Work

4 Page World War One Comic (2022)

Starting out my comic journey was a four page comic (Free to Read)Talking with a bunch of creators at comic conventions such as MCM London, I found doing one of these over a small one page comic would be a good step into the right direction.I decided to do something on World War One because personally I feel that this War is shunned out by the exaggeration and publicity of World War Two that we get taught in school. I feel World War One doesn't get the recognition that it should do.For this four page comic, I did research into the truces that happened on Christmas Eve and Day, as well as research into World War One in general.This was also the first project I worked on with Samanta de La Rosa Batllori, who would proceed to do a lot of artwork for me in the future

INFECTION (2022 to 2024)

After the World War One comic, I decided to delve straight into doing a full-fledged comic, and the best place to start was with zombies!I grew up playing a lot of Zombie games. Call of Duty Zombies (World at War, BO1 and 2), Left 4 Dead 2, House of the Dead, etc. It brings back good memories playing split screen with my brother on most of these games listed.I took Samanta up on the offer to do INFECTION, and she immediately accepted!INFECTION took about two to three months to come up and write, since the characters were originally for another project I had in mind when I was doing Chapter Concepts (DLC Concepts) for the hit asymmetrical horror game: Dead by Daylight.The story is about a group of survivors going from Point A to Point B, fighting off hordes of zombies while dealing with other problems along the way. You'll follow a unique and diverse cast of characters who connect and conflict with each other.This project took two years to make, as during the development cycle, different obstacles and events happened. This ranged from working on other projects with Samanta and other people, quitting my job back in August of 2023, and other bits.INFECTION Issue 3 finally came to fruition at the end of 2023, but came to Kickstarter at the start of 2024.Looking back at INFECTION, there are some improvements I would have liked to make. There's always the option to make Issue 4 onwards, and/or to remaster Issues 1 to 3, but for now: I'll leave my first little big project alone :)

BloodyWeen (2022 to Present)

Halloween means a lot to people, both young and old. They appreciate the season where they can dress up and be weird!BloodyWeen came around after I wanted to show off the characters of Bloody England (an unreleased project) to the world before I did Bloody England. Samanta was on board with this project, and from a personal statement: She enjoys doing BloodyWeen because it brings out more colour and taste than INFECTION does (with the grim green and gray colour pallet), which I agree with.BloodyWeen is a bit hard to explain, as each entry into the annual Halloween comic is different.The first year (2022) is about Lola the Witch coming back from a vacation to find her castle that was owned by Oliver Cromwell has been demolished for a theme-park. This specific entry was inspired by the Team Fortress 2 comic called "Doom-Mates".The second year (2023) is different. James is awoken by Roosebrit and Webby to be told that the others have been kidnapped by Lola, on which James snaps a copy of Sonic Heroes for the PlayStation 2 on his knee-cap and they turn into "Bloody Heroes"The third year (2024) had a few scripts going. This ranged from focusing on the new addition to the series: The Superior Brit, to staying with the comical theme of doing something silly like pepper-spraying the hot wizard lady in the previous BloodyWeen. Ultimately, I decided to look back at the previous two and go "Hmm, because BloodyWeen is chaotic and OTT, what if I did a comic that parodies Jeremy Kyle where Lola takes Roosebrit (and Webby) onto a talk show from the previous two BloodyWeens?". Low and behold, BloodyWeen 2024 was born.BloodyWeen 2025 is going to work differently this year because as of writing, it's November 3rd 2025, which means Halloween has passed. We've had an amazing opportunity arise with BloodyWeen 2025 that I cannot reveal just yet but we (Me and Samanta) are working on it.We both enjoy doing BloodyWeen because it's not only free for everyone to read and have a giggle at, it's that sense of a break from my other projects which are semi-serious, such as killing zombies, and slaying beasts.

