Meet Phoebie

A first look at my Granddaughter due to arrive in the world in June.

Hi Everyone,

Well, talk about excited...

I went along with my wife Margaret to our daughter, Joanne and her husband, Toby to the hospital on Wednesday, last week for Joanne’s 20 week scan. There we witnessed for the first time the wonder of seeing our little Granddaughter, Phoebie move. It was really emotional and all I could do to contain myself.

We had seen the scan photo that Joanne had taken at the 12 week scan, but not only did we see the photo I am sharing with you today, but we saw he fidgeting about and boy, was she active!

I wanted to share this moment with you guys and I will post more news up to the great day in June.

Next up will be the long awaited Malta Comic Con 2011 Blogs, which saw me launch Worlds End Volume 1 and teach before four Maltese schools, both of which were the thrills of a lifetime.

Following this little series of Blogs will be a retrospective look back at the last twelve months here at the Keep and another looking forward to what to expect from us.

After that expect updates as with the run up to the launch of Worlds End Volume 1 as I work on the second volume, “A Hard Reign’s Gonna Fall.”

All that remains for today is for me to wish Joanne and Toby – CONGRATULATIONS and add I cannot wait to meet my little cutie pie, Phoebie for the first time.
  
Until next time, have fun!

Tim Perkins…
January 21st 2012

Worlds End Arrives at Last!!!

Ready for dispatch from Monday 16th January

Hi Everyone,

Well the books finally arrived on the pallets yesterday and now Volume 1 is safely tucked up in the Wizards Keep warehousing facility.

Incredibly delayed at the shipping stage, but now available to dispatch at long last, I would just like to say a how much your patience is appreciated by all of us here at Wizards Keep.

The books were finally placed in storage ready for picking earlier today.
The first batch of pre-sale orders will be dispatched from Monday 16th January and I look forward to hearing what you guys think of the books.

Folks are already being very complimentary about both the content and the production values of the printing and binding.

The next stage of the launching schedule will be the drawing of the winning name in the prize draw for the pre-sale orders. The winner, as you may know already, will receive one of just five bronze resin figurines of Gweldar the Elder, the Mathemagician from the Worlds End series. We will announce more about this soon – stay tuned for more updates.

If you have already ordered your graphic novel look for it this coming week – I can’t wait to hear what you think!!!

Oh, well back to the writing of Volume 2 again after a few days break whilst the books were safely placed to bed. I have to see whether our friends are still in peril...

Until next time, have fun!

Tim Perkins…
January 13th 2012

Worlds End Talk and Signing at Blackburn Library

Thursday February 2nd

Hi Everyone,

Well here we are at the start of a brand new year and here’s hoping it be a great one for everyone.

 2012 will see me undertaking a book signing tour.

At the moment I am speaking to libraries, reading groups, schools, comic shops and book stores, With that in mind if any of you reading this are involved with one of the above, or indeed any kind of venue that would appreciate a talk about the creation of graphic novel from concept to print then please drop me a line at the website address mail(at)wizards-keep(dot)com and I will endeavour to arrange something with you.

The first of my scheduled events takes place on Thursday February 2nd at Blackburn Library. This talk will include information on my career to date, but will emphasise my latest work creating Worlds End Volume 1 with some insights into what to expect in future volumes. A book signing will take place after the talk too.

Tickets for this event are available from:
Blackburn Central Library -Town Hall Street – Blackburn – Lancashire - BB2 1AG – UK

Tickets cost £1.00

Telephone: 01254 587244

twitter.com/librariesbwd 

www.facebook.com/blackburnwithdarwenlibraries

www.blackburn.gov.uk/libraries

Once again, please don’t forget to check out the video trailer, which has been very successful for us as we promote the project and please also check out the new “all-ages friendly” WORLDS END Website.

http://www.worlds-end.co.uk/

I look forward to seeing some of you at the talk.

Please feel free to field any questions and please, don’t be shy... I don’t bite, honest.

Until next time, have fun!

Tim Perkins…
January 7th 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR FOLKS!!!

Happy New Year – 2012

Seasonal Greetings for the Festive Period

Hi Everyone,

I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas that tonight ends a good year and tomorrow brings you a successful New Year.

We have had delays in the shipping of the graphic novels from our printers in Bosnia, hence the lack of promotional material from us this month. Our momentum was suddenly ground to a halt following the wonderfully successful launches in Malta and here in the UK where we saw all the launch books sell out. The UK ones lasted for only an hour and half before we ran out. Something we always hoped would happen, but something, which one cannot ever predict.

We have now been told that at long last and massively overdue that the books are in the UK in customs, so hopefully they should arrive with us here this week. Once the books have been unloaded, opened and checked over they will be shipped out ASAP. Thanks to everyone that placed an advanced pre-order (some from way back in September when the pre-sales were posted on the Wizards Keep website) – we really appreciate your patience.

Provision is being put into place for any subsequent reprints and the printing of the other graphic novels in the series to ensure this kind of delay will not happen again.

The books are wonderfully printed and bound and I will be posting more about this once the books finally arrive. I will also be Blogging about my fantastic third Malta Convention where I first opened and looked at the launch copies of the books, having arrived at the airport for the flight out to Malta just before the advanced launch copies arrived here at the Keep.

This month has been a time to rest and to catch up with family and friends and I have enjoyed every moment of it. I have watched many films over this time, which has been a great change of pace, especially after the madness that was 2011 – the year of Worlds End for me.

Thanks to my long suffering friends and family that have seen little of me for a couple of years now, whilst I worked on this first volume.

