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Leeds could be best summed up with this:



Next year I'll have been doing cons for 10 years and several of those have been with Claude. [link] Here we are in our difficult "too many years on tour phase", waiting for our works to fall back into fashion as either ironic pop culture or desperately hoping we're discovered by a new generation of readers who actually have money on them this time.

Despite this we were ably assisted by Dev who sorted us out for food and drinks, dragged customers to our tables and even tweeted to the world about our table.



On a more positive note my new comic The Yorkshire Cowboy [link] got off to a decent start, the preview poster comic shifting a couple of dozen and outselling everything else I had on sale. Better still I was able to give a copy to John Wagner, the creator of Judge Dredd and even sell some copies wholesale to OK Comics in Leeds [link]

Kate Coope, who helped letter The Yorkshire Cowboy, popped by to claim here free copy. [link] She recently did art assistance on Girl & Boy which was nominated for a National Comic Award [link]



I even got to see mates I haven't seen in years including Joe and Nick. I forced Joe to pose for this staged photo which was taken long after he'd actually bought the comic.



I even managed to sell comics to total strangers! This lady even asked for a sketch (which I totally ballsed up)



General consensus? I need to get The Yorkshire Cowboy issue 1 out next year!

Cheers & Lovely,

Aaron "Smurf" Murphy
  • Listening to: Cable - Honolulu
  • Reading: Hemlock
  • Watching: Archer
  • Playing: De nada
  • Eating: Nuts
  • Drinking: Cranberry & Rasberry juice
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~Naoru Nov 25, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Read JOe's copy, yes you need to get out issue one next year! D: The background on the poster is so detailed and amazing to loo at.
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I'm pretty proud that you dug my little poster comic, it's had a much better reaction than anything I've ever done.

I will try to get a whole issue out this year or in the very least a mini comic (maybe on giant newsprint?)
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~Naoru Feb 10, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
oooh giant newsprint would look nice, I think it would suit your style of drawing too compared to a more compressed A5 size, since your work is very detailed and bold
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*MrTuke Nov 20, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Sounded like it was a bit of adventure going up there and back at least. :)

Anything to comment on the "Leeds was fully booked since last December scenario" ?
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:iconaaronsmurfmurphy:
I genuinely wasn't aware of the scenario to be honest. I got the email saying they were opening up applications soon a couple of weeks ago but that's it.
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