Sticker Knight (2023 to Present)

I'm going to start this segment off to say that: Sticker Knight is insanely popular!The idea for this comic came around when Issue 2 of INFECTION was coming out, and I wanted to expand my paid portfolio.
I wanted to do a comic about knights, with an iconic knight that someone would see and go "Oh that's from said title" like Soliare from Dark Souls (FromSoftware), and I thought about decorating the armour to make it iconic, which is when it clicked in my head:"A knight covered in stickers: Sticker Knight"Sticker Knight is illustrated by LEVI, who was someone I had in mind to do the art for INFECTION before Samanta took up the mantle. LEVI also specialises in drawing knights and human anatomy, so he was perfect for the job!As said at the start of this segment: Sticker Knight is a seller!
I honestly don't know what it is, if it's the stickers you get when you buy physical copies of the series, the simple yet compelling concept of "the knight covered in stickers", or that my reader-base wanted something new.As of writing (November 3th 2025): Sticker Knight did not have a release this year as I was working on other projects such as Tournament Tour Fighter, however, I look to release both Issue 3 and 4 of Sticker Knight in 2026!

Free Comic Book Day 2024 (2024)

Back in April of 2024, I had planned myself a break from comics as a lot of things were happening at the time, specifically that because I had quit my job back in August of 2023, and that each passing month after... probably November 2023, I was eating very poorly because of the amount of money I had in my bank account. There was also other problems like mental health, and relations with family was a bit rocky at the time.Days before I went on this planned break, I had CoCo Comic Con 2024 up in Lancaster, and I got to sit down with some comic creators and artists.Steve "Stevesie" Gregson (Ring Cats) was one of the specific people I sat down with and talked to about some things, including this break.
Our little talk was magnificent because one of the main takeaways from it was the whole prospective of "Free Comics Vs. Paid Comics", which, looking back at my portfolio at the time, the only free comic I did was the WW1 Comic, and BloodyWeen.So I decided to put some money aside for this, working with a few clients from CoCo Comic Con.I did three stories:
- "My time with Fighting Games" is a one page comic about growing up with fighting games. This was done with Thomas Philipson (The Stranger, Complicated Young Man) who's one of the head people of CoCo Comics. I enjoyed working with Tom on this as he had some say on the art layout of this comic, and Tom is a very talented young man.
- "The Green Man Returns!" is a two page comic about a fictional character I made from the hit asymmetrical game called Dead by Daylight, this was done with Isabelle Hatherell (Blood!) who I had met at CoCo Comic Con. I had taken interest into her artstyle, specifically with Blood!
- And finally "Me explaining Prime Lockdown gaming to a 2000s Scot, and a Knight covered in Stickers" which is a Satire Comedy One page comic about... well, the title explains itself. This was done with Samanta as a one off funny.The overall reception of this, along with doing some promotional stuff with Close Encounters (Comic Store) in Peterborough, was really good, and I'll be looking to do it next year!

Tournament Tour: Fighter (2025 to present)

(Wrote in 7th of November 2024) Tournament Tour: Fighter is going to be my next big project, alongside with finishing Sticker Knight.Two of my close friends: Ell and Will, they both run a Local Fighting Game scene in Milton Keynes that includes games such as Smash Bros, Tekken, Street Fighter, and more. This project is made for them, but also it's something I'm delving into that isn't my kind of thing. I did play some fighting games growing up such as Injustice: Gods Among Us, and Sonic the Fighters, but in comparison to their knowledge: my knowledge of fighting games is far less educated than theirs.Tournament Tour: Fighter is looking quite promising, as its building a large range of characters, relationships, world building, etc. I like the bright and vibrant colours of the characters that with my other projects I couldn't really do (INFECTION is very grim with its colour pallet and era, and Sticker Knight is in Black and White), and with writing these characters and them being brought to life by Andy Aksu (Artist of the header above): I've come more connected to these characters.TT:F is going to be doing something unique as going back to that whole "Paid Comics Vs. Free Comics", TT:F will be Free to Read online, with the option of supporting the project via a Physical Run.As of writing (November 3rd 2025) Chapter 1 is finished and has been received very well!

Hello! My name is Robert Latham (2025)

I feel that once in your life time, you should write some form of literature that will bring your past and present to life.At To Be Continued in September of 2024 (Convention in Bedford), me and a good friend named Bex Ollerton had a talk about a few things, specifically disabilities like Autism and ADHD; as that's what Ollerton (a cartoonist) specializes in and focuses on with her work.Our little talk was the catalyst for me to do an auto-biography about myself, and I started writing scripts in October and November of that year.This project, which is now complete as of writing this segment (April 8th 2025), was a challenge for me. It was a personal journey for me to reflect back on my difficult upbringing, but also to manage a bigger team of people in comparison to my usual "Artist, Letterer: that's it" approach.It's been absolutely lovely working with current clients like Tom Philipson who did the iconic front cover, to new clients like P.D. Marshall Comics who I had met at the Leeds Drink and Draw that OK Comics hosts.

