Tag Archive | "Burke & Hare"

Best of the Year: Martin Conaghan

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

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Today’s Best of the Year guest post comes from Martin Conaghan, journalist, writer of the Burke & Hare graphic novel, adapter of the comics version of Barry Nugent’s Fallen Heroes novel and regular columnist at Bleeding Cool. You can read a chat with Martin and artist Will Pickering discussing Burke and Hare here on the [...]

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Burke & Hare talk in Edinburgh

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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Martin Conaghan, the writer behind Insomnia’s Burke and Hare graphic novel, will be paying a return visit to Edinburgh in June for a talk on the city’s most infamous mass murderers (whose exploits will also be seen later this year in the new Simon Pegg and Andy Serkiss starring film; the comic’s artist Will Pickering [...]

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Burke and Hare events in Edinburgh tomorrow

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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A reminder that we have Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering coming to our Edinburgh store on Southbridge tomorow -  Thursday January 28th – to sign copies of their recently published Burke and Hare graphic novel (reviewed here by Richard); for those with a literary bent and a fascination for history the boys will also be [...]

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Burke and Hare signing in Edinburgh

Friday, January 15, 2010

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A reminder that we have Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering coming to our Edinburgh store on Southbridge on Thursday January 28th to sign copies of their recently published Burke and Hare graphic novel (reviewed here by Richard); for those with a literary bent and a fascination for history the boys will also be taking part [...]

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Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering signing Burke and Hare in Edinburgh

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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I’m delighted to announce that the Edinburgh Forbidden Planet on South Bridge will be hosting Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering, who are coming through to celebrate the release of their fascinating new graphic novel detailing the grisly, true-life crimes of Messrs Burke and Hare, the infamous serial killers who saw the easy money to be [...]

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Medicine, Murder and Money – the true tale of Burke & Hare

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

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Burke & Hare by Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering Insomnia Publications. “first of all, despite the rumours being bandied about, I am not a resurrection man” Those chilling words, uttered in a flat, emotionless voice during William Burke’s confession immediately change your views on the whole Burke & Hare affair. The standard tale of Burke [...]

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“Bodies for gold!” – we talk bodysnatching to Martin Conaghan & Will Pickering

Friday, November 13, 2009

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FPI:  Today I’m joined by Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering, the team behind Insomnia’s recently published graphic novel Burke and Hare, which draws upon one of history’s most famous cases of the infamous ‘Resurrection Men’ (or bodysnatchers) in Enlightenment era Edinburgh. Hi, guys and thanks for joining us – could you begin by introducing yourselves [...]

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