Caroline Parkinson caught up with Andy Luke and myself at Caption with a portfolio of her work for various anthologies, plus a handful of self-published samplers culled from those guest spots. They included The King and the Sky, a mini-fantasy which took third prize in Brazil's International Comic Contest, and Chess for Witches, adapted from a short story by Matthew Saunders, which appeared in both Hot Off the Press #1 and The Girly Comic.

The strips' brevity (4pp and 1pp, respectively) doesn't allow much room for characterisation, but they are eminently successful as calling cards for an artist we'll certainly be hearing a great deal more about as soon as more small press publishers are able to take full advantage of her skills with colour and tone (you can see an example of her b&w work in Violent #11). I'll definitely be looking out for her new work at Caption in August.

A5, 3pp; £1.00
A5, 6pp; £1.50
Both are viewable at http://bluecatclub.comicgenesis.com/ or e-mail caroline[at]carolineparkinson.co.uk.