Tag Archive | "Al Ewing"

Director’s Commentary : Zaucer of Zilk

Thursday, March 22, 2012

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As we noted earlier on the blog, just this week venerable Thrill Power merchants 2000 AD launched a brand new and intriguing looking new series from the delightfully deranged minds of Al Ewing and Brendan McCarthy which we have been looking forward to for some time, Zaucer of Zilk. The first episode is in this [...]

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Zaucer of Zilk

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

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New tomorrow in the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, Prog 1775 boasts the start of a new strip by Al Ewing and Brendan McCarthy, one we’ve been eagerly anticipating, Zaucer of Zilk, with Bren’s fabulously colourful artwork gracing the cover of this week’s Prog, with brilliant art and colours like an LSD bullet to the brain. Oh [...]

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“They experimented on my brain!”

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

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Oh ye four coloured comics gods but I just love this Henry Flint cover for this week’s 2000 AD (Prog 1746) with Zombo. Just brilliant. On racks today. (cover to Prog 1746, Zombo by Al Ewing and Henry Flint – we love a bit of Zombo – 2000 AD (c) Rebellion)

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Scalped – McCarthy style

Friday, July 1, 2011

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The excellent DC/Vertigo series Scalped by Jason Aaron reached the landmark 50th issue this week and as part of the celebrations for reaching this milestone the great Brendan  McCarthy was asked by Jason to contribute a page – the magnificent result (which to me is hinting at Ghost Riders in the Sky, after at least [...]

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Lass O’Gowrie – comic stuff in an award winning pub….

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

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Always good to see more and more comic events happening, big and small, and Gareth Kavanagh, boss at the award-winning Lass O’Gowrie pub in Manchester has a fair few great comic and comic related things going on in the next couple of months as part of the annual Lassfest running through July. Comic stuff happening in [...]

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McCarthy, Ewing, D’Israeli: Doctor What

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

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As we blogged last week the brilliant Brendan McCarthy has returned to 2000 AD, collaborating with Al Ewing on Doctor What in Judge Dredd. This week’s issue, Prog 1713, boasts this fab cover by the equally fine D’Israeli, done after the style of McCarthy. D’Israeli channelling McCarthy, with more McCarthy/Ewing goodness inside? Oh drokk, yeah, [...]

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Al Ewing at SFX

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

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The excellent Al Ewing is interviewed in SFX magazine and they’ve very nicely put it up online so everyone can read it. As well as discussing his career Al offers advice for would-be comics writers, noting how the short Future Shocks stories in 2000AD have proven to be a great way for new scribes to [...]

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