The 2021 ICN Awards results were announced yesterday! I’m delighted to say that Turning Roads (you know, that little thing) won Best Irish Anthology. The book means a lot to me, as the first project of its kind that I’ve tackled, and as a book in its own right. I was fortunate to get to work with 35…
At the moment, there’s not a huge amount to say from the Limit Break Comics’ front that wasn’t already mentioned in the awards section. The pitches for Down Below are still being sorted through. We received more than five times as many pitches for the book as we did for Turning Roads, so it’s taking slightly longer to narrow down…
The ICN Awards nominations were recently announced. In a first for me, I’ve got nominations across the board, and I’d really appreciate public votes to help a little bit! https://irishcomicnews.dreamhosters.com/2022/01/17/icn-awards-2021/ (ICN has since shut down, so I have removed this link.) The ICN Awards are a staple of the Irish comic community which we all…
In July 2019, I launched my first ever Kickstarter to fund the printing of Plexus #1. That book contains stories illustrated by Rebecca Reynolds, Colm Griffin and Steve Mardo, telling science fiction stories with a focus on the human element. Issue two is now live on Kickstarter, for which I’m joined by Donna A Black, Barry…
Launching at Octocon, and due for release on Amazon next week, is Cupán Fae’s sixth anthology of short stories. Fierce: A Hopepunk Anthology collects work from five authors centred around Hopepunk and the battle for life in the face of adversity. The stories lean towards science fiction as a toolbox for hope, with tales of alien invasion,…
The day has finally arrived – Turning Roads has been sent to print! I finished up work on the book last night after spending all day Sunday in bed, taking my finalised order and using it to create the cover and the credits pages. Rich, from Comic Printing UK, had sent a template for the cover a…
A while ago, some friends and I got together on our regular Zoom call and decided to start a website together. Somehow, we acquired IrishComics.ie. The website will function as a shared blogging platform for Irish comic creators, acting as a home for webcomics. Our line-up is currently being revealed on our social media channels, but…
Straight from the last campaign update, here’s where the production of the book stands so far: As well as that, I was interviewed by the Comic Book Yeti’s team about the book, the Irish comic scene, and spreadsheets. It’s a long interview, covering quite a broad spectrum of topics and includes some notes on tackling a…
On Sunday evening, just after dinner with my parents, we sat around my phone waiting for 8pm and the end of the Turning Roads Kickstarter. Cue the confetti. That was a long month, with more interviews than I’d ever done in a single year, and more engagement with people online than I’ve managed probably since I joined…
The first time I ever had anything close to a viral tweet was when I released the early version of the Comic Creator Finance Workbook. It was clumsy and not too pretty, but people found it helpful. This morning, I finally released what is effectively Version 2, split across several spreadsheets, and with others thrown…