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Happy 30th to Lew & Brickman

5. April 2009

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Lew Stringer, stalwart of British comics is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his Brickman character with a mega event: Brickman R.I.P.! From Lew: “It’s been 30 years since Brickman first appeared and I’m marking the anniversary year by killing him off! Yep, don’t miss Elephantmen 17 for the first part of Brickman R.I.P.! Coming up [...]

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Bond. Philip Bond.

4. April 2009

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Or Bond is back …. (Cover from Red Herring #1, written by David Tischman, art by Philip Bond.) I love Philip Bond‘s artwork. Ever since first seeing it in Wired World in the old Deadline magazine in the late 80s, early 90s. And he’s the artist on the wonderful Kill Your Boyfriend. But recently, there’s [...]

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Super-Sam is dead – now for the next adventure…..

2. April 2009

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Super-Sam and John-Of-The-Night: Streets Of San Diablo page one by Daryl Cunningham. Available from the Act-I-Vate website. And you thought Super-Sam & John Of The Night had finished? Well, actually, so did we. But Daryl Cunningham’s great strip, which ran for 71 episodes right here on the FPI website, seems to refuse to let something [...]

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April 1st lesson – if you have a comic no-one believes is coming out, don’t announce on April Fool’s Day

2. April 2009

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Over on his blog, Warren Ellis announces that the long, long, long delayed final issue of his bloody wonderful Planetary is finally getting nearer and nearer to publication, so much so that he’s got hold of John Cassaday’s art for the issue. According to Warren: While I was in London getting bladdered being a responsible [...]

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Dave McKean’s Mythical Creatures Stamp Set

2. April 2009

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Possibly the smallest Dave McKean art you’ll find. And, if you happen to spring for the presentation pack, each stamp will have a VERY short story by Neil Gaiman as well. There’s nothing on the Royal Mail site yet, but here’s the link for future reference. The stamps are released on the 16th June.

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Cymru Con 2009

1. April 2009

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The financial situation continues to force folks to cut back: Cymru Con 2009, the first Welsh Convention for many, many years has been cancelled for 2009. It is hoped that it will be able to return in 2010. The website placeholder reads: It is with much regret that I have to inform you that the [...]

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UK Web & Mini Comix Thing – Sarah McIntyre’s fun day out…

31. March 2009

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(David O’Connell, Sarah McIntyre and Woodrow Phoenix at the Web & Mini Comix Thing 2009. Photo from Sarah.) Sarah McIntyre dropped us a line to flag up a live journal post all about the fun she had at the UK Web & Mini Comix Thing that took place on the 28th March 2009. So far [...]

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New Smuggling Vacation online now.

30. March 2009

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Jas Wilson’s Smuggling Vacation came out last year to much praise and some minor controversy, with various newspapers running all too predictable “ban this evil drug peddling filth” stories. Of course, if they’d actually have read the book they’d have found out it was no such thing and instead was just a bloody funny, well [...]

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More DFC Goodbyes

30. March 2009

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The final issue of the DFC seems to have everyone talking over the weekend, with Facebook, Twitter and blogs all lamenting the sad loss of what had become, to it’s subscribers and creators, a much loved Friday moment. Sarah McIntyre has a lovely, bittersweet blog post over at her live journal where she’s sharing the [...]

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Goodbye to the DFC

29. March 2009

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Friday saw the last DFC comic published. Today I thought I’d just showcase some of the lovely images and messages we’ve gathered up from various creator’s sites with them saying goodbye… Emma Vieceli: What’s important is to remember that the DFC did not fail. It achieved so much and, if economy hadn’t stuck its smelly [...]

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More on Big Numbers # 3 – The Eddie Campbell connection.

28. March 2009

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A little follow up from Joe’s post on Friday about Pádraig’s amazing find of a complete Big Numbers 3, long thought lost forever. Eddie Campbell has joined in with his recollections of the matter and his strange connection with the project. This was 1990 something and Eddie was working away on Alan Moore’s other magnum [...]

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The DFC Is Dead – Long Live the DFC!

27. March 2009

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A little good DFC news in amongst all the gloom with the final issue coming out later today. A group of the writers and artists who worked on the comic have put together a blog: This from Garen Ewing, one of a number of creators who’ve got work done that was meant to appear, but [...]

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DFC – Goodbye from two sad fans……

27. March 2009

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Today is the final day that we, and many other households (although sadly, not enough) will see the last DFC from Random House dropping through the letter box. Molly and I have been subscribers from the start and we’ve written about it here on the FPI blog previously. (Here, Molly’s interview here, here, here, here, [...]

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The DFC – The End Comes Tomorrow

26. March 2009

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We got the bad news a couple of weeks ago: “The DFC, a weekly comic (launched May 2008) for boys and girls is up for sale, following a decision by The Random House Group to cease publication.Philippa Dickinson, MD RHCB, said: “We are very proud of the DFC and the reaction it received from families, [...]

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Save The DFC

21. March 2009

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This is interesting – a new blog has surfaced that’s talking about saving the DFC with a subscriber buyout. Could it work? From the Save The DFC blog: Random House are looking to sell the title, and whilst the idea of a single wealthy benefactor coming to the rescue sounds great, it also sounds improbable [...]

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