New ID Pic.

I’m not really one for flooding the internet with photos of me. I find myself in a weird middle-ground of being someone who thinks posting daily pictures of yourself is a bit excessive… but more-and-more, I’m also starting to really hate faceless anonymity. Both doing what I do (a webcomic if you’ve forgotten), and just being a modern internet user, I’ll happily find myself talking to a lot of strangers online. But it always bugs me when it’s anonymous user name, and the person has no ID photo. It’s strange, but I just consider it slightly less of an interaction, than chatting with someone by name and who has a picture of themselves up.

So with that in mind, I thought I’d update my profile photo online. Put a new and more recent pic of me out there, as it’s been a couple of years since my last one. Admittedly it’s only a crappy phone pic, but I kind of like it.

This Weekend.

Babayka-Lives readers have two options this weekend while the series is still on its summer break.

You can either (A): Head over to Babayka-Lives on tapastic and read the latest update and relive the terrifying reintroduction of Babayka in Babayka Land.

Or (B): As mentioned over on deviantart this week, I’m currently working on a follow up to ‘Catch Of The Day’ again starring Mercedes The Muse. But I won’t be posting it until my page hits 20,000-views. So if you wanna see more backwoods debauchery, go give my page some hits (but not too many, as it’s still a work in progress.)

We Come In Pieces (Sounds Painful.)

Thought I’d just quickly post this short doc on anthology movies I found recently that’s very good.



I have a love\hate relationship with horror anthology. But that said, one of my dream side projects in life would be to put together and put out a horror anthology comic with other horror writers and artists. I’ve come close to trying to make it happen before. Hopefully one day it’s something I’ll be able to get off the ground. Babayka-Lives is already turning into a bit of an epic, with its page-count now in the hundreds. It would be nice to do something just quick and fun, like a short horror strip in a comic-book anthology. I think in reality, it would be more about hooking up with fellow gruesome likeminded horror creators that would need to happen, for me to be able to do it. But hopefully maybe one day.

School’s Out For The Summer.

Just to follow up on what I said over on Babayka-Lives today. Yes, the summer hiatus starts today, but won’t last too long. We’ll be back in the Autumn, have no fear. It would be great to maybe get some feedback from readers during this downtime. As always any feedback, questions or inquiries can be sent to the usual address.

Keep checking back to this very blog, where I will have news on Babayka-Lives return date soon.

Thanks for reading, everyone. Have a great summer, guys.

For Those That Fan-Art.

Just to echo something I said recently over on my deviantart page…

Just because I’m not writing\drawing Babayka and the gang this summer (actually, that’s not true, no doubt I probably will be), doesn’t mean you can’t. I don’t know the cross over of how many on the ‘Venn Diagram’ of people who read Babayka-Lives, vs those that enjoy doing fan-art in their spare time, but if any of you exists and feel like achieving a minor, nerdy, pop-culture achievement… I love to finally see some Babayka-Lives related fan-art. I’ve had a few people say they’re gonna do some, but so far, nobody has (unless they have and not told me about it, or not post me a link to it.) As far as I know, the accolade of person to do the first ever bit of Babayka-Lives fan-art is still out there for the taking, folks. Something to think about, if you start to feel arty, and you can’t decide what to draw\write\render\sculpt, etc, this summer.

I’d love to see readers takes on Babayka, Yana or the rest of the Brides.

Babayka-Lives Poster.

For anyone kind enough to wanna show Babayka-Lives some love, I’ve finally got around to making a poster for this web-series (actually, that’s not true. I’ve done an Babayka-Lives animated Gif before, and the infamous Yana crimson smile pin-up from 2014, which was my first go at doing some promo artwork.) But here we have Babayka himself front-and-centre, for those that enjoyed the opening scene to Babayka Land. I think this and the creepy smiling shot from the end of Brides Of Babayka are my personal two favourite drawings of Babayka.

Feel free to save this promo poster to your desktops for reposting, or head over to my Deviantart page for any needed URL links, etc. All online shout outs and support is greatly appreciated and really does help. If you enjoyed Brides Of Babayka, and are currently enjoying Babayka Land, please do consider giving Babayka-Lives a mention on your blogs, journals, twitter\facebook pages, tumblrs or however you like to put yourself out there online. It’s also a cool way for me to know readers are out there enjoying this webcomic. A big thank you in advance to those that do.

This weekend sees the final part of Babayka Land before the start of its summer hiatus. Tune in this Saturday to see who\what was behind that big explosion from the last instalment. Has Newton’s, Elizabeth’s, and Oleg’s luck run out already?

Art Up.

Over the short British summer period, there’s usually a few tasks I like to try and get done, so I don’t have to do them in the cold and wet winter months. One of them is to stock up on art supplies. I try and avoid soggy Bristol Board by going out and getting it when I know the sun will be out. As you can see from the above photo, this year’s mission is complete, but it was far from smooth sailing. Firstly, I pretty much picked the hottest day of the year to make my long trek to the local artshop. I don’t know if it is possible to die of dehydration through sweating so much, but I probably came close, it has to be said. And once I got to the artshop after my long, long, sweaty hike, I was greeted with an empty and boarded up shop, and a note that said they were out of business. Annoyed, tired and thirsty… I decided to make another long hike back into town to hit up a smaller artshop near the train-station, so my trip wasn’t a complete waste, and I could still pick up a couple of things, and order the rest online. This back up plan soon also went ‘tits up’, though, as when I finally reach the shop after another long and sweaty trek, again I was greeted by a locked door and a note. This time saying the artshop was close for the summer, and wouldn’t be open for another couple of months. I had to admit defeat and return home with zero art supplies, and all I had managed to pick up was sunburn, sweat stains, and bloody\blister ridden feet.

I hate ordering Bristol Board and Ink online, in case they get damaged in the post. As well as pencils, as surely the lead would be all broken inside from being manhandled by careless postman and workers in the sorting office. Sadly, though, I think this is my only option now. Unless some other artshop pops up in my hometown in the near future.

Meanwhile over on Babayka-Lives this weekend… Get ready for the summer cliffhanger next week, by reading this week’s mini cliffhanger.