Back in Action

Indeed we are....

Poster by David Frankum (thanks David!)

Demoncon 3

I spent a very pleasant day in Maidstone last Sunday for Demoncon 3. It was a really nice convention, not too big, but very well attended with plenty to see and do. I got to meet David Frankum in the flesh for the first time, and we had a great time hawking our various wares, including Walking Wounded, Futurequake, Doctor WTF?! and Zarjaz.

(David Frankum (Left) and Chris Denton. Picture by John Burdis - also check out his 2000AD forum post where the photo came from).

I wasn't just there to sell though - I bought Futurequake 16 from David, having missed it the first time around. It includes a great story by him and Russell Norris called Generations, several other really fine self-contained strips and a back cover 1-pager coloured by none other than "Steven Denton". I also purchased the very last copy ever (for now) of the West graphic novel Justice by Andrew Cheverton and Tim Keable then swapped myself a copy of By The Book 1 by Peter Anckorn. Should keep me busy this weekend!

Thank You Ron

Steve and I were delighted to contribute to the Ron Smith tribute comic. We're big fans, having grown up with his extraordinary work in 2000AD, especially on Dredd. This was our effort:

For the full story - and a wonderful contribution of his own - please check out this blogpost by David Frankum.

Demonic Manifestation

I'm on the guest list of Demoncon 3 where I'll be appearing with David Frankum to talk about our various projects including the Massacre For Boys Action Special and Zenith/Invasion.

Who knows, there might even be some exciting news regarding our third and thus far top secret collaboration!



DEMONCON3
APRIL 22ND, EXCHANGE STUDIO, MAIDSTONE
11-4, £5 ADMISSION

Massacre For Boys Action Special

Here's the cover, painted by Steven Denton:



The Massacre For Boys Action Special will be available in May 2012.

Full details to follow, but you can view an exclusive sneak peek over at David Frankum's blog.

A few more snippets of info were included in my recent appearence on Down The Tubes.

Holt Bros In Colour

Continuing the countdown to the Massacre For Boys Action Special, I can now reveal that this issue will feature a remastered version of our Holt Bros pilot strip. Originally published in Judge Dredd Megazine 261 it's currently being coloured by Dee Cunniffe. We're sharing Dee with Rebellion (where he is working as a co-colourist with Len O'Grady on the John Smith and Colin MacNeil series Strange & Darke).

This is what the second Holt Bros page now looks like:



Not bad, eh?

Blackshirts of Exmoor In Colour

2012 isn't all about the Olymics, y'know.

We're on the home strait in terms of getting the Massacre For Boys Action Special ready to go to press. To that end, we welcome the multi-talented Owen Watts as colourist on Walking Wounded: Blackshirts of Exmoor.

Here's the first page, pencils/inks by Steve:



(You may recall I posted the black and white version back in July '11)

We're grateful to Owen for stepping in, and doing such a fine job to boot. There'll be one or two (or three or four) further new names added to the contributor list before we're done on this issue. MFB is very fortunate that the talent pool we have to draw on is only getting deeper...