March Of The Spider Goblins

A panel from Maddy Kettle. It won't be coloured like this in print but I'm really enjoying taking panels here and there for posts and experimenting with colour. This is giving me an idea of what works and what doesn't. I think the final colouring will be less flat and graphic and more gouache like.

I love the Spider Goblins. I've been drawing them for years. I'm so familiar with them I sometimes expect to see one spying on my from a bush or the shadows of an old house.

Work is going really well, if I continue at this pace I'll be halfway done by Christmas.

Some links of interest, first an analysis of what DC's very health sales numbers on it's recent relaunch means for the comic book industry. 

Bleeding Cool selects some of the best buys in Top shelf's current sale. 

An article on Germany's policy of expensive books and how it helps the publishing industry. 

An interesting argument for Marvel and DC to act more like TV producers. 

The Beat looks at recent comic book sales numbers and considers what they mean. 

And finally, an excellent look at British comics and why kids might not be reading them.