I took this photo a short while ago so I’d have a beautiful image to celebrate the passing of 2012 and the arrival of 2013. I’ve a bottle of Perrier-Jouët champagne in the fridge, ready to wet the baby year’s head. I’ve had a good year overall, and early in 2013 Twisted Fairy Tales will be published. If someone had told me this time last year that by the end of 2012 I’d have a collection written and nearly published, I’d be short-listed for an Eagle award, and have written part of a play that would be performed in London I would have been rather sceptical. It makes me wonder…

We’re on the brink of a New Year, so I hope you all enjoy this celebatory evening and 2012 brings you the love and good fortune you deserve. Remember: It’s the law! (I took this photo at the Thought Bubble Comic Book convention in Leeds this November. The Judge Dredd impersonator was posing for a few awe-struck kids and I sneaked in for a shot.)