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Kenny - who has written 80 posts on The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log.
Blog 5 years old last week, shops much older
I found this advert for the business which grew into FPI when I was looking back through a pile of old Escapes (Paul Gravett’s pivotal 80’s comics mag – soon to return we hear). This is from 1985 and beautifully drawn by Phil Elliot and shows our mostly robot clientele streaming into the shop. At [...]
Continue reading...Best of the year – Kenny’s faves
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Today’s Best of the Year selection comes from FPI’s own Kenny Penman, also turned gentleman publisher with Blank Slate Books which has been bringing us new talent from the UK and translating some great work from the European comics scene: FPI: Can you pick three comics/webcomics/graphic novels which you especially enjoyed over the last twelve months [...]
Continue reading...The only thing I’ve bought more often than Los Bros Comics
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
That’s the Beatles re-mastered box sets sitting on my desk. I’m not working today but mad anticipation has brought me dashing in to grab them. I’m excited to see them, although this is something I’m now buying for the ninth or tenth time. Albums, cassettes, CD’s I’ve bought them all over the years – and [...]
Continue reading...2009 Ignatz Awards
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Everyone has posted the nominees now – so you should know what’s what. At the danger of putting my head above the trench I’ll give you my idea of who may, or who I think should, win. Outstanding Artist Tim Hensley, Mome (Fantagraphics), Kramer’s Ergot #7 (Buenaventura) Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole (Top Shelf) Richard Sala, Delphine (Fantagraphics/Coconino) Josh Simmons, [...]
Continue reading...It was 20 years ago today….
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Well 21. I was recently home clearing out a load of stuff my dad left when he died early in the year and amongst the things he had kept was a little insert magazine I had written with my business partner Jim Hamilton. It was called ‘Cut Comics 88′ and we produced it for the Scottish [...]
Continue reading...“Audiences are bored with superheroes” – Marc Ellerby talks to Wired
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Marc Ellerby is featured in the third issue of the UK version of tech, geek bible Wired. Under the headline “Pow!Zap!Clik!” – even the coolest mags need some cliché it seems – Ellerby is featured holding a comic portrait of his alter ego beside the sea in Southend. Wired reckons that comics are yet another [...]
Continue reading...Small press comics and ‘zines at N&C
Friday, May 29, 2009
Our Birmingham Nostalgia and Comics branch is undergoing a partial refit over the next four or five weeks. As part of this we will have a small, dedicated section which is reserved for selling local ‘zines and small press comics. If you would like us to carry your items please give Dave Hopkins a ring [...]
Continue reading...Free Comic Book Day in Birmingham
Thursday, May 14, 2009
(some of the Nostalgia & Comics crew let their inner geek out for air during Free Comic Book Day) Around here you can find varying opinions on Free Comic Book Day that range from wild enthusiasm for the event to muttering under the breath “could we call it something other than Free”. There are those who [...]
Continue reading...We aren’t always what we see in the mirror
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
We’ve all encountered the experience where seeing ourselves change in the mirror daily is so commonplace as to almost slip by unnoticed, only for someone else to comment on how great we look, “what’s changed” or “you look like you could do with a holiday”. Only the outside input stops you in your tracks to [...]
Continue reading...Bechdel and Heatley in latest Granta
Thursday, March 19, 2009
For those that follow these things both Alison Bechdel and David Heatley have 2 pagers in the latest issue of UK literary mag Granta. Issue 104 has just shipped and has a theme of ‘Fathers’. Bechdel produces a kind of little epilogue to ‘Fun Home’ in a summation of her relationship with her father – [...]
Continue reading...FPI Derby closing
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Some of you may have heard that we are closing our Derby store at the end of March. There are a number of reasons for this, but the main one is that it has not made money ever since it was relocated when we were forced to move around five years ago. We have supported [...]
Continue reading...Bad movies – Twittering pleasurably with Graham Linehan
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The FPI online crew are just adjusting to the wonders of Twitter but here’s a thing that might get more of you interested in taking up the addictive art of Twittering: want to discuss bad films in 140 words or less through long dark British nights? Well why not do it in the company of [...]
Continue reading...Giraffes in my hair
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Carol Swain is one of our best cartoonists and one who seems a little under-appreciated to me. Her art has ploughed it’s own distinctive furrow whilst elements of her artistry and design at times recall greats such as Jose Munoz and Lorenzo Mattotti. She isn’t the most productive of cartoonists but what appears almost always [...]
Continue reading...20 Questions With Cartoonists
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Cartoonist Austin English has started a new interview blog where he delves into the mysteries of the creative process with some of comics’ brightest talents. Austin himself has recently had his work nominated for an Ignatz and is close to our heart not only for his fine comics work and his new blog exploring the [...]
Continue reading...Did You Miss Me? The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8
Thursday, August 14, 2008
The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8 Written and illustrated by Thomas Ott If you have followed Thomas Ott through previous books there won’t be anything here that really surprises – apart from the fact that this is one long story rather than a number of short ones as in most (all?) of his previous books. It’s always a little difficult [...]
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