Temple Classic Covers 30

Temple Classic Cover 30 (c) Stuart Giddings.  Back cover (c) Chow

 

To mark me and Stu Giddings departure from the Temple, Stuart drew the pair of us as zombies (I still use his picture of me as an avatar in some places online).  

I missed the next two issues of the Temple due to being caught up in college life (so if anyone has covers for issues 31 and 32 please send them my way!), but returned soon after.

The back cover was provided by Chow to add a bit of optimism to this death-day affair.

Temple APA Issue Sixteen

Sun, sea and saucers...

Temple APA Issue Sixteen is now available to download as a totally free pdf file, containing contributions from the likes of Dave Hailwood, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri, Paul Eldridge, Malcolm Kirk and Ben Peter Johnson, (who also provides the cover).

You can download from Dropbox, MediaFire or view online at Issuu.
PDF file size is 19.69 MB.

The Temple APA is a showcase for amateur and professional creators who are active in the UK comics scene. If you'd like to contribute or just want more information, check out the Temple blog or like us on Facebook...

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Free Doggie!

For World Book Day UK comic writer Jason Cobley has made all his ebooks free, including The Greatest Adventures Of Captain Winston Bulldog, The Extraordinary Exploits Of Captain Winson Bulldog, and Bulldog Clips.

I've always had a bit of a softspot for Captain Bulldog as the Bulldog Adventures Magazine was the first small press comic I ever brought (way back in the nineties!). There's some mighty fine creators involved in these comics, and you'll find the likes of Garen Ewing (of Rainbow Orchid fame), PJ Holden (2000ad regular), Neill Cameron (highly popular artist for The Phoenix, and ex-Temple member) and there's even a few contributions from myself and Paul Harrison Davies (my Bunk Mates and Hoodied Horror collaborations with Paul appear inside Bulldog Clips).

Anyway, enough waffle from me! They may not be free for long, so pop along to Lulu and start downloading them now!

Temple APA Issue Fifteen

"T'was the night before Christmas, and all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, but there was a freaky looking snowman type thing hanging around outside..."

Temple APA Issue Fifteen is now available to download as a totally free pdf file, containing contributions from the likes of Dave Hailwood, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri, Malcolm Kirk, (who also provides the cover), and newcomer to these pages, Ben Peter Johnson.

You can download from Dropbox, MediaFire or view online at Issuu.
PDF file size is 15.07 MB.

The Temple APA is a showcase for amateur and professional creators who are active in the UK comics scene. If you'd like to contribute or just want more information, check out the Temple blog or like us on Facebook...

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Also, for the next couple of days only, issue one of the 100% Biodegradable comic anthology mentioned within the pages of this issue, (and featuring some familiar names), is available to download for free.

Head over to www.facebook.com/biodegradablecomic to find out how to grab a copy. Go on. Quick!

Have a very Christmassy Christmas, everybody and a hangoverless New Year!

Temple APA Issue Fourteen

Temple APA Issue Fourteen is now available to download as a totally free pdf file, containing contributions from the likes of Dave Hailwood, Paul Eldridge, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri, and Malcolm Kirk, who also provides the cover.

You can download from Dropbox, MediaFire or view online at MyEbook.
PDF file size is 13.26 MB.

The Temple APA is a showcase for amateur and professional creators who are active in the UK comics scene. If you'd like to contribute or just want more information, check out the Temple blog or like us on Facebook...

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Temple APA Issue Thirteen

Temple APA Issue Thirteen is now available to download as a totally free pdf file, containing contributions from the likes of Dave Hailwood, Paul Eldridge, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri, Dirk Van Dom and Malcolm Kirk, who also provides the cover.

You can download from Dropbox, MediaFire or view online at MyEbook.
PDF file size is 20.9 MB.

The Temple APA is a showcase for amateur and professional creators who are active in the UK comics scene. If you'd like to contribute or just want more information, check out the Temple blog or like us on Facebook...

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Temple APA Issue Twelve

Have you forgotten how good it tastes? The 66 page Temple APA Issue Twelve is now available to download as part of a complete breakfast a totally free pdf file, containing contributions from the likes of Dave Hailwood, Paul Eldridge, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri, Adam Grose and Malcolm Kirk, who also provides 100% of the recommended allowance of front cover, which you can see above these words, (unless you're standing on your head or something, in which case - what on Earth are you doing that for? Get the proper way up this instant! How can you even work a mouse like that?).

You can download from Dropbox, MediaFire or view online at MyEbook.
PDF file size is 17.6 MB.

The Temple APA is a showcase for amateur and professional creators who are active in the UK comics scene. If you'd like to contribute or just want more information, check out the Temple blog or like us on Facebook...

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Temple APA : It's GRRRRRROOVY!

Temple APA Issue Eleven

Undeath's a beach! The 44 page Temple APA Issue Eleven is now available to download as a totally free pdf file, containing contributions from the likes of Dave Hailwood, Jim Stewart, Paul Eldridge, Simon Mackie, Malcolm Kirk and Tony Suleri.

You can download from Dropbox, MediaFire, FileDropper, or view online at MyEbook (login required due to mature content).

PDF file size is 13.83 MB.

Temple APA Issue Ten

FROM THE DEPTHS OF SPACE... The tenth issue of the Temple APA digital comics showcase is now available for free download.

This issue contains 60 pages of artwork and strips by a host of creators, including Tony Suleri, Dave Hailwood, Simon Mackie, Paul Eldridge, Greg Meldrum, Tim West and Malcolm Kirk, (who also compiled the issue and created the cover artwork).

To download, right click HERE and "save target/link as".

PDF file size is 17.2MB.

You can also download from DROPBOX, MEDIAFIRE or view online at MYEBOOK.

The Temple APA is a showcase for amateur and professional creators active in the UK comics scene. If you'd like to contribute or just want more information, check out the Temple website.

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New Temple Site

Hello folks,

Welcome to the new home of The Temple APA - the UK's longest running comic Amateur Press Associations.

Our most recent social site has given in to the march of capitalism and will become a 'paying members only' site from January 1st, which is why we're all getting the heck out of there (I found the socialgo site awkward to use and contained a number of irritating bugs, so it's actually quite a relief to be moving on).

Rather than start another free social network site only to have that go 'payment only' on our asses after a few years, this blog will act as our base of operations.

I'll be inviting a number of key Temple members to contribute to the blog, which means they can create posts about upcoming projects/comic news/reviews etc (no mature content though, as this site's open to everyone. Save that sort of thing for the Temple Showcases).

If you're a newcomer and wish to contribute comic art/writing to the latest Temple Digital Showcase then leave a comment on the 'Who's Contributing?' post and send your work to Malcolm Kirk (the Temple's Central Mailer) at the Temple email address (to be found at the top left of the site) in the appropriate format before the deadline. If you're unsure of what your contribution should look like, then check out the previous Temple Showcases which are downloadable as free PDF's.

Remember, the Temple is for everyone - amateur and professional alike - as long as you're active (or wish to become active) on the UK comics scene.

Here's to a creative new year!

- Dave Hailwood