London Inferno on Markosia

London Inferno is now available to buy from Markosia, through this link, both book and pdf. Crime graphic novel, 86 pages, mature readers. LA TRIBUNE:“LF BOLLÉE HAS CONSTRUCTED A VERY EXCITING PLOT WITH MULTIPLE TWISTS… THE INK ILLUSTRATIONS OF ROGER MASON PROPEL THE READER THROUGH AN HALUCINATORY THEATRE OF SHADOWS AND LIGHTS.” Two London coppers, …

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Cinderella rushes to the chemist for a morning-after pill. Illustration.

Cinderella illustration

Pen and ink on A3, and then coloured digitally in Photoshop. This was for Ellaone’s campaign for birth control pills, and appeared in magazines at the time.

Cartoon drawing as a teaching aid by Roger Mason

Illustration as a teaching aid

My brother George, who is a paramedic in Sheffield, commissioned me to draw a cartoon about some of the stressful encounters met by the ambulance service. It was specifically intended to show how noisy and chaotic some scenes can be, and in all this, the medic is trying to think clearly and responsibly. I am …

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The Mice – new page detail

Page detail from book three which I really like. It’s funny how some drawings start by being unimportant to me – just something to get out of the way to get the story to progress – but after some work and some patient inking, they end up being my favourite. This scene where Harry and …

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Commissioned by her boyfriend, Michelle is accosted by Catwoman and Harley Quinn. original artwork on A2, pen and ink. DC Comics.

Batman Live commission

Recently I drew this commission for the boyfriend of a dancer who had won a part in the Batman Live Arena Tour, a significant career step and something to be marked. I came up with the concept, which was to feature Harley Quinn — I added Catwoman — and placed Michelle, the dancer, in between …

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Schrodinger’s Cat cartoon

If this is not one of the most alluring subjects in physics for cartoonists, other than Einstein’s hair and equations, I will be surprised. Sent this to Viz and Private Eye, alas, no luck.

Set the Destroyer storyboards

Recently I produced seven key frame illustrations for film-maker Craig Murray who is making a music video for the band Set the Destroyer. I had fun with this, depicting a wasted young girl staggering up Kingsland Road, being sucked into a floor in a bunker and then being re-born up on a rooftop as a …

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Commissioned by Unit 9, a football juggler dressed as a samurai promotes Nissin Foods. Art by Roger Mason 2014

Advertising storyboards

Advertising storyboards for clients including: Nexus Productions, Stink, 2CV, Engine Service Design, Truth, Harriman Steel, H+K, Pretty Green, Poke, Punq TV, Biscuit Films, Lowe, Partizan Films, VCCP, Wolff Olins, Mother, Red Bee Media, MTV, Channel Four, Framestore.   Bands including: Mercedes, Coca-Cola, Tesco, Harry Potter, Gears of War, Smirnoff, Strongbow, Toyota, AT&T, Maroon 5, Cher …

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