Upwind of Disaster, Downwind of Atonement

At Winchester Comics Fair on 19th October 2024, I happened to be tabled right next to Miranda Smart. Sideways glances across at her table, prints and books produced by screenprinting and risograph. I came home with memories of pinks, greens, other strong colours and colour combinations that were threading their way into my brain…like so…

Out Now – The Race from 1996!

Previously unpublished comic book written and drawn in 1996. Now available in full colour for £6.00 + p&p. The Race was scripted by Chris Butler, who sent me the story from his Sheffield address in summer of 1996. We had previously collaborated on a couple of stories, ‘Miserable Slaves Of Dogs’ and ‘Enlberia’. The first…

The Blue Light

Homelight by Gareth A Hopkins I bought a number of books by this UK creator when I was at the Brew Zine comic fair in July. I wanted to say hello to Gareth as I’ve seen a few tweets about his work and been intrigued. To say he’s prolific is an understatement; I have the…

New Astorial – The Building Trade

The third comic from the original Astorial Stories series of 1986, now with added colours. The Building Trade features the character of Tom the Builder, at work on the exterior of the Hotel, apparently carrying out repairs and works all by himself, apart from the interventions of a well-meaning but ineffectual foreman. And of course…

A Part of the World I Didn’t Know

Chris Reynolds 2 x Chris Reynolds UK Dark and Golden Books 008 (2024) Very happy to receive this recent publication from Dark And Golden Books. It reprints two stories from UK artist Chris Reynolds, ‘Space Food’ from 1990 and ‘The Animals’ War’ from 2005, and as a backup article it reprints an interview with Reynolds…

Astorial Stories in Colour

Continuing my plan to add colour to some of my stories, here are the first two Astorial Stories books now with added colours. The third story, The Building Trade, is also coloured – just not sent to the printer yet. I’m planning to complete all five mini-comics from the original series, plus The Floating Dan…

Military Observer

Recommended for your consideration, may we mention Dead Watch issues 1 and 2 by British-Russian designer Natasha Denezhkina Campbell. In this series (started in 2022), she proposes a fictional account of a very hot topic – the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. Her idea has been to recast it as vampire fiction, portraying The Enemy…

Sounds of the Past – now in colour

Another mini-comic back from the printer today. This one is a colourised version of ‘Sounds of the Past’ from 1988. According to my records, it was published in Phil Elliott’s Gag magazine #7. This is one of those one-off fable type stories where the characters, Douglas and Mary, never appear again in the Pinsent “universe”….

A Return to Mini-Comics

Herewith a couple of recent mini-comic publications. Well, actually neither of them are new strips, but I’m re-presenting and reworking these 1980s strips in an A5 8-page format. I used to put out xerox zines this size quite a lot, so for me it’s a welcome return to a favourite form. I’m planning to publish…

The Unity of Otherness

A few disjointed thoughts about Shelter: Early Doors by Lucy Sullivan. The comic’s been nagging away at me somewhere since I read it over a couple of nights. That’s a good start. I would like art to nag at me and disturb me. At first glance when picked up from Lucy’s stall at Leatherhead Library…