Animated Comics

MARTIN TIERNEY is a Birmingham based photographer, who also produces corporate videos and designs websites. Recently Speech Balloons has featured some snaps he took during BICS2006.

Never one to rest on his laurels he's recently been studying animation, and purely for pleasure decided to see what he could do with a classic Beryl the Peril strip that originally featured in The Topper and then decided he'd dig further back into the past and see what he could do with that forerunner of the comic strip, The Bayeux Tapestry!

They have proved popular among friends and he has posted a selection of cartoons he's now produced onto Youtube where an even wider audience are enjoying them. To view the Beryl cartoon visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWUcZTvBOmk and to see what Dracula's having for tea go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEk-9NPolno&feature=channel, the others can be found by links.

Animation is popular in this part of the world, as evidenced by the existence of the West Midlands Animation Forum. To learn more about the group visit: www.animationforumwm.co.uk