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Electric Man

9. August 2011

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Last week I was fortunate enough to be invited to the first screening of the microbudget Scottish comics themed movie Electric Man at the Edinburgh Filmmhouse. Regular readers will know we’ve been following the production since the Dugbus crew set around trying to raise some independent finances for the film the other year and just [...]

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Van Hamme and Rosinski’s Western

8. August 2011

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Western By Jean Van Hamme, art by Grzegorz Rosinski Cinebook “Wyoming, 1868. Ambrosius Van Deer has come to Fort Laramie to meet Jess Chisum, a young man who claims he’s found Van Deer’s nephew Eddie. Ten years before, Edwyn Van Deer disappeared after his family was killed in a Lakota raid. Proof of his identity: [...]

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Self-image, relationships, life – Debeurme’s astonishing Lucille

4. August 2011

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Lucille By Ludovic Debeurme Top Shelf Lucille, the 544-page graphic novel by French artist/writer/singer Ludovic Debeurme, has recently been translated into English and published by Top Shelf. It arrives with an impressive pedigree: it was released in France in 2006 and won the prestigious René Goscinny Prize, was named one of the 5 ‘essential’ graphic [...]

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The Escapologist…. beautiful abstraction

3. August 2011

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The Escapologist Part One – This Paper, This Ink by Simon Moreton I’ve talked about Moreton’s Smoo comics before and how enjoyable I find his drifting, open artwork, and his meandering stylised stories full of seeming nothingness. Well the Escapologist takes it to a different level. It’s missing Moreton’s words, and I do miss his [...]

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How mini do you want? Silber Mini Comics….

2. August 2011

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Silber Mini Comics By Brian John Mitchell and various artists Silber Media This may well be the most unusual package of comics I’ve ever received. Certainly the smallest. Each of Brian John Mitchell’s mini-comics, some illustrated in stick figure style by him, others illustrated by various artists, including Cerebus’ Dave Sim, are tiny – a [...]

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Propaganda’s 2 from….. July

30. July 2011

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We review a lot here at the FPI Blog and thought it might be nice to do a quick round up, a best of the month if you will. The thing is, July was a little lacking, both in my reviews and enough things to absolutely wow me. So, just two this time – a [...]

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Pascal Girard’s going to his school reunion….. pity him.

28. July 2011

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Reunion By Pascal Girard Drawn & Quarterly So far the score with Pascal Girard’s work is something like won one, lost one. I adored Nicolas when it arrived, a debut fully formed, packed with raw, intense emotion. Yet the follow up; Bigfoot, although technically brilliant, and full of all the things that should have hooked [...]

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Nine Months Of Beige by Sean Azzopardi…

27. July 2011

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Nine Months Of Beige By Sean Azzopardi At first I thought Nine Months Of Beige was one of Sean Azzopardi’s sketchbook comics, but I was wrong, sort of. It’s part sketch book, part diary comic, part fictional stories – all concerned with Azzopardi’s move to Weston Park, a sleepy North London suburb. And the locale [...]

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Dreams And Everyday Life

26. July 2011

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Dreams And Everyday Life By Aviv Ratzin Tabella Press Dreams and Everyday Life is the first graphic novel by Israeli animator and artist Aviv Ratzin. It’s part surreal view on the everyday, part poetic flight of fancy and part philosophical (internal) debate. All of these things I am pre-disposed to like. The art is strangely reminiscent [...]

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The Band …. Mawil wants to be a rock and roll star

25. July 2011

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The Band By Mawil Blank Slate Books Oh, to be young and to be in a band…… As much as I love music, I have an absolute inability to play any instrument, young experiences with a recorder proved that. So I never went through the “lets form a band” phase so many teens go through. [...]

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SciFi and Horror at the Edinburgh Film Fest

22. July 2011

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Just over a couple of weeks ago I was enjoying my annual week off at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, taking in all sorts of cinema, from hard-hitting documentaries from modern combat reporters to stylish French crime thrillers. And of course I took in several science fiction and horror themed flicks along the way, so [...]

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Home and Away – a Mawil short story collection

21. July 2011

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Home And Away By Mawil Blank Slate Books Mawil is, quite rightly, considered a star in his native Germany, winner of numerous awards, his books sell extremely well, his fans are passionate and committed. But, as is the way with these things, huge success in Europe just doesn’t translate to sales in English. Blank Slate [...]

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Squish – it’s Babymouse for young boys, with added “bogey green”

20. July 2011

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Squish Volume 1: Super Amoeba By Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm Harper Collins After reviewing Babymouse: Our Hero and finding it a great graphic novel for younger readers, Matthew was kind enough to send over a box of Babymouse for our school library. And in that wonderful donation was a couple of copies of the first [...]

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We’re all animals underneath…… Urban Beasts

19. July 2011

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Urban Beasts issues 1 & 2 Written by Daniel Hartwell, Anna Rubins, art by Karen Rubins Itch On the surface, this really couldn’t be further from the book of Karen Rubins I last looked at. That was Blood Magic, all about female magics in medieval society, wheras Urban Beasts is far more up to date, [...]

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Comic Football – our children shoot and score!

18. July 2011

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When I last wrote about Comic Football, a new subscription only comic from Pete Wildrianne and Clive Ward I had this to say: “Comic Football’s plan to distribute via local football clubs is an interesting one. The plan is to distribute wholesale to the clubs, who can then sell the comic, and the profit goes back [...]

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