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Did You Miss Me? The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8

14. August 2008

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The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8 Written and illustrated by Thomas Ott If you have followed Thomas Ott through previous books there won’t be anything here that really surprises – apart from the fact that this is one long story rather than a number of short ones as in most (all?) of his previous books. It’s always a [...]

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Did You Miss Me? Kenny indulges his inner child with the DFC

30. May 2008

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The first issue of the DFC weekly comic arrived today, after the concentrated publicity burst of the last few weeks which saw David Fickling making good use of the connections a publisher specialising in children’s books has to try and drum up subscriptions and publicity through the media. So let’s have a look at what [...]

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Did You Miss Me? – Favourite comics of 2007

24. January 2008

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I didn’t get round to writing any review pieces this year so this will be a longish, if rather late, wander through the things I enjoyed the most in what was another excellent year for the spread of comics. If it lacked a single achievement to rival last year’s ‘Fun Home” it seemed to me [...]

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Did You Miss Me? Best of 2006

9. January 2007

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My colleague Kenny Penman, co-founder of Forbidden Planet International, discovered that he read more comics in 2006 than he has for around ten years; he is unsure if this is a sign of age progressing or the quality of the comics produced in the last twelve months or so (his family physician, Dr Seuss, is [...]

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Did You Miss Me? Oog & Blik, reviews by Kenny Penman

16. November 2006

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Yesterday we ran an interview with Mara Joustra, editor of Oog & Blik – the Dutch comics publisher – so today I thought I would cover 3 of their recent books, and an old favourite, by way of some continuity with that interview. All these books, and more of their publications, are in stock now. [...]

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Did You Miss Me? Buenaventura Press

9. November 2006

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Gather round, folks, as my colleague Kenny offers us up another of his Did You Miss Me? columns, where he focuses on comics work which may not get as high a profile as others and is too easy to slip past your comics radar but are often worth your time: Ok I was going to [...]

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Did You Miss Me? Gerry Alanguilan’s Elmer

25. July 2006

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This week my colleague Kenny has been scouring the international world of comics to bring us this relatively unknown gem for his Did You Miss Me? piece: Did You Miss Me? Well this is one you almost certainly did, as up until now it hasn’t actually been available in the UK. Elmer is the creation [...]

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Did you miss me? Peter Bagge

11. July 2006

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My colleague Kenny is planning to pick out some of the more unusual titles from the recent releases, interesting titles which you may have missed but are well worth tracking down. Today he draws our attention to Peter Bagge, in print and online: If you are a fan of modern comics, many hold Peter Bagge [...]

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