The second issue of Dirty Bristow magazine features a piece I wrote entitled Lennon’s Guide to the Mythical Fauna of the English Midlands. It’s my attempt at presenting an overview of those Birmingham-based mythological beasts that have so often been ignored by local historians, cryptozoologists and the presenters of Midlands Today.
Sometimes I like to draw things. Not often, just sometimes. Recently I was asked to provide an illustration for The John School, a marvellous short story by my old pal Dan Powell that appears in the second issue of Dirty Bristow magazine. The John School is a morality tale set in kerb crawler rehabilitation unit [...]
UPDATE: PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE – DIRTY BRISTOW #2 LAUNCH PARTY WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY 13TH AUGUST The more observant amongst you may notice a discrete ad for the second issue of Dirty Bristow at the top right corner of this blog. Of course, if you’re reading this post via Google Reader [...]
On Saturday night I’ll be going to this: It’s an ELO-themed Karaoke fundraiser for Dirty Bristow, the magazine with no ads, no rules and no objection to publishing stuff by me (God love ‘em). A ticket for the ELO-ke comes with a free copy of Issue 1, which features something I wrote about my dad [...]
This evening I will be going to this: It’s being organised by Dirty Bristow – the magazine with no ads, no rules and no objections to publishing stuff by me – and promises to be: …the most difficult pub quiz you’ve even attended — and every penny raised goes towards printing and other costs [...]
I’ve been neglecting my blog as of late due to preparations for this week’s Rock ‘n’ Relativity Holiday Conspiracy comedy show. A man should never neglect his blog, so here’s a little something to make it feel loved again. It’s a homage to the legendary comics artist Jack Kirby I did to accompany an article [...]
The debut issue of Dirty Bristow magazine is now on sale. It’s a beautiful looking thing – as magazine’s go, it’s definitely a looker – and features an article wot I wrote and an illustration wot I drew and lots of great stuff by very talented people. You can find out more about it [...]
Dirty Bristow- the magazine with no ads, no rules and no objections to publishing stuff by me – will be having a launch party at The Edge in Digbeth on Saturday August 28th. There’s all sorts of strange, summer fête-themed shenanigans lined up for the night as well as live music and comedy (with yours [...]
Dedicated to resurrecting the magazine as a fetish object, giving creative people the room to let their minds go. No ads. No rules. That’s the mission statement of Dirty Bristow, a new magazine that my friends Danny Smith and Jon Bounds will soon be launching in the general direction of an unsuspecting world near you. [...]