2015-05-13 19:44
I just got a lovely email from Secret 7" saying that all 700 sleeves have now been sold (the ones that don't sell on the day go up on eBay) and this reminded me that I haven't posted my slee… Read More
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Illustration, sketches and comics by John Riordan, author of William Blake, Taxi Driver
2015-04-10 14:28
I am delighted, nay properly chuffed, to have another record sleeve in this year's Secret 7" exhibition.I had a good look at the sleeves on display at the private view last night and there's… Read More
2015-01-30 17:04
I'm taking part in a very interesting exhibition at The Anise Gallery in Shad Thames from 6 February to 15 March.It's called Sequential City and explores the expressive depiction of architec… Read More
2015-01-28 00:36
I've drawn a comic about meditation for Nomos Journal. It's the first in a new column I'm writing/drawing for them called Drawing a Blank.It depicts the experience of the beginner meditator… Read More
2014-11-13 19:14
I'll be at Thought Bubble comics festival this weekend in Leeds, Saturday 15th to Sunday 16th November .Dan and I will be on table 62 in the New Dock Hall, along side our fellow Great Beasts… Read More
2014-08-11 15:30
I'm dead chuffed that Capital City features in the book of Comics Unmasked, the current exhibition at The British Library.The exhibition finishes this weekend, and on Saturday 16 August I'll… Read More
2014-05-28 10:38
Been meaning to put this up for ages. I did this picture of the giant from Twin Peaks for Ryan Humphrey's Twin Peaks zine, Flesh World.There's some really great work in… Read More
2014-05-17 12:34
I've started a new comic strip, Culture, once a week over on Tumblr.It's an excuse to make silly jokes about the Arts, as seen thought the eyes (I'm not sure they actually have eyes) of two… Read More
2014-05-14 16:07
I can finally reveal my sleeve design for this year's Secret 7" show. (In fact I could a few weeks ago but I've only just got round to writing this.)My sleeve is a comic strip interpretation… Read More
2014-04-14 15:06
I popped down to the Secret 7” exhibition, Downstairs at Mother in Shoreditch. 700 one-off record sleeves interpreting 7 songs by 7 bands/musicians. The twist is you don’t know w… Read More
2014-04-10 16:00
If, like me, you are fond of a tipple, but not so fond of the resulting hangover, then this book could be for you.I drew about 60 illustrations for How to Drink and Not Look Like an Idiot, w… Read More
2014-04-02 12:36
I'm very excited to be part of this year's Secret 7" exhibition, and I'd like to share my design with you.I'd like to, but that would defeat the object of the project!My love for visual… Read More
2014-03-20 13:00
Thanks to everyone who came to the Great Beast spring party at Gosh! Comics last Friday.Gosh are absolute heroes in supporting new, indy comics in the UK and it was great to hang with the ot… Read More
2014-02-20 21:38
I decided to submit my depressed funkster to Threadless.If you fancy wearing this on a t shirt then get over there and vote!https://www.threadless.com/designs/funk-6 Read More
2014-01-19 13:48
I've been struggling with the January (post-birthday) blues, so I decided that rather than (just) sit around sighing in my dressing gown I would channel it into something positive. This is w… Read More
2014-01-13 17:32
I have a couple of pieces in an exhibition of illustration from the radical political mag Strike! Here's a crap picture of one of my pieces (on the right of the photo) sharing a wall with Ra… Read More
2014-01-06 22:09
First finished picture of 2014, this is based on a passage from Jack Kerouac's weird childhood memoir Doctor Sax.There are some other vivid passages in the book that describe scenes in hues… Read More
2013-12-16 12:40
Hope that Christmas brings you lots of wonderful surprises… Read More
2013-12-09 16:32
Here's an illustration from a few months ago. This was to accompany a review in Nature of Margaret Atwood's latest novel Maddaddam.The piece went through a few changes as the art direct… Read More
2013-12-01 18:34
Well, it took the Stone Roses and Elastica five years each, right? So, we're not doing soooooo badly.Yes folks, Hitsville UK issue 2 is finally with us.It's colourful, it's psychedelic… Read More
2013-10-14 14:18
I'm currently living in a small igloo made of half-drawn comics pages, but I thought I would crawl out from under the Bristol board for a few minutes to write about the AOI Illustration Awar… Read More
2013-08-20 16:43
David Graeber's article on Bullshit Jobs for Strike! magazine seems to be getting a lot of attention all of a sudden, and deservedly so. Though I'm a big fan of Strike! and was very fla… Read More
2013-08-02 14:20
This is a belated post to announce that Hitsville UK has been relaunched by Great Beast Comics.Appropriately we launched in the very musical surrounding of Manchester at the MCM Comic Con on… Read More
2013-06-27 12:51
Did this piece last week for Times Higher Education mag. It illustrates an opinion piece by John Kaag on juggling the responsibilities of being an academic and a dad to a toddler Read More
2013-06-20 09:07
I'm delighted to report that I've won an AOI Illustration award!I won the New Talent Award in the Editorial and Social Comment section for these two pages from my MA project Capital City, a… Read More
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