Marc Ellerby:

I bloody LOVE this! I laughed my head off at the note! I was thinking of actually ending the comic with something to do with me and Kayla moving in together but it felt like I’d be stretching things out on purpose, so I’m glad Marc worked it into his. I love that man.

Marc’s copied me and he’s ending his comic soon. If you don’t already, go and and read Ellerbisms while you still can.

Kayla Hillier:

Kayla is perhaps the only person who could base her ending on something that actually happened to me, and so she did. Instead of a fantastical ending she records a moment of me driving her mad in an episode of Ikea-caused confusion. This is also the first time she has ever drawn me, but be prepared for a lot more of me in her travel diary comic Galavant.

Lizz Lunney:

Haha! I’d kill for a Little Adam Pez! Little Lizz Lunney knows that I’m a fan of Pez, Vimto and my own face so this may be the perfect gift for me.

Joe Decie:

Joe also knows I love the Vimto. I’d always loved the deadpan, down to earth observation of Joe’s comics and so I thought his rendering of the Chinese Vimto factory was hilarious in it’s dullness. Thanks Joe. If there’s any webcomic you should be reading now mine has ended, it’s Joe’s.

John Cei Douglas:

If John came to my party with a Moomin I’d be out of there like a shot. John drew a comic himself once you know. It was about Buffaloes or something. Anyway it was pretty good. Let’s all bug him to do more, eh?

Bonus: Andrew ’2hands’ Tunney (again):

Andy sent me the black and white version of this a week ago and I posted it in The End: Part 2, but he’s since coloured it in wonderful Mignola style and I needed to share it here. Thanks Tuntun!

It’s not too late to send your endings in! I’ll be posting a huge post later today of all the other comics and drawings I’ve received and I may even do one next week if I get any later entries. So, send your comics to adam(at)adamcadwell.com, in black and white or colour as a 600 pixels wide jpeg at 72 pixels/inch.

Our comic big success!

Thankfully, quite a few people came by the table on the Sunday after reading the free comic and bought our stuff, so the tatty rag did serve it’s purpose in the end.

This is the final Stockholm strip I’m afraid, back to Manchester based hijinks on Thursday, or next week, or whenever.

I don’t know why I turn into Mister Funnyman at dinner with friend’s parents, later in the weekend I burst out singing the Rainbow theme song for very little reason, but here I was bested by Tomas Petterson. It was a delightful evening that spawned numerous catchphrases and funny motions; Lizz’s angry dinosaur impression and Gunnel’s looking for her glasses motion shall never be forgotten. Thank you Tomas and Gunnel for your hospitality and generosity.

(I may have drawn Matt slightly larger than he really is but Lizz is actually that small.)

I was incredible excited and exasperated all at once.

The tall gentleman who spotted the theme park first would be Mr. Matt Sheret, a fine writer whom I got to know better that weekend, and whose site I shall link you to right now.

Polaroids are used in this comic not for any pretentious reasons but because Liz Greenfield was wielding a chunky instant camera throughout the weekend and if you have a dig through Matt’s site you’ll find he’s quite fond of them too. Here’s two of my favourites from Liz of us all eating strawberries in the Kungstragarden (King’s Garden) including one I used for reference in the comic:

The 2nd collection of The Everyday will be released at this Saturday’s Thought Bubble Festival in Leeds. The mighty 40 page tome collects strips 51 through 100 plus bonus strips and a covers gallery. I’ll be holding 2 compititions next week, one to win a copy of Collection Two and one to win a copy of all 12 minicomics before they go out of print! But until then here’s more about the show.

Thought Bubble launched last year associated with the Leeds International Film Festival and was a great show, the organisers really supported the small press artists and there was a friendly buzz to the whole day (there were even cupcakes with superhero rings on them!). This year the event has grown and will now take over the Royal Armouries’ Saville’s Hall (named after Leeds’ Jimmy Saville) for a day and they’ve packed in loads of great events and panels plus attracted some big comic names (anyone heard of Mark Millar?). I know a lot of the UK comics scene are looking forward to this show, especially after a confusing experience at this year’s Birmingham Show (note my lack of con report). I’m kind of annoyed I’ll miss most of it sat behind my table but at least I get to go to the after party in A CASINO.

I’ll be sharing with the talented imp Lizz Lunney, and we’ll be sat next to or even between Liz “I’m on a panel” Greenfield and Marc “I’m on 2 panels, yeah?” Ellerby.