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.

I’ve gone a little cartoonier than usual with these two mini strips. I’d like to think if Ellerbisms was a newspaper comic strip it might look something like this.

Here’s a lovely photopicturegraph of Marc and Anna at Milestones:

And if you don’t know the song Marc is “singing” then here’s a scruffy video of the full song from Youtubes:

One of the projects I mentioned in my last news post is almost upon us. The Solipsistic Pop 2 anthology is released on 28th April and contains a 6 page autobio tale of mine, which I think readers of The Everyday will enjoy. More info and a preview of one of the pages over on my art blog.

As well as appearing in The Everyday lately, my girlfriend Kayla has her own webcomic, To Galavant, a travel journal about her 3 month trip to England. Check in every Monday for a new page. I think it’s safe to say I might pop up in that comic soon. At least I hope so!

And both Kayla and myself are in today’s Ellerbisms, which I’m sure you are all reading anyway. That Marc is a RASCAL, but he does draw us so well. I was also in a fancy, double length ‘Bism a week or two back, which I enjoyed. And I’m on his new Tote bags! That man loves my face, but who can blame him, eh?

Seeya bye!

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:

This week in Ellerbisms, Marc reminises about last November’s Thought Bubble Festival and his initial reaction to my (then) latest comic, The Everyday Collection Two. He has also drawn me as a fat little podge, THANKS MARC. x

If you squint at the first panel me and John kinda look like a two headed comic drawing monster. John is, of course, the genius behind Scary-Go-Round, you should probably read it right now.

And you should also enter these competitions to win copies of The Everyday comics including the brand new Collection Two!

This is Marc again, drawn in my style this time. Marc hates fluff.

The Birmingham International Comic Show was where I met Marc Ellerby last year, and after that I drew a comic where our comic worlds merged. So because we were both there this year too I thought I’d do it again, this time featuring Marc’s girlfriend Anna. Happy Anniversary Marc! What did you get me?