A Seasonal Reminder from Wizards Keep…

Posting Dates for this coming Festive Period…

Hi Guys,

Just a quick reminder that folks wishing to make seasonal purchases (including special offers) from both the Wizards Keep and Believe in Dreams Websites that the last shipping dates for goods are Saturday 20th December within the UK and Channel Islands.

For the rest of you guys we can’t guarantee we can ship in time to reach you before Christmas, unless we have already received your order, as the last postage dates for the rest of the world are as follows:

Friday 5th December for South and Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Far East, Asia, New Zealand, and Australia – Wednesday 10th December for USA, Canada, Japan, and Eastern Europe – Friday 12th December for Western Europe.

We will of course still be shipping products during this period though, but any shipments will probably arrive between Christmas and New Year or even in the New Year now.

I would also like to apologise for any inconvenience caused this week with the disappearance for a while of the new Greetings Cards section from the website, which is now back up and fully operational. This was caused when a critical emergency happened with our Website Hosting company and they had to change servers or risk losing the website.

I hope you guys are all ready for Christmas, as it’s just around the corner now.

Look for more information soon.

Also check out the latest competition over at the Wizards Keep website, over the weekend, for your chance to win more goodies.

And for all the kiddiewinks out there…don’t’ forget to send off your letter to Santa.

Until next time have fun!

Tim Perkins…
December 12th 2008

A Seasonal e-card from Wizards Keep…

Hey we are doing our bit for the environment again…

Hi Guys,

Here, a little later then anticipated due to the current workload, for your delectation is the latest e-card I will be sending out to folks over the next few weeks or so.


This year’s card is entitled “The Last Drop” and is also available as a limited edition A5 card set, which you can purchase from Wizards Keep. A second card, the one from last year, which got lots of folks asking if they would ever become available, entitled, “Christmas Surprise” and the variant version “The Night Before Christmas” are also being made available. As well as this two other cards entitled, "Santa's Helpers" and "Worlds End -Ralf on the Rocks", utilising the existing, now famous branding image from the homepage of the Wizards Keep website are also being made available to buy.

The Cards can be mixed and matched, come in packs of sixes and twelve’s and come complete with envelopes.

All we need from customers is the amounts of each card and the rest will be done by the guys at the Keep.

They are available from now to purchase from the Website up to Saturday 20th December within the UK and Channel Islands - Friday 5th December for South and Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Far East, Asia, New Zealand, and Australia – Wednesday 10th December for USA, Canada, Japan, and Eastern Europe – Friday 12th December for Western Europe.

Keep looking out over the holiday season here at Wizards Keep for competitions, and lots more festive fun besides!!!

Also why not pay a visit to our sister website at Believe in Dreams for special seasonal offers for all your Christmas present buying needs all throughout the season.

I hope you guys are all ready for Christmas, as it’s just around the corner now.

As usual it’s a mad rush here trying to complete everything in time to try and take a little break…some hope!!!

Until next time have fun!

Tim Perkins…
December 7th 2008

Pickwick Night...

A Dickens night out in the local village of Whalley…

As I mentioned last year on my Blog, tonight will see me once again attending the annual Pickwick evening in Whalley here in the UK, whereby all the folks in the local shops and lots of charity stands, get togged up in Dickens costumes to sell their wares for charity. I have been going along with my Mum and Dad for a good number of years, although only my Dad and I are going this year, due to my Mum still recuperating from her operation back in September. I will of course be taking some photographs, weather permitting for her and I am sure dad and I will take her some goodies back.

It’s always great fun and full of Christmas lights and the aromas of mince pies, candyfloss, sweets, steak and onions, and mulled wine and Christmas spices always fill the senses with that most wonderful delight, which accompanies this time of year.

I’ll be once again be taking my yearly look at the UK’s answer to the Griswold’s Family Christmas in National Lampoon Christmas Vacation where a mother and daughter that live next door to each other in semi-detached houses completely decorate their houses, so that not one single inch of garden or house on either side of the fence is left uncovered by fairy lights and illuminated decorations.

This year the weather is certainly wintery with a covering of snow everywhere and this makes it feel all the more Christmassy.

One year in particular, as I said in my Blog last year, it snowed lightly all evening and was just perfect. At the moment it is snowing all over, especially in the North West of England and Scotland.

