Thursday, 23 May 2024

Comic Art Masterclasses Summer 2024 - full list



Comic Art Masterclasses Summer 2024 open to the public (fresh links):

June 22 - Macc Pow Macclesfield https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/comic-art-masterclass-with-kev-f-sutherland-macc-pow-ages-7-tickets-862286079877


July 13 - Frome Festival

Weds July 17

July 23 - Burnavon Arts, Northern Ireland https://www.burnavon.com/whats-on/kev-f-s-comic-art-masterclasses/129528262

July 24 - Ardhowen Arts, Enniskillen NI

July 25 - Strule Arts, Omagh NI https://struleartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/

July 26 - Flowerfield Arts, Portstewart NI https://www.roevalleyarts.com/events/

July 27 - Ards Arts, Newtownards NI https://andculture.org.uk/classes/kev-fs-comic-art-masterclass

Aug 2 - Chipping Barnet Library https://www.barnet.gov.uk/events/comic-art-masterpiece-kev-f-chipping-barnet-library-0

Aug 5 - 10am Coalville Library
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kev-fs-comic-art-masterclass-coalville-library-tickets-897161944527
2pm Hinckley Library
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kev-fs-comic-art-masterclass-hinckley-library-tickets-897167370757



Aug 6 - 10am Wollaton Library
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kev-fs-comic-art-masterclass-tickets-911454935247
2pm - Nottingham Central Library
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kev-fs-comic-art-masterclass-tickets-911458245147

(These are two events, above, where I'm handing all the ticketing myself. An interesting experiment I've not done for a live class before. I last did it for Zoom events.)

Aug 12 - Shipley & Keighley Libraries

Aug 16 - Cresset, Peterborough https://cresset.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873644546

Aug 22 - Ropetackle Shoreham https://ropetacklecentre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873658350

Aug 31 - St Ives Festival https://stives.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173656324

Sept 14 - Chiswick Book Festival https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/14-bath-road-w4-1ly/arts-ed-atrium/comic-art-masterclass-morning-session/e-bokbvq

Sept 28 - Lakes International Comic Festival


More dates and links to be announced, stay tuned


My Books and where to get them:

Richard The Third - Amazon - Etsy - Barnes & Noble - Waterstones
Findlay Macbeth - Amazon  - Etsy 
Prince Of Denmark Street - Amazon - Etsy - Kindle
Midsummer Nights Dream Team  - Amazon - Etsy 
Shakespeare Omnibus Collection (all 3 books) - Amazon

Tales From The Bible - Amazon -  Etsy - Webtoons
The Book Of Esther - Lulu  - Amazon - Webtoons
Joseph, Ruth & Other Stories - Lulu
Captain Clevedon - Amazon
Tales Of Nambygate - Amazon  


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Thursday, 16 May 2024

Grandma On Steroids - Comics by kids


Three days in a row, at about the furthest end of the country you could find, and look at the marvellous comics the kids created in my Comic Art Masterclass. And wait till you hear how many books they bought!


Day one of my voyage to the North took me to Dukes' Secondary in Ashington, just north of Newcastle. In the past, when I've travelled this far north, which I first did at the behest of Hexham Book Festival, then for schools that wanted me back in Northumberland, I would fly. Indeed Newcastle airport and its Britannia hotel became very much a home from home for me. But this year is the year that I started selling books in schools, and as a result I have to drive. Five and half hours later and I'm in Ashington, and look at the lovely creations. I confess I had no idea who Nanny Plum was before this. 

Being secondary school kids, they're less responsive to invitations to buy my books. The librarian had done her best, putting the word out in advance, but in the end only four kids bought copies of Richard The Third.


In Cramlington, also near Newcastle, the kids themselves were similarly unhurried when it came to buying books from me. But because I was working with kids on Pupil Premium, for whom there's a budget to get things for them that they might not be able to afford themselves, my librarian went very much the extra mile and bought a copy of Richard The Third for every single one of them. That's sixty copies of the book. I can't see any other school beating that in a hurry. And that's not all...


Eileen the librarian had not only made a display of blown up covers from my book, she'd made them into sweets! She's printed and hand assembed these lovely choccies, all for me! Cramlington officially wins Best School Ever. Though I am happy to open this up to competition.


Day 3 of my odyssey to the frozen north (which was far from frozen, sumer having finally decided to arrive at the weekend, it's been very pleasant throughout, and I've managed a nice walk every evening) took me to Carnforth, which is in the Lake District between Kendal and Lancaster. Nanny Plum proved herself to be the new Peppa Pig, in that as soon as the kids see her on a previous comic cover they can't think of anything funnier themselves. And Grandma gave me the one cover design that I didn't think was at all bad.

