banal pig's funnies book

here's the cover for the funnies book which i'm doing in time for bristol. it should be quite nice- its landscape A5, full colour throughout and hopefully will have a strip on every single page. it collects the best of the web funnies, plus a few unseen new ones by me, and some more new guest strips too. it's my first venture into full colour publishing, so it's going to a bit more pricey, but i think it'll be worth it. by the way, if anyone reading this is doing a guest funnie for me, i'd appreciate it as soon as possible so i can get it to t'printers.

devastating changes which affect us all

meanwhile, the winds of change are blowing through banal pig towers (first floor flat) like a man whistling over a ropey 80's ballad.
firstly, i have decided that because banal pig 4 is destined to be the greatest comic ever seen, i am going to take my time to make every detail as perfect as the last, if not more perfect. therefore, i am not going to rush to finish it in time for the bristol expo. dry those tears though, because i have decided to do a FULL COLOUR print edition of the best of the banal pig web funnies, featuring some more guest artists (and probably some new ones too) in time for Bristol. hurray! therefore, make the most of the funnies page as it stands now as i may be removing it from view.
also, i shall be consolidating all my web-based activity in an uber-site, with an online shop and everything, coming very soon (when i work out how the internet works)

'citing!

brand new funny

yes friends it's been a while, but there's a new funny up over on banal pig funnies.

(dont hold your breath for any more though, as i am extraordinarily busy).

banal pig funnies

so i'm doing alright so far, nearly half way through and i've still got enough ideas to keep me going for a week or so. the trouble is, my scanner's deteriorating so i can only scan in two thirds of the page at a time, which is a bit of a pain in the balls, and if it gets any worse i wont be able to do it. drawing the strips is fairly easy- i do them in my lunch hour at work, but scanning and colouring them when i get home is a bit of a pain, especially when i want to go out on an evening. i keep thinking that i'll do a few in one go to keep me going, but i can never be arsed, the one you see on a morning is the one i finish the night before, the pixels have only just dried by the time it gets to you.

its an interesting learning experience, and good i think to not be so precious about the strips, just bang them out, and i'm now looking forward to starting BANAL PIG IV- the quest for peace, after this month of strips has finished.

banal pig funnies up and running

yes, pals, as promised, for the next month or so, i will be posting a brand new and exclusive strip EVERY DAY (hopefully) on Banal Pig's Web Funnies. All comments will be gratefully received and please tell your mates.

i will do my best to keep to this gruelling (self-inflicted) schedule, but its probably likely that i'll miss a few days, but my plan is to ease off after a month but still do a couple a week, after the initial burst to get people hooked, you know.

Today's Strip: Space Whale versus Space Kraken.

another piccy

Here's another one from the vaults. i didnt like it when i did it but i think its pretty good.
Meanwhile in comics, JBFCSS2 is gathering pace like a large round cheese rolling down a steep hill, and the preparations for the all new web funnies during October continue. 'citing.

banal pig web funnies up and running!

there'll be no new work up until October probably, but i'm just getting the format right by putting old stuff on there, so any feedback would be appreciated- here it is! there will be a large fanfare etc when new (and exclusive) work goes up, featuring all new Crying Dog, Benny the Ballbag (from Cat Dad) Truculent Strawberry and a new recurring feature tentatively named "Office Funniez", which is a bit of a pastiche of the usual office based rubbish humour we see so much of. Gareth "Man Man" Van Brookes will also hopefully be contributing from time to time, so it should be non-terrible.