Once again, please don’t forget, if any of you guys are in the area, just look for Scrooge and a kindly gentleman and stop my Dad and I to have a chat…

Just to remind you all, like last year, this year I am going to try to make it interesting for you, because if you find me, I’ll do you a free sketch, and I’ll give the money you would have spent to the charity usually supported by my brother Chris and his wife. If the weather is unfavourable I will take your details and ship the sketch out free of charge, but if the weather is just right I will sketch for you at the event amongst the Christmassy goings-on!

This year as an extra bonus if you see me and can give me the answer to this quick question, I will hand over a surprise early Christmas present; “What was the first comic I worked on for Marvel UK back in the eighties?”

So don’t be shy come over and have a chat and maybe we can have a mince pie and a glass of mulled wine.

To help you once again in this endeavour I will be wearing my black Defiant Cap emblazoned with the Defiant Logo in white from my days working out in New York for Jim Shooter’s Defiant Comics.

T-minus 21 days and counting guys…

And don’t forget to have a look at the Wizards Keep Website for some special offers open throughout the season until the 1st of January, inclusive.

You will also see some superb ideas for presents on the Believe in Dreams website too.

Now then where’s that other glass of mulled wine got to…?

Well I need to be warm for when I go out into the winter’s night, don’t I?

Hopefully see you tonight…

Until next time have fun!

Tim Perkins…
December 4th 2008

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas again...

25 days and counting…

Okay you guys,

Now it’s getting exciting once again as we approach Christmas Day and it doesn’t seem like two minutes ago we were saying the very same thing.

If you take a look at the Wizards Keep Website you will find some special seasonal offers open all throughout this seasonal period until the 1st of January, inclusively.

And if you take a look at the Believe in Dreams Website you will also see some superb ideas for presents on there too, along with some more special seasonal offers, which are again open all throughout this seasonal period until the 1st of January, inclusively.

Okay Christmas Competition Time:

Now we all know Rudolph was the young Reindeer that joined Santa’s sleigh team, when the weather was particularly bad one year, but can you, name Santa’s other eight Reindeer?

The first person to send me an email following this post with the correct answer will receive a very special Christmas gift.

Keep checking the Wizards Keep Website News Pages for more Festive Fun and Frolics and more Competitions too, for a chance to win some really unique goodies.

Yes, after all it is the season of good will and all.

Until next time have fun!

Tim Perkins…
December 1st 2008

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

To all my American Friends and anyone else celebrating today…

Hi Guys,

Just a quick line to wish all of you celebrating today...

A VERY HAPPY THANKS GIVING!!!

And for those close friends in the USA I wish I could be there to celebrate with you again!

Have a Terrific time!!!

For now it’s back to the drawing board and the pencils to “Worlds End”…

Until next time have fun!

Tim Perkins…
November 27th 2008

Another page from Relentless

Another Page from the Markosia Enterprises Project…


Hi Guys,

I am so impressed with Yelena’s colours, I simply had to show off another page. I was speaking via email to Andy the writer the other evening and he is also very impressed as is Harry who discussed the artwork with me at the Leeds Festival last weekend.

The story is written by: Andy Briggs and Steven Horvath
Drawn by: Me
Digital Paint: Yelena Zomorskaya
Published by: Harry Marcos

Here is page 4 for you to peruse in both the pencils stage and then the digital paint stage:

As I have said before, please continue to let us know what you think of the artwork; we all love to hear from you regarding the work on display here.

For now it’s back to the drawing board and “Hot Wheels”…

Later this week I will be returning to pencilling “Worlds End”.

Until next time have fun!

Tim Perkins…
November 23rd 2008

Hot Wheels - “New Direction additions”...

A look at the latest additions to the storylines…

Hi Guys,

By now many of you guys will have already seen the artwork below in previous issues of the Hot Wheels comic here in the UK, but I continue to have folks email me regarding my earlier Blogs where I mentioned about some new look stuff I was adding to the backgrounds of Ian’s scripts.

So here just for you is an addition to the usual monthly sneak peaks at the new background characters and a look at behind the scenes of the Prof’s offices at the Hot Wheels Factory and Diesel DarkClaw’s Headquarters, which can be seen in the Hot Wheels comic, to whet your appetite and bring you up to speed.

Inside the Inner Sanctum of the Professor's Office

Diesel DarkClaw's Headquarters

Inside the Inner Sanctum of Diesel DarkClaw's Office

I am looking forward, as always, to hearing what you think of this latest artwork. The comics will be on sale soon, so don’t forget to order a copy!!!

Until next time have fun!

Tim Perkins…
November 22nd 2008