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Gallivant

Gallivant is an all-ages “funny animal” comic strip. Off-beat humour and oddball storylines.

Tone Quest

Tone Quest is an illustrated story and concept album of instrumental music. The term Illustrumentals is coyly proffered as an explanation for something that grew naturally out of creative necessity.

Warped

Warped is an all-ages Science Fiction tragi-comedy, a spin-off from the Jack Astro comic. Featured in the Phoenix Comic Magazine.

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Warped in The Phoenix Comic Magazine

Posted on February 4, 2022 by BandOfOne

Starting in March I’m happy to say you will find “Warped” comic, in The Phoenix Comic Magazine. It’s a real joy to see one of my comics alongside the many other fine comic creators like Jamie Smart, The Etherington Bros, Neill Cameron, etc, etc.

I’ve been an admirer of The Phoenix since it started and if you’ve not heard of it I’d highly recommend you check it out. They are keeping alive a long heritage of British comics for kids, and giving a place for new voices in the industry.

Warped is a spin-off from my Jack Astro Comic. It’s a completely stand-alone comic strip so no prior knowledge of Jack Astro is neccesary but it does broaden the canon in my mind and links to the book 😀

There is an idea in that story where an infinite number of Jack’s are sent to an infinite number of galaxies in splinter dimensions via the aptly named, Infinity Drive. Warped explores what happened to all of these alternate Jack’s. Each episode the characters explore strange new worlds and get themselves into mischief.

Look out for Warped in the coming weeks. I will be posting the comics here on this website as well but if you want to support a great British comics magazine and see amazing work from other new British cartoonists go subscribe to the Phoenix too.

Band Of One Store

Posted on November 29, 2021 by BandOfOne

I have launched the new Band Of One Store where you can grab the Jack Astro comic book. A few A5 Art Card prints and various sketch cards from my morning warmup sketches which I’m posting on Instagram.

The store can be found here: https://bandofone.square.site/

If you are buying anything for Christmas I would order in the next couple of weeks to be sure of delivery before the 25th.

Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival 2021

Posted on November 17, 2021 by BandOfOne

I just got back from exhibiting at Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival.

The last few months has been a wild ride, first with the Kickstarter. And then building up to the weekend at Thought Bubble.

It was such a joy to be able to talk to people about my work and show them the Jack Astro Comic Book in person.

A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by the table and either chatted with me or listened patiently to my pitch for the book. The response was really great and I’m still on a bit of a high having such a positive reaction from people both for my artwork and also the general concept.

I made this comic for myself really. Or to be more accurate for my 12 year old self. I would have been a massive fan of this comic if someone else had created it. It was especially exciting seeing youngsters around that age and a bit older looking so thoroughly psyched about the book.

The show was run amazingly well and all the precautions in place for Covid made for a great and safe show. Thought Bubble really cares about the artists and comic creators and there was SO much incredible talent on display. I wish I had more time to hunt around. I know I missed out on meeting and buying stuff from a few of my favourite creators.

Thought Bubble 2021 Haul Photo — Customary Thought Bubble Haul Photo – Wish I could’ve got more!

Since the weekend ended I’ve been totally fueled with inspiration to get working on my next projects. I’ve got a few exciting things in the works including a spin-off version of Jack Astro for a kids magazine. And a new long form project that will be a bit more in the fantasy genre. A middle-ages setting, knights, dragons and my usual injection of weirdness and silliness.

I will definitely be hoping to attend next year’s show and hopefully one or two others throughout 2022.