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How a comic is made
On Thursday 21st of January you can “discover the secrets behind writing and drawing comics, graphic novels and manga, revealed by creators featured in the ComiXmas Exhibition at a free event held at the LondonPrintStudio Gallery.” The event, chaired by Paul Gravett, will include Andrzej Klimowsk, Danusia Schejbal, Nana Li, Woodrow Phoenix and Brit comics [...]
Continue reading...Joe Sacco talks to Roger Sabin
Monday, January 11, 2010
In case you missed it the Comica site flags up a transcript of the interview Roger Sabin conducted with the brilliant Joe Sacco during 2009’s Comica events, just before Sacco’s new Footnotes In Gaza was due to come out from Cape (a highly recommended read); if, like me, you didn’t read it when it was [...]
Continue reading...Your weekend comic events (south) – Comica’s final weekend…..
Friday, November 20, 2009
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 by [...]
Continue reading...Comics, comics, comics….. This weekend: Comica. Next weekend: Thought Bubble
Saturday, November 14, 2009
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...CTRL ALT SHIFT music and comics night
Monday, November 9, 2009
Yes, we know those of you in or bound for London are heading to the fab Comiket bash this afternoon in the ICA (with some of the cream of the Brit small press comics scene), but as Comica ‘09 really kicks into gear there’s much more going on, including a combined music and comics night [...]
Continue reading...Comica Comiket this weekend
Friday, November 6, 2009
Its Comiket time this weekend! Back and now relocated to the ICA’s ground floor theatre which allows for even more space for exhibitors, some fab talent from the British small press comics scene will be there, check out some of the folks on the list: Aben Maler & Steffen P. Maarup, Alternative Press, Jimi Gherkin, [...]
Continue reading...And the 2009 Observer/Cape graphic short story prize winner is…….
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 at [...]
Continue reading...Comica news – Graphic Short Story prize announced & Campbell and Brown in conversation
Sunday, November 1, 2009
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 on [...]
Continue reading...Comics are Everywhere: a Conversation with Paul Gravett
Friday, October 30, 2009
Over the last few weeks and months, the Forbidden Planet International blog, Down the Tubes and Fictions have been cross-posting Q&As by Matt Badham with the organisers of various British comic conventions. Our aim is to give the conventions themselves some well-deserved publicity and also to, hopefully, spark a wider debate about what’s good and [...]
Continue reading...Comica and Thought Bubble 09 – November is full of comics
Sunday, October 25, 2009
With MCM Expo wrapping up this weekend it’s time to look forward to the next big comics events on the calendar, and November has not one, but two big Comic events: First up we have the annual Comica festival in London, curated by Paul Gravett. As usual the list of events stretches all the way through [...]
Continue reading...Solipsistic Pop launch at the ICA
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Solipsistic Pop anthology launches during this year’s Comica at the ICA in London on November 8th. We’ve mentioned this cracking-sounding collection a number of times on here as Tom Humberstone has been adding preview pages to the SP site – with it featuring some brilliant talent from the vibrant British small press comics scene [...]
Continue reading...Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica Graphic Short Fiction deadline extended
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Due to industrial action by the Royal Mail the organisers of this year’s Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica short graphic fiction prize have decided to extend the deadline to allow for any delays that are outwith the control of entrants – the deadline now moves from September 25th to October 19th. The first couple of years of the [...]
Continue reading...Here’s an idea that UK conventions should try….
Thursday, August 27, 2009
SPX have unveiled some rather wonderful posters for their annual show in September. Definitely one for the forthcoming Comica, BICS and Thought Bubble festivals / shows to try I think. On the left above is Laura Park, on the right the marvelous Gahan Wilson (whose new book you’re going to club together and buy [...]
Continue reading...Eddie Campbell, Bryan Talbot at Comica 2010
Saturday, August 15, 2009
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 guest [...]
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