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Jess Bradley's Interests
General
Comics, Asian Cinema, Video Games (Retro Games, PS2 and Nintendo DS), Mexican Wrestlers, Guide Dog Detective, Frisbee (weather permitting), comedy, Drawing, Reading, Quoting comedy shows,
Music
Beck (musical genius!), Air, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mark Lanegan, Quruli, Yukari Fresh, Monsters From Mars, Supercar, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stoneage, Eagles of Death Metal, Goldfrapp, Cornelius, Thomas Newman, Bond Themes, Richard Cheese, Frank Black and The Catholics, Cibo Matto, Buffalo Daughter, The Beta Band, Nick Oliveri, Seu George,
Movies
Ghostbusters, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Neighbor No.13, Last Life In The Universe, Ping Pong, Elvira: Mistress of The Dark, Lost in Translation, Rushmore, The Life Aquatic, The Royal Tennembaums, Bottle Rocket, Teen Wolf, The Evil Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Happiness of the Katakuris, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Gozu, Amores Perros, The Devils Backbone, Ginger Snaps, Run Lola Run, The Iron Giant, Chopper,
Television
The Mighty Boosh, Lost, Heroes, Justice League, Samurai Jack, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Twin Peaks, Arrested Development, Scrubs, My Name is Earl, Tom Goes To The Mayor, Robot Chicken, Drawn Together, Terrahawks
Books
The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux, Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk, Geek Love by Katherine Dunn, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Divided Kingdom by Rupert Thompson, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami, Shock Value by John Walters, The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch, Good-Bye Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson, Hey Wait...by Jason
Heroes
Tadanobu Asano, El Santo, Bill Murray, Johnny Knoxville, Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Vic Reeves, Jack Nicholson, Beck, Billy West, Gael Garcia Bernal, Michel Gondry, David Lynch, Takashi Miike, Clancy Brown
I have worked for publishers such as Little Tiger Press and Oxford University Press as well as supplying artwork for Ready Brek. I self-publish my own comic, Guide Dog Detective, which is available from me to mail order - just email!
About me: I'm an illustrator and comic artist living in the fair city of Bristol, England. I'm trying to make my way as an artist whilst working part-time to pay the bills. I like tea, dogs, squid, axolytls, Mexican Wrestlers, zombies, comics, video games, books and films. I'm rather taken with the shoddy cinematic genius of Godfrey Ho at the moment.
My work can be bought on Etsy. http://pootart.etsy.com
Please check out the veritable feast of images on display in the nifty slideshow below and in my various galleries!
Who I'd like to meet: El Santo, James Kochalka, Tadanobu Asano, Simon Pegg (I did! I've met him!) Takashi Miike, Beck, Sasquatch, Mothman, any comic artists, writers, illustrators or small-pressers or anyone interested in collaborative art projects.
I DON'T want to meet Rob Schnieder or The Chuckle Brothers.
did i totally imagine that you said you were gonna be at the bristol con on the sunday? then i'll pop down then not sat - save me a pile of your stuff and i'll make sure i bring a bag of gold and cake! hope you get a mo to have a coffee and a natter:)
Limited to 300 pieces for each colorway.The Putrid Pal is available for pre-order right now atCrazy Label (orders to be shipped in 2 weeks). In fine toy shops in March!
"He Bought Me a Soda and He Tried to Molest Me in a Parking Lot!"
Volume 2!
Last year the first volume of this "collection of illustrations inspired by lyrics from those songs that get stuck in your head all day" was a great success and people had a lot of fun interpreting their favourite lyrics!
You can download the first volume as a free pdf here:
http://www.soundofdrowning.com/soda1.html
So the time seemed ripe for a Volume 2!
The specs are the same; artwork should be A5 300 dpi. As well as a limited edition artbook of the project there will also be another free pdf of the book, which has been downloaded by a good thousand people so far.
So give vent to those earworms and get sending those submissions to the contact details on this page:
http://www.soundofdrowning.com/Contact.html
Deadline is April 1st and I'm really looking forward to seeing this years entries!
Hope you had a christmassy christmas etc. Thanks for dropping off the DVD as well, I had completely forgot so it was like being given a new one, very exiting!
I don't go into the comic shop much anymore, its rather manly in there now and my gayness cant allow that! Hope your good, how the next issue of GDD coming along?
hello stranger! nah, don't worry - i just thought you'd been stolen away by a bunch of ninjas but had managed to convince them of your worthy abilities and they'd made you you grand ninja of the mountain top hideout...or something... glad to hear you're good though. as for march - that sounds like a plan to moi! we can finally have a coffee shop sketchbook related day! things have gone a bit mental here. my bros wife has had to go into hospital to have babies...i say babies cos it's TRIPLETS and they're due this thursday...oh bugger! i've been working and looking after his 2year old so not had any time for fun...aka fat chunk! spoke to jamie and doing some promo stuff for him instead...god i'm shit. but then maybe its fate saying i suck and im not allowed to have comic related fun?! anyway, gotta run but i expect a full report on japan asap! smoss.x
hello!
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Co-written with Laura O and inspired by, but taking a far darker turn on, those Choose Your Own Adventure kids books from the 80's... Click Here for more!
So do you not work for Travelling Man anymore? Who am I going to flog my lame comics to now? I just got more Melanchomics printed up especially! Yeesh!
yay! welcome back chicken! did you have a fantabulous time then? i did - bought myself 2 issues of guide dog detective...you talented little monkey you:)x
Christmas Postcard
2007, Mr. Esgar
Self Portrait
2007, Mr. Esgar
CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE! NOW, WITH FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE YOU CAN BUY ANY OF MY POSTERS (SIGNED AND NUMBERED FOR 30 US$ OR 20EUROS), OR PRINTS OF ANY OF MY ILLUSTRATIONS (40US$ OR 30EUROS), OR ASK ME TO DO YOUR PORTRAIT (60US$ OR 40EUROS). ASK NOW, IN TIME TO RECEIVE IT IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS EVE. FOR YOU... OR FOR SOMEONE YOU LOVE!