The celebrities these six groups chose to appear in my demonstration strip were Leonardo Dicaprio, Nicki Minaj, Boris Johnson, Wayne Rooney, Ryan Reynolds, and best suggestion of the week: Donna, one of the kids' mums.


My Books and where to get them:

Richard The Third - Amazon - Etsy - Barnes & Noble - Waterstones
Findlay Macbeth - Amazon  - Etsy 
Prince Of Denmark Street - Amazon - Etsy - Kindle
Midsummer Nights Dream Team  - Amazon - Etsy 
Shakespeare Omnibus Collection (all 3 books) - Amazon

Tales From The Bible - Amazon -  Etsy - Webtoons
The Book Of Esther - Lulu  - Amazon - Webtoons
Joseph, Ruth & Other Stories - Lulu
Captain Clevedon - Amazon
Tales Of Nambygate - Amazon  


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Sunday, 12 May 2024

Live book sales for May - events and schools


Live book sales for May started well at Pontypridd Book Fair. I had no idea what to expect. We got a good footfall of browsers, including parents and kids, and a couple of big buyers - one person bought £45 of books in one go!

Pontypridd Book Fair May 11 - £205.41

Colouring Books (various) - 13
All 3 Shakespeare (inc selling out two Omnibus editions) - 3
Richard The Third - 4
Findlay Macbeth - 2
Prince of Denmark Street - 2
Tales From The Bible - 1

May 13 Dukes Secondary, Ashington Northumberland 
4 x Richard The Thirds @ £6 = £24


May 14 Cramlington (above)
60 x Richard The Thirds @ £6 = £360 (!!!!)

(May 15 school bought none, leaving me with one box of 30 books to take me through Barry Collector Con this weekend, and two days at Colmore School next week. Biting my nails waiting for Stuart Gould to print me 500 more.)

Barry Collector Con May 18 & 19 - £358.80
Saturday £205.39, Sunday £150.41

Colouring Books (various) - 7
Midsummer Nights Dream Team - 10 (sold out)
Findlay Macbeth - 4 (sold out)
Prince Of Denmark Street - 4
Richard The Third - 3
Blank Comic Book - 1
Socks superheroes - 13
Caricatures - too many to count. Some sold for £2 each, many converted into sales.

May 20 & 21 Colmore Juniors, King Heath
40 x Richard The Thirds @ £6 = £240

(Giving Cramlington a run for their money, most of the books were sold through kids paying via Parent Pay, I think 32 copies. Then Ruth the head of year bought the rest of the box (ie 40)).

And with Beaminster Book Festival's classes on Wednesday cancelled (only 11 tickets sold, so not worth the journey), those are my last chances to sell books this month.

TOTAL May 2024 = £1188.21

104 x Richard The Third
20 x Colouring Books
3 x Omnibus / all 3 Shakespeare
6 x Findlay Macbeth
6 x Prince Of Denmark Street
10 x Midsummer Night's Dream Team
1 x Tales From The Bible


My Books and where to get them:

Richard The Third - Amazon - Etsy - Barnes & Noble - Waterstones
Findlay Macbeth - Amazon  - Etsy 
Prince Of Denmark Street - Amazon - Etsy - Kindle
Midsummer Nights Dream Team  - Amazon - Etsy 
Shakespeare Omnibus Collection (all 3 books) - Amazon

Tales From The Bible - Amazon -  Etsy - Webtoons
The Book Of Esther - Lulu  - Amazon - Webtoons
Joseph, Ruth & Other Stories - Lulu
Captain Clevedon - Amazon
Tales Of Nambygate - Amazon  




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Friday, 10 May 2024

Cult TV Colouring Book - Stranger Things are Breaking Bad on Wednesday in Twin Peaks say Doctor Who's Prisoner's X Files, as a Buffy Red Dwarf & their Sopranos meet The Bear and Bob Ross in the Thunderbirds Star Trek Twilight Zone for Ghostwatch, according to Only Connect's copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy


Stranger Things are Breaking Bad on Wednesday in Twin Peaks say Doctor Who's Prisoner's X Files, as a Buffy Red Dwarf & their Sopranos meet The Bear and Bob Ross in the Thunderbirds Star Trek Twilight Zone for Ghostwatch, according to Only Connect's copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - in the new Cult TV Colouring Book, which I have just published.

It's on sale now on Lulu for only £9.99. Buy it here now.

