Some Illustrations

Recently I've been doing some illustration for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu, and here's one of them. Lots of madness and beasties, and lots of fun to do.

Artwork is © 2014 Chaosium / Jonathan Wyke

Happy Christmas!

I have no excuse for the pun.

Haiyan Typhoon Benefit Anthology

In the aftermath of the dreadful Haiyan Typhoon, a number of mostly European based creatives have been brought together to create a benefit anthology.

For myself, I've written and drawn a page for inclusion but ignoring that, there are some really talented and creative folks involved. The anthology is being promoted via Indiegogo, a Kickstarter-style site that's used for such causes, and should you wish and can afford to do so, donations can be placed there. $20 will get you a copy of the book, but you can donate anything from $1 upwards. Even if you've no interest in donating, please take a moment to have a look.

This link is to the Anthology's fund raising page http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/haiyan-benefit-anthology

Lou Reed

March 2, 1942 – October 27, 2013

Without Lou Reed there wouldn't be any of the music that soundtracks my life. No Clash. No Jam. No Bowie.

A true giant.

Frank Bellamy

A little while ago Norman Boyd was kind enough to ask me to write for his Frank Bellamy blog.


Ignoring my own input, Norman's blog contains a wealth of information on the greatest comic artist the UK has ever produced, and is well worth a visit.


http://frankbellamy.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/fans-of-frank-jonathan-wyke.html

IRON news

I'm going to be holding off on doing any more to this IRON story for a while, as there's now a chance that it'll be published in some form or other.

More updates when I'm free to do so.

IRON page 07

Here's another page of IRON, and like page 06, it's currently unlettered. I find condensing down what I want to say into a managable form much harder than drawing pictures, so I tend to dither. The updated versions with text for pages 06 and 07 will probably arrive with page 08, since it's really the same narrative movement over all three pages.

This page - and the next really - follow the shift in viewpoint from the Saxon settlement up to the partially ruined Roman villa. That the peoples of the time abandoned the 'civilized' roman buildings and basically went to live in the shed is fascinating, and I think is also a cultural decision as well as a practical one. Yes, the skill and slave dependent lifestyle of the market economy Roman Empire would have been difficult to maintain, but I'd like to think that the locals - and the new settlers - wanted to move away from the Empire's beliefs. A lot seems to be written on 'what the Roman's did for us', but they also attempted to destroy the indiginous culture here. It's a miracle anything survived, and a lasting tribute to those who must have resisted Rome's influence.

I am very pleased with the centre warrior's helmet in panel 2.