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Video Nasties – flawed, yet brilliantly so.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

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Video Nasties Issues 1-5 By Chris Doherty Chris Doherty has been promising me these comics for a long time now. But one thing and another meant I didn’t get them until Thought Bubble. And after reading six issues I rather wish he hadn’t sent me them. Not yet. If he’d have waited for the final [...]

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The Royal Wedding comic rush begins….

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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Okay, this week we had the announcement from Markosia of the forthcoming Royal Wedding comic Kate & William – A Very Public Love Story: Full PR at the Markosia website but it’s written by Rich Johnston in two parts – his & hers – with the “”his” art by Gary Erskine and the “hers” art [...]

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James Nash makes Skyscraper Diary Comics…..

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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The Present Is Not A Purgatory and Speaking Of Not Knowing – Diary Comics 2008 and 2009 James Nash James Nash draws a diary comic, three panels a day, pretty much every day over a year. And then they’re collected together in one of the most unusual formats I think I’ve ever seen in comics. [...]

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Entering The Wild Kingdom

Monday, January 17, 2011

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The Wild Kingdom By Kevin Huizenga Drawn & Quarterly For a long time I’ve been seeing Kevin Huizenga and his work described thus: “Standing out amongst his contemporaries, Kevin Huizenga is the leading cartoonist of his generation whose subtle mastery of the medium has earned him countless accolades and awards. Huizenga’s comics are at once [...]

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Nobrow – one of Britain’s best looking publishers….

Sunday, January 16, 2011

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I don’t read enough Nobrow stuff. I certainly don’t review enough. Must change that in 2011. Because they’re at the forefront of a wave of comic companies in the UK that are taking the comics medium into new places. Between Nobrow, Blank Slate, Cinebook, SelfMadeHero, Fanfare/Ponent Mon and old standard bearers Knockabout there’s something very [...]

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More good stuff to come in 2011….

Sunday, January 16, 2011

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I didn’t plan for this to become some sort of regular feature, but as long as publishers keep announcing new stuff that looks great for the coming year we’ll keep bringing it to your attention. We’re deep into January now and we’re starting to see the publishing schedules from various publishers firmed up. And 2011 [...]

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Paul Rainey gives us more Time and the debut appearance of The Two Pauls…..

Sunday, January 16, 2011

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Paul Rainey, of the excellent There’s No Time Like The Present, has been in touch to tell me about the extra exclusive supplemental TNTLTP pages he’s produced for the Paul Gravett curated That’s Novel exhibition. Here’s one, the rest are at Paul’s website found at the TNTLTP pages: And on February 19th Paul will be [...]

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Dandy news….

Sunday, January 16, 2011

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The latest issue came out this week with the nicest cover of the new run so far – introducing Jamie Smart’s Arena Of Awesome, which really is as simple as two characters having a fight. But when the characters are Kill-O-Bot and a giant Panda, and it’s by Jamie Smart then you know it’s going [...]

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Art For Art’s Sake

Sunday, January 16, 2011

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Anopther weekend, another selection of cracking artwork I’ve seen during the week around and about the Interthing…. (Bruce Timm gorgeousness from the very, very worth bookmarking Grantbridge Street Tumbler) (Christopher Jones does a whole Doctor Who / Bill & Ted mashup. Via Mark Kardwell.) (Charley Brown and Snoopy by Boulet. Via Drawn) (Brendan McCarthy’s Dredd [...]

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2011 – The year the complete Barks’ Duck Library begins…

Saturday, January 15, 2011

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Completely forgot to mention this a while back, but thought it needed covering just in case you missed it. It’s going to be a great year for Fantagraphics (and for us comic fans) – as they’ve recently announced that they’ve acquired the right from Disney to produce what may well become the definitive Carl Barks [...]

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Howard Hardiman brings us good news, and more Badger….

Saturday, January 15, 2011

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I reviewed Howard Hardiman‘s new comic “The Lengths” a few days back, but he’s been in touch with the good news that he’s finally got a distribution deal for The Lengths. Only the Uk perhaps, but it’s still great news: “The Lengths has a UK-wide distribution deal through Diamond UK! I’m superbly excited. This means [...]

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Tintin – Breaking Free

Saturday, January 15, 2011

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Warren Ellis posted this earlier in the week, so everyone’s probably seen it now, but just in case…. The Adventures Of Tintin: Breaking Free was an underground publication published in ’88 and again in ’99. I remember it from ’99 with that great cover from above and reading it again I’m pleased at how well [...]

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Hark…. and rejoice. Beaton gets drawn and quartered.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

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Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant webcomic has long been something a lot of us have been enjoying, particularly in it’s collected highlights package from 2009 that is Never Learn Anything From History. She’s slowly been making her name, building up fans, from in and outside comics and we all knew it wouldn’t, shouldn’t be long before she [...]

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Jamie Smart’s Desperate Dan….

Saturday, January 15, 2011

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Jamie Smart‘s Desperate Dan has a lovely look, with a modern twist that doesn’t lose what made the character iconic in the first place. It’s a really fun part of the new Dandy – and here’s a video showing you how he does it (Via Angry Candy).

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Porcellino for $200 plus?

Saturday, January 15, 2011

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John Porcellino had me with his “Map Of My Heart“. And now I find myself looking at his box set “Fuckin Dork” and thinking “Oh if only I had the cash floating around…..”. $180 + postage for a set of 6 lithographs, made by Porcellino in 1990 and put together in a fleece-padded cardboard box. [...]

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