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Charles Berberian’s Jukebox

28. January 2011

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Just in time for Angoulême, Fluide Glacial brings a nice new little book by Charles Berbérian, one half of the Dupuy et Berbérian combo that brought the world Monsieur Jean, Boboland, and more assorted gems.  In Jukebox (a “true stereophonic book that was conceived to be read at a very high volume”), Berbérian calls up [...]

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Tintin – Breaking Free

15. January 2011

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Warren Ellis posted this earlier in the week, so everyone’s probably seen it now, but just in case…. The Adventures Of Tintin: Breaking Free was an underground publication published in ’88 and again in ’99. I remember it from ’99 with that great cover from above and reading it again I’m pleased at how well [...]

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Art For Art’s Sake

26. December 2010

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It’s Boxing Day, you’re all very full of Turkey (or vegetarian alternative), getting off the sofa to do anything seems a monumental task and an afternoon asleep in front of whatever film is on the TV is rather appealing. But before you doze off, here’s a bit of nice artwork to gaze at before your [...]

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Peace on Earth good links from all men

25. December 2010

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I hope you are all having a happy indulgent Christmas and at some point I imagine, like me, you’ll nip away from the festivities and catch up with a few of your favourite internet sites – at least those updating over the holidays. I hope that many of you come to our blog regularly – [...]

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Gaiman and McKean get musical

25. December 2010

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The Sky at Night – no, it isn’t a video of Sir Patrick Moore talking astronomical bodies, it’s a musical collaboration between friends and regular collaborators Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman:

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Christmas Wishes…..

22. December 2010

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Each year there’s a steady flow of Christmas images and cards floating around, here’s a few of the favourites…. Oli East provides Blank Slate Books with their Christmas card. Paul Rainey‘s Santa with a bug problem. Matthew Craig‘s Xmas Bot WJC evokes a whole other side of Christmas. David O’Connell‘s wintery scene. Rob William‘s Christmas [...]

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Comical Animal – out 3rd December…

28. November 2010

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Jim Medway’s Comical Animal online magazine for comic, cartoon and children’s book fans launches on Friday, not necessarily all comical animals, but there’s certainly bound to be some of those. There’s a preview issue online right now and I just had to share this brilliant image by Medway – his way of summarising why he [...]

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Freeway preview…

27. November 2010

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It’s been delayed until February 2011, but Mark Kalesniko’s Freeway is still a book I’m really, really looking forward to. It’s the continuing adventures of Kalesniko’s semi-autobiographical character Alex. I loved that book, I reckon I’m going to love Freeway just as much. From the Fantagraphics PR: “Alex Kalienka is in an awful jam. Literally, a [...]

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Yes, yes, yes, yes! Twenty Five Seconds of St. Trinians done right!

26. November 2010

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Isn’t that just wonderful? And as near to Ronald Searle’s original as you could hope. The lead animator Uli Meyer describes showing it to Searle and takes us through some of the work involved to get just this 25 seconds of animation test on his blog. This is the original cartoon he worked the test [...]

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Trese wins at the National Book Awards

16. November 2010

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Great news for Filipino comics creators Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo: their well-received graphic novel Trese has won at the National Book Awards. Budjette notes that they had been nominated back in the 2008 NBA and didn’t win, despite being the only finalist for the graphic novel category (an odd state of affairs explained here). [...]

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Petra Etcetera – that man Wiley again….

10. November 2010

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Petra Etcetera By Adrian Kermode, Dave McKinnon & Terry Wiley Charaydis Comics So, after talking up the great Terry Wiley, after looking over and loving his new comic VerityFair – where to go next? It would be lovely (Terry? Dave?) if copies of the Sleaze Castle books were available easily but sadly they’re not. Maybe [...]

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XIII – This time it’s a prison, next time he’s going to be a soldier – every time it’s a thrill

8. November 2010

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XIII Volume 3: All The Tears Of Hell by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance Cinebook “XIII is a saga where the reader should expect me to pull out the one rabbit he did not expect” Jean Van Hamme. I queued up once for 3 hours for a rollercoaster ride in America. I saw the [...]

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Harker – The Murder Club Part 1

6. November 2010

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Whilst we await Volume 3 of the Harker series by Roger Gibson and Vince Danks, Gibson has decided to share with us, over at the Harker blog, the first part of his Harker novel; The Murder Club. Publisher unknown as yet, but hopefully we’ll see it soon. In the meantime it goes a little something [...]

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Superheroes – Picasso style

5. November 2010

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It’s the superheroes we’ve known and loved for decades, but influenced by the stylings of one of the 20th century’s most famous artists – yes, it’s Picasso style superheroes by Mike and Matt, the Wonderbros – their selling the portraits on their Etsy store, alongside their zombie Beatles (via Blastr and High Definite)

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John Hicklenton’s 100 Months – a fitting finale.

31. October 2010

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The death of John Hicklenton on 19th March 2010 was a terribly sad moment in UK comics. But the nature of his death, battling all the way against the MS he’d dealt with for many, many years was typical for the man. According to the Telegraph obituary earlier this year Hicklenton finished 100 Months just the [...]

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