Ladies and gentlemen, it is with GREAT PLEASURE that I can announce that The Guildsman's Handbook - my very own GUIDE TO LIFE AND ALL THINGS GLORIIOUS - has finally been released and is available for purchase here: https://theguild.bigcartel.com/product/handbook Or it's FREE if you're a Patro...
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Thanks to gender equality in the workplace and constant messages of empowerment, women at the Daily Mail believe they can write as big a steaming pile of bullshit as their male colleagues. When Gillian Jones took up a career as a journalist for the Daily Mail, she knew it would be a challenge. S...
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I've just shoved a calendar-style thing on my Facebook page, so you can see where I'm going to be, what I'm going to be doing, and when! Now it's easier than ever to come say hi at Gay Bum gigs, Ghost Squad race hauntings, comic conventions and wrestling shows! Hopefully that means I won't keep ...
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This weekend, Daz and I had a swell outing in Cheltenham for True Believers 2017, where we were absolutely stoked to have our beautiful book - A Rum Run Awry - for sale, along with tons of Daz's latest prints and pieces of artwork. [gallery type="rectangular" columns="2" size="large" ids="7729,77...
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I love Airbnb, but the booking process is deeply culturally insensitive towards English people. By the time we've penned an informal yet appropriately polite booking request (complete with apologies for potential slight inconveniences) then rewritten it multiple times to ensure we are using vocab...
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It finally happened. After a lifetime of writing nonsense, I finally managed to focus for long enough to write a whole book. It's still nonsense, and looks like no other book you've ever seen in your life...but I love it. It's based on the characters and island invented by Darrell Thorpe of D...
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Today, Darrell and I took our Voodoo Pop Up Stand to True Believers Comic Con in Cheltenham to promote our forthcoming book. Here are a few snaps from the day: [gallery type="rectangular" ids="6676,6678,6679,6677"] More news to follow. It's all rather exciting! Currently publication date...
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After three years of design and a year of writing, Daz and I finally decided to share our project with the outside world. To do so, we decided to exhibit it at Nottingham Comic Con! On Friday night, with a car packed with piles of prints, two lovingly printed books and skate decks aplenty...
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Back in December, I apologised for my lack of blog entries and explained that I was working on something. I wasn't just spouting shit, either. I really was working on something. And now that something is complete. It...is my very first graphic novel! Inspired, illustrated and almost entirely c...
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At long last, I have crafted the perfect job application. I have sent it to half a dozen companies today, expect at least fifty interviews by the end of the week and would be surprised if I am not offered the newly created position of World Presidency by 2015. Do feel free to borrow and adapt it ...
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At last, the first draft of a project SIX MONTHS IN THE WRITING has been completed and handed over to the wonderful Daz for illustration. It still isn't finished. There are bits to be added, bits to be removed and bits to be expanded and made, generally, better. Even so, after looking at this pro...
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Just a quick update today to say that my project with Daz is making progress! I can't give you any details at the moment, but here is some related artwork Daz is producing for it. [gallery type="rectangular" ids="5720,5719,5718,5717,5716,5715,5713"] We are working hard and hoping to have some...
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Dear friends, Please excuse my recent lack of updates. Since arriving back in the UK in September, my adventuring has stalled somewhat - mainly due to the massive debt I have accumulated. I have sold my car (the infamous 1977 Datsun 260z) to pay off part of it, but still I am deeply in the red. ...
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Having spent three days in Bangkok, eating cakes, drinking bad cocktails and getting excellent massages, it was clear the time had come to venture elsewhere - lest this year's foray into South East Asia turn into nothing more than an implosion of hedonism. It was, therefore, with the perverted e...
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One of the very many things I enjoy about Ancient Icelandic literature is the insights into their culture that the language offers. In my Old Norse dictionary, for example, there is no word for harvest. There are, however, 9 different words for battle, 6 for smite, 5 for fight, 5 more for att...
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Reading back, I realise I have been documenting my actions far more than my thoughts and feelings recently. Primarily, this is because I have been confused as of late; uncertain as to who I am and my position in life, let alone my ambitions and the progress I may or may not being making towards ful...
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When I was forged upon the great anvil in the sky, the prophets of men foretold that I would be the last. Like all prophets, however, their conviction was a weak as their grip. Before the Great Smith could even finish his work, the Nine Champions of Men were sent to bash Him in the face and send ...
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Need to stop for cakes, but realise you're on top of a mountain or in the middle of the rain forest? No problem! NEW FROM THE GUILD OF ADVENTURERS: The Just-In-Cake Emergency Cake Pouch! Now you can take your cake with you, wherever you may roam! Each Just-in-Cake is made of durable waterp...
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When it comes to keeping up motivation and overcoming adversity, people often express the need to overcome nay-sayers; to prove wrong those people who say you can't achieve whatever you're attempting. There are so many people out there who will tell you "you can't". What you've got to do is turn ar...
Continue reading ...It's that time of year again. Time to make the hardest phone call: "Hello, Lolita. Yes, it's me. I know I don't call you very often, but it has been too long and it's getting uncomfortable, especially at night when I'm trying to sleep. I don't know exactly what I'm going to ask you to do, but you'...
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