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Mini interview

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

I was asked in Feb to do a little interview for a student. Here’s that… As a parent who is working professionally within the comics industry, do you encourage your kids to read comics, and why? I think I’d always encourage
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Just say no…

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

The freelancers curse is never being able to say ‘No’. No means you’re turning away work. (Who would do that?) No means someone else will do the work and you’ll find out and you’ll hate them a bit for it.
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Terran Omega

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

Terran Omega came out of the idea of a last human, travelling the galaxy having adventures. A tale of Kung Fu in space. This particular Terran Omega story was partly inspired by an idea of my pal Jim Lavery’s and
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STORYTELLING!

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

Hey, so my Pal Steve Denton drew up a page of Dredd and I thought I could help him beef up the story telling. I thought this would be of interest. (Steve’s ok about me posting this btw, but he’s
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Silhouettes

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

Talking about comics one day, I remarked to John McCrea “I love your use of silhouette”. John, a comics-professional’s comics-professional said “Oh yeah, I try and do one every page. It’s a real time saver” This, for me, is up
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It’s for the birds

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

Was listening to a radio show that touched on the fact that the short story the Alfred Hitchcock film ‘The Birds’ was based on (also called ‘The Birds’) was really rather good, as well as being set in Cornwall (where
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S/FX

Posted on 14th February 2024 by PJH

I love S/FX I think they’re vastly underused, and – certainly as an artist – I think, when possible they should be drawn on the artboard. I draw my s/fx in Clip Studio Paint, and it’s a technique that’s really
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