every single time I play them, I come away wanting to paint.

What’s your favourite game console to play games on?

I play on the XB360 and am probably going to update to a XBONE but my favourite has to be the Sega mega drive, It’s so nostalgic for me. It’s certainly when I fell in love with gaming as a child, Mega Games 2 all the way!

What game, in your opinion, has the best artwork?

That’s a toughy, the AC art is beautiful, I recently bought the Thief Art book and that’s filled with gorgeous artwork too. I also adored the art for Devil May Cry 4. It’s really very hard to choose one. Most Games have pretty stunning artwork.

Finally, is there anyone you want to draw but haven’t yet?

Yes, there are loads of characters/people, Gabriel Belmont from Castlevania LOS is one i’ve always fancied that I haven’t drawn. I would also love to do a proper Bayonetta piece, I did one a while back but not since I started painting digitally.

Jodie's artwork is amazing, and I have the good fortune of it popping up on my dash on a regular basis! Tumblr is a hotbed of amazing artists, especially those focused on gaming; I would recommend everyone to check it out!

Find Jodie's art at Deviantart and on Tumblr

Mel over and out!