• Lilo and Crepsley!

    08 May 2019

    A few days ago, I shared a drawing by a fan called Numie of Darren and Mr Crepsley, inspired by a scene in the Cirque Du Freak manga, but drawn in a cartoonish style. Numie went on to share another...

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  • Lord Loss fan video

    07 May 2019

    Checkmate! This is a nice, short promo video for Lord Loss, made by a fan called Brandon. Nothing fancy on the technical front, but it goes to show that sometimes simple can be very effective....

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  • Creative education

    06 May 2019

    The students at Team Kolbe House are studying Cirque Du Freak, and were challenged to come up with adverts for a vampire's assistant. You can see their wonderfully creative responses in the photo....

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  • Ghoulish Grannies

    05 May 2019

    My son Dante adores his two grandmothers, and hopefully his baby sister Gaia will too as she grows up and gets to know them better. (Assuming they don't shuffle on off to Vampire Paradise any time...

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  • From manga to cartoon

    04 May 2019

    A fan called Numie decided to do a cartoon-style drawing of Darren and Mr Crepsley from my Cirque Du Freak books, inspired by a panel in the manga series drawn by the wonderful Takahiro Arai. I...

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  • Edinbugh Book Festival

    03 May 2019

    Edinburgh is a beautiful, majestic city, worth a visit any time of the year, but it's especially worth visiting in August, when the Edinburgh International Book Festival runs for three glorious...

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