Got plans for 23rd October? You do now! Launch party for the crowdfunded first edition of ROMO the WolfBoy, by ILYA: 6.30pm - 8.30pm at the Cartoon Museum, 63 Wells Street, Fitzrovia, London, W1A 3AE. Nearest tube: Goodge Street. (There’ll be later chances: official Retail Launch is February 2026)

It seems official enough: I've been in talks with SelfMadeHero (my once and future UK publisher), and they're coming aboard the ROMO express following my success with a crowdfunding campaign for it. So we have a book, and then some. WOOT WOOT!!

Passed the finishing post about 20 minutes AGO! Couldn't have done it without you (you know who you are!!) Thank you to EVERYONE who backed or encouraged or reposted or held my hand through this. We GOT BOOK! AROOOOO!

SO CLOSE, I CAN SMELL IT… ! 👃 158 backers / £10,129 pledged / 93% funded / 19 hours to go 🔥 £25 buys a print copy of the 256-page hardback book (UK) £15 for a Digital PDF of the whole thing / USA/Rest of World Will YOU be the one to take us over the edge? 🐺💪 www.kickstarter.com/projects/ily...

Last TWO DAYS! www.kickstarter.com/.../romo-the....

48HRS left on the Kickstarter for ROMO the WolfBoy, my all-new 256-page hardback original graphic novel. 88% funded!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ily...

I just backed Slices of Life: A Comic Montage by Qu on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/bul... Lovely artwork by Qu reminds me of the Summer Studio pages featured in the third volume of The Mammoth Books of BEST NEW MANGA I edited and compiled back in 2008. A real breath of fresh air!!

Last 3 days now of my crowdfunding Kickstarter for a brand new 256-page hardback original graphic novel. You KNOW what to do: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ily...

FIVE DAYS to go? NO… FOUR!! It's The Final Countdown, do do do dooh… downthetubes.net/last-days-to...

"I've played the video ten times now. Every single image made me squeal out loud. Compositions to kill for, the draughtsmanship, figure work... Plus some of what I read was very, very funny." - Stephen L. Holland, proprietor Page45 comic store, Nottingham UK What video? THIS video - rb.gy/y75pas

PAGE45, Nottingham UK’s premier comic shop, just dropped an advance order for EIGHTY copies of my new 256-page hardback graphic novel, ROMO the WolfBoy for their store on my Kickstarter. AROOOOO indeed!! So come howl with us if you haven’t already as there’s just 5 days left to run rb.gy/y75pas

RADIO ROMO - a longer edit of my interview with Alex Fitch for Resonance FM 104.4 All worth a listen, BUT short of time? My part in it comes in around the last 40 minutes or so, beginning at timecode 1:10:17 panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/p...

podcast: Alex Fitch talks to @ilyagraphic.bsky.social, Warped & Torn Comics' Harrison Perry & @sarakenney.bsky.social re: their kickstarter campaigns for new #comics & graphic novels. panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/p...

Hello, I'm on this talk panel too. Listen to everyone if you have the time - otherwise (whispers it) I'm on at about the 40 minute mark and for the last 20 minutes…

I was among an international quartet of folks who recently recorded an episode of the ComixLaunch Podcast talking #Kickstarter + #ComicBooks + #TipsAndTricks. Listen here: www.comixlaunch.com/session516

"Believe you can and you're halfway there!" The Saucy Roar's Apprentice (cuter than Canute) celebrates his Kickstarter, now 50% FUNDED! Thanks to everyone who's become a backer so far. Couldn't have done it without you folks. You know the drill by now. Type it with me: rb.gy/y75pas

Now handsomely on display on the UK's COMICSCENE: comicscene.org/2025/06/02/r...

ROMO the WolfBoy is officially Bleeding Cool! Thank you to Rich Johnston for the comprehensive article: bleedingcool.com/comics/ilyas...

Hello. I don't want for this feed to become constant marketing but right now I have no choice. My Kickstarter for ROMO the Wolfboy is launched. It's Do or Die time! Full colour hardcover graphic novel, 256 pages (print, or digital PDF). Please PLEDGE me up! X www.kickstarter.com/projects/ily...

repeat broadcast: Alex Fitch talks to @ilyagraphic.bsky.social , Warped & Torn Comics' Harrison Perry & @sarakenney.bsky.social re: their kickstarter campaigns for new #comics & graphic novels. 11am, 104.4 @resonancefm.bsky.social / info: panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/05/04/

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT interview and think piece courtesy of a blog by Jonathan Sandler, reflecting on major works from my career, and the future of the comics medium itself: rb.gy/kxe63d

ROMO PROMO reel II - PHONE-view video open.substack.com/pub/edilya/p...

