Archive | November, 2008

The DFC at six months: what the writers and artists think….

30. November 2008

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For the past few days, I’ve had my say and Molly’s had her say on the DFC Comic and how much we’re both enjoying it. But I thought it might be interesting to see what a few people who make the comic strips in the DFC thought when asked the question: What do YOU think about [...]

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The DFC is for Christmas…..

30. November 2008

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Just as a little addendum to the ongoing series of posts about the DFC this past week, I need to draw your attenbtion to the Advent calendar that the website is starting from Monday. You can go over there now and see, but the surprises aren’t quite ready to be revealed yet…. However, one Christmas present [...]

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DFC Reviews: Vern & Lettuce, Sausage & Carrots. One page and three panels each week of great comics.

29. November 2008

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As part of our week long look at the weekly DFC Comic, currently celebrating six months of publication, it’s time to have a look at two more strips that feature high on the must read list each week for both myself and Molly, my 9 year old. She’s already talked about these in the interview [...]

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Whores of Mensa – Les Dames de Paris

29. November 2008

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I love the cover art to the next issue of Whores of Mensa by Jeremy Dennis, Ellen Lindner and Mardou. Its got a bit of a Sgt Pepper’s cover vibe to it, but angled to the feminine and filtered through the undeniable style of Paris.  Jeremy has it up on the Clean Skies blog and [...]

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Jim Medway’s Comica report……

29. November 2008

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Following on from both the review of Crab Lane Crew and the round up of Comica reports, I just had to post this great cartoon report on Comica by Jim Medway. It seems Jim got a little starstruck meeting Groening and Spiegelman! Art from Jim Medway’s blog. (c) Jim Medway.

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From Our Continental Correspondent – BoDoï moves to online

29. November 2008

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Ever since Bruno Bonnell announced in September that BoDoï, one of the best and most authoritative information magazines on all things BD, would cease print publication in favour of going strictly on-line, the magazine’s site has changed from a sales tool into one of the best French comics news sites.  Before, the only items you [...]

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Comica & Comiket reports

29. November 2008

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It’s a busy old time in comicdom right now. Last weekend was Thought Bubble, the Leeds Comic Convention (FPI report here). And all through November the Paul Gravett curated Comica 2008 event has been taking place in London. We gave you a run down of some of the events taking place in a series of [...]

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Sparky O’Hare

28. November 2008

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Continuing with our exclusive preview from the new Blank Slate Books translation of Mawil’s Sparky O’Hare: (Sparky O’Hare preview courtesy of and (c) Mawil, published by Blank Slate Books, click the image for the larger picture; you can visit Mawil’s site here)

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Raymond Briggs honoured

28. November 2008

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I somehow missed spotting the results for the Cartoon Art Trust Awards until Tom Spurgeon mentioned that the great Raymond Briggs had been honoured at them with a lifetime achievement award, one of those rare illustrators and cartoonists who can delight both adult and child readers, deftly moving between both worlds with quite lovely artwork [...]

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Pens, Pencils and Photocopiers – the Alternative Press Fair

28. November 2008

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(groovy flier artwork by Richard Cowdry) Not far from Euston Station in London this February will see the Alternative Press Fair on Sunday 1st February in the St Aloysius Social Club: “Bringing together the worlds of alternative comics, zines, self-produced art-books, poetry and diy/punk culture  for one amazing day, like a great colourful blancmange that you [...]

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DFC Reviews: The Crab Lane Crew by Jim Medway

28. November 2008

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As part of the extended look at the DFC going on this week here on the blog, I thought it would be nice to look at some of mine and (more importantly) Molly’s favourites. Obviously, this is a quick sampler, as favourites come and go, but overall, here’s what really gets first look each week. [...]

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Badger on show

28. November 2008

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Art from Howard Hardiman’s Badger (which our own Richard Bruton really enjoyed – see here) will be exhibited at the Picture House Cinema in Greenwich throughout the whole of December. (thanks to Alex Fitch for the news; Alex tells us that Howard will be an upcoming guest on Strip!) (Badger on hilly fields, art and (c) [...]

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Berlin And That

28. November 2008

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Over on the Trains Are Mint blog Oli East is sharing some artwork from his next project, Berlin And That, which is a collaborative project with other artists inspired by graffiti and murals in Berlin: “If I were to draw it all myself then it’d look a bit crap as obviously all the stuff in [...]

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Brit comics – resurgent, holding their own or declining?

27. November 2008

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Over on Down The Tubes John Freeman has assembled a good chunk of the reports, arguments and counter-arguments about the state of British comics publishing, sparked off by a Mintel report which claims a rise of some 72% for comics since 2003, against a marked decline in teenage magazines. A number of folks in various [...]

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Sparky O’Hare

27. November 2008

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Continuing with our exclusive preview from the new Blank Slate Books translation of Mawil’s Sparky O’Hare: (Sparky O’Hare preview courtesy of and (c) Mawil, published by Blank Slate Books, click the image for the larger picture; you can visit Mawil’s site here)

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