Accordian Dreams

This is the story of a friend of a friend who owns a fruit shop in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. I entered it in the 2009 Observer/Comica Graphic Short story competition.

The Best Kept Secret

Hi there and thank you for your comments on last week's comic blog. This next one is the start of a comic documenting the making of The Best Kept Secret, an online (and on TV) music show. It was filmed and produced by my friends from film and music course in the Dundalk Institute of Technology. They used their summer holidays, and the college's editing lab, to create the show. It was all filmed in a magnificent old house called Drewstown just outside Kells in Co. Meath. I spent two days out there working on the film set for them and had a great time. They got incredible acts in and the guys were so professional in their approach to the filming. The finished product is a credit to them. It hasn't been posted to the internet yet but keep an eye on this channel http://www.youtube.com/user/BestKeptSecretShow

This journal blog signals the start of what will be a weekly comic blog insert. As this is the first ever issue you'll be subjected to some ropey stories but the reward lies in becoming a regular reader of this blog and seeing it's astonishing improvements over the next few months!