• Back

Contact

If you wish to contact me about any business enquiries, please fill out the form below and I should get back to you within 72 hours!

• Back

Thank you

Cheers!

• Go back to home

Free Comics to read!

Down below are the free digital comics I've done over the last 3 to 4 years of writing comics!

Tournament Tour Fighter Chapter 1 (Includes Chapter 0 and Chapter 1 DLC)

World War 1 Xmas Comic

BloodyWeen 2022

BloodyWeen 2023

BloodyWeen 2024

BloodyWeen 2025 (Coming Q1 2026)

Free Comic Book Day 2024

One off Projects

• Back

• Google Form

• Back

Blog #2 - Procrastination and Inspiration

Hello again readers of H.L. Roberts' blog.I've got work in an hour or so, so this won't be as big as the previous blog.I'm writing this blog in both a response to Fraser Campbell's post on Bsky about being burnt out, but also talking about something positive in exchange.

In Fraser's thread, he talks about people doing their sum-ups for the year, and a lot of it comes down to talking about the negatives. A good example is Dave Cook's recent blog/mail that goes over how he lost motivation over a moderate period in 2025, with his tail between his legs going back to Kickstarter.I don't think there's shame in talking about the downs from time to time. Obviously not all the time, but not everything is sunshine and rainbows.For me, it was losing access to my PIP Benefits in April of this year, which threw my life off a bit for a few months as I scurried around to make comics, feed myself, and pay rent in the course of 4 to 6 months. I'm in a better position now, especially with the people who I work with at work, and to be honest while it was nice in the past, it taught me a few lessons in life that would not come to mind.My inspirational message to everyone is that, spite all odds that are against you: always try to stay positive and don't let thing that are out of your control put you down. I know, stuff like the increase in postage and international shipping is a pain in the arse, but there are ways around this like digital comics.This now leads me onto the other segment of this blog, which is how I deal with burn out and motivation.

INFECTION is a perfect example when I talk about Motivation and Inspiration for comics, mostly to myself because I'm like that. It is my first project after all, but, the specialty that comes with it is that I grew up with thing kind of thing.I will admit: Zombies scared the shit out of me when I was a kid, and there is probably some variation of zombies that are locked away somewhere in America, but that didn't stop me in indulging in the media.When it came around to doing INFECTION, I did a lot of research to make INFECTION the best I could. Interviews with Army Personnel about the SA-80 Rifle, Location Recee (Photos of Peterborough and Huntingdon) for Samanta, etc etc.But the one thing that helped me write INFECTION, helped me mangle together what INFECTION is, was indulging in Video Games that I grew up with.I jumped back on Call of Duty Zombies and I sat there, playing Kino and Five on Black Ops 1. I was doing it for the enjoyment for myself, to keep me retained to thinking about INFECTION while I shoot Nazi Zombies, but also looking around, embracing the atmosphere, and listening (to both foley and the Easter Egg Songs). A good example of this would be Verruckt from World at War, which is considered to be one of the most eerie COD zombies maps because of the location, the screams, the claustrophobic rooms where you can get overrunAnd outside of playing video games that I could take inspiration from, I also listened to the music of said video games as I wrote the scripts, to keep me engaged, to get me in the mindset of what I was writing. I do this casually, as sometimes I do want to write in silence, or sometimes I'll play OSTs that have nothing to do with the project I'm working on (e.g. Balatro Soundtrack as it's soothing). It was mainly Call of Duty Zombies, but also there was some Whitesnake in there from Issue 1. Music is a very powerful drug after all, and its a good reminder that I need to get to writing an article about Sonic Mania's OST for UPM (Unofficial Play Magazine). Hell, maybe it'll be my next blog.My point that I'm trying to get across is while yes, its good to keep productive, but when you're not feeling it, there's nothing wrong with some procrastination, especially when its for comics.

