Sugar Glider 2 launched, you know?

On Saturday 27th Aug, Sugar Glider issue 2 launched in Travelling Man Newcastle.

Travelling Man in Newcastle has always been very supportive of independent/small press comics. A lot of that is down to Jack Fallows work shepherding local creators into the building every other Thursday night, but I think the Newcastle TM’s manager, Mike Thompson, just loves great comics and wants this store to be the best comic shop it can possibly be.

This support of local comics and comic creators meant that a launch event for Sugar Glider 2 - a relatively unknown comic book by two relatively unknown comic creators - wasn’t out of the question in Travelling Man Newcastle.

Between 1pm and 4:30pm, we chatted to a lot of friends, co-workers, fellow comic creators and - surprise, surprise - people we had never met who liked the comic and were eagerly awaiting this new issue.

Without a doubt, this was an amazing day hosted brilliantly by the Travelling Man staff. Myself, Gary Bainbridge (co-creator and artist of Sugar Glider) and Lee Robinson (artist of the Anthony mini-comic that comes free with Sugar Glider 2) were made to feel very welcome and thoroughly enjoyed chatting with readers and signing copies of the new comic.

For me, Sugar Glider 2 is a creative highpoint. I’m very happy with the story, characters and dialogue and how I’ve managed to mix-up a lot of different story strands. More happens in issue 2 than in issue 1, but I’ve managed to break it down into less moments and less panels. Gary’s artwork is amazing. His acting, which was always great, is fantastic. And the action scenes are laid-out brilliantly, making the issue look incredibly exciting. We also have included the Anthony mini-comic drawn by Lee Robinson. A small light-hearted character story, that will impact the events of the third and final issue of this series.

You can buy Sugar Glider here.

Travelling Man’s website is here.

Gary Bainbridge’s blog is here.

And Lee Robinson’s blog can be found here.

Photos by Gary Wilkinson, who you can find here.