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Most People Want To See ‘Hulk Smash!’: an interview with Richmond Clements
Richmond Clements is one of the busiest men working on the British independent comics scene today. While holding down a full-time job, he manages to (co-) run a successful convention (Hi-Ex! in Inverness), co-edit several small press anthologies and has even, recently, been scripting various comic projects. Matt Badham caught up with him recently to [...]
Continue reading...From our continental correspondent – L’association at the Sismics festival
18. March 2010
For its 2010 edition, the annual Sismics alternative comics and graphic art festival in Sierre, Switzerland, seems to have hit the jackpot. In the past, the festival focused on the less-than-mainstream, quite often quite obscure, self-published comic, but this year they’re playing in a major league. Legendary French comics cooperative L’association will be celebrating its [...]
Continue reading...Not One For Knocking On – self published comics exhibition
18. March 2010
Not One For Knocking On is the name of a forthcoming comic art exhibition which Oli East is going to be curating at the Rogue Artists studios gallery and project space in Manchester this November. Its all drawn from self-published creators and the artists to be featured include Blaisse Larmee, Malcy Duff, Warren Craghead and [...]
Continue reading...From our continental correspondent – the Smurfs at the World Fair
16. March 2010
The Flemish comics blog Strip Turnhout just announced that the Smurfs will be present at the coming World Fair 2010 in Shanghai, China. The little blue men will be the official mascots of the Belgian-European pavillion, which will open on May 15th. They were selected because of their Belgian roots (they were created by Belgian [...]
Continue reading...BICS 2010 confirmed
16. March 2010
The British International Comics Show (BICS) has made its first official announcement for 2010 – the show will be taking place across the 16th and 17th of October at the Think Tank, Millennium Point in Birmingham, with guests from the UK, Europe, North America and Japan. From the official description: “This year the guest list includes [...]
Continue reading...Dave Gibbons hosting free Manga Studio Webinar
16. March 2010
Acclaimed comics creator Dave Gibbons will be hosting a free webinar on the popular comics illustration package Manga Studio where he “will teach aspiring and professional artists how to create compelling comic illustrations from start to finish using Manga Studio.” It is free but limited to 500 people so check the Smith Micro site for [...]
Continue reading...UniComics Festival
15. March 2010
The UniComics Festival will be taking place from the 22nd to 25th of April at the University of Hertfordshire, with events aimed at newcomers and longtime fans, both young and old. Among the guests on the roster there’s some top talent to be seen, including Dave Gibbons, Ian Edginton, Sarah McIntyre, Gary Erskine, Kevin O’Neill, [...]
Continue reading...Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival
11. March 2010
Bloghorn draws our attention to the upcoming Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival, which this year has a theme of Magic, Myth and Mystery. As well as a number of events there’s also the chance to see some top professional cartoonists and caricaturists at work on giant boards in The Square, plus as part of the exhibitions [...]
Continue reading...Doctor Who on tour
9. March 2010
The BBC is reporting that new Doctor Matt Smith and his companion Karen Gillan will be embarking on a short UK tour this month, part of the BBC’s Outreach programmes which “will target hard-to-reach communities relatively underserved by the BBC.” Although when it names some of the destinations I have to say I’m puzzled at [...]
Continue reading...From our continental correspondent – Wasco cuts in Amsterdam
9. March 2010
Dutch illustrator and cartoonist Henk Spoel (better known as Wasco) has traded his pencils for a pair of scissors and created a series of paper cuttings that remind us of similar shadow portraits from the 19th century, but also seem to refer to the illustrations that Blexbolex is doing these days in his Imagier Des [...]
Continue reading...From our continental correspondent – Moomin at the Belgian Comic Strip Centre
8. March 2010
At the Brussels Belgian Comic Strip Centre, a nice little exhibition has been put up about Moomin, Finland’s best known contribution to comics. Originally, creator Tove Jansson (1914-2001) wrote and illustrated a series of illustrated novels featuring the white, hippopotamus-like creatures. Over the years though, the world of the Moomins expanded and currently [...]
Continue reading...Alan Moore and Iain Sinclair
4. March 2010
The Guardian has video of friends and fellow writers and pscyhogeographers Iain Sinclair and Alan Moore undertaking journeys in England, inspired by JB Priestley’s 1933 English Journey and collaborating along the way with a variety of different artists; this is apparently the first part of the journey with the next performance due to be at [...]
Continue reading...Robin Ince’s School for Gifted Children Holiday Special
3. March 2010
Robin Ince’s School for Gifted Children Holiday Special is on at the Bloomsbury Theatre on Monday March 29th and among the guests confirmed to appear such as Kevin Eldon and Stewart Lee there just happens to be some bloke called Alan Moore… (the thump you heard was ourPádraig leaping from his seat to try and [...]
Continue reading...Metaphrog in March
2. March 2010
Glasgow’s Metaphrog are going to be pretty busy during March, being involved in a number of events, starting with the Glow Live Meet tomorrow (March 3rd), “a virtual comic workshop available to view on the Glow network by subscribing schools”, two school visits in Glasgow on March 4th for World Book Day, two workshops for [...]
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19. March 2010
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