15 Years in Japan, the Bullet Gal novel is Here, and a few Influences

Today marks my fifteenth year in Japan; the Tokyo anniversary is tomorrow, as I initially arrived in Osaka and stayed overnight there. Who would’ve figured this on July 26, 2001, […]

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Mini Update

As you can probably tell from my use here of the great Jack Kirby‘s work (nicked from a panel in The Eternals #14 (Aug. 1977), inked by Mike Royer, I’ve had my […]

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2016 — et voilà

HAPPY NEW YEAR, one and all. Best way to rise and shine to a new calendar? …Not the editing I’m doing now (for the next novel — necessary but yawn-inspiring). […]

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2015: A very good year. Fingers crossed for more of the same in 2016!

Yep, it’s that moment. You know… the one when you kick back on the loo, magazine, tabloid, smartphone, print-out or tablet in hand, a fresh roll of toilet paper nearby, […]

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‘This is Tokio’ LP, new novel, ‘Small Change’, magpies, Little Nobody, and a certain Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat

December’s always been my favourite month. I mean, here we have my birthday, New Year and Christmas (religious bone or complete lack of one) rolled up together. December used to […]

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Slaves of the cannibal god, chicago news, and the 1990s melbourne rave party scene

OK, there’re a few things I wanted to jot down here, and they’re quite diverse — meaning the grand master challenge to get ’em to sit pretty with one another. […]

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Happy New Year & Welcome to 2015

2015 sounds to me like the future. Or beyond that. This is the year Doc Brown travels to, with Marty and Jennifer in Back to the Future II, to discover […]

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Get WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CAPES OF HEROPA? for FREE — plus KICKSTARTER update

As a way of saying thanks to everyone who’s supported Bullet Gal, Tobacco-Stained Mountain Goat: The Graphic Novel and other novels? I chatted to publishers Perfect Edge Books and we’ve […]

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a new novel + comic abuse

Just realized it’s been a month since my last self-indulgent entry/soapboxing here, so thought I’d rattle off something quickly before heading to work. It’s been a mad 4-week hiatus, one […]

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