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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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New Yorker’s Halloween cover

28. October 2010

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Wim points us to another fab cover by the New Yorker, this time for their Halloween issue, a pop culture extravaganza of a cover by the brilliant Ivan Brunetti, complete with Elvis, Spidey, Groucho, Batman, Superman, Popeye, the Hulk, Edgar Allan Poe, Travis Bickle, and a very peculiar hotdog Snoopy among others:

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New at BICS (Upcoming – 16th – 17th October)

10. October 2010

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This weekend it’s the big annual British International Comics Show in Birmingham on 16-17th October. A host of big names will be there, and there’s always the possibility you may miss some of the marvellous stuff at smaller tables. Which is where we come in….. (Jason Cobley‘s Bulldog makes a triumphant return in Bulldog Clips [...]

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Black Blizzard – Tatsumi’s hard-boiled masterpiece…

4. October 2010

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Black Blizzard by Yoshihiro Tatsumi Drawn & Quarterly Black Blizzard has done so much more to convince me of the man’s genius than the flawed A Drifting Life ever did. I found myself reading Black Blizzard and suddenly getting it. This is why Tatsumi is spoken of in such reverential terms, this is why he’s [...]

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P. Craig Russell’s vision of Death in Action Comics

3. October 2010

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Paul Cornell blogs about the forthcoming issue 894 of Action Comics which not only features Neil Gaiman’s character Death making a rare appearance in the DC Universe but this lovely P. Craig Russell variant cover as well. (Yes, I hate variant covers as a concept, but it doesn’t mean I can’t occasionally enjoy looking at [...]

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Vern and Lettuce – Molly’s favourite comic (and I’m rather fond of it as well…)

27. September 2010

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Vern And Lettuce by Sarah McIntyre DFC Library Sarah McIntyre burst onto the comic scene with the very first Vern And Lettuce strip in the very first issue of the DFC Comic back in 2008. And from that very first exposure to her work the strip became a highlight of the comic, both for myself and [...]

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Hometown Superheroes Art Show

20. September 2010

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Christopher J Stephens has uploaded video of the Hometown Superheroes Art event, where Dark Horse’s Mike Richardson’s comics art collection is exhibited: Hometown Superheroes Art Show from Christopher J Stephens on Vimeo.

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One week it’s Birmingham, the next Leeds – the first annual Leeds Alternative Comic Fair….

24. August 2010

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I wrote about the forthcoming Birmingham Zine Festival yesterday, and now it’s time to head up north to the first (hopefully annual) Leeds Alternative Comics Fair, happening just one weekend later – Saturday 18th September. It’s being organised by Steve Tillotson (Banal Pig Comics) and Hugh “Shug” Raine (REET! Comics) and they’ve done a couple of [...]

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Zombies at Tiffany’s

12. July 2010

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How awesome is this? A zombie Adurey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s – it’s a cake based on a t-shirt design for Threadless. (via BoingBoing)

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Good For Granny

1. July 2010

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Good For Granny by Peter Lally What do you look for in a good comic? Something deep and meaningful with polished, cultured artwork? Or maybe something a lot rougher round the edges but delivering a little bit of fun? Depending on your choice you’ll either disregard Good For Granny as amateurish and throwaway or embrace [...]

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