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14th June. Shop Closed.
I have closed my souvenir shop. I wasn't completely happy with the quality of some items
and it's way too costly if you live outside of the US.
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1st June. Caitlin photos.
Take a trip over to my photos page to see newly posted images of my grand-daughter,
Caitlin.
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29th May. THANKS.
With the heady news that came through at the beginning of the week and the heavy
weekend I had, I totally forgot my manners.
I'd like to offer a big THANK YOU to all those people who visited the UK Comic
Festival in Bristol and voted for Juniper Crescent. I'd like to thank you all personally, but I
don't know who you are. If you ever feel inclined, please drop me a line.
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26th May. Grandad now.
My eldest son, Shaun, and his girlfriend, Emma, have just become parents of a beautiful
baby daughter.
I shall post pictures when I've had the chance to take some.
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26th May. Nearly an award.
This weekend saw the Bristol comic convention. Apparently Juniper Crescent was in the
running for an online strip award. The final details are here:
BULLETPROOF COMICS AWARD FOR BEST ONLINE STRIP
1 Fred The Clown (Roger Langridge)
2 Oddcases
3 Nowhere Girl
4 Red Meat
5 Bash St Kids
6 Juniper Crescent
7 PVP
8 Astounding Space Thrills
9 Death Takes A Holiday
10 Miffy (Borderline)
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5th May. Web Comics Awareness Day.
Today is Web Comics Awareness Day and this is the second year I have taken part in this
event. You can see my strip here. You can also visit the WCA home page here.
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1st May. In the papers.
There was a nice piece on me and the promotion of Web Comics Awareness in my local
paper today. I scanned the article in and you can read it here.
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27th April. New Photos.
I have posted some new photos taken around the garden today.
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18th April. Dane & Joe Gets Hosted
Dane & Joe, the new comic strip by Steve Ince, is being hosted by the top adventure
gaming site, Just Adventure +.
From 18th April, a new strip will be appearing each Friday, and a full week before being
posted on the Juniper Crescent web site.
Just Adventure + is the top gaming web site to cover the adventure genre and related
gaming genres. With news, reviews and opinion that draws interest from the most
hardened fan to industry professionals, Just Adventure + is a true quality site. Beating off
competition from other interested parties enabled them to host the strip, Dane & Joe.
www.justadventure.com
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8th April. Webcomics Awareness.
The annual Webcomics Awareness event is nearly upon us. This will be the second time
that I will have participated and I shall be creating a special Dane & Joe strip to mark the
occasion. For those interested in taking part in the event, more details can be found
HERE
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30th Mar. Dane and Joe.
For a long time I've wanted to do a strip that relates to gaming and computers in some
way. KittenSoft didn't quite work because it was a bit too close to home. So I've decided
to promote Dane and Joe from Juniper Crescent into their own strip to see how that
works. Whilst gaming will be the main focus of the strip - because gaming is so important
to the pair of them - there are times when other incidents will crop up in their lives.
The strip will appear whenever I have a new one ready. I'd like to say it would be every
week, but Juniper Crescent and The Sapphire Claw will take precedence. And if I have to
put in a lot of hours this will likely put the skids on everything.
While I'm going through the initial phases, some of the strips will be a re-working of
already existing Juniper Crescent strips and some will be strips that have already appeared
and simply transferred over.
I hope you all enjoy the new perspective.
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19th Mar. Colour.
The good news is that I'm returning to colour with both The Sapphire Claw and Juniper
Crescent. I decided that I like the colour too much and the strips look so much better. I'm
also being given the colour back page of Nucomix from issue 15, which has Sapphire
Claw strips starting with the beginning of chapter 1. So this means that I'm also going to be
working through my Sapphire Claw archives from episode 21 until they meet with where I
am at the moment. Then I shall return to the prologue and colour the remaining episodes
there.
There is a good chance that I may have to skip the occasional week in order to deliver the
colour, but I think that overall the increased quality will be worth it.
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16th Mar. Print comics.
Issue 2 of The Girly Comic has just been released and is a quality read that I highly
recommend. It contains an exclusive 3-page Juniper Crescent strip that won't be appearing
anywhere else. The story is called "Boy Trouble" and features a number of the girls from
Juniper Crescent as they discuss the opposite sex.
It has a back cover filled with excellent quotes from many comic magazines and quality
websites and can be ordered from:
www.factorfictionpress.co.uk
Please help support one of the best small press comics around at the moment.
Also:
Issue 12 of Nucomix has just been published. This comic features a number of ongoing
strips (earlier issues are available) as well as a Juniper Crescent strip and The Sapphire
Claw in each issue.
It is mostly keeping to a monthly schedule and deserves to be well-supported, so if you
think you may be interested why not pop over to the comic's website and check out the
samples on offer. You can find them at:
http://www.nucomix.fsnet.co.uk/welcome.htm
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12th Mar. An apology.
I'm sorry, but there will be no episode of The Sapphire Claw this week. A busy week at
work means I'm too tired to do a proper job of the inking and I don't want to compromise
the quality.
Back next week for definite. With some good news, too I hope.
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28th Feb. Just a reminder.
