Strange Blooms is a collaboration with author Darren Simpson. A haunting blend of prose and visual storytelling, it weaves together past and present in a cinematic tale for readers aged 12 and up. Publishing with with Pushkin Press, September 2027.
A fully illustrated, darkly gripping tale of a town suddenly invaded by mysterious and deadly plants – The Day of the Triffids meets Stranger Things.
Fran is an ordinary teenage girl, living in an ordinary seaside town. But one day, something horrifyingly out of the ordinary begins to take root…
They start slowly, almost imperceptibly. But soon the strange, uncanny flowers have infiltrated the whole town. And every young person who smells the intoxicating blooms falls victim to a life-sapping illness. All except one: seemingly ordinary Fran.
Told in a dual timeline, Strange Blooms takes the reader on an exciting journey to discover the truth behind these deadly plants, and uncover a mystery that rocked the town 40 years earlier.
Sample storyboard sketches
The story is told through a combination of narrative prose, wordless visual sequences and graphic novel chapters. Below are a couple of examples of rough storyboard sketches. The book is now fully storyboarded and I'm busy working on the final art.
