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The campaign for real fear

12. March 2010

Maura McHugh has news of a short story competition that should interest all our readers with a creative bent: “What are the horror myths for the 21st century? Sure, we all love our werewolves and vampires, but where are the new monsters for our age? Where are the characters that reflect the diversity in our [...]

Win an ink sketch from Graeme Neil Reid

5. February 2010

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Graeme Neil Reid tells me he posted up no less than eighteen different ink sketches on his blog through December and January, taking in science fiction characters, comics and sci-fi movies. Now he’s offering a chance to win your choice from the sketches, simply by clicking the follow button on his blog and leaving your [...]

Ken Sprague Fund International Political Cartoon Competition 2010

20. January 2010

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The Ken Sprague Fund, set up in memory of the late cartoonist and campaigner for human rights and staunch supporter of socialism, has its political cartoon competition open for entries, with the 2010 competition being on the theme “Money makes the world go round: globalisation, financial meltdown, fair trade and economic justice”. The closing date [...]

The Observer / Cape “non-winners” – Jim Medway & Andi Watson

8. November 2009

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For an explanation of all this – see here. To end our little look at the great works entered for the Graphic Short Story Prize we have two familiar names to the regular readers of this blog. First up Jim Medway, who comes up with the beautiful and frankly hilarious Paul Crystal, Graphic Designer. But, like [...]

The Observer / Cape “non-winners” – Sion Smith & Charlotte Rose, Mickey Lam & Hannah Forward,

8. November 2009

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For an explanation of all this – see here. Fire Sermon by Sion Smith and Charlotte Rose (available as an free ebook here) – a very different style from a lot of the entries it seems, and Sion says on the Tales From The Zodiac Lung blog that “they were obviously looking for something very [...]

The Observer / Cape “non-winners” – Laurie J Proud, Maddy Vian, Khaled Abou Alfa & Dan Archer

8. November 2009

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For an explanation of all this – see here. Three very different styles on show with these entries, first up is Laurie J Proud’s entry Aubrey, which brilliantly features the line “We moved away in 1948 after Dad went mad and burned the shed down”. And then there’s Maddy Vian’s IDEAS – Maddy is very [...]

The Observer / Cape “non-winners” – Jason Cobley & Paul Harrison Davies, Natalie d’Arbeloff & Frances Castle

7. November 2009

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For an explanation of all this – see here. Next up we have the entry from the writer and artist team of Jason Cobley and Paul Harrison Davies – a reworking of their Hugo The Zombie strip from the Accent UK Zombies special. Following that we have the entry by illustrator Frances Castle as she [...]

The Observer / Cape “non-winners” – Rob Davis, David O’Connell, Luke Pearson

7. November 2009

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For an explanation of all this – see here. To kick things off, the first “non-winner” that I saw online a couple of weeks ago: Rob Davis. Rob put his excellent entry “How I Built My Father” up on his blog here, complete with a little explanatory commentary here. And then David O’Connell brings us [...]

And the winner of the Cape/Observer 2099 Graphic Short Story Prize ISN’T………

7. November 2009

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Last weekend, the Observer/Cape Graphic Short Story prize was announced. Our post on it is here, together with rather a lot of comments. Even before the winner’s announcement I had been thinking it would be nice to put up a few of the “non-winners” as the quality of the work looked really high. But since [...]

And the 2009 Observer/Cape graphic short story prize winner is…….

1. November 2009

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The annual Observer/Cape graphic short story award prize winners were announced today online nd in the Observer. The 1st prize was awarded to Vivien McDermid with her story “Paint”. Described as a “vividly captured and tender story” that was a “touching portrayal of mother with a small toddler“. Vivien will receive a cheque for £1000 at [...]

Ed Brubaker Wants You Dead

5. September 2009

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No, not a writer having a really bad day – this is the latest in a host of charity events to raise money for operations needed to save veteran writer John Ostrander’s sight. Ostrander suffers from Glaucoma and, like so many US comic professionals, doesn’t have the necessary medical insurance cover to meet the costs [...]

Win Doctor Who art

2. September 2009

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Graeme Neil Reid drops me a line to say that he and his compadres on the Scottish comics artists collective Scotch Corner have a new competition up for September. Graeme, like many of us, is a huge Doctor Who fan and he decided a while back to make a Who poster styled after the classic [...]

Avatar 3-D trailer at the Glasgow IMAX

18. August 2009

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The Glasgow Science Centre folks tell us they are showing the fifteen minute 3-D trailer for James Cameron’s much-anticipated, highly secretive (let’s hope the finished work equals the hype!) return to feature films, the science fiction movie Avatar on August 23rd. They’re also offering one lucky soul a chance to win a pair of tickets [...]

CTRL ALT SHIFT comic design competition

13. August 2009

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Siobhan drops us a line to let us know about an interesting sounding comics-making competition which is running in conjunction with the youth charity CTRL ALT SHIFT and the respected Comica festival; from the official description: “Entrants to the competition will be in with the chance to create a unique comic style story in collaboration with [...]

Win Stargate goodies!

6. August 2009

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Stargate Atlantis may have reached its conclusion, but while we wait impatiently for the new Stargate Universe to grace our screens (Robert Carlyle in Stargate!!) this month we can go back and revisit some old friends as the fifth and final season box set of Stargate Atlantis is released on August 10th. This final season [...]

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The campaign for real fear

Win an ink sketch from Graeme Neil Reid

Ken Sprague Fund International Political Cartoon Competition 2010

The Observer / Cape “non-winners” – Jim Medway & Andi Watson

The Observer / Cape “non-winners” – Sion Smith & Charlotte Rose, Mickey Lam & Hannah Forward,

The Observer / Cape “non-winners” – Laurie J Proud, Maddy Vian, Khaled Abou Alfa & Dan Archer

The Observer / Cape “non-winners” – Jason Cobley & Paul Harrison Davies, Natalie d’Arbeloff & Frances Castle

The Observer / Cape “non-winners” – Rob Davis, David O’Connell, Luke Pearson

And the winner of the Cape/Observer 2099 Graphic Short Story Prize ISN’T………

And the 2009 Observer/Cape graphic short story prize winner is…….

Ed Brubaker Wants You Dead

Win Doctor Who art

Avatar 3-D trailer at the Glasgow IMAX

CTRL ALT SHIFT comic design competition

Win Stargate goodies!

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