Regular readers will already be familiar with a self-published series of comics featuring Howard Hardiman‘s Badger, the poor little depressed creature that we’ve come to love for the emotional content of the tales and for the beauty of the artwork. Filmmakers Annie Kwan and Helen Omand have been working on a short animated documentary about [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, February 3, 2011
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Howard Hardiman‘s lovely Badger (which we are big fans of around here) as a sort-of silent movie. Okay, it isn’t animated, but it’s still a pleasure to look at:
Continue reading...Saturday, January 15, 2011
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I reviewed Howard Hardiman‘s new comic “The Lengths” a few days back, but he’s been in touch with the good news that he’s finally got a distribution deal for The Lengths. Only the Uk perhaps, but it’s still great news: “The Lengths has a UK-wide distribution deal through Diamond UK! I’m superbly excited. This means [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Badger: Then and Now by Howard Hardiman Cute But Sad Comics This is Howard Hardiman’s second book featuring Badger. And I love Badger. I’ve said so many, many times before – so I think you all know what to expect here – my review of the first Badger book was full of this sort of [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Seeing as I loved Nick Abadzis’ Laika (review) and adored Howard Hardiman’s Badger (review and new review of Badger: Then & Now coming soon), this just had to be mentioned: (“Badger & Friend” by Nick Abadzis. © Nick Abadzis and Howard Hardiman) Seems Nick Abadzis is a big fan of Howard’s work, so he sent [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 20, 2009
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You may recall that I have a great fondness for Howard Hardiman’s Badger comic (here, here and here). And I described it thus: “This tale of a lonely little badger living all alone in his London flat is heartbreakingly, tearjerkingly sad. I could write a really lengthy review and completely over-analyse something that’s actually a [...]
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