Eagle-y anticipated

The final round of Eagle Award voting is now open (until 2nd April). Two comics featuring the work of Alexi Conman have made the final list of nominations!

FutureQuake and Zarjaz are both nominated in the the 'Favourite British Comicbook: Black and White' category, and since Alexi scripted 'Little Things' and 'Scientific Progress Goes Bosh' in FutureQuake #19 and 'Fat Chancers' in Zarjaz #12, he is pretty chuffed (particularly with the FutureQuake nod).

Now, there's a lot of talk that the awards maybe aren't representative of comics in the UK, and Alexi normally has a lot of time for that point of view and would gladly discuss what form something celebrating the diversity of British comics could more helpfully take and the pros and cons of fan voting and so on and so on - but currently he doesn't care BECAUSE HE GOT NOMINATED WOOHOO.

Anyway, if you haven't already, Alexi suggests that maybe you should take these nominations as evidence that you should purchase these fine comics and read them as soon as possible.

Incidentally, Alexi has been in an award-nominated anthology before.

In other news, Alexi was at the Cardiff International Comic & Animation Expo.

He was mainly helping flog Into The Woods, which went very well, and it was nice to chat to several of the creators involved. He did manage to catch the 2000AD mega panel - which with nine guests and two hosts was the biggest comic con panel he'd seen, but it was also a great good-humoured and enlightening look at how the creators themselves see the Galaxy's Greatest Comic on it's 35th birthday. He also indulged in the usual drunken-ish chatter with many superb people and thoroughly enjoyed himself.

Into The Woods Out

Alexi Conman will be at the Cardiff International Comic Expo this weekend. Amongst other excitement Stacey Whittle will be releasing the Into The Woods anthology there. As previously mentioned, Alexi contributed to this publication - a story called 'Changeling', with art by Conor Boyle.

Having now seen the finished product, Alexi can assure you that it is of the highest quality, an excellent collection of original fairy tales, from the chilling to the heart-warming, featuring an outstanding cover by Andy Bloor and Steven Howard as shown above. He urges you to purchase a copy. If you're not at Cardiff, try and catch Stace in person or visit the online shop.

Bayou'd be mad to miss it

Another project that Alexi Conman has contributed to that should see publication later this year is Bayou Arcana (Volume 1: Songs of Loss and Redemption), edited by Jimmy Pearson and published by Markosia.

Bayou Arcana is a 'southern gothic' fantasy/horror anthology of linked short stories (each with a different creative team) about a magical swamp and the community of escaped slaves who've made their home there. To make the structure even more complex, the creative teams are all made up of male writers and female artists to hopefully give the book an interesting and balanced artistic dynamic.

Alexi scripted a story called 'Tohopka', about a half-Hopi emotionally-repressed bounty hunter of that name, who sets out to capture the escaped slaves. Alexi is very pleased that the story is being drawn by Vicky Stonebridge, who has a really vibrant art style with a genuine sense of magic that will suit the book perfectly. With a host of other great talent involved, the book is sure to be a winner and Alexi is very much looking forward to seeing it complete.

For more info (including ordering options), Alexi urges you to visit the Markosia website.