To a delightful weekend in the country!

Late, breaking news: Disconnected Press will be at Melksham Comic Con on Saturday 26th May, with copies of Disconnected Vol. 1 and Lost: Boys, plus original comic art by Conor Boyle on sale!

Join us at Melksham Assembly Hall (here’s a map), 10am – 5pm on Saturday. There’ll be some great opportunities to get up close and personal with comics creators including the mighty Paul Cornell, the marvellous Mike Collins and the magical Sonia Leong. Small press dynamo Jon Lock will be in the room, as will our beloved printers UK Comics.

We hope to see some of you there!!

Disconnected Vol. 1 and Lost: Boys officially launched at Bristol Expo

Disconnected Press is back from Bristol Comic Expo and in full recovery mode (sofa, tea, toast: repeat for 24 hours before re-engaging with the world). Below you’ll find the story of our weekend, and you’ll also notice above that we’ve launched our new online Shop page embracing the latest in e-commerce technology (ahem)…

To Bristol, and we had a great show: admittedly our only goals were that a) our comics would show up and b) someone, anyone, would buy one. Both goals were achieved before the show started so anything else was pure gravy. Or icing. Or something.

No sleep til Bristol*

It’s the final blogging opportunity before Bristol Comic Expo (thank the Lord, say you). Rather than talk about the comics again, it’s time to tell you what we’re really looking forward to this weekend:

The final countdown…

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Our anthologies, Disconnected Vol. 1 and Lost: Boys are now in the hands of our printer, Stuart Gould at UK Comics, so all we can do is sit, wait and remind ourselves to buy a tablecloth to decorate our space at Bristol Expo next weekend.

Thumb-twiddling doesn’t make for a fascinating blog post, so let’s share something new with you: our covers.

First up, here’s the cover for Disconnected, our anthology of small town stories, created by the amazing Matt Timson:

You can find more of Matt’s art at www.matttimson.com though you should all have bought everything he’s ever drawn by now.

Next up is the cover for Lost: Boys, created by Conor Boyle.

Thanks to all who have been in touch about pre-orders – expect an email today for address details (thank the lord for Bank Holiday Mondays!). We go on sale on Saturday at Bristol Expo and online on this site next week, but you can email lizzie@disconnectedpress.co.uk to reserve your copies of Disconnected Volume 1 and Lost: Boys.

More soon (perhaps even a blog about buying that tablecloth….)!

Writers! Artists! You want ‘em? Here they are!

It’s time to meet all of the creators whose work we’ll be featuring in our anthologies at Bristol Comic Expo (12/13 May 2012, don’t miss it!!).

Disconnected Vol 1 is our anthology of small town stories, curious things that happen away from the eyes of the big cities. We are delighted beyond measure to have a cover from the incredible Matt Timson (*does a little dance*) but you’ll have to wait til Bristol for a look at that one! We’ve brought together a team of some of the finest independent and small press talent that we know, people on the verge of comic greatness (we hope!). You can meet the whole creative team here.

Lost: Boys explores what happens when you start to make your way in a world that’s much bigger than you thought. The four stories were written by Lizzie Boyle, working with a group of artists who are starting out in comics and whose work merits a wider audience. Find out who’s who here.

If you want to know more about Disconnected Press, or pre-order your copies of Disconnected and Lost: Boys, email lizzie@disconnectedpress.co.uk.

Louis Carter and his childhood secrets

Time to meet another of our creators. This time it’s Louis Carter, who’s drawn a strip called Billy for one of the anthologies we’ll be launching at Bristol Comic Expo.

I saw Louis’ work first under the guise Cthulouis on the 2000AD Forum. Some of his line work was so intricate that I wanted to see more! We worked together on a strip called Storage, published in Back From The Depths’ Hallowscream in October 2011. His work there made him a natural first choice for the story of Billy.

Here’s a bit more about Louis Carter:

Meet Tom Foster: a great future in comics awaits

Artist Tom Foster first came to our attention last summer at the Comics Launchpad event in Birmingham with a portfolio full of talent. He came back on the scene at ThoughtBubble where he was runner-up in the 2000AD Portfolio Competition (behind another of our Disconnected artists, Gavin Mitchell – we borrow from the best ).

When writer Rich McAuliffe presented his typically gentle script to us, it was Tom that sprang to mind. But you’re probably wondering: who is he? It’s hard to believe that Disconnected will be Tom’s first published sequential work, but it’s easy to see that it won’t be his last….

More comics news from artist Neil McClements

Congrats to Neil McClements (featured here!) on the announcement that he’s working on a new comic called Salvage for Irish publisher Abandoned Comics. Read more about that on Irish Comic News, or have a look here at our interview and a sneak peek of the story he’s drawn for our forthcoming anthology….

If he’s not having fun, it won’t get done: meet Neil McClements

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Time to meet another of our creators, this time from our second anthology which features four stories drawn by relative newcomers. We were keen to give a group of newer artists greater exposure, and it’s something we intend to do again later in the year.

I first saw Neil McClements’ art on the 2000AD Online Forum. He’d posted some samples for scrutiny by forum members – always a sign of someone who’s got some cojones as they can be a merciless lot. I loved his eye for character, his textures and his ability to get a LOT of atmosphere into a single image. When I presented him with the script for Lee for our anthology, I knew those things would stand him in good stead: the story has a very specific and well-known time, place and cast list….

Here’s a little bit more about Neil McClements:

He writes, he dances, he wears a white suit. Meet Richmond.

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We’re about six weeks away from launching our two new anthologies at Bristol Comic Expo. So we thought it was time you got to know some of the people who have contributed their stories, art, advice, time and wisdom to what we’re producing.

This weekend, the world of the comic con moves north. Very north. To Inverness, in fact, and to Hi-Ex. One of the organisers of Hi-Ex is Richmond Clements, stalwart of the small press, wearer of white suits and, as it happens, a very fine dancer. He’s the writer of Whispers which features in our Disconnected anthology with art by Stuart Tipples. Disconnected brings together a selection of small-town stories, affectionately known as “Twin Peaks meets Donnie Darko”.

We asked Richmond some questions: