Archive | July, 2008

Graphic Art of Comment

22. July 2008

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Over on Down the Tubes John Freeman notes a new exhibition, the Graphic Art of Comment, starting this Thursday (24th) at the Guardian’s Newsroom, 60 Farringdon Road, London, and running until September 26th, boasting contributions from the Guardian’s own editorial cartoonists Steve Bell and Martin Rowson among others.From the official description: [the exhibition is] “A [...]

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Kool (aid)

22. July 2008

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I had no idea that Alan Moore and Peter Bagge had collaborated once upon a time, much less that they were playing with the Kool-Aid man (an advertising symbol most of us in the UK probably only know from him cropping up from time to time in Family Guy, don’t recall it being a widely [...]

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Propaganda returns to glamorous suburbia

22. July 2008

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Suburban Glamour by Jamie McKelvie Back in  November 2007 I reviewed the first issue of this comic and found that I rather liked it: Suburban Glamour – the new series from Jamie McKelvie, artist of the recent hugely enjoyable Phonogram (reviewed here). But this time Jamie’s on his own, writing and drawing this series of [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Guy Delisle travels the world (wide web)

22. July 2008

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BoDoi, the French comics magazine, announces that celebrated animator and cartoonist Guy Delisle has opened his own corner of the web, just in time for the release of his new book, Louis à la Plage (Louis At The Beach, published in Lewis Trondheim’s imprint, Shampooing, at Delcourt). (Guy’s latest work, Louis à la Plage, published [...]

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Halo Stig

21. July 2008

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Looking at the forthcoming Halo Master Chief mask, I couldn’t help but wonder – do you think the programmers modelled the Master Chief on Top Gear’s Stig? Some say he eats only titanium wheel nuts and underneath his helmet is an endless series of other helmets… I think the world needs some Stig action figures, [...]

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Send Alan a fiver

21. July 2008

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Matthew Badham has decided that he is not going to go and see the Watchmen movie when it comes out, although should he be persuaded otherwise he is going to send Alan Moore a fiver since Alan is refusing to take any money from the movie creators and has washed his hands of the cinematic [...]

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Comics & Zines went well

21. July 2008

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Jimi Gherkin reports on the weekend’s Comics & Zines gig, which apparently went very well, drew in some decent visitors, included readings and a collaborative comics project, which he promises more on later. And buoyed up by the success Jimi says there are plans afoot for a second event later in the year – good [...]

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NPR talks foreign comics in the US

21. July 2008

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NPR has an article and a short audio piece on the growing acceptance of foreign comics titles in the US; mostly it looks at the immense increase over the last decade in manga sales (a pattern repeated in many countries, including even BD-mad France), but also works like the Monsieur Jean tales by the award-winning [...]

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Top 10 Animal-Friendly Superheroes

21. July 2008

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Yes, it is another top ten superheroes list, but this one is slightly different – PETA has their idea of the top ten animal friendly superheroes. You’d expect to see Animal Man in there, but I didn’t know Batman rated a mention for using pleather and not leather for his cape. But what? No Hellboy [...]

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Slave Labor Graphics launching new webcomics site

21. July 2008

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Slave Labor Graphics, who have been pretty quick off the mark in investigating how they can use digital content and distribution to make their comics more available to readers, have announced their new webcomics site will launch on the 24th of July, kicking off with Dr. Radium creator Scott Saavedra who will be giving us [...]

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Ten reasons why the Dark Knight rocks

21. July 2008

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As British audiences wait for their chance to see The Dark Knight, Michael Moran in the Times’ Blockbuster Buzz column, outlines ten reasons why he thinks the new movie “is the best representation of The Batman in any medium.” Well, I haven’t seen it, so it is a bit hard for me to say, but [...]

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Nick Park cartoons the Today Programme

21. July 2008

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Crikey, even the high-brow Today Programme, the flagship morning broadcast of normally terribly serious and heavyweight BBC Radio 4, has joined in the celebrations of the Beano’s 70th anniversary. On the Beeb site Today has gone all comic book – there’s John Humphrys teaching media class to Dennis the Menace and some fellow journalists in [...]

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Rabbit’s Christmas party

21. July 2008

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Coinciding rather nicely with the imminent new hardback edition of Bryan Talbot’s Beatrix Potter-inspired Tale of One Bad Rat (due from Cape in August) comes news of some Potter art setting a new record at auction. “Rabbit’s Christmas Party” by Beatrix Potter, painted some time in the 1890s, sold at the famous auction house Sotheby’s [...]

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Jamie Hewlett: Monkeys, Tank Girls and Gorilaz

21. July 2008

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There’s an article by Mark Kermode in the Guardian on Jamie Hewlett, most famous for being part of the Gorilaz, but shall always be the artist on Tank Girl for me. He’s been a busy boy recently, working with Damon Albarn again to put on an opera based on Monkey entitled Monkey: Journey to the [...]

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Dark Knight takes box office record

20. July 2008

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The new Batman movie The Dark Knight has surpassed the box office record for an opening weekend in US cinemas, raking in over $155 million, beating the previous record held by (the very disappointing) Spider-Man 3, which had an opening weekend of $151. As usual Brit audiences have to wait slightly longer, although in this [...]

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