Blog #1 - My Top 3 Comics that I read during 2025, alongside My Top 3 Games that I played this year

Greetings, and "Hello World" in the language of code for my first blog ever. I'm giving blogging a try on Carrd over Bear Blog due to pricing (Bear Blog is free but if you want to import images, then you have to pay a monthly subscription alongside other things)The subject for my first blog is the Top 3 Comics and Video Games that I read and played throughout this year. This idea came around after reading a certain comic series that I'll mention in my Top 3 and thinking "Wow, I have actually read a lot of comics this year!". Obviously games are nothing to shout about as being a writer, procrastinating and kicking dirt is what I mostly do when I'm not working on comics.I'm going to format this by doing a Comic, Game, Comic format to add on the tension and keep your attention while reading. Maybe I should throw some Family Guy clips or Subway Surfer videos into the review so you don't get bored.Now onto the list!

Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees (Comic)Once in a while, I tend to go into London, and everytime I do: I go into Gosh! and grab something from them (even if it's 99p). I do this because Gosh! is probably one of my favourite comic shops, and it does mainly come down to their workforce being passionate and caring- Shoutout to Greg and Will specifically.The last time I went, which was last Saturday as of writing (20th Dec 2025), I picked up Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring Issue 4. I did this because I was already aware of the IP, based on seeing some of the comics in Peterborough Close Encounters, and a murderous bear in a remote quiet town has a secret soft spot in my heart.I read it on the way back from London, and after reading it, I was looking at the stairs that crosses between Huntingdon Train Station with a new sudden fear of stairs 😂.The story and writing of Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees is compelling. Samantha Strong has a caring and calm personality on the outside, and keeps that professional standard when killing the animals in the city and in Woodbrooke from time to time. My favourite part about the comic is how Patrick Horvath portrays emotion and atmosphere in his art. It is mostly the emotion, as there's an eerie vibe to when he draws characters in shock and fear. To add onto this, the gore that's in this comic I think is not too glorified with how much blood there is and the over-exaggeration of death that it feels like I'm watching Final Destination, but more so it's... casual and realistic, and it's uncanny to think about.Samantha Strong's design is pretty cool with the yellow apron and carpenter's goggles.

Contact Protocol (Video Game)Contact Protocol is a video that, like with Persona 4 Golden, if you handed it to me 10 years ago (so 14 years old), it would have likely sat in my Steam Library to never be played. This is because growing up, I was so fixated on not only playing games that were in my comfort zone, but also anything that Anime, Turn Based, or Simulation I wouldn't touch with a six foot pole.This is a game that I got hands on during the gaming convention known as EGX 2025 as my mate James is part of the team at Cold Zephnr Games, and I already followed and knew James through his magazine called UPM*.One thing that really stood out for me when playing Contact Protocol in person is that they had a functioning display that worked alongside the game, so for every time you turned on the terminal and got the information about the cargo ship in your path, a receipt machine would print out the details of the opposing cargo ship. This was a fantastic addition to their display, and alongside the design of their display: it really stood out from what the other indie developers had in their booths (Not to downplay them but putting that extra work in, in a sense of display, gets people's attention)It got really addicting making decisions to let ships go past or blow them up if they're space pirates or suspicious. I'll get onto how I did during the demo, but one of the ships you bump into originally tries to play you like a sap by falsifying information, but then comes clean about sending supplies to a colony that needs them, which then provides you the choice to either let them past, or turn them into metal fragments flying in space. They programmed this encounter after you've previously dealt with someone trying to play you like a sap and is evil, so it's playing with your emotions on what to do.Now how did I do?
Turns out, from the fake application form that they fill out for you once you've completed the demo, I killed the most people during their playtest at EGX and after hearing that, I felt like I was moving like King Von... except I intentionally was 😂

Kid Eastwood: The Movie (Comic)Kid Eastwood The Movie is a cracking graphic novel.I've been following Connor's work for a few years now, and I'm part of a Discord group where Connor shows off some progress of his comics, so I got to see some of this graphic novel being developed while he was working on it.This Graphic Novel can be picked up by anyone, as within the first three to five pages, it gives a basic rundown of the Kid Eastwood story to understand it for the pages ahead.It's been a month or so since I last read it so I can't give a rundown of the story ahead, however, I can say it was one of those stories that keeps you hooked and flows well, and it's also one of the rare occasions where I didn't comically run with my hands out balling my eyes out, but I did shed a tear for the twist and the backstory of the villain.Connor already knows this, but I shall express it publicly: Connor's range of art is incredible. He can go from a serious gritty look to the facial expressions found in Pizza Tower or an old Looney Toons episode followed by "YEEEEOOOOOHHHHHH" with all the emojis I use.