There is a sale on at my Etsy shop at the moment. All zines are 50% off. This is only for UK customers.
Sale at my Etsy Shop
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Overshare
Overshare is an intimate and personal story that takes an in depth look at what it is like to constantly share your feeling with strangers, loved ones and random people. It is a perzine, comic and handmade zine. It asks questions on when, and if, it is ok to share your emotions with unfamiliar people and those close to you.
The comic does not make a distinct conclusion, instead it draws the reader in and asks if they are complicit in oversharing their feelings. Self-care, solitude and mental health are considered throughout. The story is told from the perspective of the writer and artist, where a queer, autistic and working class point of view is presented.
The zine is available to buy here.
You will like Overshare if you enjoy indie comics, unique stories and personal narratives. It takes elements of Diary Comics, Perzines and Graphic Medicine to give a careful, distinctive and intimate approach to comic book storytelling in a DIY and self-published format.
· 16 pages
· Black and white
· Hand made and bound
· An honest and personal comic book zine
How to Live With Grief
How to Live With Grief is a mini-zine in an envelope – with a few extra bits and pieces. The zine presents a method of how to live with grief. It was made during a stressful and solemn period of the artists and zine-makers life when they were trying to cope with great loss. The mini-zine does not propose a solution to grief, or a guide to going through the grieving process. It just presents how grieving can occur in many ways and how space and time can help.
The zine features words and illustrations. It is contained in an envelope to emphasise the personal and careful way the zine was put together.
You will like How to Live With Grief if you enjoy indie comics, unique stories and personal narratives. It takes elements of Diary Comics, Perzines and Graphic Medicine to give a careful, distinctive and intimate approach to comic book storytelling in a DIY and self-published format.
You can buy the zine here
- An 8 page mini-zine in an envelope
- Extra writing drawings and objects are in the envelope
- Full-colour
- Hand made and bound
- An honest and personal comic book zine
Voices With Impact Serious Mental Illness Film Festival – Winner Short Film Award
My short film What it Feels Like won the Short Film Award at the Voices With Impact Film Festival. The festival showcases films about serious Mental Illness. As someone who lives with a serious mental illness and endevours to create art, it means a lot to win an award like this. What it Feels Like can also be streamed online with the Voices with Impact Festival. Info at the festival website.
Glasgow Comic Con – June 4 2022
I’m tabling at Glasgow Comic Con 2022. The event takes place on 4 June 2022 at Glasgow Club Bellahouston, 31 Bellahouston Dr, Bellahouston, Glasgow.
I’ll be at table B11 and selling some fairly new comics and zines!
Conversations With My Imaginary Friends – even more pages from my new comic
Conversations With My Imaginary Friends is a personal comic book that explores voice hearing and psychosis in an intimate and personal method. The story follows the comic book creator as they speak with the voices in their head and write down what they say. We see how important engaging with mental health is and how this can build strength and confidence. Each voice gives a letter to the protagonist and the reader gets to experience the voices in a unique and visual way.
Other than looking at the negative and cliched focus of voice hearing and schizophrenia ‘Conversations With My Imaginary Friends‘ shows how common, powerful and interesting this behaviour can be.
The comic comes with 4 extra letters that are inserted into the comic. These pages can be taken out and read. A mini-zine from one of the characters is also given. These extras give an intimate and personal connection to the reader and fully expresses the closeness and power of the words that people hear in their heads.
– 28 pages
– Comes with 4 extra letters and a mini-zine, plus some extra bonus stuff!
– Full colour
– Hand bound and stapled
– Made with love and honesty
The comic can be bought here – https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1112828100/conversations-with-my-imaginary-friends
New Comic for Sale – Conversations With My Imaginary Friends
Conversations With My Imaginary Friends is a personal comic book that explores voice hearing and psychosis in an intimate and personal method. The story follows the comic book creator as they speak with the voices in their head and write down what they say. We see how important engaging with mental health is and how this can build strength and confidence. Each voice gives a letter to the protagonist and the reader gets to experience the voices in a unique and visual way.
Other than looking at the negative and cliched focus of voice hearing and schizophrenia ‘Conversations With My Imaginary Friends‘ shows how common, powerful and interesting this behaviour can be.
The comic comes with 4 extra letters that are inserted into the comic. These pages can be taken out and read. A mini-zine from one of the characters is also given. These extras give an intimate and personal connection to the reader and fully expresses the closeness and power of the words that people hear in their heads.
– 28 pages
– Comes with 4 extra letters and a mini-zine, plus some extra bonus stuff!
– Full colour
– Hand bound and stapled
– Made with love and honesty
Conversations With My Imaginary Friends can be bought here – https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1112828100/conversations-with-my-imaginary-friends
Self Sabotage – New Comic
Self Sabotage is a 28 page (mostly) black and white comic book zine that looks at the topic of mental health, success, creativity, community and what it means to be an artist. The comic will appeal to readers of Graphic Memoirs, Graphic Medicine and Perzines.
You can buy the comic here.
The story follows the creator of the comic as they discover what it means to be successful and if their own actions and mental health ruin their enjoyment of finding success. The idea of community and networking is explored in a visually exciting and experimental way. Some of the pages are ripped and destroyed. This presents the theme of self sabotage in an interesting and original method.
Self Sabotage will also appeal to people who like zines, perzines, queer zines and outsider art.
- 28 pages
- Black and white (mostly)
- Hand bound and stapled
- Made with love and honesty.
Zines Saved My Life – New Comic -More Pages!
My new comic Zines Saved My Life looks at zines and creativity and how important they are in having good mental health. Zines Saved My Life is on sale now and some pages from the comic are below –
Awkward Silence – New Comic – Even more pages!
My new comic Awkward Silence looks at being mute and silent in a loud world. It is a 28 page personal story and some more pages are below. You can buy Awkward Silence at the following link (free UK postage) –
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