24/10/2018

The horror

I've got two one-pagers in the Paper Jam Comics Collective's new anthology Super Spooky Scary Stories ...And That. This time the theme is horror/spookiness, complete with classic 'crypt-keeper' style hosts, though tonally aimed at being suitable for kids (nothing too visually horrific (other than my appalling inability to draw perspective)).

The first of my stories, 'Flopsie's Food', is about a girl who pushes the boundaries of science via deeply inappropriate rabbit food. You may not be surprised to learn that things do not turn out well.

The second page 'Standard Creative Procedure', is partly a reaction to making the anthology - an unusually specific (for Paper Jam) set of restrictions contrasted with our 'hands-off' editorial ethos making this book a little more of a challenge than usual. More generally though, I guess it's a bit of a love/hate letter to the ambition to run DIY creative communities - their impossible-to-fully-organise nature, but the creative purity that arises from that.

Anyway, Super Spooky Scary Stories ...And That is great - further info here.

And, for the first time in a while, PJCC will be throwing their own launch party. AND given the theme of the comic, it'll be a Halloween party!

The Creature From The Funk Lagoon will rise from its inhuman slumber to DJ (along with Count Funkula and The Texas Funk-Soul Massacre) an eclectic set of 100%-spooky choons - encompassing kitsch 50's horror pop, rock 'n' roll, hip hop, soul, metal, mashups and beyond. Best damn Halloween playlist you'll find in toon, guaranteed. Plus: collaborative drawing games! Sweets! Good craic with comics people! It's at Bar Loco Saturday 27th 7-11 FREE.