Eclectic Micks – The Fightin' Irish Artists
March 5, 2009 by Martin Smith
Filed under Art
Most days my twitter feed is generating the usual delightful cacophony of random thoughts and conversations in the background while I work. I’ll dip in and out of the public stream as I feel. A few weeks ago I discovered @pauljholden during an unrelated search of the twitterverse. Everyone else can suck up to @stephenfry, or clamour for attention from @wossy. I’m not particularly interested in the “must follow” celebs.
As a one-time comic book geek, having microblog-level access to the artist who regularly recreates the worlds of Judge Dredd, DeadSignal, The 86ers and Rogue Trooper, is far more gratifying.
Paul is from Belfast, and became a professional comic book artist about 8 years ago. He’s been drawing comics since he was 8, about the age I started, but sadly for me, the talent that gets one into the pages of 2000AD wasn’t apparent anywhere in my scribblings.
Now I find his cohort Will Sliney (Farscape) has kicked off a sketchblog to showcase the art of professional comic artists like himself, Stephen Mooney (Angel; After the Fall), Stephen Thompson (Star Trek; New Frontier, Presidential Material: John McCain), Paul (Fearless, 2000AD), Nick Roche (Transformers, Doctor Who), Bob Byrne (Mr. Amperduke, 2000AD) and Declan Shalvey (Frankenstein, Hero Killers).
It’s early days for now, but I hope that they’ll keep updates happening regularly. Show your support and visit Eclectic Micks
I need to get my arse back into London and buy some of their work at Forbidden Planet.
