5. November 2009
The Chimpanzee Complex – Volume 1: Paradox Written by Richard Marazano, art by Jean-Michel Ponzio Cinebook I love big , epic Sci-Fi. Always have. And there just isn’t enough of it in comics to keep me satisfied. Every so often something comes along though that gets it absolutely right, does everything big Sci-Fi is meant to do – [...]
Continue reading...2. November 2009
Enjoy some video of the recent Activate Primer event at the Book Court with Dean Haspiel reading live (along with Joan Reilly and George O’Connor) from Billy Dogma with comics art being projected behind him (via Dean’s FaceBook):
Continue reading...31. October 2009
Halloween costumes, Cosplay costumes – sometimes they’re good, sometimes not so good. But this Roy Lichtenstein job takes it to a whole new level: According to a comment on the Charmed blog the make-up artist doing this fantastic job is Jennifer Corona (Via Buzzfeed).
Continue reading...29. October 2009
Asterix, that staple of wonderful childhood memories for most of us turned 50 today. Happy Birthday old man. To celebrate the occasion Google gave him and Obelix their own “google doodle”for the day. The Guardian has a rather nice article on the subject. (Via Wim)
Continue reading...2. October 2009
This weekend sees a host of comic types descend on Thinktank at Millenium Point in Birmingham for the British International Comics Show. In fact the whole thing is actually starting in a couple of hours time with the launch party. But the actual comic stuff starts bright and early on Saturday 3rd October (well, early [...]
Continue reading...29. September 2009
I’m sure we’ve all seen the dreadful reports on the news following the awful floods in the Philippines, with much loss of life and huge damage to homes and infrastructure, with many people now homeless and displaced. I heard from our friend Gerry Alanguilan today and I’m glad to report that he is okay, although [...]
Continue reading...26. September 2009
Ben Powis featured a while back with reviews of his lovely comics: Where Grows The Bitter Herb and Whale Hunt. And now you can see his comics on your I-Pod: I am very excited to announce that you can now read Turtle Guitar and Where Grows The Bitter Herb on your iPhone and iPod Touch! Turtle [...]
Continue reading...9. September 2009
That’s the Beatles re-mastered box sets sitting on my desk. I’m not working today but mad anticipation has brought me dashing in to grab them. I’m excited to see them, although this is something I’m now buying for the ninth or tenth time. Albums, cassettes, CD’s I’ve bought them all over the years – and [...]
Continue reading...2. September 2009
I’m sure we’ve all indulged in little daydreams from time to time, little idle thoughts as we walk around town, wait at the grocery store or post office, of something exciting happening and ourselves stepping in heroically to bravely sort everything out. Artist Chris Weston has – except his musings actually came true! Waiting in [...]
Continue reading...30. August 2009
The British International Comics Show (BICS) is gearing up for it’s 3rd annual weekend (- and I shall probably only get the hang of calling it the British show rather than the Birmingham one by the 10th anniversary)at Birmingham’s Millenium Point with more and more events and guests announced over on their website. [...]
Continue reading...26. August 2009
Everyone has posted the nominees now – so you should know what’s what. At the danger of putting my head above the trench I’ll give you my idea of who may, or who I think should, win. Outstanding Artist Tim Hensley, Mome (Fantagraphics), Kramer’s Ergot #7 (Buenaventura) Nate Powell, Swallow Me Whole (Top Shelf) Richard Sala, Delphine (Fantagraphics/Coconino) Josh Simmons, [...]
Continue reading...24. August 2009
Tim Ogline has posted up some good coverage of Neil Gaiman’s appearance at the Fifth Annual Pen World Voices Festival on the Wild River Review, talking with World Voices director Caro Llewellyn; its an interesting read and a nice sequel of sorts to Tim’s previous chat with Neil we linked to a couple of [...]
Continue reading...21. August 2009
The new Dennis The Menace & Gnasher TV series on children’s BBC starts on September 7th (just in time for back to school). It looks and sounds a lot better than the 1996 25 minute per episode version which was a rather too diluted thing altogether.No doubt it will be less anarchic than Dennis at [...]
Continue reading...9. August 2009
(On the left, possibly a good idea for first comic. On the right, definitely not.) The Onion AV Club has another interesting comics related post, this time asking the important question: “If someone asked you to recommend a first comic or graphic novel, what would you recommend?” (via LMG) The AV Club opens this out to it’s [...]
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6. November 2009
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