Are you ready for Christmas? Are the stockings up on the fire place?
Thank you to everyone who picked up a copy of Anfield Road this year. It’s been an extraordinary ride, made possible by the brilliant support of so many bookshops — Forbidden Planet, Gosh!, Dave’s Comics, La Belle Adventure, Kraken Comics, and Waterstones Liverpool among them.
Huge thanks as well to the festivals who welcomed me so generously: Liverpool Literary Festival, SE London Book Fest, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, and the film festivals at Encounters, LIAF, MAF, and the Brighton International Animation Festival. And to everyone who championed the book along the way — your enthusiasm has meant the world. More talks are already lined up for 2026.
And of course, a massive thank you to my publisher, Titan Comics.
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas. Below is a greetings card I drew back in 1998 — a little precursor to what eventually became the 2024 release of Anfield Road. If you’re curious about the story behind it, have a look at my interview with the brilliant Paul Ferguson at this years SE London Book Fest.
There are still copies of the book available in the usual place. Happy Holidays. Chris x
