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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.For BloodyWeen 2025, we had an amazing opportunity for the series as we was allowed to enter it into an anthology called The Great Comic Tree Anthology. The theme for that anthology was Alternate Universes, on which we decided to continue work on The Superior Brit by setting him up to work alongside Roosebrit by showing him other realities like the Tournament Tour Fighter Universe, and the (unreleased) Bloody England Universe.As of writing (27th June 2026), BloodyWeen 2026 is on the table to be made as Samanta is working on Xeno for conventions and her final major project at university.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 (27th June 2026): Sticker Knight has been canned for a future reboot of the IP.

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!

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 (June 27th 2026) Chapter 1 released last year with great reception, with Chapter 2 coming along slowly.

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 front cover, to new clients like P.D. Marshall Comics who I had met at the Leeds Drink and Draw that OK Comics hosts.

>Contact Protocol: SCORCHED-EARTH (2026)

During the first few months of 2026, I was taking a step back from working on projects to rework some plans and branding, and one thing in particular was delving into Video Game Comics. The theme of "Video Games" have long been preserved into my comics. Left 4 Dead with INFECTION, The Souls Games with Sticker Knight, and a various amount of fighting games with Tournament Tour Fighter. This six paged fan project was a step in the right direction towards kickstarting that idea/brand of "Oh H.L. is THEE indie video game comic guy">Contact Protocol: SCORCHED-EARTH was an absolute pleasure to work on, as for the first time, I didn't just work alongside Samanta Batllori: I worked alongside my partner, or as I referred to it in BloodyWeen 2026 via The Great Comic Tree Anthology Alternative Worlds: "Packaged Duo". It was also a delight to work closely with the team behind the video game, that being Mick (Lead), Pete (Art), and James (Social Media Manager, and good friend of mine), showing them the pages and asking questions in regards to the game. It was also refreshing to go back to the style of research that I do for my projects, which is playing video games inspired by the project, getting myself into the right mood, and paying attention to key details.To clarify, while we was talking with the developers about this project: This is not an official comic. It's a fan project.

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Free Comics to read!

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

>Contact Protocol: SCORCHED-EARTH

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 Soon)

Free Comic Book Day 2024

One off Projects

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