Jim Reaper is Death's cousin's nephew's son; the only relative the Reaper can find to take care of the soul harvest whist he takes a well deserved holdiay. The only problem is that Jim is scared of his own shadow and his first week on the job may ultimately prove the destruction of his own immortal soul-- or worse.
Click on the screen shot (above) to visit the Jim Reaper website.
Created and written by our good mate Dwight MacPherson (the man responsible for Arcana's Dead men Tell No Tales) with brilliantly bouncy art by newcomer Mathieu Benoit, Jim Reaper isnow starring in his own FREE weekly webstrip!
Visit www.jimreaper.mathieubenoit.net now for the first three episodes and be sure to check back every Saturday from now on. You won't regret it.
Yes, the ultra talented Andrew Pepoy (who we were lucky enough to work with on Wild Girl) has just landed himself the role of artist and writer for a new series of the classic Archie Comics character Katy Keene.
Friday After getting settled in to our B&B we spent a very enjoyable evening in the venue bar taking part in the pub quiz (our team came dead middle, thus proving that we were intelligent but not geeky).
Saturday Leah's first panel was "Fantasy, the Modern Mythology?" at 11am. The attendance wasn't brilliant (it was a bit early after the night a lot of people had had before) but with people like Ken Macleod and Catie Murphy participating it went very well.
C. E. Murphy/Cate Demody
Our next panel wasn't until 2pm ("Comic Adaptations") so we went and hung about with the likes of Paul J. Holden, Darrk, Michael Carroll and the lovely Leonia (as you do). Paul interviewed us for his "Notes From The Drawing Board" section on his website (see previous post) and Michael gave us a copy of his latest book The Quantum Prophecy - The New Heroes which we were chuffed to bits with. I can't remember if Bryan Coyle and his minder turned up on the Saturday or the Sunday now but, whenever it was, Paul Holden forced us all to do this...
To the EXTREME!!!
The comics panel went pretty well but we missed the "Physics of Sci-Fi Battles" panel (which was, apparently very good) because we were too busy sat gabbing with Darrk and drinking whilst struggling to repel wasps.
Sunday Started off with the charity coffee morning attended by ourselves and Pádraig and Deirdre (who had arrived late the previous night) amongst others.
At 1pm, after a few pints, we went off to watch the very interesting "Alien Aliens" panel featuring Ken Macleod, Hal Duncan and Ian McDonald.
Ken, Hal and Ian.
At 2pm we did a panel called "The Origins of the Species" which was essentially all about re-booting characters and fictional universes. We were up against a Doctor Who panel in the next room though...
3pm was "Bring them back Alive" which saw me desperatley trying to turn the ultra literate and intelligent musings of Ken Macleod and Ian McDonald round to the subject of zombie films. Luckily, someone in the audience asked a question about Robocop, so it was all alright in the end.
Thinks: "When are they going to ask me about zombie flesh eaters?"
4pm was "Comics Across the Atlantic" with us and PJ.
5pm was the closing ceremony which was invaded by drunk people (many of whom were, in fact, guests admittedly) and thus went brilliantly.
Pádraig, Leah and Deirdre sitting outside the bar just before the ceremony.
Later that evening all us remaining guests were treated to a slap up Indian meal with the convention staff, all of whom are (as corny as it sounds) truly wonderful, wonderful people.
"But, we've put our coats on now..." Just smile!
MeCon 9 was a really cool convention which we enjoyed wholeheartedly; if you can get up/down/accross to Belfast this time next year then we recommend you attend. We certainly will be.
J.
PS if you attended the con, or if you know of someone else who did, please alert us to any other reports or photo galleries from the event by leaving a comment below. Ta.
Over the weekend we were lucky enough to be guests at MeCon 9 over in Belfast. We had a fantastic time, met loads of lovely people and drank lots of Guinness (all of which we'll report properly about very soon). Amongst the guests at the con was artist extraordinaire Mister Paul J. Holden who, for some reason, decided to interview Leah and myself. So, here's the interview:
3: The Virgin and the Suicide Bomber by Ian Watson
4: Albert & Myrtle: Art by Bolt - 01, Script by Ed Berridge
7: Post-Buffy Fiction? by Juliet E McKenna
9: A Fantasy Fantasy Cricket Eleven by Paul Cornell
10: Cartoons by Brian Caffrey
11: Vodu, Tetrodotoxin, and the Weekly World News: The Truth About Zombies by John Reppion
13: Dark Satanic Mills by Ed Berridge, Illustration by Bryan Coyle
15: Hairpin Hardpush: Words by Ian Whelan, pictures by Alan Nolan
16: Northern Ireland in Science Fiction and Fantasy by Nicholas Whyte
17: Thanks For the Meal, Charlie! By Grolf
18: Stuck in a Moment by Robert Curley
19: Google Explorer: A Warning in Rhyme by Kyle Rogers
20: Medieval Cookery 1: The Whys and Wherefores by Nina Shiel
21: Graphic Novels to Look Out For by Joe Gordon
22: Why YA? by Oisin McGann
23: Chapters From A Scientific Romance by Julian West
Spot Illustrations by Dónal Casey
What? All these big names and it's FREE? I really must have a word with Mister Ó Méalóid over the course of the con; I believe that he may have lost his marbles.
Yes, the ultra talented Andrew Pepoy (who we were lucky enough to work with on Wild Girl) has just landed himself the role of artist and writer for a new series of the classic Archie Comics character Katy Keene.
C. E. Murphy/Cate Demody
Ken, Hal and Ian.
Thinks: "When are they going to ask me about zombie flesh eaters?"
"But, we've put our coats on now..." Just smile!
