This weekend sees not one, but two great comic events. First up it’s the Comica 2009 final week – which looks rather good with a trio of conversations happening at the ICA: First up on Sunday 22 November; Reinhard Kleist, author of the great I see A Darkness, the biography of Johnny Cash, published recently [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 14, 2009
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This year’s Comica festival has, from all accounts, been it’s usual huge success, with exhibitions, events, screenings and the one day Comiket festival convention being particularly well praised – see the Guardian piece about it here. But Comica isn’t over yet – the events go all the way to the 26th November. Full details at [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 1, 2009
The annual Observer/Cape graphic short story award prize winners were announced today online nd in the Observer. The 1st prize was awarded to Vivien McDermid with her story “Paint”. Described as a “vividly captured and tender story” that was a “touching portrayal of mother with a small toddler“. Vivien will receive a cheque for £1000 [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 1, 2009
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Okay, the Comica festival happens all the way through November and full details are up at the Comica website. But here’s a recent announcement we wanted to share with you. Just confirmed is the news that Eddie Campbell (Alec, From Hell) will be in conversation with Scottish pioneer of stand-up comedy, Arnold Brown at Comica [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 6, 2009
(Joe Sacco – in the flesh and as you probably know him.) In advance of the release of his latest book; Footnotes In Gaza (released December from Jonathan Cape), Joe Sacco is in the UK for a couple of appearances. He’s at Comica 2009 on September 29th and GOSH London on 30th September. Sacco may [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 15, 2009
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The sixth Comica Festival, curated by Paul Gravett, takes place in London this November. Comica is a festival of many disparate events on comics and the artform, but always manages to get some particularly good guests and some very special events. For example…… From Paul Gravett’s Comica site: “Eddie Campbell is the first confirmed international [...]
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Friday, November 20, 2009
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