Comments on: Rian Hughes – Yesterday’s Tomorrows

By: yasser

yasser — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:04:49 +0000

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covers- The BACCHUS COLOR SPECIAL | Actors Blog Part Of Skylith.com — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:03:21 +0000

[...] ***** Wicks trial bogs down-May 17,-Toronto Star Man must show that cartoonist’s family meant to abandon cache of his drawings “Ben Wicks, who had moved to a condo late in his life, had stored many boxes of cartoons at his children’s homes, either in cartons or loosely in green garbage bags. As I said to Tom Spurgeon by email the other day, we need to be cautious about the word ‘garbage bag’ in this story. It’s only comic book collectors who store art in acid free binders and boxes. We artists keep all or stuff in those black or green bags designed for tossing out the garbage. The dark opacity keeps out first all the light and secondly all the beasties and humidity. I keep all my archives thus, and as you can see from the things I show here, I keep them very well. I also said to Tom that I immediately asked my father-in-law about this story and he said it sounds like ‘theft by finding’. Still, the case rages back and forth. more here ****** At Forbidden Planet International my old pal Rian Hughes reminisces about the old days . Most interesting part is a scan of an invoice to Escape magazine for twelve quid. Well, there’s also cool art and a rather interesting photo, but you know me. FPI : The new comic magazines really seemed aimed at the same audience that might buy music papers like NME or style mags like ‘The Face’ or ‘ID’. Was that the intention? It certainly all got a bit ‘rock and roll’ around then. I remember signings by yourself and Brendan in Dublin and Jaime Hewlitt and Alan Bond in Cardiff that felt a little like rock stars signing in terms of the adulation. Did you feel any of that ‘vibe’ or were you just thinking it looks like there will be a great new comics scene for us all to work in?) RH : We were young, some of us younger, and so new to all this we simply thought it was just how it was supposed to be. I wasn’t sure what the “old” comic scene had been like, and so had no comparison. As to rock and roll… ask Grant to tell you the story of the chap who prostrated himself and kissed my shoes on stage at the ICA. Looking down, all I could see was his hairy arse poking out the top of his jeans. ******* Lionsgate Acquires Film Adaptation Of Graphic Novel “The Spirit”- May 17, 2007 ***** hayley campbell is tickled by the cunning manipulation of perspective in this photie. [...]

By: Near-Mint Heroes » Archive » Near-Mint 100: 100 Things I’ve Enjoyed Part 4

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:05:29 +0000

[...] Forbidden Planet looks at UK Comic book pioneers. [...]

By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Between the Panels

The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Between the Panels — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:12:29 +0000

[...] Paul Gravett sends a reminder that he will be chairing the Between the Panels: a Graphic Literature Night event at the ICA in London on Friday June 15th. Joining Paul will be Rian Hughes (who goes right back alongside Paul to the Escape days, as he mentioned in his recent interview with Kenny here), Andrzej Klimowski, professor at the Royal College of Art and author of several ’silent’ works for Faber and Rutu Modan of Israeli comics collective Actus Tragicus, creator of the new Exit Wounds graphic novel (Tom Spurgeon posted a good review of Exit Wounds recently on Comics Reporter). Paul also says that Rutu’s cover art is also being used by the ICA on the front of their June programme – nice to see the medium not only being covered in an event but getting front page status from the venue. [...]

By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » New Frank Bellamy site

The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » New Frank Bellamy site — Tue, 29 May 2007 13:36:17 +0000

[...] Norman Boyd and friends have launched an extensive website celebrating the work of famous British comics artists Frank Bellamy, a hugely influential artist (just last week Rian Hughes namechecked Frank as an early influence on him). The site boasts a large number of factual resources on many aspects of Frank’s work, from advertising illustration to his famous comics work such as Thunderbirds in the old TV Century 21 comic. Norman and Paul Holder are also working on a book on Bellamy, when their daytime jobs aren’t getting in the way; anyone who has more information on articles on the Bellamy site is encouraged to get in touch with the team. (link via Down The Tubes) [...]

By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Peter Saville in the Scotsman

The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Peter Saville in the Scotsman — Sat, 19 May 2007 12:11:13 +0000

[...] Here’s an interesting sidebar to Kenny’s recent chat with Rian Hughes – legendary designer Peter Saville, who Rian discusses in the interview as an inspiration, is featured this weekend in the Scotsman. [...]

By: The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Brit comics Down Under

The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Brit comics Down Under — Fri, 18 May 2007 16:09:51 +0000

[...] Kevin Patrick on the Comics Down Under blog muses over the decline of British comics in Australia, from their once incredibly popular period to a point where now he can barely interest a store to buy some old 2000ADs he is getting rid of. It’s interesting and pretty much parallels much of the decline of British comics in Britain itself; while 2000AD is still going strong after its recent 30th birthday and the Beano and Dandy just keep on ticking, in general the native industry is a shadow of what it was through the 50s, 60s and 70s and even those brave attempts to do something different for older readers such as Crisis, Deadline and Revolver (see Kenny’s recent chat with Rian Hughes for more on that period) have come and gone and never really been replaced. I sometimes wonder if a modern version of those three would work in today’s market, but perhaps these days the older readership mostly avoids the periodicals and buys the trade paperback graphic novels instead. [...]

By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » May 18, 2007: The unbeatable high

Fri, 18 May 2007 08:42:13 +0000

[...] The Forbidden Planet Blog presents the first installment of a multi-part conversation with British cartoonist Rian Hughes. [...]