Jason and the Thai Beer!

Me and King John went to see The Meg the other day at the beautiful old 1911 cinema- The Dome in Worthing. The film was a well made slice of shark action cinema with the ever reliable Jason Statham in the lead but I have a question! This isn't a spoiler but if you go and see the film please bear this in mind.
After an early tragedy in a submarine Jason's character (can't remember his name) goes for a long 5 year sulk in Thailand where he slobs around drinking Thai beer all day before being lured back for another rescue mission. At one point we see him coming out of the shower with a fabulously fit and totally toned body- AFTER 5 YEARS DRINKING THAI BEER?!?
I'm going to try it! I'm an unrealistic optimist!
And also, why oh why does every action/disaster film have to contain a dog in peril which (spoiler alert!) ALWAYS SURVIVES! and this one is particularly obnoxious!

Rant over.

The Joker

In the current issue of SFX- the magazine about all things sci-fi I have an illustration of Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker for a forthcoming film also starring Robert de Niro.

Future Films

Some of my regular SFX illustrations where I am called upon to visualise a film, previewed by Nick Setchfield, that hasn´t yet been made! Included in this bunch is Venom starring Tom Hardy which is out later this year.

Independence Day 2

This month's cartoon for my regular spot in the world's number 1 sci-fi magazine SFX is about the sequel to the best B movie ever made (in my humble opinion) Independence Day. The sequel has only just been announced and the only information the mag could give me was that Will Smith isn't going to be in it. Not a lot to go on but here's how it turned out. FZZZZZAP!!!

Spiderman 2

Here's my illustration for the current issue of SFX magazine (the best magazine on the planet! Although, I'm a bit biased cos they use my services regularly.) This is to depict the upcoming Spiderman movie which is a sequel to The Amazing Spiderman which was a reimagining of the Sam Raimi trilogy of Spiderman movies. I guess the world can never have enough Spiderman. I like Andrew Garfield in the role though even if he's pushing 30! How ancient is that?!?

Van Helsing 2

This is my latest cartoon for the science fiction magazine SFX. I have a regular spot in the mag called Development Hell where I depict up and coming films. This can be tricky some months as the films haven't been made and sometimes I don't know who will be the star, who will direct it and sometimes even the plot. Usually we have a title as in the case of the sequel to Van Helsing. This time the star is

 Tom Cruise and that's all we know. So I was asked to do a riff on the Universal monsters from the first film and add any more that I could think of. Here's how it came out. This was great fun to draw as I love all those old black and white horror films and my second favourite film ever is The Hunchback of Notre Dame starring Charles Laughton.