I’ve been talking about my slacker vampire comic for a number of years now and at last I can show it, well a bit of it at least. I’ll be debuting a 7 page preview of issue #1 of Blood Blokes this coming weekend at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2010. I’ve posted more information about appearing at the show over on The Everyday blog.
Blood Blokes is a six issue series about Vince, a 20 something slacker who becomes a vampire and is taken into a nest (grubby student house) of 20 something slacker vampires. But as he discovers the nocturnal world of Manchester and the ways of modern vampires he wonders if an eternity of shirking responsibilities and casual drinking (pre-bought blood) is what he really wants.
The name Blood Blokes comes from a jokey moniker given to the the comic by The Great Man John Allison which I adopted as a working title. It’s become much more memorable than the original title so I’ve gone with it. I even used John’s original scrawl as a makeshift logo for the preview. Thanks John!
If you’re at the show come by and pick up your exclusive copy of the preview. I’ll be posting more news and pages from the comic after the show.
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@adamcadwell Can we non Canadian types get one? =)
[...] – May 4th: Cadwell’s in Canada at TCAF but he’s still found time to announce his new series – Blood Blokes, a six issue series about slacker vampires in Manchester. More on that as it [...]
@adamcadwell hehe, very topical
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lovely report Adam, reads like an amazingly inspiring time
And, sleep deprived , i post my comment in the wrong place, just delete this and i will go and lie under my desk….
How amazing is that Clowes Cola machine. I’d have that in my fantasy ‘Big’ style loft apartment for sure.
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[...] are the 7 pages from the print copy of the preview I debuted at the TCAF comic show in Toronto back in May. Please note the pages are designed for print and so the text may be a teeny [...]