Back in 1999, I started a HND in Animation, and I did alright in it, getting the HND after two years. 15 years later, I went back to Uni, and got a Masters in Animation. This was a little different … Continue reading
Previous station: Pontypridd Tram Road Halt. Glyntaff was technically the first stop on the line, pre-dating Tram Road Halt. One of the sidings served the local Pentrebach Quarry from 1903 until 1925. A small number of the sidings also serviced … Continue reading
I briefly wrote about the Pontypridd Tram Road Halt a few years ago, but I’ve decided to revisit it and go a bit more in-depth (and also follow the other halts along the line, like I did with my Cardiff … Continue reading
I’ve been working as a freelance comic creative in some capacity since 2008, but from 2015 onwards I hit a bit of a creative and mental brick wall in a lot of ways. Fortunately, over the last year, I’ve managed … Continue reading
Found these “planning your future” queries online, and as I’m feeling pretty much lost right about now, I thought I’d have a go at filling them in and seeing where the answers take me.
1. What are the things I’m most passionate about?
I don’t really have anything I’d say I’m passionate about. I really enjoy Transformers and Red Dwarf. A passing interest in railway stuff. I like drawing and writing, not that I actually manage to produce anything of late.
2. What are my greatest accomplishments in life so far?
Colouring comics as a pro-colourist for Transformers, and Doctor Who. Co-producing the Lou Scannon and Bruce Outback small press comics. Co=writing the Script Reading for TFNation 2017. Managing that newspaper production dept when it almost went under and bringing it back.
3. If my life had absolutely no limits, what would I choose to have and what would I choose to do?
Live in the sun. Draw, read, laze around.
4. What are my goals in life?
Work in Transformers officially, which I’ve done. Work on Red Dwarf in an official capacity, which I’ve not done, and is amazingly unlikely.
5. Whom do I admire most in the world?
No-one really. I admire the work ethic of a lot of the small pressers and comic creatives I’ve worked with.
6. What do I not like to do?
Phone based work. Talk to people. Deal with people. Finance. Heavy lifting.
7. How hard am I willing to work to get what I want?
Once upon a time I would work very hard. Now, not very, if I’m honest. I’ve somewhat depressingly become a very “bare minimum” kinda guy.
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Well, THAT was useless.
Jervis ‘Joe’ C. Deane had been a house painter in Hannibal, Missouri. He studied photography in Europe, and later toured the United States as a photographer before settling in Waco, Texas, around 1887. He continued to work there as a … Continue reading
