FOR THE RECORD at BROKEN FRONTIER

Andy Oliver has reviewed For the Record over at Broken Frontier.

"It’s Robertson doing what he does best. As I’ve said before, finding something meaningful and universal in life’s smaller moments. For the Record feels like a throwback to old school DIY culture too which could not be more appropriate for this rather sweet collection of wistfully nostalgic memories." Read the whole article here: https://www.brokenfrontier.com/for-the-record-a-lifetime-of-loving-music/

The entire comic book is now available here: https://fredeggcomics.bigcartel.com/

COMICS AND GENERATIVE A.I. "ART" at BROKEN FRONTIER

Andy Oliver has put together an article over at Broken Frontier on concerns regarding A.I. It features Joey Esposito, James Lawrence, Aviv Or, Salgood Sam, Adam Karenina Sherif, Spikings Art, and Chloe Starling. I contributed too. Have a read here.

YOU GET WHAT YOU GET at BROKEN FRONTIER

Andy Oliver has reviewed You Get What You Get over at Broken Frontier.

"What has always marked out Robertson’s comics to me in the past has been his ability to make small, existential moments seem very human and very relatable. Nodding your head to the universality of some of the experiences depicted here is one of the anthology’s great appeals... "

Have a read of the whole article here.

THAT COMIC SMELL COMIC 2 at BROKEN FRONTIER

Andy Oliver has reviewed That Comic Smell Comic 2 over at the Broken Frontier website.

Have a read here.

FRED EGG COMICS REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2021

Another odd year! I’ve tried my best to keep it as full of comics as possible. That way leads to happiness.

In January, a comic I did concerning outgoing US President Donald Trump called My Political Insight was published in Pocket Thoughts Annual #3.

The first That Comic Smell podcast of the year concentrated on depictions of Scotland in Comics.

And speaking of the podcast, our first That Comic Smell Comic was released in the first month of the year, featuring stories from all of us, including my It’s Doctor Time with the PM.

In February, Olivia Hicks guested on That Comic Smell to discuss Sarararara.

My tribute to Billy Joel, called We Didn’t Start this Fire appeared in After That! #61.

I was pleased to finally discuss Lewis Trondheim’s Astronauts of the Future on the Never Iron Anything podcast with Tony Esmond.

It was also great to be a guest on the Marvel Star Wars Explorers podcast with Brian Rudloff and Sam Stovold, discussing #106.

I launched my first online crowd funder for my Tay Bridge Disaster Comic on Kickstarter, which was fairly nerve-wracking.

In March, Gary Watson interviewed me over at Comics Anonymous.

That Comic Smell tackled comics with environmental messages, and our annual intention fails episode, wherein we set ourselves the task of definitely reading a few comics we’ve had on the shelves for years but not yet read.

I was grateful for the opportunity to discuss The Incredible Hulk #312 by Bill Mantlo and Mike Mignola, a legendary issue which tied in nicely with the upcoming release of Barry Windsor-Smith’s Monsters.

I guested on Stuart Mulrain's Nerds Who Haunted Themselves: Why Comics? podcast. That simple question is used as a springboard to discuss all things comics.

It was also great fun to be a guest on the Gosh! Comics / Broken Frontier Drink and Draw online get together. Thanks to Andy Oliver for inviting me along to that.

In April, the Kickstarter was successfully completed, and the Tay Bridge Disaster Comic went on sale.

May saw my Indiana Jones and the Age Old Question included in Raiders of a Lost Art #2 from Robin Barnard and Barnstormer Comics.

That Comic Smell discussed lifelong favourite comics pages: Read Me Forever!

I had another wide ranging comics chat, this time with Damian Edmondson on his Omen to That! podcast.

In June, That Comic Smell celebrated eighty years of Captain America.

Tony Esmond chose the comic in the latest Never Iron Anything, and it was Power Man and Iron Fist #68.

My comic Love in Lockdown appeared in Big Brown Eyes: Modern Fairytales anthology from Emily Dixon, Freya Lambert, and Karis Lambert.

It was a return to our ongoing discussion of Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis’ Justice League in July’s That Comic Smell, and the podcast celebrated its fifth anniversary in August.

My ode to record collecting Ticking Boy Meets Fred Egg Uptown appeared in Damon Herd’s Whatever Happened to Ticking Boy.

It was great to discuss an underrated British indie comic Spleenal by Nigel Auchterlounie on Never Iron Anything in September. A real favourite of mine.

I wrote two stories for Sarah Harris’ DUI: Drawn Under the Influence. These were Journey to Vilcabamba with art by Susie Gardner and Syd Cleans Up drawn by Andy Hanks.

Public Lav appeared in After That! #63.

My Tay Bridge Disaster Comic commentary was featured on That Comic Smell.

October saw the release of my Booze Ha Ha anthology featuring stories written and drawn by myself, with guest comics from Clio D, Zu Dominiak, Ali Hodgson, Rebecca Horner, Asuna Ikeshima, Marc KC, Tim Kelly, Francesca Mancuso, Norrie Millar, Emma Oosterhouse, Neil Paterson, Mike Sedakat, Abi Wye, Pam Wye, and Cherish York.

I had a guest spot in Olivia Hicks’ third volume of Sararara: Homecoming.

November was a busy month for podcasts. 

That Comic Smell tackled dinosaurs.

On Never Iron Anything we discussed Micronauts.

I returned to Marvel Star Wars Explorers to talk Dark Knight’s Devilry from the UK Empire Strikes Back Monthly. 

