The Erotic News of SPACE BABE 113

Space Babe's Convention Appearences and Other News Stuff

• I'm very pleased to have had a (non-Space Babe) comic accepted for Cliodhna's charity GOAL Anthology comic! The title of the anthology is "Sorry I Can't Take Your Call Right Now But I'm Off Saving The World" - the message on her late father's answer phone.
  
  
• I attended Caption 2008 on 9-10th August.It was a fun convention, with interesting panels. Space Babe 113 episode 5 launched at the convention and seemed to meet with approval.
  
  
• Space Babe 113 appeared at Pens, Pencils and Photocopiers
  
  A small press event on 19th July at The Plough (next to the Cartoon Art Museum). It was a very fun day and I hope that all the visitors enjoyed it as much as I did. I picked up some other small-press titles, including the amazingly good "Drug Coversations" by Jenny Linn-Cole. It is an autobiographical mini-comic about her conversations with her son about drug taking.
  
  
• I've submitted a Space Babe 113 page for the Caption convention book.
  
  Not long to go to the convention now...
  
  
• Space Babe 113 now has her own dedicated page on ROK comics
  
  ROK Comics have created a very nice-looking page dedicated to Space Babe 113 - you can access/download the Space Babe 113 strips there. You will need to turn off their "Safe Content" filter (I'm assuming you are old-enough, but you shouldn't be reading this anyway if you aren't :) ). The control to do that is at the top-right of the page.
  
  
• Space Babe 113 in South Africa
  
  ROK Comics subscribers in South Africa can now follow Space Babe's adventures on their mobiles. So "hi there" to her new fans and I hope you continue to enjoy the series.
  
  
• Festival Eye
  
  The latest issue of Festival Eye magazine (out now) has a review of Space Babe 113 Episode 4 and there will be a Space Babe 113 strip in the next issue. Thanks a lot guys!
  Festival Eye is a magazine deveoted to music festivals - of which there are loads - Glastonbury is just the tip of the iceberg.
  
  
• Pens, Pencils and Photocopiers
  
  Not just equipment useful for comic construction, but also the name of a small press event in a pub that I hope to attend. It is on 19th July at The Plough, 27 Museum Street, London WC1A 1LH (next to the Cartoon Art Museum) - details here
  I was at a similar event at The Gladstone in Brighton shortly after the Thing, that was fun and hopefully this one will be too!
  
  
• London Underground Comics
  
  On 31st May 2008, London Underground Comics held "No Bar Codes" - a small-press comic event in the midst of Camden Lock Market. Quite a few people from the Bristol Expo were there along with a number of people who weren't. I went along as a punter and came away with a number of interesting comics!
  London Underground Comics are doing a great job making small-press comics available to the wider public and Camden Lock Market is an interesting mix of retailers - worth a visit!
  Space Babe 113 will now be available at their regular Saturday stall.
  
  
• Bristol 2008
  
  Made it to Bristol - thanks to John Anderson for having Space Babe at the Soaring Penguin table. I was a fun weekend - hope you enjoyed it if you went. I met Tim Pilcher who is working on a 2 volume set of books about the history of erotic comics. Volume 1 is out now, volume 2 is expected to be out Spring 2009 and will be mentioning Space Babe 113! I'm hugely excited. More about Tim and Gene Kannenberg's book here.
  
  
• Gladstone Mini Con
  
  Had a fun time at the Gladstone Pub's mini-comic con. The staff were nice and friendly and so were the natives!
  
  
• Issue 4
  
  Unfortunately issue 4 of Space Babe 113 was delayed and didn't make it to The Thing, but it is out now and in some shops!
  I'm sorry if you were disappointed by issue 4 being late (especially Space Babe's biggest Spanish fan, though I don't think you flew to the UK purely to get issue 4, at least I hope not!) but it was beyond the control of Soaring Penguin and I.
  
  
• The Thing 2008
  
  I was at the UK Web & Mini Comix Thing 2008
  As with previous years, The Thing was a fun day and I met a number of interesting people and picked up some good comics. Thanks to everyone who dropped by the Space Babe table (opposite Dr. McNinja whose sales were definitely "healthy" which is only fitting a medical man...)
  I showed my trusty iPAQ to one person who for some reason, didn't believe the Space Babe artwork started out on it. It really does, I wasn't making that up!
  
  The convention anthology was particularly good this year and also contained a Space Babe 113 story with Space Babe and Dr. Stones doing a bit of archaeology...
  
  
• The Comics Creators Guild Annual, 2007
  
  

  Despite having seen the 2006 CCG annual, the CCG bravely asked me to edit another one. So I did. The results are out now: it has a whole lot of great stuff in it, including a three page story where Space Babe 113 and Mrrf M'N'Cha go shopping. Did I exceed my authority putting that in? Surely not... Check the CCG site for more information. The CCG annual for 2007 cover is (c) Matt Brooker.

  
  
  
• After Birmingham 2007....
  
  Paul Rainey (of "There's No Time Like The Present" fame) made some nice comments about Space Babe 113 on his site.
  
  The Modern Monstrosity guys (producers of the excellent Tales From The Flat) put my drawing of one of their characters on their web-site. Thanks guys!
  
  And a final piece of blatent promotion (until I get some more praise (if I do), that is): John Freeman at ROK Comics made some nice comments about Space Babe 113. Cheers, John!
  
  
• Birmingham 2007
  
  Space Babe 113 and other Soaring Penguin publications were on the Soaring Penguin table.
  
  
  A picture from Birmingham that has nothing to do with Space Babe 113.
  
  
  Rich Johnston made some very flattering comments about Space Babe 113 in his Lying in the Gutters column 126, after seeing it at Birmingham. ( Scroll down to Lying In The Gutters. follow the link and look for the Brum Brum! bit. I'm sure you know the way... after the 22nd of October, you may need to look in his archives. )
  
  I attended the panel on Comics And Technology, lead by John Freeman. John Freeman is editor at ROK Comics - a site devoted to making comics available on mobile 'phones. A very interesting idea, and worth a look - the potential audience is huge. There are also some Space Babe 113 strips there, for you to download ( some are even free!! ) - tell your friends....
  
  One thing I've noticed since starting Space Babe 113 is just how easy it is to become shamelessly immersed in blatent commercialism :).
  
  

  Fellow CCG member, Richard Hayes ponders whether issue 3 of The Erotic Adventures Of Space Babe 113 is a tale for which the world is ready.

  
  
  
  
• Caption 2007
  Had a fun time at Caption. This was the first time I'd been to a Caption convention and I found it very relaxed compared to e.g. Bristol or the Thing. Caught up with a few people I'd met at previous conventions, which was nice.
  
  I even autographed a couple of copies of Space Babe 113 - note to self - leave more white space on the inside front cover in future.....
  
  A Space Babe 113 strip appeared in the whizzo Caption convention book. If you haven't got a copy of the book, you can see the strip here.
  
  
• Bristol 2007
  Issue 3 is out and I get to meet lots more people - some of them even remembered issue 1!!
  
  
• Thing 2007
  
  
  
  Space Babe 113 makes an appearence at the London Comics Thing, blatently flaunting her assets - a lovely pair of naughty SF comedy comics as issue 2 is released.
  A "stand-alone" page of Space Babe issue 2 also appears in the very nice convention book.
  
  
• Birmingham 2006
  Some more lucky people take Space Babe home with them.
  
  
• Lancaster 2006
  Publisher Soaring Penguin and creator John Maybury, with the help of their friends at the CCG, unleash Space Babe 113 on the convention attendees.