Jason Martin wrote about my comics for his Zine Club! Jason’s one of my favourite cartoonists, about whom I’ve written before. He scored an Ignatz nomination last year for a story he wrote, illustrated by Jesse Reklaw, in the last issue of Papercutter (which Jason wrote all of). If you do follow the link below, make sure you check out his work too!
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Over on Graphixia, Peter Wilkins writes about my comics. He does so in a thoughtful way that seems to capture what I’m trying to do with them, and is more than a little humbling. Peter writes:
“Moreton’s drawings are about getting as much information and affect into as few lines as possible. It would not only be a cliche but incorrect to say that we “fill in the rest” with our imaginations. Rather, I think Moreton makes us cling to to the partial images he gives us of a place or a memory and look at them really intensely, because the parts we can’t see have a sublime quality that plays off of the beauty and elegance of the drawings.”
Wow. Smoo #6 gets a write-up on The Comics Journal, thanks to Rob Clough. First time ever on TCJ!
If you like what you read, why not take a look at some of my comics, and consider browsing my online shop. You might like to buy something, or, alternatively, explore some of the distros and shops that carry SMOO and the rest of their amazing stock.
It’s true! SMOO is now available via four issue subscriptions. All the details can be found here.
My new comic, Smoo #6 is available now to purchase in my shop.
It is a collection of quiet stories about listening to Hüsker Dü then walking around, moving house, a holiday in France, swimming at night (again) and more besides. I don’t think anyone has reviewed it yet, but folk who got a copy via pre-order have said some nice things about it. Why not find out for yourself?
We also had a great launch party at Desert Island in Brooklyn last week, but more about that another day.
A note on prices: you may have noticed a price increase in my shop. The zines are the same price, but sadly I’m having to start charging for P&P. I used to offer free P&P on UK orders, and subsidised P&P on overseas orders, but that has been proving a little unsustainable since postage prices went up this April. It pains me to do it, but ‘tis the way the wind is blowing. For readers in the US, however, you can get Smoo 5 (and shortly Smoos 4 and 6) from John P’s Spit and a Half Distro which might work out more cost-effective. Thanks for your understanding!
Pre-orders for Smoo 6 are only available until 5pm (GMT) on Tuesday 6th November. They all come with little sketches, ephemera, bits and bobs. At £3 UK, £4 everywhere else, including postage, it’s a bargain if I do say so myself.
Pre-order your copy here: http://smoo.tumblr.com/shop#smoocomics
Curious what to expect from Smoo #6? Here are some pages - some I’ve shared before, others I haven’t. It’s a different beast to Smoo #5; much quieter, simpler lines, slower stories. Perhaps in some ways it’s more diary-like; in others more abstract. Pre-order details coming soon.
Sketch/rough test page for Smoo #6
Page from my contribution to š #11 ‘artventurous’. It is 8 pages long. It was a free-form piece. We moved house while I was drawing it, so I drew a lot of it on my lap, resting on a shelf I had yet to put up on the wall. It’s a bit raw for that reason, but I quietly think that it has heart.
Since finishing Smoo #5, I’ve been doing some anthology pieces. Here are some pictures of some pages from them.
Untitled
Untitled appearing in Moonshot Magazine #4. Two pages about spring-time walking.
Evacuee
Evacuee from Decadence #9. I try and use anthologies as an excuse to experiment a little bit with my comics. This one is 5 pages long and is science fiction, which is a departure for me.
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I submitted this story to Kuš! Komiksi, an international anthology out of Latvia. The editors are going through the selection process at the moment, so fingers crossed this makes the grade. If it doesn’t I’ll put this out as a minicomic. This story is 8 pages long.
