When reading becomes a chore
I’ve just finished reading Roadkill, the latest Cal Leandros novel by Rob Thurman and it was hard work. Such a let-down after the previous four books in the series. Admittedly, none of them have matched the first one because in that there was a well-handled twist that I never saw coming and that’s always a pleasant surprise, but mostly they were exciting, dynamic romps. Which is why this one was such hard work – it failed in so many things with which the others succeeded.
Story to Nowhere – a quick return
It didn’t take me long to realise that I couldn’t stay away from Mike and his life. However, I’ve changed the format and am now doing it as a series of journal entries on a blog: Story to Nowhere – Mike’s Journal. There will be no art in this current section of the project but …
Baked Beans – Three Helpings a Week
With the vacant slot in my comic schedule created by Story to Nowhere coming to a conclusion, I decided to fill the gap with an additional Baked Beans comic strip. This means that Baked Beans will be appearing three times a week from now on – Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. I hope you continue to …
An iPad Try…
I’m trying to write this entry from my iPad. Last time I tried to do this it didn’t work properly and posted it with the wrong date and time. However, that was from the WordPress app and posted to my other blog. This time I’m trying from the web based dashboard to see if it’s …
Festive greetings video
I created a Youtube video and I thought you might like to see it. I took a few miknutes to comment on the what’s been happening over the last year. I hope it’s of interest to you. Festive Greetings from Steve Ince I was experimenting because I’m thinking of doing a series of comment videos …
Mitchell – one year in
It is now a year since I first started writing and drawing the Mitchell cartoons. Apart from wishing Mitchell a very happy first birthday, I thought I’d take a little time to think back on this first year of cartoons. Today’s cartoon is number 126 and I find myself a little surpried that it’s still …
Spare Parts – writing for Simon Pegg
Earlier this year I was invited to the EA offices in Guildford to discuss the possibility of working on a game called Spare Parts, being created under their Bright Light division. It was such a pleasure to get the job and write the dialogue for such a fun game, but what I didn’t realise at …
Dodging the Question
I think I may have hit on something that may well explain why I’m not a millionaire writer with an international following and untold numbers of fans – I haven’t managed to come up with a clever, gimmicky or off-the-wall way of dodging serious questions that are put to me by well-meaning would-be writers simply out for a bit of useful advice.
Mr. Smoozles – some changes around here
There have been a few changes with the Mr. Smoozles comic strip. The first is that I’ve returned to the art duties and have moved the strip size up to something a little larger. There has also been a change in design with all the new pages taking on a slightly cleaner look that suits …
Baked Beans – a new comic strip
As if I don’t have enough to do, I’ve created yet another new comic strip, Baked Beans, which I intend to update on Thursdays and Saturdays. This strip concentrates on a core group of human beans but with regular one-off character appearances depending on the joke I want to tell. I’ve gone for a much …
Script Factor Flyer
I thought you might like to see the flyer for the event: