Hey, Hey!
I FINALLY I thought I should put some life back into the
blog! I think it’s been nearly 2 years since my last post! My biggest apologies for those
that may still visit to see if there are any updates, as ever I always get
caught up with work and my Email replies and blog updates are usually the first
things to suffer!
I still like to use this place as a form of posting work but
often my Instagram gets most of my quick snippets of work and sketches. Here I
like to write up more of an extended post and get some words down. So without
further ado:
So, what has been going on over that past two years, Chris?!
Well, I’ve been the artist of Batgirl: Rebirth for DC for a
year and a half, under the word smithery of Hope Larson with colours by the
mighty Mat Lopes, letters by the brilliant Derron Bennet and Inks were often
finished by Jon Lam, Jose Marzan Jr and Andy Owens. It was my first jump into a
monthly released book, which, to put it lightly, nearly killed me! Despite as
hard as it got I always had a lot of fun with the Batgirl team and I came
through the other end and jumped into something new for DC! To be fair to
myself, alongside Batgirl I was also working away at our third instalment for Porcelain:
A Gothic Fairy Tale titled ‘Porcelain: Ivory Tower’ which is a full graphic
novel itself. The Improper Books team don’t cut corners and I won’t give up my
inking duties on that one, so I had a ton of work on with both Batgirl and
Porcelain. I only have myself (and maybe
Ben) to blame but It was worth it.
Now this is a rare statement for me but I have to say Porcelain:
Ivory Tower is one of the things I am most proud of in my illustration career. Both
in terms of the book on a whole and the art I put into it. Ivory Tower is one
of the few books I can look back at, re-read and actually feel like I did a
good job! As ever, there are always bit’s I would change here and there but
this one I am genuinely really happy with! The blood sweat and near panic attacks
were worth it!
Early in 2018 Ben and I were lucky enough to be invited back
to France by our friends at Delcourt (our French Publisher) to do a signing
tour for Ivory Tower. We visited Paris, Grenoble, Besancon and back to Parsi
for a couple of days to finish.
Our trips to France are always so utterly heart-warming, I
can safely speak for Ben and myself when I say we both feel so at home over there, we
have made some solid friends with the readers, shop owners and the publishing team
and I know we both can’t wait to get over there again to hang out with the
friends we made and make some new ones. A Soppy sentiment maybe but a true one.
Love you, France! 😊
Snippets of my Instagram feed:
And as for what’s next, well…. I’ll get straight on to the
next post!
