Mal Earl

A tale about a tale… Twelve years ago, in 2010, my good mate Scott Claringbold and myself attended the first Carlisle Comics and Fantasy Con. Memories of the day are hazy, and other than sitting huddled around a table watching Peter Tyler’s showreel on his laptop (in lieu of a serviceable projection screen!) highlights were […]

So… after a couple of years falling foul of those nefarious types whose true designs always remain shrouded in darkness… until you realise that your work is only a means to benefit their own agendas – with zero interest in your own… it’s time for a regroup! I’ve given the site a spring clean and […]

Really pleased with the finished article… Sam Smith’s verse is otherworldly, yet rooted in highways and byways so familiar as to almost be your own… almost! 16 page A5 Chapbook format, black and white on uncoated 170gsm stock, with a full colour 200gsm silk cover. Available to pre-order now from the shop: https://malearl.bigcartel.com/products Books due […]

I won’t bore people with an explanation as to why Edward Thomas and his poetry affected me so much when I was fourteen… suffice to say that this Chap Book of a selection of his poetry, with illustrations inspired by their gentleness, is the resolution of a long held wish to produce something through which […]

I was reflecting last week, as I trawled the shelves of a local second hand bookstore – for the first time in months… that it is just as much the covers of books I love, as much as the books they are wrapped around.The artists who graced the covers of the paperbacks of forty years […]