Only one month to go until the launch of Cancertown: An Inconvienient Tooth

I really can't wait to have a copy of the graphic novel in my hands, it's been a year in the making and it will be nice to see it all pay off with a nice chunky 150+ page book to bring home from the Bristol Small Press Expo. Apparently tickets for their sister event, the Bristol comic expo
have already sold out, so if you were on the fence about attending the small press expo, where I'll be offering free sketches for anyone who picks up a copy of Cancertown, I'd get your tickets now.

P.S. If my semi regular blog posts aren't enough for you, I'm tweeting as twitter.com/stephenmdowney so you can follow my every move.

I gots some compliments

"the visceral, hallucinogenic art of Stephen Downey working in tandem with the hard-bitten script"


Thats what the legendary Bryan Tablot wrote about my contribution to Cancertown: An inconvenient Tooth. He wrote a very complimentary foreword for the graphic novel, but since I'm selfish and promotarious* I've only cut and pasted the sentence about me.

You can however read the whole thing over at Cancertown writer Cy's Dethan's blog or indeed Insomnia Publications Blog where the contributions of all Team Cancertown get their mention and there are also details on how you can get your hands on the trade for cheap.




If you're too lazy to do that, you can always pre-order straight from Amazon!




*Yes I did make that word up . Its an adjective describing one who is 'self-promoting'. Its not neccessarily a negative trait, but a too much of it can be bloody annoying!

Its done!

I finished the final pages of Cancertown: An Inconvenient Tooth a couple of nights ago. Good timing too as for the last two days I've been teaching/playing/workshopping solidly!

Looking though all 148 pages is reminding me how much I've learnt while drawing my first graphic novel, so hopefully I'll be a able to share some of this soon.

No rest for the wicked I'm afraid so in a few days time (OK so thats a little rest) I'll be starting work on Slaughterman's Creed. Hopefully I'll something to show soon :)