And then when we lost all four of those awards we were left with quite a backlog to shift, so if anyone wants to buy a copy of something you can read online for free, form an orderly queue here. I am the worst salesman ever.
Geek Syndicate
grant, Detective Space Cat, Craig Collins and Iain Laurie’s Roachwell, Joe List’s Freak Leap, Dinosaur Comics, Sin Titulo and Sparkshooter, all off the top of my head. I’m particularly digging my pal Garry Mclaughlin’s Suddenly Something Really Interesting, which is an inspiringly frank personal exploration. It’s also testament to both the sheer emotive capacity of comics, and the brilliant DIY ethos that webcomics present – Garry just picked up a pen one day a few weeks ago and off he went, and now he’s building this incredible community who discuss his strips with each passing instalment.
GS: Will we see any more guest artists on Jonbot vs Martha? CB: As a matter of fact we will, there’ll be guest creative teams! For the month of September Neil and I are taking a well-earned break to focus on some other projects and handing the reins over to a plethora of our comic-creator chums from around the globe for a series of guest strips. There’s going to be “what-if” style strips, explorations of our characters both metaphysical and physical, all sorts. It’s going to be tip-top fun. You can check out the first ever Jonbot vs Martha strip here
GS: What are some of your favourite webcomics? CB: For me, Kreepy Kat and The Loneliest Astronauts were both massive influences on the earlier JVsM stuff, in terms of their (respectively) nihilistic and adversarial natures. Both are finished now though, sadly. So currently I’d have to point people to Bucko, Hark A Va-
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