July 2nd, 2008
Caught in the Press
I was throwing out loads of crap over the weekend and came across a pile of stuff that needed to be scanned. I keep ratty old scrap books but haven’t updated them in a while. I have a few lame little mentions in newspapers and magazines but here are some of the better ones
Here is a classic image of me in a newspaper article about bus time table changes. I loved that 56A bus, it went through the nice part of Tallaght. I look like a spazzy werewolf. Ever present bed head in effect there too.
Here is a fairly in depth one, I got 3 pages to myself and I state that I sell 4 times as many comics in Jamaica than I do here. It still makes me laugh when I read that. What the fuck was the journalist thinking when I said that? I definitely said it, but as a joke. Idiot.
I took that photo myself as you can see from the craned head and the gimpy arm. I got slagged rotten at the time because it looked like they or I photoshopped the bags from under my eyes but it was just the way it printed.
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:58 pm
haha, do you have the first ad for Mbleh with the fake quote from Erik Larsen?
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Looking gay as ever Bob. Although looking gay in the paper is still superior than just generally looking gay, I suppose…
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I don’t have that fake ad handy for some reason. It must be somewhere. I bought an ad in a magazine pushing mbleh with fake quotes. Man I was such a little prick back then, I’d never do anything like that now
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Look at that fuckin phone. ‘Mon now Bob get it together.
July 3rd, 2008 at 12:00 am
Four years ago man! Another relic is the sheet of original art and the pens, don’t use them anymore either. Although I did do some hand drawing this week and it felt great
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:50 am
15 minute walk?What kind of shambolic newspaper prints that?A local paper I assume?
“I shift five times more in Jamaica than here”Fuckin classic!
Was that one about Irish comics in general,cos I saw Curley and Havoc 21 mentioned…
yeah,a proper piece by hand after using the wacom feels deadly for some reason.like redoing the first level of Mario after you finish the game.
July 3rd, 2008 at 10:24 am
Loving it dude,
what’s the ‘big read’ I smell sindo! they way the journalist attempts to describle your humour is hilarious and of course we can’t mention heathen comic love without jamming st. patrick in as a proto-superhero?
on an un related note some loon has put all of V the miniseries up on youtube in 3-4 minute bites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpY2B57PMQ4
madness
missing ya dude, going to edinburgh on jul 31st everything else is poo
lorcs
x
July 3rd, 2008 at 5:17 pm
It was a piece about Irish comics but they gave a double page spread to actual size pics of the MBLEH covers and then my great big handsome face up there so I won coverage wise. It was the Tribune, they have a soft spot for me for some reason.
Hang though Lorcs, just remember: You can beat an egg but you can’t beat a wank.