Archive | November, 2006

Down The Tubes revamp

20. November 2006

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John Freeman has revamped Down The Tubes, a well-known and respected source of news of and support for British comics with a fresh, new, ‘cleaner’ CSS style, but with the same commitment to Brit comics, so please do go and have a look (I check DTT regularly myself). John also kindly forwarded me a link [...]

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In Dublin’s fair city

20. November 2006

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Good news for those of us who enjoyed last year’s Streets of Dublin from Gerry Hunt and Bren B: once more the lads have dragged themselves away from drinking endless pints of Guinness and arguing over interpretations of Brendan Behan and James Joyce,as obviously all Irish artists do all the time, or at least that’s [...]

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Wiki-inspired cartoons

17. November 2006

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Boing Boing has a link to comics by Greg Williams, who has taken text from Wikipedia and then used it to create freely shareable comics. I agree with Cory Doctorow on BB, the skunk strip is brilliant!

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Apocalypse (war) now

17. November 2006

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Slightly overdue but very welcome nonetheless, the fifth volume of Rebellion’s outstanding Judge Dredd: the Complete Case Files has just arrived in-store and it’s a mighty tome, weighing in at just under 400 pages of classic 2000 AD goodness. Volume five has the massive epic from the 1980s, the Apoclaypse War and the precursor arc [...]

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Reppion’s Zombie Army

17. November 2006

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How quickly things can spiral… A casual comment from me about John Reppion‘s love of all things undead and his alleged use of an army of zombies to do his Christmas shopping, thus beating the crowds, lead to John Freeman of top Brit comics site Down The Tubes to talk to his friend Paul Harrison [...]

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IMPAC

17. November 2006

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My friends at top SF publisher Orbit tell me that Fiona McIntosh, recently published in the UK with her Trinity trilogy comprising Betrayal, Destiny and Revenge released back to back over three months (none of that pesky waiting a year for the next volume) has been nominated for the longlist for the International IMPAC Dublin [...]

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Gene Yang

17. November 2006

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The Newsarama blog carries a link to an LA Times article on the National Book Awards in the US. Gene Yang’s American Born Chinese, which sparked a debate about eligibility recently, came in second, although Gene can carry his head high at being the first graphic novel to be nominated. As Newsarama notes though, the [...]

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Dan Goldman talks new Kelly, praises Testament

17. November 2006

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Dan Goldman tells me he has taken a brief break between Shooting War and 718 to write and draw Interlude #1 for the Kelly webcomic, “the first of a few little stories that follow the end of Act One and leads us directly into Act Two. This one consists of Kelly washing the dishes… and [...]

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Dandy in race row

16. November 2006

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Comics Reporter notices a piece on the BBC’s site where a reader is outraged by the racial terms and images used by our predecessors in a new facsimile annual of an old Dandy annual. While the modern sensibilities might be a bit taken aback with what we’d consider the more casual racism of several decades [...]

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Andy Runton interviewed

16. November 2006

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Via the good offices of Journalista comes a link to an interview with Owly creator Andy Runton in Connect Savannah, where he will be a guest at the Savannah Children’s Book Festival, which I know is going to especially please one of the FPI crew who absolutely adores the Owly books (and quite right too!).

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Did You Miss Me? Oog & Blik, reviews by Kenny Penman

16. November 2006

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Yesterday we ran an interview with Mara Joustra, editor of Oog & Blik – the Dutch comics publisher – so today I thought I would cover 3 of their recent books, and an old favourite, by way of some continuity with that interview. All these books, and more of their publications, are in stock now. [...]

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Jack Kirby video clip

16. November 2006

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Via Comics News Tracker comes this link to a YouTube video clip of the great Jack Kirby from an old documentary, introduced by Harlan Ellison (I refuse to comment on the latter, just in case!). It runs for about five minutes or so with Jack talking about his New Gods and finding inspiration for Galactus [...]

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Thumpculture – new webcomic from Neill Cameron

15. November 2006

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Neill Cameron, a name familiar to regular readers of the blog from his work on Absolute Dumbass and Bulldog Empire (with Jason Cobley), tells me he has set up a new webcomic, Thumpculture (Parental Advisory, as they say in the trade, beware the sweary bits which may corrupt the innocent), which should have new episodes [...]

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European comics – the Netherlands and Oog & Blik

15. November 2006

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Oog & Blik have long been a fixture on the European comics scene. Started in 1992 by Hansje Joustra they are publishing some of the best comics books around for a Dutch, and in some cases world-wide, audience. The company was named by Joost Swarte and that central involvement by the creators is a backbone [...]

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The Channel Frederator cartoon awards

14. November 2006

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Boing Boing reports on a new award for user-submitted cartoons on the web, organised by Fred Seibert of Channel Frederator. From the site: “Welcome to the Channel Frederator Awards Voting Page. If you can’t understand why you’re here after reading the title of this website, you don’t deserve to vote. There are 11 categories to [...]

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