Thanks also to the folks that helped me to create the first book in my graphic novel series, Yel Zamor, Albert Deschesne, Paul Finch, James Hill, and Rob Sharp – Bryan Talbot and John Ridgway for their continued support and writing their marvellous Foreword and Introductions in the book, respectively and those fortunate folk that managed to get hold a book at both of the launches and have since written to me and commented on the Internet with their thoughts on it.

Some exciting news about the Worlds End project; as well as the video trailer, which has been very successful for us as we promote the project, please check out the new “all-ages friendly” WORLDS END Website.

http://www.worlds-end.co.uk/

Here you will see the first pages from the story and lots of extras. You will also be able to purchase the books and other Worlds End related products. Over time you will also see some specially written stories from the saga, which you can read online.

On a personal note I am about to begin writing the final draft for volume 2, later than I had first thought, but I had needed to take the break as a much necessary rest. Once this is done I will begin the process of drawing again. Look for some posts soon here and on the Wizards Keep and Worlds End websites where I will share some early pencil artwork.

All that remains before the next batch of Blogs in the New Year is for me to wish one and all an incredibly Happy New Year!!!

Until next time, have fun!


Tim Perkins…
December 31st 2011

Worlds End – Graphic Novel – Teaser...

Check out the NEW video Trailer!!!

Hi Everyone,

Well it’s been a while, again, and even Bentley was too busy this time around to help me out with the Blog, due to his commitments with his new family of puppies.

Now then, at long last we are able to announce lots of new things have been happening during this quiet lull in proceedings, although it has hardly been a lull here inside the Keep.

Coming up below is the Video Trailer for the first volume of Worlds End, for you to view.

November and December of 2011 are the two biggest months in the existence of Wizards Keep as all the interim years of preparation come to their final fruition, starting with...

WORLD LAUNCH EVENT

The world launch of the graphic novel is going to be taking place during the weekend of Saturday November 26th and Sunday27th at the usual spectacular venue of St James Cavalier in the capital city of Valletta on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Malta.

There will be more guests than ever this year and the line up looks like this:

Christopher Malapitan
David Lloyd
Emma Vieceli
Gary Erskine
Jon Haward
Kate Brown
Lucio Parrillo
Marco Santucci
Michael Golden
Renee Witterstaetter
Sean Azzopardi
Sonia Leong
Steve Tanner
Thomas Gosselin
and of course me

There will also be lots of local talent and I am looking forward to seeing their new work.

I am going out for longer this year, as along with David Lloyd I will be delivering a series of workshops in schools and a children’s workshop on Saturday morning. Both David and I are also scheduled to deliver a seminar each, which is going to be fun to do. I am really excited this year because of the launching of the book, but also because I will be around the week before the convention, as everything is set up for it.

This is a very special trip though due to the launching of my first graphic novel and also due to the warmth and support that has been afforded me by the organisers and my new found fan base over there.

As usual I will be blogging about my experience out there when I get chance after the launches.

UK LAUNCH EVENT

The UK launch is taking place on December the 1st, the day after I arrive back from the Malta trip. The venue for the launch is Darwen Aldridge Community Academy and starts at 6:30 p.m.

There will be complimentary drinks and nibbles and of course I will be there along with close family and friends and invited guests, including some stalwarts of the comic industry, which I am really looking forward to – the folks not the drinks... LOL.

I will be signing the books on the night and I will personalise and also remark them if you want me to.

Please feel free to come along for a chat and to check out the graphic novel.
I look forward to seeing as many of you as I can at both events.
Well the moment of truth is almost at hand and I will finish by saying that I hope you like the Trailer. Please feel free to like, favourite, subscribe to the channel and comment on the trailer itself.

Coming along soon will be the release of the brand new Worlds End Website, where you can follow all the current news on the project.

For me December will see me begin the final draft of the script for Worlds End Volume 2 – A Hard Reign is Gonna Fall. January will then see me begin working on the pencils for the book, whilst James edits the script for me once more.

The production of these second and consecutive books should be far easier to manage, as the dream team are now in place. But that is later next month, there is still a lot to sort out this week.

Just before I sign off, however I would just like to say a few words about the Bogtrotters. We’ll be showing some wonderful photos of Bentley with Pixie and their four puppies soon. One pup, a little female called Alexis, has already been taken to her new home. The other two females, awaiting names are due to go the day before I set off for MaltaComicCon 3 and the little male, Bentley, named after his dad will be going, sadly, the day before I arrive back, so I will be saying goodbye to him before I leave for the sunny shores of Malta. It’s been really nice having four extra Bogtrotters around and Bentley’s legacy is now set to grow.

Until next time, have fun!

Tim Perkins…
November 17th 2011

Worlds End – Graphic Novel – Pre-Orders...

Now available to order from the Wizards Keep Website + Entry into a Grand Prize Draw

Hi Everyone,

As reported yesterday, Worlds End – Volume 1 – The Riders on the Storm is now available on Pre-Order in advance of its launch in November of this year from Wizards Keep Publishing

Each pre-order will also receive an exclusive signed and numbered limited edition print, created especially for this event that will never be made available after the general release of the book. This is in thanks for your support with this project.

And always ones to make it worthwhile to our fans and supporters here at Wizards Keep we thought we do something a little special, so here's a little extra something we neglected to mention yesterday.

The name of everyone that makes an order between yesterday Friday 26th August 2011 and midnight of the day the books arrive here at the Keep will be placed into a draw.

The winner of the draw will receive a very limited edition Gweldar Bronze resin figurine one of only 5 in existence.

The draw will be made by a comic book celebrity during the first week of the books arrival here at the Keep.

Will you be the lucky one?

Good Luck everyone!!!

And Jack, if you are watching and I hope you are...

Happy Birthday for tomorrow to the King of Comics!!!!

Until next time, have fun!

Tim Perkins…

August 27th 2011