There's also a Meth Lab Oompa Loompa in here. Yes, everybody's favourite Cult TV shows are now presented in full glorious techni-black-and-white, just waiting for you to add colour. Accompanied by authoritative and definitely fact and spell-checked articles on every show. A splendid colouring time is guaranteed for all. This book is strictly unofficial, and the articles and illustrations of these TV shows are produced for educational purposes, and some satire. No copyright infringement is intended.






https://www.lulu.com/shop/kev-f-sutherland-and-kev-sutherland/cult-tv-colouring-book/paperback/product-v8kzkjq.html



My Books and where to get them:

Richard The Third - Amazon - Etsy - Barnes & Noble - Waterstones
Findlay Macbeth - Amazon  - Etsy 
Prince Of Denmark Street - Amazon - Etsy - Kindle
Midsummer Nights Dream Team  - Amazon - Etsy 
Shakespeare Omnibus Collection (all 3 books) - Amazon

Tales From The Bible - Amazon -  Etsy - Webtoons
The Book Of Esther - Lulu  - Amazon - Webtoons
Joseph, Ruth & Other Stories - Lulu
Captain Clevedon - Amazon
Tales Of Nambygate - Amazon  




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Thursday, 9 May 2024

April book sales


 Above: Kev sells books, and caricatures, in Swansea. But is this where his big sales came from in April?

Sales of my books for April 2024, ranked in order of takings

Schools - £514
Live events - £393
Lulu - £35.35
Etsy - £14.98
D2D - $5.63
Blurb - £0.68

Book sales for March 2024, February 24, Jan 24

Live events = only Swansea on the 14th

 £393 (books and caricatures)

Biggest seller = 26 x Richard The Thirds (full list here)

Schools April (Ireland, Christchurch, Abergavenny, Maidwell Hall, Etchinghill)

£514

81 x Richard The Thirds, plus sundry others

Live sales April:
107 x Richard The Third
2 x Findlay Macbeth
4 x Prince Of Denmark Street
9 x Midsummer Night's Dream Team
1 x Tales From The Bible

Lulu (Amazon) April 2024 sales - £38.80 (23 sales, figure is all royalties)

Eurovision Vol 2 -  3 (UK) 1 (ES) 3 (US) 
Tales From Bible - 1 (CA) 1 (UK) 2 (US)
Eurovision Best Of - 2 (UK) 1 (US)
Book Of Esther - 1 (US) 1 (GB - listed differently from UK, I don't know why)
MNDT -  2 (UK - one gets £0 royalties, one gets £1.10)
Findlay Macbeth - 1 (FR)
80s Superstars - 1 (DE)
80s Pop  - 1 (UK)
60s Pop - 1 (US)
Shakespeare Omnibus - 1 (UK)

March 2024 - £45.26, Feb, - £26.76, Jan - £26.41,  
Dec 2023 - £109.94, November - £107.53, October - £14.23, September - £18.76, Aug £33.34, July £27.60, June £29.94, May £48.33, April £52.26, March £8.56, Feb £38.57, Jan £35.25
Dec 2022 £26.84

Etsy April sales -  £14.98 (2 sales, figure includes postage)

Euro Vol 1 - 1
80s Pop - 1

Mar  £89, Feb £23.48, Jan £44.43, Dec 23 £131.22, Nov - £152.34, October - £51.92, Sept £0, August £13.98, July £48.93, June £55.92, May £58.05, Apr £171.05, Mar £80.86, Feb £44.50, Jan £82.86 

D2D April sales - $5.63 - 7 sales 

Blurb April sales - £0.68 - 3 sales

I'd make a graph if I could be arsed. Suffice it to say, selling books face to face in schools and at live events is how I make money from my creative output. It is good to have them available on Amazon, Lulu, Etsy et al, but it wouldn't make a lot of difference to the bank balance if they weren't there. The month ahead includes 3 days of live events and six days of classes, so game on to see who buys the most (if any, it's still possible that no-one will want any).


My Books and where to get them:

Richard The Third - Amazon - Etsy - Barnes & Noble - Waterstones
Findlay Macbeth - Amazon  - Etsy 
Prince Of Denmark Street - Amazon - Etsy - Kindle
Midsummer Nights Dream Team  - Amazon - Etsy 
Shakespeare Omnibus Collection (all 3 books) - Amazon

Tales From The Bible - Amazon -  Etsy - Webtoons
The Book Of Esther - Lulu  - Amazon - Webtoons
Joseph, Ruth & Other Stories - Lulu
Captain Clevedon - Amazon
Tales Of Nambygate - Amazon  



My Books and where to get them:

Richard The Third - Amazon - Etsy - Barnes & Noble - Waterstones
Findlay Macbeth - Amazon  - Etsy 
Prince Of Denmark Street - Amazon - Etsy - Kindle
Midsummer Nights Dream Team  - Amazon - Etsy 
Shakespeare Omnibus Collection (all 3 books) - Amazon

Tales From The Bible - Amazon -  Etsy - Webtoons
The Book Of Esther - Lulu  - Amazon - Webtoons
Joseph, Ruth & Other Stories - Lulu
Captain Clevedon - Amazon
Tales Of Nambygate - Amazon  


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