Findlay Macbeth, drawing continues

This week, apart from one visit to a school on Wednesday, I have been drawing Findlay Macbeth. It's a hard slog, and the longest I've worked on a 'spec' comic since Captain Clevedon back in 2011 (and even then I only drew half a dozen pages, getting other artists to draw the rest of the book). This time I'm aiming to get 120 pages drawn. It's not unrealistic but, blimey, it's not going to happen in a hurry.

Yesterday (Thursday) I managed a whole 7 pages of pencils and inks (A4 art to be shrunk to an A5 book), meaning I've finished the first chapter of the story. I'm enjoying drawing by the way, it's hardly a chore, yet. But when I get busy with schools in a few weeks time, then we'll see how well I get on. Right now, I'm enjoying drawing, and my clocking-in sheet continues below.

Friday Jan 3rd: 4 pages (62 - 65) pencilled, 62 & 63 inked.
Sat Jan 4: 2 pages (64 & 65) inked.
Fri Jan 10: 2 pages (2 & 3) 
Sat Jan 11: 1 page (1) 
Sun Jan 12 / Mon Jan 13: 6 pages (4 - 11) 
Tues Jan 14: 4 pages (12 - 15) 
Thurs Jan 16: 7 pages (16 - 22) 
Fri Jan 17: 5 pages (23 - 27)  + Alba adverts inserted in backgrounds. 
Sat Jan 18: 2 pages (28, 29) 
Mon Jan 20: 4 pages (30-33)
Weds Jan 22: 4 pages (34-37) + scripting and rearranging new pages (38 & 39) and renumbering all subsequent pages (yawn). The story is now 123 pages long.
Thurs Jan 23: 8 pages! (38 - 45)
Fri Jan 24: 6 pages (46 - 51)
Mon Jan 27: 6 pages (52 - 57)
Weds Jan 29: 8 pages! (58 - 61 and 68 - 71) (Including the fun of getting pages 58 & 59 wet and smudging the borders).
Thurs Jan 30: 6 pages (72-77). 46 pages to go. 
Fri Jan 31: 10 pages!! (2 of those being newly-inserted pages, 57 & 59, so 8 new pages were 80 - 87). 38 to go.
Mon Feb 3: 6 pages (quality over quantity, 88 - 93), 32 to go.
Tues Feb 4: 8 pages (94 - 101), 24 to go.
Weds Feb 5: 6 pages (102 - 107), 18 to go.
Thurs Feb 6: 6 pages (108 - 113), 12 to go.
Fri Feb 7: 6 pages (114 - 119), 6 to go.
Sat Feb 8: 2 pages pencilled, half a page inked.
Mon Feb 9: FINISHED! Final 6 pages completed, it's a wrap!!!

Continued in later blog.

Kev F Sutherland, as well as writing and drawing for The Beano, Marvel, Doctor Who et al, runs Comic Art Masterclasses in schools, libraries & art centres. email for details. Facebook, Twitter. Promo video here.