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ily... Hello, follow this link to the Pre-Launch page for my upcoming Kickstarter campaign, and sign up to be notified on launch. If you like what you see, please REPOST to help spread the word! Sorry for this a.m.'s faulty link + thanks to Billy Hynes for his alert X

broadcast: Alex Fitch talks to @ilyagraphic.bsky.social, Warped & Torn Comics' Harrison Perry & @sarakenney.bsky.social re: their @kickstarter.com campaigns for new #comics & graphic novels. 5.30pm, Weds 7th May, 104.4 @resonancefm.bsky.social / info: panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/05/04/t...

Pre-Launch page for the upcoming Kickstarter campaign! See it and sign up to be notified on launch, here: www.kickstarter.com/.../romo-the....

Panel Borders: FANTASTICAL KICKSTARTERS / 5pm, Weds 7th May 2025, repeat broadcast 11am, Sun 11th May. Resonance 104.4 FM + DAB (London) Alex Fitch chats to a trio of comic creators launching new titles on Kickstarter: including me, discussing the creation of new Graphic Novel, Romo the WolfBoy!

ROMO the WolfBoy - Coming Soon! Hello. Exciting news… Just ahead of my imminent Kickstarter launch toward a handsome printed book (240 pages, Full Colour, hardback), the first ADVANCE REVIEW is in! See it here: downthetubes.net/in-review-ro... Plus much more news to come VERY SOON.

That is all. X

I’ve added my signature to the Comics Cultural Impact Collective’s report asking DCMS for investment in comics. Read the report: public.3.basecamp.com/p/uGFiRwafLY... See how government support could provide new opportunities for everyone in comics, and sign at: forms.gle/mk6iTZK9yUDV....

Here he is (far left) at my 60th. Goodbye old friend X

@thethompsonian.bsky.social Claire is this you?

Lost my childhood penpal, collaborator and housemate of 12 years, Mark Pawson. If you don't know who he was, please google and come to know him. His cultural contribution is supreme. A huge loss to a vast array of fringe communities. The Years Without Art begin (again) now…

Meditating on the human experience with a pair of Molluscs (artwork by Bwana Spoons) open.substack.com/pub/edilya/p...

Joining the party… Let the ffeasting begin! Innntroducing, in this corner, his Purple Majesty: GALACTUS, The World Eater

223 pages later and Book One in the prospective series is done and dustable. Will there be more? Could there be more? Should there be more? open.substack.com/pub/edilya/p...

One year and two months later, the new gnovel (graphic novel) is complete! Catch it for free to read online while you still can. All previous instalments readily available at the touch of a button in the Archive.Thank you to all those who have been following along X open.substack.com/pub/edilya/p...

Happy Birthday, Speedy! X @carlaspeedmcneil.bsky.social

yeah yeah blah bla The end is in sight! But the sight is sixth sight… so who know what's still in store for ROMO, the WolfBoy. Only one way to find out… open.substack.com/pub/edilya/p...

The end is in sight! But the sight is sixth sight… so who know what's still in store for ROMO, the WolfBoy. Only one way to find out… open.substack.com/pub/edilya/p...

I'll admit it is taking a while for any sort of a Bluesky habit to form. I don't know if that's a good thing or not.

Fresh pages. The countdown continues… Can your heart withstand the suspense?! We are into the final fortnight or so from next week… Eek! open.substack.com/pub/edilya/p...

First flight of 2025. After this, 19 more pages left to go. The End is Nigh! edilya.substack.com/p/romo-the-w...

It's 2024. The Ghost of Christmas Present, from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (1843).

"The sun shines out of our behinds No, it's not like any other love This one is different, because it's us" Sometimes I just like the semi-abstract effect of a working drawing-in-progress From ROMO the WolfBoy page 198 available to view here: edilya.substack.com

WOOP WOOP!! Victorian Country Life in full swing as Romo races desperately to make it back - But will he be in time to save the Circus?! Over 200 pages of high-stakes adventure now available for your viewing pleasure. Just hit the Archive button… edilya.substack.com/p/romo-the-w...

Whatever you do, Do It With Style!

Let's try harder to EVOLVE, shall we?

ROMO The WolfBoy 192-195 Fresh pages… On the trail of the missing Wolfboy… open.substack.com/pub/edilya/p... Find the Story So far complete in the Archive, in App

A Happy Meal! But is it Thanksgiving, or the The Last Supper? The latest episode of ROMO takes a turn… ROMO The WolfBoy 186-191 open.substack.com/pub/edilya/p... Everything so far is archived onsite: check the Archive!