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Badger’s Diary
Badger’s Diary By Howard Hardiman On one hand, it simply confuses, this prose with illustrations little non-comic with the name of an old, old friend written on the front. This is Badger’s Dairy. It says so on the front cover. And there he is again on the back cover…. that’s the little critter I remember [...]
Continue reading...More on The Phoenix….. Issue 4
Sunday, January 29, 2012
The Phoenix Issue 4 Regular as clockwork, Phoenix issue 4 drops through the letterbox, and regular as clockwork, Molly grabs it and refuses to give it up until she’s read it cover to cover. She promises to write something about it soon, but basically she’s enjoying most of it, especially Long Gone Don by the [...]
Continue reading...Fancy a 1p comic?
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Over at the Art Heroes website, Daniel Clifford and artist Lee Robinson are offering their Halcyon And Tenderfoot preview issue for the princely sum of one little penny (digital) or one penny plus p&p (print): “….we’ve got the Halcyon & Tenderfoot preview issue for just 1p at the moment. There is a digital version available [...]
Continue reading...Art For Art’s Sake
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Another week, another load of great comic art…. this Internet thing spoils us…. Lovely Tank Girl artwork for the forthcoming Athens Comic Convention by Rufus Dayglo. Love, love, love that scarf…. Lew Stringer: “The Justice Plague of Britain in action. A scene from the Brickman series I did that was a back up in ELEPHANTMEN [...]
Continue reading...Classics Illustrated – what would you do?
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Thanks to Wim for pointing this one out – a fascinating re-do of the Classics Illustrated idea. It’s all part of a comics feature by At Length magazine, all based around the question: “If you were hired by Classics Illustrated and told to choose a book—any book!—to adapt into a comic, what would it be? Why that [...]
Continue reading...Jamie Smart – Hey, that’s my work!
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Just what do you do, in these mass media times, when you come across someone using your work for commercial means? It’s happening more and more now, with the Internet meaning that not only is it easier than ever to find something and steal it, it’s also far easier for the original artist to discover [...]
Continue reading...Polish Mute Comics – a thing that I never realised was a thing up until now….
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Polish Mute Comics? Yep, they are a thing it seems. At least enough of a thing to warrant a website collecting mute comics from 31 authors at present. I was sent their way by Piotr Nowacki, artist of Tainted and Moe. Seems he isn’t alone with the no words thing. Here’s how the website describes itself: “Welcome [...]
Continue reading...Lizz Lunney conquers the world (or at last the card shops…)
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Lizz Lunney – a source of continual, simple joy – her work always a treat, her unusual, quirky ideas and simple cartooning producing some wonderful comics over the past few years. Most recently with the great Depressed Cat comics. And it’s good to see it’s not without some reward. Although, unfortunately, it’s not really a [...]
Continue reading...Anyone fancy popping along to a pop up comic festival?
Saturday, January 28, 2012
….. because Sarah McIntyre’s thinking of putting one on. It’s all part of the London Pop Up Story festival happening 30th June & 1st July: Sarah writes on her Live Journal: “I’m one of the creators chosen to curate this year’s Pop-Up Festival in London on 30 June & 1 July.2 “So here’s the deal! We’ll each [...]
Continue reading...New For 2012: Howard Hardiman
Saturday, January 28, 2012
(Preview page from issue 5 of The Lengths by Howard Hardiman – coming soon!) Howard Hardiman has a busy 2012 lined up. The artist behind Badger and new series The Lengths (issue 4 reviewed last week) has dedicated most of the year to finishing the 8-issue series, with an issue every couple of months from [...]
Continue reading...Henry Flint’s One Page Graphic Novel…..
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Just one page, but what a page…. artist Henry Flint gives you the one page graphic novel: The Thames Megalodon: “Keith is a dustman who is shot into the future by a Time Vortex. He meets three companions and they start an epic adventure and It’s up to you to fill in the gaps.“
Continue reading...The Badass Scooby Doo gang…
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Love this; from Noelle Stevenson (and via Julia Scheele) – a great badass Scooby gang…
Continue reading...DC Logo – what about a designer’s opinion?
Saturday, January 28, 2012
DC’s new logo. Not the most popular of things around the Internet. But wouldn’t you like to hear what a designer thinks? How about the best designer in comics? Here’s Rian Hughes (from his facebook). I reckon he’s worth listening to on this: “Here’s the thing – a comic book logo has got to fulfill [...]
Continue reading...Philippa Rice’s new portfolio site…
Saturday, January 28, 2012
It’s not all just collage and My Cardboard Life for Philippa Rice. Her new portfolio site has a lot of unseen art from Rice, together with previews/complete strips from the likes of Nelson, Paper Science, Solipsistic Pop, Ink+Paper. Illustration first…. Patterns (from her book Patterns Forever): Fishes (self portrait): Now comics. There’s a full 25 page [...]
Continue reading...17 Webcomics – a suggested reading list…
Saturday, January 28, 2012
I don’t know if you’re anything like me or not, but I have a problem with webcomics. In fact I have two major problems: First, I don’t really like reading on screen all that much. I’m gradually getting used to reading single issue comics on screen for review, but anything longer just does my eyes [...]
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- Charlie Adlard in FP Glasgow
- See my vest...
- Marvel on Marvelman – “Sit tight. We’ll have some additional news soon.”
- Getting the Funke out
- The Lengths Issue 4
- Lizz Lunney conquers the world (or at last the card shops...)
- Spiritual architecture
- Arthur and Posy
- The Phoenix Comic - Issue 3
- Art For Art's Sake....
- Matt Badham: Wow! Well done, Lizz. That's very cool....
- John: Only now, on reading this post, do I realise a mis...
- Shug: It doesn't read well from a distance....
- David Z Greene: Soooooooo gutted I couldn't go this year. Number ...
- Nina: If you come to London I will review it for Remoteg...
- From our Continenal Correspondent: Angouleme – the best of the rest
- Badger’s Diary
- Dino’s comics workshop
- Stan Lee at Sundance
- More on The Phoenix….. Issue 4
- Fancy a 1p comic?
- Art For Art’s Sake
- Classics Illustrated – what would you do?
- Jamie Smart – Hey, that’s my work!
- Polish Mute Comics – a thing that I never realised was a thing up until now….
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