Why we’re here…
Now that the site has gone live properly, I'd like to take a moment to explain our main mission.
Back in July, Prestwick and Majic13 mused on the possibility of getting a table at the UK Web & Mini Comix Thing 2010. Majic13 had visited the 2009 event and came away very impressed and as he already runs an interesting and successful webcomic felt it'd be a doddle to get a table underway. Soon, Kyethn of Red Moon Rising fame was on board and up for giving it a go. The issue was...how exactly should we do it?!
We knew we wanted to create a loose grouping of some sort so we decided upon a loose Co-operative and then we set about a name. Several names such as "The Bellingham Club" were suggested before "Flag of Convenience" was suggested. An instant hit, it was immediately adopted and Majic13 complemented the name with a superb logo:
After that it was just a matter of putting together a website which was done in surprisingly double quick time and then we found ourselves ready to book our first tables at a con! As of 09:45 GMT on the 22nd of September, 2009 this milestone was acheived and now we're all set for the Webcomix Thing 2010!!!
Follow our progress here as we prepare for the first con of our lives. Hopefully we'll all post short updates about how we're preparing, printing stuff and then we may liveblog the event when it happens in the new year (March to be exact!)
Welcome!
This is the genesis of what promises to be to comics what Top Gear is to challenges.
Three people, running webcomics in different parts of the UK, deciding to get together and use their resources to drum up publicity as they prepare to hit some UK conventions to display their wares to an eager public. This could be a collective but it is a very loose one, hence the name but that doesn't mean that this won't be a good place to come and see what these three are up to.
Before we start however, a brief introduction to our three intrepid creators:
Dark Places is a monochrome webcomic created by Steve Dismukes. Using interesting and exciting ways of mixing black and white, he has created a moody and compelling webcomic. When he isn't drawing, he is usually writing about webcomics and also runs a good forum where webcomic creators swap tips of the trade.
Hard Graft is a gritty and generally violent present day thriller written by Peter Vine and drawn by German Erramouspe. It is an Anglo-Argentine collaboration which so far has bourne considerable fruit (or blood).
Red Moon Rising is a dreamy steampunk fantasy webcomic created by Rose Loughran. Known for her tireless energy for drawing webcomics (doing five pages in five days is not unheard of on Planet Kyethn) or playing the strange trumpet she has, she brings up the Scottish contribution to the group.
Well, now we're all introduced, we'll look forward to seeing what the three have to offer!
Dark Places by Majic13
Hard Graft by Erramouspe & Vine
Red Moon Rising by Rose Loughran