Just in case you don't happen to have noticed, if you scroll down to the bottom of the page
you will find a subscription box for if you'd rather receive the Juniper Crescent and The
Sapphire Claw strips in your e-mail inbox. They will be sent out to the list at the same time
as being posted on the site, so you'll always be up to date.
Also, if you feel like sending me any feedback on the strips here, then please feel free to do
so by using any of the methods on the left. I do appreciate all feedback and will always
give you a response.
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15th Feb. Shop updated.
I have added more souvenirs to the shop, namely a Scout mug and a number of kitten Soft
items. Check it out here.
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14th Feb. Forum update.
The forum has been updated to give it a cleaner look with the navigation text eiasier to
read, so thanks to Jeff at Deep Fried Hosting for making the changes on my behalf. I've
also been posting some new threads on the forum for those interested in taking a look and
possibly contributing.
Landmark episode. As you will see from the heading at the top of the page, Juniper
Crescent has reached the milestone of 100 strips. Whilst it's still small relative to the guys
who create a strip each day, it really feels like I've achieved something substantial. I hope
you enjoy reading as much as I enjoy creating the strips.
New page. I've added in a new page of photos. Many of these have been posted in the
past, but I will add more as I take them or find more older ones.
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7th Feb. Souvenir Shop opens!
I took the plunge and created a shop on
the Cafepress site. There are only a few
items on sale so far while I see how it
fares, but if you're interested in taking a
look, click here.
You can see me wearing a cool T-shirt
on the right :)
(Photo by Jason Ince)
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1st Feb. Increased traffic.
Visitor numbers to the site have gone up
yet again, so once more I'd like to thank
everyone who's popped by to take a
look and hopefully become a regular
visitor. Many thanks.
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28th Jan. Excellent comic
recommendation.
A colleague of mine, Allan Bednar, has done the artwork on an excellent comic called
Miranda, written by Lance Parkin. It has a Doctor Who connection, but not knowing
anything about the good doctor won't prevent you from enjoying this. You can find out
more by visiting the website here.
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20th Jan. Convention Invite.
Further details as promised. The venue is:
Abrahams Cafe Bar
38-42 Westgate
Huddersfield
Apparently it's near the railway station if you're thinking of attending. If you are, I look
forward to chatting with you.
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17th Jan. Convention Invite.
I've been invited to attend a small comics convention in Huddersfield as one of the guest
artists. It's on the 25th Jan and I'm still awaiting further details, but if any of you happen to
be in the area, perhaps we'll get the chance to have a chat. I'll post further details as I get
them.
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14th Jan. New Day for The Sapphire Claw.
As part of the new rationalisation, I've decided that I shall be posting new episodes of The
Sapphire Claw on Wednesday evenings, UK time, starting this week.
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14th Jan. No more KittenSoft for now.
I've decided not to do more KittenSoft strips for the time being. I felt that this cartoon strip
wasn't working as well as my other strips and after my initial burst of ideas I find I'm
struggling to come up with new ones.
I also expect that I'm going to be overloaded with work as the year progresses, Broken
Sword TSD approaches completion and the planning of future projects starts to kick in.
I hope you've enjoyed what I've been able to do and I'm sorry I've been unable to
continue.
Juniper Crescent and The Sapphire Claw will continue as normal.
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1st Jan. Happy New Year.
I've posted the stats from December on the forum. Best month yet for visitors. Thanks.
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31st Dec. Happy New Year.
Here's wishing you all a Happy New Year. See you in 2003!
I've added a Games Page to the site, listing the games I've worked on in my ten years with
Revolution.
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23rd Dec. Merry Christmas.
I hope you all have a great time over the festive holiday and that Santa brings you the gift
you desire.
I hope to post up the latest episode of The Sapphire Claw by Christmas Eve, but failing
that it will be up by the weekend. Then all of my strips will be taking a one week break.
Here's wishing you all a Happy New Year. See you in 2003!
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27th Nov. New stuff.
I've posted some new items on the forum for anyone who may be interested in reading and
joining any discussions.
Although it's a very different style to my cartoon work, take a look here to see something
I'm thinking of developing. If you follow the link you'll see the first episode of a more
serious story. I hope you enjoy.
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24th Nov. Updated my links page.
I've changed the layout of this page slightly as well as updating the links page. If you think
your site should be included in my list, why not drop me a line.
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8th Oct. The Sapphire Claw has returned with episode 21, which marks the start of
chapter 1.
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18th Sept. The Sapphire Claw - a mini milestone.
Episode 20 has just been posted and this marks the end of the prologue. Following a brief
break of two weeks, Chapter 1 will start with episode 21. Stay tuned.
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14th Sept. Smiley Street - discontinued
Unfortunately, I'm feeling the effects of working hard on BS3 and also doing a lot of
cartooning. Something had to go. Although I enjoy Smiley Street (and it's certainly easy to
create), it's my other strips that I feel are more important. The Sapphire Claw is coming up
to episode 20, after which there will be a short break before the story takes off properly.
Juniper Crescent is slowly heading towards the 100th strip and I want to find the time to
do some longer strips. And KittenSoft is just getting established.
I also have some decorating that I've been putting off for way too long...
For the time being the Smiley Street page will remain open.
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