Marc Ellerby

I kind of forgot about this but the very last issue of Love The Way You Love is out now from Oni Press.
Despite what I said previously, the series is NOT continuing with a new artist and a relaunch, at the present time this it, folks.

This was a weird book for me to work on, so much personal shit happened to me while I was drawing it, it felt like such a struggle. I'm really proud of the art though in this and the last 2 issues especially.

Anyway, thanks to Jamie for the words, Adam for the tones, Doug for the font skills and Sarah & Zach for additional Photoshop fu.

Here's a preview. You'll find this issue in any half decent comic shop, or wait till late August for the trade. It's up to you.

( Preview )

What am I working on at the moment? Well, I'm drawing a back up strip for Phonogram 2 coming soon from Image Comics, scripted by that bearded bastard of bile himself Kieron Gillen. I've been invited to contribute to a few anthologies from Image, so I'm currently doing scripts for them and also 2 pitches for some long term stuff. Oh and Ellerbisms too.

Love The Way You Love Side B
Due out in August from Oni Press.
You can pre-order from here (though obviously the cover's wrong on there...)

Here's the back cover too.



Saw Blonde Redhead last night. Pretty good, Holy Fuck were supporting and they blew my FACE OFF.

I am pleased to inform you that the art and tones for Love The Way You Love #6 is now complete. I'm extremely pleased with how it turned out and failing any mishaps should be in stores in June. That's it. Done. THE. END.

I can only apologise to the fans who might be reading this who have had to wait so long for it to come out. As you might know I suffered from an extreme case of R.S.I in around October/November last year which caused a complete halt in my drawing. The problem actually wasn't in my wrist but was due to a muscle build up in my neck which then caused the rest of my arm to...well...not work. Major thanks to Toby my physio who ironed out my problems and there's still some irritation there but I can work through it.

Today also saw the new episode of Panel Borders go up here which is a podcast about the UK comic scene. This particular episode talks with some of the exhibitors at the UK Web & Mini Comix Thing that was held in March. I'm not in it, but Oliver, the guest host, interviewed Anna, my girlfriend about her experience at the con. And not me. Really. Hilarity ensued at the time. Adam's on there too. For all of 5 seconds.

Now, fair game, I was in the loo at the time when they started and I think Anna makes some great points regarding the outsider interest of comics, however I do have a bit of a problem with the part where he calls Anna my "booth babe" which I do think is a bit condescending and degrading for her. She's a major part in helping me put my minis together and her time and effort means much more to me than just some girl who brings in punters at my stall. Would Liz Greenfield's boyfriend Rob be classed as "table totty" or be implied that his sex brings in punters? No of course not, it's only because Anna's a girl and that's why she's a booth babe. Truth be told she was sat on the floor when she was at my table because there were no seats! Plus the majority of my customers are usually girls.

Also, if she didn't help me out I probably wouldn't have been able to keep drawing LTWYL and put 250 minis together. It's probably meant to come across in a tongue in cheek way, but I just needed to get out there that she's a vital part of me being able to do this.

Anyway, the podcast talks about the difference between the UK Web & Mini Thing and the "rival" event being held on the same day in Camden, The what would appear to be The Second Coming Of Christ Underground Comic Stall. The background here is, the Thing put up their table prices and the guys behind the Camden stall (which has been running for about 6 months I think?) invited people who were not happy with the Thing to come and sit at their stall which was going to run anyway because it runs every Saturday. Sides were drawn up, etc.

For me personally, the UK Thing was a huge success and I certainly don't think I would of taken £180 from exhibiting on the Camden stall. Yeah the Thing hall was freezing cold, charging people for entry was really shit, the organiser didn't introduce himself only when he was shouting from the stairs and the price of the table for one day was the same for the whole weekend at Bristol (who haven't raised their prices in 9 years) but the irony is I had a better con than I did at Thought Bubble where, the table was cheaper, the hospitality was amazing, the room was warm but I made a loss. Swings and roundabouts, kids,.

So yeah, give it a listen. Mike Rouse Dean makes some good points (as always) plus it's always good to keep up to date with what the UK scene is up to. I'm intrigued about the Camden stall and want to try out my stuff there...if they'll have me, that is.

But yeah, Love The Way You Love = DONE.

Hello internet.

Love The Way #6. Nearly there. Nearly. Fucking. There.

One scene of the book asked for flashbacks from Issue 1 and I thought this would be a great chance to take another shot at those pages, but keep the same layout. So here's a little side by side comparison today, it's actually horrible to look back at that first volume but I'm pleased with the recent stuff. It's sad to be leaving the series, but glad that the best comics I've done is in this volume. The book deserves nothing less.

So, here's the side by side comparisons.





Also I'm moving in with my girlfriend in a couple of weeks. Hello maturity.

As much as you guys love not having a new issue of Love The Way You Love come out, I'm pleased to announce that I have now finished drawing volume 6 and next week, Adam and myself will get our rush on and tone the fucker. Here's a page I like with lots of blah blah blah...



Ugh. More details when I don't have to go to work.

Also: Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim...old news mate, but still, oooooooooooooooooooh!!

I thought up the orange and green design, but props to Steve Birch for making it all come together. Click to enlarge, so you can read the blurb and check out Cecil (Plain Janes) Castellucci's quote. It might look a bit pixely, but that's because I took a screen cap from the PDF...

When it came to the background I was dithering a little bit as I wanted to have a bold choice and one that could be easily replicated for Volume 2, but didn't want it to be sparse or limited. So I "Andi Watson'ed" it and looked at the way he colours his covers and the way he compositions both front and back designs.

The drawing was done in November last year (yeah, that's how long this has been in the works, folks) and I coloured it 2 months ago. I haven't got a physical copy, yet, but Mr Fed Ex is supposed to be bringing it today.

Cover to Vol 6 of Love The Way You Love. The last issue (with me, anyway). Sob. It's out in October (well, I've still got half the fucker to draw but whatever)

Oh and y'know that flyer I posted last time and I said don't go to it as it's cancelled. Well...urrr...it's back on! Hurrah! So I should post that again and SAY GO TO IT! IT'LL BE VERY GOOD! even if i sorta hate chiptune/nintendcore stuff a bunch