Youmika 'R' Us

Medical secretary by day, graphic artist and dtp'er by night. (I have the clothes and everything) I've also published a couple of short stories and am working on a book.

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Glasgow Comic Con is upon us!

Dogooder Comics is launching TWO new books at Glasgow’s CCA this weekend (5th and 6th of July): Dungeon Fun Book Two and Reel Love.

We’ve also got some of the quadruple SICBA-award nominated Dungeon Fun Book One left. Here’s a handy infographic about...

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I loved part one of Fun Dungeon. Already ordered no.2 for pickup in London. Good luck with the SICBA awards.

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Here is the cover to Dungeon Fun Book Two, by Colin Bell and Neil Slorance. 

Dungeon Fun Book Two will debut alongside two other new Dogooder Comics titles at this year’s Glasgow Comic Con in July.

More on this breaking story as it happens.

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Already ordered it at Orbital Comics in London. Can't wait to have this second issue in my hands.

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One of my favourite books recently is Dungeon Fun by Colin Bell and Neil Slorance.  It’s a great fantasy adventure comic with a wicked sense of humour, that’s choc-full of references to Zelda and other fantasy video games of my youth.  

They’ve just announced that the second issue will be available at this years Glasgow Comic Con, and I for one can’t wait so I finally got around to doing some fan art for the book to celebrate

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YOU GUYS COME LOOK SEE HOW GOOD DAVE IS

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I love part one. I hope it gets picked up and I'd love to play it one day as a video game. Dream big!

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Dragon Slayer: The Collected Edition

It takes a man to kill a dragon. What does it take to kill the Dragon Slayer?

Dragon Slayer: The Collected Edition, featuring issues 1-3 of Devin Kraft’s Dragon Slayer book is now kickstarting though the end of the month of May. The original issues were in black and white but Devin has used the proceeds from his first two kickstarts to commission us at Space-Gun to color the collected edition. Check out the kickstart, share with freinds and back it if you can!

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Was feeling creative today (and yesterday) so I made this feel good poster. Digitalisation has nested firrly in our lives.

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Watch out Scotland

On my way to Glasgow for some R&R with best friends. Going to see some art and shop till I drop. Only have about 4-5kg of baggage with me so I can still shop about 15kg of books and other stuff.

Also at the last panto of John Barrowman in Jack and the Beanstalk with the Krankies. Hope it's as good as last year (and I hope they got the Beanstalk up and running again), because I can remember laughing my head off.

Got my comic book shop list of Glasgow and downloaded a street map on Google. It's almost like real planning :) It's my last vacation untill I go to Australia later this year so I will try and make the most of it.

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Finally had some time to work on a personal project again. I have a busy couple of weeks coming up and just wanted to let off some steam. 

This question seems to pop-up now and again. I may have forgotten to ask 'And why?", but that's a whole other matter. 

I used Illustrator to make the image and Photoshop to enhance the colors. 

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I had a boost of creativity today. Created my own little island, just don't know how to get there yet. Maybe via a blimp or skydiving. I feel some creative writing coming on...

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Fenrir by M.D. Lachlan

I might never have chosen this book to read if it hadn't been for FantasyCon. Me and a couple of friends are going and we decided that we'd try to read one story of each of the authors attending (we failed btw). That's how I chose Fenrir from M.D. Lachlan and I was happily surprised. For me it's the best book I've read so far this year.

It starts off introducing the characters in a city (Paris) under siege and you're immediately in the middle of the story being sucked in further every page. The action get's underway quickly and the pace is fast, characters split up have their own little adventures and come together and though usually this tends to make me lose my way and forget who's who, it doesn't in this story. Characters are believable and the historic background is never dull or mundane.

The writing is superb and you can tell there's been a lot of research done to get the details right. I loved the attention to detail like the names of pieces of clothing I'd never heard of (I will admit to not being a native English speaker so that could just be me) but it was always clear what was meant. It's amazing to me how M.D. Lachlan get's into each characters head, sees their background and where they come from and let's them speak, think and act how I expect they would.

If you're looking for an action packed adventure that makes you want to read more (and luckily there is more) then this is definitely the book to read. I haven't read the first book 'Wolfsangel' and I had no trouble following this book. It can be read on its own and you come away with a complete story. I will definitely be looking for more books by M.D. Lachlan. 

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Into the silence by Sarah Pinborough

The body in the church hall is very definitely dead. It has been sliced open with surgical precision, its organs exposed, and its vocal cords are gone. It is as if they were never there or they've been dissolved! With the Welsh amateur Operatic Contest getting under way, music is filling the churches and concert halls of Cardiff. The competition has attracted the finest Welsh talent to the city, but it has also drawn something else - there are stories of a metallic creature hiding in the shadows. Torchwood is on its tail, but it's moving too fast for them to track it down! This new threat requires a new tactic, so Ianto Jones is joining a male voice choir...

  My review: Don't read the part below if you don't wish to be spoiled!

This book took me whole and swallowed me up. I read it in a couple of days (would have in a day if it had been the weekend). It was great to read a book with a creature that I could feel for. It's not his fault. It's never been his fault. He just want's what he doesn't have back home. Sound, noise, beautifull to his ears, but not to his kind. It was a very good read. Well written and nice to see the Torchwood team not being the center of the book. The book shifts well between the different lives that are affected, but it's never complicated and you never get lost as to who's life you're seeing. And while reading the book I was only half right about the ending and that makes it quite good, because I'm usually completely right about the ending. Four stars from me.

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FantasyCon 2012

As an aspiring and published (in Dutch) writer I've only recently found out there's a place like FantasyCon. It sounds great from their website and what twitterers -that have been to a previous edition- have said and so me and two friends have taken the plunge and bought plain-, train- and conventiontickets to go to Brighton and meet some incredible writers.

Now here's the panicky bit.... I've never heard or read anything of some of the writers and so I've started reading up on them. A couple of them I already had in my bookcase because I've got most of the New Series Doctor Who (audio)books and am missing only one series of Torchwood books. The other (unknown only to me) writers I bought a ton of books of and am now reading like the end of days is coming.  Now I don't have the time to read a complete epos so I've invested in a couple of anthology's that feature a selection of writers from my extended list and I've started reading books that I may not normally pick up to read and found that they are actually amazing. So now I've caught the reading bug. With only a couple of weeks to go till FantasyCon I've got to get reading. Will post some reviews here if I think a book is good.

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Spent the weekend at Castle Gaiman relaxing gloriously and working on a Top Sekret art project. This is not the Top Sekret art project; this is Neil on a trampoline.

As promised.

Use it wisely.

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Watching X-Factor UK and found somethin' I love!

Lucy Spraggan singing her own song 'Last Night' or as I like to call it: "Beer Fear". Brilliant! Loved her performance. Made me think of the Lovable Rogues on Britain's Got Talent this year. Bloody amazing.

The Lyrics made me laugh out loud and I have my desk chair to thank for not letting me roll to the floor.

Get the song out there! This needs to be a record! I'd buy it, I'd even go to the UK for that. Actually... I'll be in the UK on September 27th, have it waiting for me when I go to the shops!

:) Too bad I can't vote :)

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We zijn er weer

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Geen huiswerk?

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Kan iemand vertellen wat het huiswerk is voor volgende les?

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Veel plezier vanavond

Als ik een mooie emmer had gehad had ik mss nog wel gekomen, maar deze bruine is gewoon geen gezicht. echt zooo 2010