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“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 [...]

Small press comics and ‘zines at N&C

Friday, May 29, 2009

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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 [...]

Free Comic Book Day in Birmingham

Thursday, May 14, 2009

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(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 [...]

We aren’t always what we see in the mirror

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

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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 [...]

Bechdel and Heatley in latest Granta

Thursday, March 19, 2009

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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 – [...]

FPI Derby closing

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

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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 [...]

Bad movies – Twittering pleasurably with Graham Linehan

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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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 [...]

Giraffes in my hair

Thursday, January 22, 2009

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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 [...]

20 Questions With Cartoonists

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

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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 [...]

Did You Miss Me? The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8

Thursday, August 14, 2008

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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 [...]

Katie Beaton could save the world

Thursday, June 19, 2008

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I’ve seen the odd link to Katie’s site over the past year or so, but hadn’t really looked at it since I read her first series of very funny cartoons for “History Project” – my how we’ve grown. If you are down in the dumps, bored at work (what! don’t you know there is a [...]

Quick & Flupke in English – how do I buy an International Money order?

Friday, June 13, 2008

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If you are an English speaking Hergé fan it’s pretty likely that you are missing copies of his other major comics work outside of The Adventures of Tintin. Quick & Flupke has, as far as I remember (and a look through Amazon seems to confirm it) only ever had a limited number of the books [...]

Did You Miss Me? Kenny indulges his inner child with the DFC

Friday, May 30, 2008

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The first issue of the DFC weekly comic arrived today, after the concentrated publicity burst of the last few weeks which saw David Fickling making good use of the connections a publisher specialising in children’s books has to try and drum up subscriptions and publicity through the media. So let’s have a look at what [...]

P.S. – Bye, bye PS

Thursday, May 29, 2008

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After what seems like forever, one of the last links in the chain of continuity through the years that runs from Titan distributors through Diamond Comics UK, Pat Sullivan, leaves the company today. I’ve personally dealt with Pat for over 20 years – and some times it has felt like it; you end up talking [...]

What Rian Did Next

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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You might have thought it unlikely that any of you would have been rushing out to buy a book authored by ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell (I dunno, Madonna’s children’s books have been a big success – Joe) but the first of her series of children’s books ‘Ugenia Lavender‘, published this week, might have you thinking [...]

The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

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“Audiences are bored with superheroes” – Marc Ellerby talks to Wired

Small press comics and ‘zines at N&C

Free Comic Book Day in Birmingham

We aren’t always what we see in the mirror

Bechdel and Heatley in latest Granta

FPI Derby closing

Bad movies – Twittering pleasurably with Graham Linehan

Giraffes in my hair

20 Questions With Cartoonists

Did You Miss Me? The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8

Katie Beaton could save the world

Quick & Flupke in English – how do I buy an International Money order?

Did You Miss Me? Kenny indulges his inner child with the DFC

P.S. – Bye, bye PS

What Rian Did Next

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