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Jot Pro is pretty good.

Soooooooo we need a Kylie hit first? Hmmm. I wonder if Al might be up for the job?

However, a New Weird anthology would be quite something and/or whatever Milligan and McCarthys were doing back in the day (Nouvelle Bizarre?).

Brendan has spoke about wanting to get a big fat reprint of his and Milligan's early work out there:

I think it's a criminal state of affairs that none of the work I did with Peter Milligan is in print! I think a collection of our work would be a good idea, bringing together some of the best comics from the '80s, like "Paradax!," "Freakwave," "Rogan Gosh," "Skin," "Sooner or Later" and "Mirkin The Mystic" -- all collected in one pulse-pounding publication. Whoops, I'm channeling Stan Lee!

As well as another Swimini Purpose edition (and a volume 2?):

There were, at least at one point, plans for an American release for your art book "Swimini Purpose." Is that still in the works?

I am going to release a new expanded edition of "Swimini Purpose" in about 5 years' time. I have accumulated and rediscovered lots of new visual material from old folios and found loads of artwork just lying around. When comics art dealer Albert Moy asked to buy whatever I had, I unearthed a lot of forgotten gems.

I'm even considering doing a "Swimini Purpose Volume 2" to go with a re-issue of a modified version of the original book. And a nifty slipcase for both editions. Getting legal clearances from comics companies and film studios etc. is a massive pain in the bum, though.

But it's something to look forward to, some years hence!

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35694

It strikes me that a Milligan/McCarthy collection would be straightforward enough as most of those titles are owned by them (Sooner or Later might be trickier) and the main hurdle would be time getting all the pages together and preparing it for print. It strikes me that it this would be a perfect project to run through Kickstarter - you could pre-sell the collection and get some extra cash together to pay someone to help get the pages together.

If that went well, and I can't see any reason it wouldn't be a success, you could then run another Kickstarter project to fund a new Paradax-style anthology, with the old hands and the Neo-mentalists like Ewing and Flint and other assorted oddballs who could produce so strange ideas (I'm sure John Smith has something up his sleeve that if pitched to Tharg would turn him a very light green).

I would love to see this happen.

That is the first I've ever seen of The Summer of Love. I had heard about it, and it looks corking. I sadly missed getting Swimini purpose 

When is 'The Zaucer of Zilk coming to 2000ad? I think it looks very promising. It's good to see Brendan back, and The first 'Sooner or Later' was one of my favourite 2000ad strips. I reckon Al's writing will be a great match for the artwork:D

Lovely atmospheric pages!

I am happy do it for the love of it. A career is a dream, but would even just like to see something of mine published. Self published if all else fails. I've caught the bug.

Thanks

I left college and drifted from art for many years, but have always loved comics. I never tried in earnest before.
At art school there was a real downer on comics, and I think I developed a strangely devisive view of 'art' and comics. I should have been doing what I wanted to do years ago. Anyway I am back drawing and really enjoying myself.
I have never come across Andrew Loomis, but will check him out.

Thanks for the encouraging words.

Thanks all for the advice. You a right. Much of what I posted were doodles and development sketches. I will try entering comps and threads, and look forward to posting stuff in the future. A lot of what i've done previously hasn't been geared towards 2000ad, and much as I would aspire to it I know how far off the standard I am.
I have enjoyed working on strips. I have a lot to learn in many respects. But will take all comments on board.

It's ok. I asked for appraisal and you gave it. I'm sure if I'm to continue, I'll come up against worse crits. Again, thanks for taking the time.

Ouch! Say what you mean! Still thanks for taking the time looking at my work

Hi, as suggested I put some of my work in http://2000ad-earthlings.deviantart.com/
It contains segments of the sample page. (I only have an A4 scanner and not much savvy)
The page itself is incomplete, but would appreciate feedback.
PS. Not sure how to post images on here

Thanks again everyone

Kind words again, I like this forum already.
PS I like your sketch of Ukko

PS Anyone else on Deviant Art?