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Alter Ego art show… the pics!

Sunday, May 20, 2012

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The Alter Ego show finished on Wednesday – and from all reports it was a bit good. Seven artists involved: Waste, Cottonmouth (RichT) , Guy McKinley, Klingatron, Robert Ball, Smug, and WJC looking at the ideas of being someone else, hero, villain, whatever…. the artwork is over at the Alter Ego Facebook page. But I figured you could cope with a [...]

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2012 2000AD Pledge – Prog 1783

Saturday, May 19, 2012

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In February 2012, for the 35th anniversary of 2000AD, I made a pledge: “But here’s a deal for you. If you’ll do it, so will I. 2012 will be the year I read 2000AD. 2012 will be the year YOU read 2000AD.” It says Block War on the front of that Karl Richardson cover (don’t [...]

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3 weekends, 4 events … busy, busy, busy

Saturday, May 19, 2012

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This weekend it’s…. Next week/weekend it’s …. And to end the month we have… Hmmm… what was it Tim Pilcher was saying about too many cons?

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Avengers Disassembled

Saturday, May 19, 2012

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Silly, cute, funny…. Avengers Disassembled by Junaid Chundrigar. (Via Superpunch) And if you want to see more – character designs here. Love the expression on Black Widow’s face.

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2nd International Alternative Press Festival

Saturday, May 19, 2012

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Jimi Gherkin sends news of the next Alternative Press Festival – lots of notice – happpening in August… “We are SUPER EXCITED to announce the 2nd International Alternative Press Festival (#iapf2) on 4th & 5th August 2012! So far we have exhibitions planned for Orbital Comics, Gosh! London and TEN (yes, TEN!) venues in the [...]

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David Lloyd has a lovely little something for you at Kapow….

Saturday, May 19, 2012

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From David Lloyd’s FB: “I’m at Kapow this weekend. I could put a link here for that, but you’ve only got to Google that event – power-wasting though that is – to go there, and I want to use a pic here to point you to what I’m proud to be previewing there – a [...]

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Comic reviews… not reviews of comics…. anyone fancy a go?

Saturday, May 19, 2012

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That’s comic reviews of stuff… not reviews of comics, if you see what I mean. David Ziggy Greene does them for The Stool Pigeon music paper, and also for their website, like this one from the recent (and from the sound of it rather uninspiring) Canden Crawl): Electric Sheep Magazine does a load of them [...]

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Haunted Bowels

Friday, May 18, 2012

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Haunted Bowels – Collected Comics Volume 1 By Craig Collins, Dave Alexander, James Corcoran, Iain Laurie, Paul McCann, Rob Miller, Nulsh, Curt Sibling, Robert Thomson and Jacek Zabawa. Craig Collins has featured here on the blog already in 2011 with his and Iain Laurie’s Roachwell collection. That was a seemingly disconnected slightly absurdist collection of strips, one and two-pagers that managed to become [...]

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Largo Winch – the priceless thriller that’s all about the money…

Thursday, May 17, 2012

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Largo Winch Volumes 9 & 10: The Price Of Money & The Law Of The Dollar Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Franq Cinebook Okay… here’s the blurb… The Price Of Money: “A man shoots himself in front of Largo, live on TV. He was a guest on a financial talk show who had lost his [...]

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Crisp Biscuit Comics #2

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

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Crisp Biscuit Comics #2 By Robert Wells Issue 2 of Rob Wells’ Crisp Biscuit Comics – and apart from the upgraded paper stock and the crisper printing, it’s essentially more of the same from issue 1 – reviewed back in 2011. But don’t misunderstand me – more of the same is not necessarily a bad [...]

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Lucky Luke – Volume 34 – gags over plot this time…

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

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Lucky Luke Volume 34 – The Daltons; Always On The Run By Goscinny and Morris Cinebook “A general amnesty puts the Daltons back on the streets, something Lucky Luke isn’t happy about. And, to make it worse, they seem to have become model citizens. It’s all an act, though, and it doesn’t take long for [...]

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DC New 52 Collections Catchup… Green Lantern

Monday, May 14, 2012

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Okay, it’s catch-up time for a few DC New 52 titles I kept up with. You remember the whole DC New 52 thing don’t you? Where DC decided the entire DC Universe needed a good kick up the continuity backside, and started everything from #1 again. 52 new series. And back in September, we looked [...]

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Art For Art’s Sake

Sunday, May 13, 2012

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Comics…. Internet…. Art? We think so…. Craig Thompson does a little of Mike Mignola’s Hellboy (Via Aw Yeah Comics) Jonathan Edwards has this “Happy Hour” print for sale. David Hitchcock‘s Batman from many years ago: “Way back when (around 12 years ago I reckon) I did this victorian Batman, if was a for an idea [...]

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Lovelace & Babbage – the book!

Sunday, May 13, 2012

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We’ve talked of our enjoyment of Sydney Padua’s Lovelace & Babbage before now, but it’s great to be able to report that Padua has recently announced that she’s got herself one of those book deals with one of those book publishers: “What started as a punchline to a one-shot comic– hey, wouldn’t it be hilarious [...]

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Great Comics That Never Happened….

Sunday, May 13, 2012

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Over at Comics Alliance Chris Sims has been putting together some great cover mashups, complete with guest art and plotlines. I meant to link to them before, but never managed. But here’s the latest…. Art by Kerry Callan, and here’s the plot by Chris Sims: For years, the Riddler has been one of Batman’s deadliest foes, [...]

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