http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2008/best-of-2008-richards-best-of-propaganda-2008/ The Best In Sci-Fi & Fantasy, News, Reviews, Graphic Novels, comics and more! Thu, 24 May 2012 20:32:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=581 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2008/best-of-2008-richards-best-of-propaganda-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-228588 Sarah McIntyre Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:17:06 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=10058#comment-228588 Thanks, Richard & Molly! :-) Thanks, Richard & Molly! :-)

]]> http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2008/best-of-2008-richards-best-of-propaganda-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-228333 Kenny Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:59:12 +0000 http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=10058#comment-228333 Thanks for the encouragement Richard. I'm not sure becoming a UK D&Q or Fanta is a stated intention although that is the part of the market I would see us trying to join. Both D&Q and Fanta did more for comics than we can ever do given that in their early years they truly tried to forge boundaries for comics which hadn't existed before, they have now settled into a much more straightforward 'literary' narrative tradition but much of what was published before was fairly avant-garde (especially in the case of Fanatagraphics). We are lucky enough to enter the field when the ground rules and parameters for art/alt comics have largely been defined. We are probably closer to someone like UK publisher Slab-O-Concrete who did a huge amount to bring new UK cartoonists to the market in the late 90's. If we can get as many authors in print and as many books published as Peter did I will think we've succeeded. Thanks for the encouragement Richard. I’m not sure becoming a UK D&Q or Fanta is a stated intention although that is the part of the market I would see us trying to join. Both D&Q and Fanta did more for comics than we can ever do given that in their early years they truly tried to forge boundaries for comics which hadn’t existed before, they have now settled into a much more straightforward ‘literary’ narrative tradition but much of what was published before was fairly avant-garde (especially in the case of Fanatagraphics). We are lucky enough to enter the field when the ground rules and parameters for art/alt comics have largely been defined. We are probably closer to someone like UK publisher Slab-O-Concrete who did a huge amount to bring new UK cartoonists to the market in the late 90′s. If we can get as many authors in print and as many books published as Peter did I will think we’ve succeeded.

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