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Papercuts, zines and graphic novels, stuff I'm working on... (c) Abi 2026

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See you there...

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Ok It's been too long.

Had a major setback with the work, which is now resolving.

I'm now helping oversee a local Games and Geeks Group, which gives me four dedicated hours to work on GN2.

I've been doing masses of other work, just not the GN.

This was lino cut designs for midwinter 2025, "hope" being my favourite!

I make these, mainly for refugee charities, a bit of sunshine in a difficult world, this is something like number 35!

The fish are for a local project, after twenty I'd had enough! My granddaughter got one, I told her it was a Babel fish - see Hitchhikers Guide...

I've called these "Reticules" - created for the next Steampunk weekend in Kirkcudbright, beginning June...

Mosaics are difficult in a one-bed flat, so I make them in the shed, summer only work really!

Early pages from GN2, lives of five women and the mental health challenges they are facing. I know what their beginnings are, and where they end up: it's just the middle that's not too clear!!

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Good day at Sequential Scotland’s first event.

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Sequential Scotland is on today, first time.

at the Double Tree Hilton, Glasgow

See you there…

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Yippee! Delighted to be at the first SEQUENTIAL SCOTLAND event. 😁🎊👍🏽

2nd August:

Double Tree Hilton, 36 Cambridge Street, Glasgow G2 3HN

SEE YOU THERE…

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These are five zines focussing on five women, different ages, backgrounds and experiences. Their stories, each focussing on a mental health crisis, will form the second graphic novel. To give me a starting point I created a room for each, and that 3D object will also be present…

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These are the Zines for Teens that came out of the graphic novel because it’s not suitable for under 16s.

They deal with self-harm, dissociation and gender identity.

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This is the graphic novel that came out of the pandemic, telling the story of Torn Teen and the long term impact on mental health of childhood trauma.

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This is Torn Teen, puppet whose stage presence was cancelled due to a pandemic.

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zines and things…

These are some of the things I’ll have at Comicon, and hopefully Sequential Scotland in August…

All the written materials were supported by mental charity See Me Scotland.

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Hoping to get a table at this new event…

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update

So the first GN award application went in this week, see how that goes…

AND A table confirmed at POWER Gaming & Comic Con, SEC Glasgow 8-9 March 2025.

Look out for Abi and See Me there…

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5 Women Zines and First Graphic Novel Award…

I’ve been getting feedback and suggestions from folk about the zines that precede the next graphic novel. Very useful. The overwhelming comment is that people feel drawn into the women’s stories, which is great. So I’m going to start working out how to interweave the five stories into one GN. I know pretty much where each woman is going to end up, all I need to do is get them there…

The first GN I wrote, I’m going to enter for the award. It won’t win, it’s too disturbing, and I’m not interested in winning, but I want to take part. Here I am, nearly 70, living my best life, at last, and part of the reason for that is because I spent two years plus, writing my own story for the first time.

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MORE GOOD NEWS!

Dates have been announced for two Comicon events at the SEC under a new banner…

Fan Frontier: POWER Gaming and Comicon, 8/9 March 2025

and: EPIC Comicon 6/7 September 2025

We had so much good feedback in Sept 2024 about bringing mental health to Comicon, it feels really important to apply again….

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Really pleased this is going ahead. Met these people at Thought Bubble in Harrogate, interesting how many Scots make the trip down to the best Comicon of them all 😁

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Just a couple of weeks to BGCP Comicon in Dumfries.

After that, it’s off to Thought Bubble in November.

Looking forward to both.