I also did my first school talk in well over a year due to COVID-19 restrictions. This covered comics in general and my Tay Bridge Disaster comic, which was donated to the library.

I had a comic called Bruin about the polar bear who ran free in Dundee city centre in the 1800s published in The Best of Indie Scottish Special from Tony Foster.

In December, After That! 64 featured a comic by me called On Earth the Whole Time.

Our That Comic Smell get Christmas get together focused on the Fantastic Four.

My last podcast of the year was on Never Iron Anything, discussing Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross’ Marvels with Mike Sedakat and Tony Esmond.

A few plans for 2022 are a new “wacky space race” comic for Star Jaws, a short called “Every Friggin’ Stop” for Pocket Thoughts, and ongoing work on a new 60 page story. The next That Comic Smell podcast recording will be our intention fails catch-up.

Thanks everyone for the encouraging and kind words over the past year.

Have a great, and comic filled, 2022!

TAY BRIDGE DISASTER COMIC at BROKEN FRONTIER

Andy Oliver has written on The Tay Bridge Disaster comic over at Broken Frontier.

Have a read here.

GOSH! COMICS / BROKEN FRONTIER Drink and Draw

I had a good time this week taking part in the Gosh! Comics / Broken Frontier Drink and Draw.

The fun began a couple of days before when I provided a prompt drawing to present to the group.

The participants in the group, and online at Twitter, drew a picture based on the prompt. I had to judge this round and pick a favourite!

After that, came another two rounds chosen by others. The second was "Wholesome Violence" from Josh Hicks, and the third was from Andy Oliver - "That Comic Smell".

As @thatcomicsmell was tagged in the original tweet, all the drawings that were posted sent multiple notifications to Tom (from That Comic Smell)'s phone. He didn't know what was happening for a minute there!

I had a great time, and it was nice to meet (sort of) new friends in the comics community.

Photo pinched from Andy Oliver's Facebook.

BREAK THE CAKE at BROKEN FRONTIER

Andy Oliver has written on Break the Cake over at Broken Frontier.

Have a read here.

5 YEARS OF SMALL PRESSGANGED

I was delighted to contribute a little bit to a celebratory article of five years of Small Pressganged at Broken Frontier.

I wrote on Jack Teagle - a great cartoonist who has been featured at the website in the past.

Well done to Andy Oliver and the team at Broken Frontier for all the small press comics coverage over the past half decade!

Have a read of the article here.

SNEAKY BUSINESS #2

I have a story called "FB--Out!" in the latest edition of Sneaky Business, which is out now.

The comic is edited by Rozi Hathaway, has a story by her and also features Elias Bevan, Lorne Colt, Wallis Eates, Isa Enriquez, Alex Hahn, Alan Henderson, Martyn B. Lorbiecki, Rica March, Jamie Me, Danny Noble, Jessy Oddie, Elizabeth Querstret, K. LY R,  Jason Song Quinn, Evan Stamps, Alex Tawns, and Phu Vuong.

Andy Oliver has reviewed the comic at Broken Frontier here.

DEAD SINGERS SOCIETY #2 at BROKEN FRONTIER

Andy Oliver has written on Dead Singers Society #2, which features a comic by me.

Have a read here.

DIRTY ROTTEN COMICS #5 at BROKEN FRONTIER

Andy Oliver has written on the new anthology Dirty Rotten Comics 5, which I have done a story for. The comic also features;

Amy Smith; Andy Barron (Website, Twitter); Anna Dowsland (Website, Twitter); Barney Farmer (Twitter) & Lee Healey (Website, Twitter); David Meadows & Andrew Potts (Website, Twitter); David Thomas & Rosa Devine (Website); David Ziggy Greene (Website, Twitter); Des Buckley (Website); Gary Clap (Website, Twitter); Ioan Morris (Website, Twitter); James Gifford (Website, Twitter); James Wragg (Website, Twitter); Jess Milton (Website, Twitter); Jessie Huckin; Jey Levang (Website, Twitter); Joe Callanan (Website, Twitter); John Dredge (Website, Twitter) & Joseph Champniss; Kevin Loftus (Website, Twitter); Kirk Campbell (Twitter); Matthew Dooley (Website, Twitter); Olivia Sullivan (Website, Twitter); Rozi Hathaway (Website, Twitter); Sarah Crosby (Website, Twitter); Scott Wrigg (Website, Twitter); Teal Barnes (Website, Twitter); Todd Oliver (Website, Twitter) and Tom Mortimer (Twitter).

Have a look at the review here.

STATE OF THE SMALL PRESS NATION: PUBLICITY and PROMOTION

The latest in Andy Oliver’s series on the UK small press comic scene has been published over at Broken Frontier. The topic this time is publicity and promotion. I throw in my 2 cents. 

It’s billed as the last chapter for now, hopefully there’s more to come.

Have a read here.

STATE OF THE SMALL PRESS NATION: WEBSTORES

Another chapter in Andy Oliver’s fascinating series on the UK small press comic scene has been published over at Broken Frontier. This time, it concerns online sales and webstores, and features the views of this here newbie!

Have a read here.

PREVIEW: A BIT OF UNDIGESTED POTATO

Over at Broken Frontier, Andy Oliver has written an article on an upcoming anthology I'm featured in - "A Bit of Undigested Potato". 

There are some images by the cartoonists involved, and an interview with editor Keara Stewart. It's interesting to see how she collated everyone's work and kept on top of things.

The book looks good, I am very pleased to be involved with it.

Have a look at the article here.