Comic Cuts — 13 March 2026

I've rather mucked up the scheduling of the release of the video that was meant to come out ahead of the released of ACTION: THE SEVENPENNY NIGHTMARE. I recorded two videos at the end of last week with the intention of editing them and releasing them before the boxes containing the first print-run of the book arrived.

Rather than editing, I spent Sunday morning digging through some of my old comics and tidying up a load of boxes that had built up over the past 15 years and were overwhelming the lights in the little vestibule where I store some of my comic collection. Mel was then off for a couple of days ahead of heading off to a convention, so we tried to relax a bit, which nowadays mostly involves the occasional walk and watching the tele. 

But, of course, that was the day the boxes of books turned up and I decided to take a couple of photos and film on my phone an attempted unboxing while Mel was doing the shopping. Struggling with a phone that has a protective cover isn't easy with two hands, let alone one, especially while the other is trying to slice open a large box with a Stanley knife. As you can imagine, my "unboxing" was a disaster—about 45 seconds of shaky footage, mostly of my arm. It ended up in the bin.

I really should have thought of the consequences of mentioning that I had copies of the book. I'd done a small print run so that I would have copies for Glasgow. I didn't want to risk a larger printing just in case that caused delays and the books didn't arrive on time. But the mention of the book led to a lot of enquiries about how to order the book, was it available abroad, what price was the postage and what was the cost of shipping to various different countries.

If I was spending time answering all these questions, I may as well be selling the book, I thought. So I brought forward the release date from March 21st to Tuesday morning, and we've had a nice steady flow of orders since.

Rather than ramble on, here's the video that was originally meant to precede the arrival of the books. It's only a short one—just me rambling to camera, as usual. Enjoy!