Friday, 14 September 2018
Book Discounts
A 15% discount has been set on prose books on the online store and will remain active until 15th October.
the Hooper interviews is excluded as it is currently set at a very low price.
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/hoopercomicsuk
the Hooper interviews is excluded as it is currently set at a very low price.
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/hoopercomicsuk
Thursday, 13 September 2018
Hamelin Associazione Culturale -Cosa succede a settembre: tutti gli appuntamenti del mese
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Monday, 10 September 2018
Sunday, 9 September 2018
Next Book. Last Book
The new book will be available in October. writing it has not been easy. Working 1100 hrs to 2300 hrs each day, writing, editing is not good when you have eye problems. It is not good when it results in extreme hand and arm pain.
My first love is field work, wildlife or otherwise and I intend to carry on with that but if typing this hurts -so 200-500 pp books are gone!
So there's the announcement!
The other announcement is that the last lot of people I spoke to about a "Mysteries" TV series pulled out of the project bacause the owner of the company "changed interests". pfa
Friday, 7 September 2018
There's A Cold Wind Blowing From The South....seriously
Bloody Brexit!
Anyway, I am just waiting to see whether the old PC (bought in 2005) decides to start working. Been sat here an hour so I guess not. Luckily, everything is saved but...doesn't do much good without a computer to open devices on. And this laptop is old and cranky as anything.
Any computer companies want to supply me with a new PC in exchange for a permanent "Sponsored by---" at the top of the page?
Worth a try.
The new book is...was...being tidied up but is tiny compared to my usual standards at under 200 pages. I know, unbelievable, right?
Blogger appears to be wanting to drive away bloggers it seems. (you will not have noticed but the laptop just shut down but this time it saved everything!). My advice would be to get an accurate views counter because Blogger is useless. Looking at stats yesterday only 130 people visited the site. However, click on Audience and I see Waaaaaay higher figure. Which do I believe? The Home Page counter shows over 2000 views yesterday. Give up on Blogger stats!
Odd, first time I've had a notification that one of the items I sent to Pinterest has been "repinned". I go there and I find images from posts recent as well from over the last few years so people ARE still reading the old posts.
I wish they'd buy books then I could afford a new computer!
The cover for my new book needs text ammending but it seems to be very popular...it isn't JUST an image you know -there is a book attached!
Better go now as I may need to put a hammer into the PC.
Tuesday, 4 September 2018
You really Will Just Have To Put Up With It
My blogs are not being updated as much as I would like and longer posts are not currently being uploaded.
The reason is simple: my old PC is now shutting down or freezing whenever it feels like it 3-4 times a day. I certainly cannot afford a new one. My cooker and other items have broken down and they need replacing first.
Put it this way: would you post constantly to a blog on which absolutely no one comments or says "thanks" in any way for the hours of work you put in? And doing that for free so that they constantly gain but you lose out?
I doubt it.
I have just spent four months posting on and promoting my books and comics across the internet -after updating books. I was working on this 11:00 hrs til 23:00 and even 01:00 hrs. Daily. And the response was....
ZERO.
No comments. No questions and no sales. Comic albums, graphic novels and prose books. THOUSANDS of you see these posts but you have no interest in buying so what are you here for?
I'm working on my new book which is mainly for my own gratification and reference (obviously since no one else is interested in them). If I can I'll post video links or the odd item of interestr but you don't care and I've given up (rather like my computer).
The reason is simple: my old PC is now shutting down or freezing whenever it feels like it 3-4 times a day. I certainly cannot afford a new one. My cooker and other items have broken down and they need replacing first.
Put it this way: would you post constantly to a blog on which absolutely no one comments or says "thanks" in any way for the hours of work you put in? And doing that for free so that they constantly gain but you lose out?
I doubt it.
I have just spent four months posting on and promoting my books and comics across the internet -after updating books. I was working on this 11:00 hrs til 23:00 and even 01:00 hrs. Daily. And the response was....
ZERO.
No comments. No questions and no sales. Comic albums, graphic novels and prose books. THOUSANDS of you see these posts but you have no interest in buying so what are you here for?
I'm working on my new book which is mainly for my own gratification and reference (obviously since no one else is interested in them). If I can I'll post video links or the odd item of interestr but you don't care and I've given up (rather like my computer).
Monday, 3 September 2018
Sunday, 2 September 2018
Saturday, 1 September 2018
Paul Ashley Brown/Browner Knowle: The Adventures of Arthur Titty
Art: P. A. Brown ("P. A. Brown" is Paul Ashley Brown but I didn't want to type his name again)
A4
28pp
Full colour
£5.00 = £1.20 postage
order/pay -paulashleybrown@googlemail.com
Unfortunately, my A3 scanner is on its last legs so the quality of the scans is not great. As Mr Brown stated: "If the colours do not give you eye damage...." Well, they are bright enough. The comic itself is printed on a quality almost light card stock and there is no way you are going to accidentally tear a page! The colours are vibrant through-out, and I have gone through this comic a few times since last weekend and there is not the slightest fading of colour anywhere. I know how much Ole Slow Hand (don't be dirty!) paid and I almost passed out when he told me but you want quality then you pay for it.
Another thing that needs mentioning is that The Adventures of Arthur Titty is like all the Browner Knowle Books -a low print run and there is no reprinting. Printed once and that is it: that makes them very collectible.
That double cover deserves more of a look:
Not all Brown's writing either as he is joined by Simon Bailes -as with the first strip "Food". Somehow I can't help think this is just "ordinary everyday life in Bristol"! The art style works well with the more nonsensical humour strips and from this strip in particular we learn to always run if some odd-ball tries to start talking to you about fish.
Below: There are all kinds of innocent misunderstandings, right? This time from another Bailes story -Quiz Night. I have to admit to a loud snort-laugh after the final panel. Quite seriously, this is something that might have appeared in a 1980s British comic (remember those?) and so much is in that one pager. A Titty Christmas is also written by Bailes and we can only hope all of this is not based on personal experiences. That would be worrying.
Brown does do something other than play with Crayola Crayons: he writes Sponge, Snow, Night Out, Shed and Day. The current craze of "doing Shed" obviously inspired the genetically modified one although, when I mentioned to my sister to watch out in case any of the neighbours are "doing Shed" she asked me "What the **** in **** hell are you ***** talking about?"
Below: to any people out there seeing this: please DO NOT "Do Shed"!!
I do believe that "Sponge" lives just up the road from me. When he starts shouting in the Bedminster shopping area no one pays the slightest attention. As for Night Out...I see this a lot. In fact, The Adventures of Arthur Titty could almost be seen as "social commentary" -but very funny social commentary!
If you have seen Browner Knowle then you have seen Brown's more serious and (be honest) at times depressing stories. All drawn in a far more serious style and unless you have seen him selling his wares (his zines not his body) at events then you will probably not have seen the more humorous work but there is a selection of work here:
https://www.paulashleybrown.co.uk/store
And look at his Sum Yo-Yo covers:https://www.paulashleybrown.co.uk/sum-yo-yo-stuff-buks
There are three creators whose work I look forward to: Richard Pester, Tommy Ross and P. A. Brown because all produce unique looking work in quality books and short print runs. The Adventures of Arthur Titty is very funny in both story and art and there is no way I am not going to recommend this. In fact, I'm buying two extra copies so yah-Boo-Sucks! to those who are too slow!
I wonder whether there will be a 2019 Arthur Titty Christmas Annual this year?
Below: let's see if a digi photo will show the colour better.
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