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The Adventures Of Kez + Luke – stick people can be funny

31. July 2009

The Adventures Of Kaz And Luke by Luke Paton Self Published In the big world of the small press there’s room for everyone. You don’t need anything but the ability to write and draw and the passion to get your book out there, get it published, get it seen. But Luke Paton has taken this one stage further [...]

We are Family: A conversation with Vicky Stonebridge

31. July 2009

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In the coming weeks and months the Forbidden Planet International blog, Down the Tubes, Bugpowder and Fictions are going to be cross-posting Q&As by Matt Badham with the organisers of various British comic conventions, large and small. Our aim is to give the conventions themselves some well-deserved publicity and also to, hopefully, spark a wider [...]

John McCrea and PJ Holden at FPI Belfast

31. July 2009

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(Jenny Sparks strikes a light, art by Jon McCrea, pinched shamelessly from his site) John at our Belfast branch tells me that he’s lined up a signing with two local artists I’m sure our readers are familiar with already, PJ Holden and John McCrea. PJ, of course, has carved himself a good (and growing) rep with [...]

Alex’s audio round-up

30. July 2009

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It’s a somewhat soggy Thursday with occasional bursts of sunlight, one of those sunbeam splitting the clouds being the shiny visage of Alex Fitch, updating us with his aural delights; as usual check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows. Strip!: The art of Kevin O’Neill, tonight at 5pm [...]

Dave Gibbons on the Beeb

30. July 2009

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The mighty Dave Gibbons will be guesting on the George Lamb show on BBC 6Music this morning at some point during its run from 10am to 1pm; as usual with the Beeb radio programmes, if you miss it you can use the Listen Again feature to catch it for seven days after transmission. (Dave Gibbons, photo [...]

Don’t get married to an idea

30. July 2009

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Rod McKie ponders the investment in time and emotion (and possible financial repercussions) of the cartoonist creating something they like themselves but which doesn’t work for publishers or readers and how a canny cartoonist can sometimes rework it to suit when its a single cartoon but how much more difficult it is if they have [...]

All Star Superman Volume 2 – the end to possibly the only Superman story you ever need read.

30. July 2009

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All Star Superman Volume 2 by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely and Jamie Grant DC Comics. I’ve already reviewed both the first issue and the first volume (issues 1-6) of this story and it’s not going to come as a surprise to anyone that everything I wrote then still holds good: Morrison has taken Superman; a dull, tired character (after [...]

Great Deeds Against the Dead

30. July 2009

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Rob Jackson has a new comic out, Great Deeds Against the Dead,the first of a two-part story which Rob describes as “a sort of haunted house/horror story”. Knowing Rob it will be a bit different from you might expect from most horror tales, which is a Good Thing; the cover (below) certainly has a nicely [...]

Oscar Grillo’s The World is Round

30. July 2009

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Marko at Neorama tells me that Oscar Grillo’s The World is Round is being updated and readied for a new edition in the near future (hopefully also in the UK); Oscar first started World back in 1983 and while we’re waiting for a revised edition you can check out the original – with words by [...]

Reporting on the Fourth Estate

29. July 2009

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I’m sure most of you will recall the recent distasteful allegations made against British comics artist Ron Smith (see here and here), which I’m pleased to say he was completely cleared of. Especially after the manner in which the allegations had been covered in the red-top tabloids like the Sun. Michael Molcher, who went to [...]

There’s No Time Like The Present Part 9

29. July 2009

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There’s No Time Like The Present # 9 by Paul Rainey Self Published The latest comic in Paul Rainey’s rather excellent study of a group of friends, time travel and the process of ageing is rather a strange thing to review as a single issue. I talked about the problem of the comic back in the review of [...]

Torchwood at Comic Con

29. July 2009

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YouTube user Aronoel619 has posted up the first part of a video recording the Torchwood panel at the weekend’s San Diego Comic Con (link via TARDIS Newsroom):

Comics quilting

29. July 2009

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Insomnia’s Red Eye blog has a photograph of a “double page bedspread” (as author Cy Dethan described it) – its a 90″ by 70″ quilt based on Stephen Downey’s artwork from Cancertown. There’s more on this bed linen/comics crossover on the blog of the quilter responsible, Ferret. That’s one of the more unusual and cooler [...]

Who watches the Watchmen on the wall?

28. July 2009

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Artist Chu will be installing a piece of Watchmen inspired street art in the skatepark in London’s Southbank to mark the DVD release of Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal graphic novel; Chu’s website has some preparatory sketches you can check out (as well as some other very cool street art). [...]

People Just Aint No Good …..

28. July 2009

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PJANG # 1 & 2 Written by Rol Hirst. Issue 1 art by Tony McGee, Andrew Cheverton and Kelvin Green. Issue 2 art by Davey Metcalfe. Self Published People Just Aint No Good. That’s the title and the message behind Rol Hirst’s comic PJANG. I’ve read two issues of it and it certainly lives up to it’s billing; Hirst [...]

Archive | July, 2009

The Adventures Of Kez + Luke – stick people can be funny

We are Family: A conversation with Vicky Stonebridge

John McCrea and PJ Holden at FPI Belfast

Alex’s audio round-up

Dave Gibbons on the Beeb

Don’t get married to an idea

All Star Superman Volume 2 – the end to possibly the only Superman story you ever need read.

Great Deeds Against the Dead

Oscar Grillo’s The World is Round

Reporting on the Fourth Estate

There’s No Time Like The Present Part 9

Torchwood at Comic Con

Comics quilting

Who watches the Watchmen on the wall?

People Just Aint No Good …..

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