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 the first weekend of December, I went to Lisbon for Smofcon. The convention usually takes place in the States, so when the team from Dublin2019 offered stipends for Irish fans to attend, I jumped at the opportunity. For those who don’t know – which I imagine is most, if not all of my subscriber…
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…
This past weekend, myself and Gareth Luby met in Harrogate to represent Limit Break Comics at Thought Bubble. There, we were able to launch Turning Roads, bring our books to a UK show for the first time, and meet some fellow creators. It was a fun, but exhausting weekend, and though it was clear the pandemic…
This weekend is Octocon, starting on Friday October 1st at 7.45pm with the Opening Ceremony. I have a busy weekend ahead of me after that, moderating three panels, appearing on a game show, launching a book and running a workshop! I’ve planned out my whole weekend to fill with other programme items, too, so it’s…
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,…
One of Cupán Fae’s coping mechanisms for the pandemic was to run a book club. We focus on craft books for writing, rather than fiction, because our tastes vary once you step outside of Fantasy. I’ve previously discussed Save the Cat! Writes a Novel in my newsletter. Last night, we finished discussing The Anatomy of Prose by Sacha Black….
Way back in 2015, I was working on my Masters degree in Multimedia in Dublin City University. My thesis was a group assignment, to create something substantial using the skills we’d been taught in the two semesters of lectures. My team decided to make a web documentary on comic book culture in Ireland, having elected…
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…