Avery Ponders Humans!

Here is the next Apple Tree Pirates strip for your delectation. 

I'm looking forward to sitting down over the christmas period and drawing some more. I may even try to get a special christmas one done if you're all good. Enjoy ;-)

The Apple Tree Pirates

Hi everybody 

Over the last year or so I have been writing down all the little silly bits and bobs my four year old has been coming out with. Now some of it is complete nonsense as can be expected but every now and then she has been coming up with some right gems. Amongst all of these were a couple of ideas I've since been developing into comics. 

So without further ado I present to you 'The Apple Tree Pirates' 

This is the first strip in many. I'm not going to jinx it by saying it will be up on the blog every week like a webcomic but I will be popping them up here as often as I can.  I hope you enjoy it and would love to hear what you think.

Post Con Rush

I thought I'd write a little post to keep you updated on everything in the pickle jar. Last weekend was spent at Nottingham Comic Con and was absolutely brilliant.  From a purely business perspective I sold quite a bit stuff which is always good. However attending a con is never purely about making money which is like an added bonus. I got to hang around with all the guys and chat comics and cool art stuff and I even an art got a mojo refill.
On the back of this I have been working on something since coming back that I have been promising to do for a very long time.  I have been keeping notes for ages now on the random bits and pieces my 4yr old comes out with. Some of which are complete gems.  In a nutshell I am making a series of comic strips based around characters invented by my daughter. The plan is to put them up on the blog once a week and take it from there. I won't call it a webcomic as such, it's more of 'Blomic' (Blog-Comic) see what I did there :-)
Anyway there will be updates very soon. 

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Nottingham Comic Con

Its all getting exciting over here at the pickle jar. On October the 4th I will be exhibiting at Nottingham Comic Con. This is the second year it's been running  now (it was called NerdFest last year). There are a load of very cool comic guests and exhibitors going, so if you get the chance pop on over and say hi. 

I will be taking all sorts of things with me this year including sketch cards, custom kicks, and LIA's. I will also be taking all the 'Project Cornelius' stuff with me and some very cool comics I've been working on with people. As if that wasn't enough I'm doing a special Landmark print for Nottingham which will not be available anywhere before then.
So all in all I can't wait. If you fancy coming along then check out the website for details.
www.nottinghamcomiccon.co.uk
See you all soon 
Mike :-)

The latest cards

Hello Everybody. I thought I'd write a little post to show you some of the greetings cards I've been making over the past few months. I've been working on a range of graphic cards with this and the 'You're my Lobster' card being the first. There are a load more sat on the computer ready to go to print too so more updates soon. 

These cards are all hand made from vintage card games. The top ones are from a 1950s happy families game and the bottom ones are Lexicon which i used to love playing when I was younger.

These Burlesque cards are the first cards I ever made several years ago now. They are a little bit of fun and still a great seller. I am always working on new cards and we will have all sorts of new ones available soon. You can buy all of these cards on our website here. 

Project Cornelius

As I am working full steam ahead on what I'm affectionately calling 'Project Cornelius' aka the comic and kickstarter 'The Intrepid Endeavours of Cornelius Blow' I thought I would add a page to the top of the site so you can see exactly where everything is. I will carry on writing blog updates etc however the bulk of the information will be on the page.

Over the next few weeks there will be sneaky peeks of pages and artwork as well as information on how you guys can help the project out. So watch out for details folks.

Mike :-)