I got a sketch from Glenn. I have the unfortunate habit of asking for "Anything really. Something from 2k. Whatever you want to draw" which usually gets the response of "...er, not, it's easier if you give me a clue how to fill the page" which is what happened with Glenn. So I said "Slaine, perhaps?" and got the reply "Ah, I've done 900 Slaines already today. Can I draw...a duck. Can I draw a duck...wearing Judge Dredds helmet?" I said yes and the sketch got more and more elaborate. It was just the ducks head but then he wanted to add the shoulder pads so he could draw a little duck on his shoulder, then he wanted to draw the duckmaster. then big MacMahon style boots but for webbed feet. It's brilliant.
Colin MacNeil told us what he's drawing next but I'll leave that for Pete Nagle to unveil, cause he got a sketch of it. My expressed fondness of Devlin and my later suggestion that Alan Barnes could perch on my knee whilst I flick through the Devlin artwork that Colin was selling at a ridiulous price may have given Colin the wrong impression of me.
Speaking of MacNeil artwork I was afreaid to ask how much he charged per page as I knew I couldn't afford it. Better not to be tempted. It was lovely though. Luscious colours, great composition, lovely characterwork, sumptuous atmosphere. In the bar afterward Dan Kelly showed me the pages he's bought and I asked how much they'd been. Apparantly I did a Terry Jones style double take and if I'd had a drink would have spluttered it out everwhere. I was expecting three figure minimun. ?30 a page! I was gutted to have missed my chance. And then Dan spotted Colin about to leave, portfolio in hand...I'm a happy man now.
Next months Meg sees the return of one of the following villains - The Sovs, The Kleggs, The Dark Judges, The Judda, Chopper, Stan Lee, Mean Machine, The Angel Gang, Satanus, or the Don Uggie Apelino mob. All of whom feature on a great Dylan Teague cover which you can buy from him as a signed print, it's really, really good. New Meg cover logo next month, too.
Bryan Talbot's Alice In Sunderland has about 5 months work left on it, it should be out next month. ?300 pages worth. There's also a new edition of Luther Arkwright coming with super funky cleaned up artwork.
