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Mutts – the movie?

6. August 2011

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Okay, this may be terrible, it may be great.. although the Hollywood Reporter use of Garfield as an example is an ill-omen… From Blog at Newsarama: “The Hollywood Reporter says McDonnell and his brother Robert will write the script with Patrick also serving as executive producer. If you aren’t familiar, Mutts is a daily syndicated [...]

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Nick Abadzis’ alternate Laika – one last time…

5. August 2011

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Nick Abadzis has been posting alternate endings to Laika over on the Big Planet Comics site as as part of their 25th anniversary celebrations. And he’s just put up the very last one. It’s a perfect ending, summarising everything that attracted him to the subject in the first place and…. oh, just look at it…

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Get out of the water Charlie Brown….

5. August 2011

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Centre For Cartoon Studies Alumni Chuck Forsman has a great Peanuts / Jaws mashup to show us…. Foreman notes: “After my Raiders/Popeye(still available) strip was so well received I decided to try another combination. This time it is 2 of my all-time favorites: Spielberg and Benchley’s Jaws drawn like Schulz’s Peanuts. Like the last mashup, this [...]

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Dredd Again: An interview with John Tomlinson

5. August 2011

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During his career, John Tomlinson has worked for just about everyone in British comics publishing as either a writer or editor (including Marvel UK, 2000 AD and Tundra). This conversation has been compiled from the unused parts of a 5000-word interview with John Tomlinson conducted by Matt Badham recently for the Judge Dredd Megazine, and [...]

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Kirby – The Comics Journal follows up….

5. August 2011

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Earlier this week, The Comics Journal posted their thoughts on the recent judgement in the US preventing the Jack Kirby Estate from going to trial to challenge marvel Comic’s ownership of Kirby’s characters. As you might expect it’s somewhat essential reading for anyone with an interest in comics: Some legal observers were expecting Marvel to [...]

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Upcoming…. Barks’ Donald Duck… but not here.

5. August 2011

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Coming in October, Fantagraphics are starting a brand new reprint series, in affordable yet beautiful hardcovers of Carl Barks’ absolutely classic Donald Duck comics. For a little background I’ll pass you over to Fantagraphics’ PR: “Barks alternated between longish, sprawling 20- or 30-page adventure yarns filled with the romance of danger, courage, and derring-do, whose [...]

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To Do – Kevin O’Neill at FPI Dublin tomorrow…..

5. August 2011

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To celebrate the launch of the second volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century, the new volume 1969 artist Kevin O’Neill will be in FPI Dublin on Saturday the 6th of August from 3pm. But even if you can’t make it on the day, just get in touch with the Dublin store (fpdublin@eircom.net or join their [...]

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Here we go again…. “Dear Daily Mail”….

5. August 2011

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“Maybe the costume is in bad taste” Nope, maybe it’s the ridiculous reactions to it that are in bad taste. That young man above is Miles Morales, the youngster who takes over the Spider-Man name in the Ultimate Universe from last Wednesday’s Ultimate Fallout #4. A young, mixed race kid, African-American father, Hispanic mother. It’s a [...]

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To Do: Caption 2011 – Tomorrow!

5. August 2011

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The UK’s longest running comic convention takes place once more in Oxford tomorrow. Details at the Caption website. Provisional schedule includes; interviews with Paul Gravett, Paul Grist and INJ Culbard; a recycling comics workshop from Jeremy Day; and a Paul Duffield versus Kate Brown event moderated by Alex Fitch. Whatever the weather, you’ll be guaranteed [...]

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Better, Drawn….

5. August 2011

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We’ve talked of the new Better, Drawn tumblr before here on the blog. It’s a new blog, set up by Simon Moreton, and described as….. “Better, drawn is a place for people to share stories about long-term mental and physical illnesses, told in the form of short comics. The site is a way for people [...]

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Alex’s audio round-up

4. August 2011

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As our sudden burst of summer warmth one more turns to the more familiar British summer weather of rain and cloud, here’s little ray of virtual sunshine Alex Fitch with news of his upcoming comics and SF related shows; as ever check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to podcasts of previous [...]

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Self-image, relationships, life – Debeurme’s astonishing Lucille

4. August 2011

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Lucille By Ludovic Debeurme Top Shelf Lucille, the 544-page graphic novel by French artist/writer/singer Ludovic Debeurme, has recently been translated into English and published by Top Shelf. It arrives with an impressive pedigree: it was released in France in 2006 and won the prestigious René Goscinny Prize, was named one of the 5 ‘essential’ graphic [...]

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Turn Left

4. August 2011

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Turn Left was a multi-media garden party held at the Fleece station studios in New Cross. New Cross itself is home to a large tranche of cartoonist currently occupying the self publishing boon in London. Here is a quick list (please excuse any omissions): deep breath – Ellen Lindner, Sarah McIntyre, Gary Northfield, Howard Hardiman, [...]

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Warrior – Spiral Path and Demon Stalker

4. August 2011

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Okay, last few yesteryear treats for you from the 2nd issue of Dez Skinn’s influential Warrior comic that I picked up in the Oxfam comics bash in Edinburgh recently (see here for gig report). Here’s Steve Parkhouse with the Spiral Path fantasy work (click the pics for the bigger versions on Flickr): And more heroic [...]

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Edinburgh small press and zine fair this weekend

4. August 2011

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Edinburgh’s super-cool Forest venue (for those not familiar with the city, a great arts spot and cafe and venue dedicated to independent artists and creators) will be host to a small press and zine fair on August 7th from 12 to 5pm, followed by some readings later in the evening from 6 to 9pm, with [...]

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