Tag Archive | "Comics and cartoons"

Review: West – Autumn Dusk

Thursday, May 23, 2013

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West – Autumn Dusk By Andrew Cheverton and Tim Keable Autumn Dusk is the final comic in West Volume II. It is, as everything Cheverton and Keable have created with Jerusalem West, a quite stunning thing. But final parts of a volume are troublesome things to talk about. Because I’ve talked plenty of Jerusalem West [...]

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Comics: Image Duplicator Redux

Thursday, May 23, 2013

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Following last week’s discussion of the major Lichtenstein exhibition at the Tate and the comics creator’s own response to his ‘borrowing’ from the genre (without permission, credit or payment) with Image Duplicator (see here), James visited the exhibition at Orbital Comics in London, and it seems that it may have a life of it’s own. [...]

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From our continental correspondent – the arts in comics

Thursday, May 23, 2013

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Over the past few weeks, a number of fairly recent new publications have caught my eye that bridged the gap between visual (fine) arts and comics. Here’s one : Rembrandt by the Dutch creator Typex, published in Europe by the very fine Oog En Blik (who I see have been revamping their website recently). This brick [...]

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TCAF: Sean’s report

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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This was my third trip to Toronto for TCAF – a slightly truncated but massively enjoyable visit this time round. Like most convention reports I write now, it’s get checked in, go to the con and sell for two days. Took some quick photos and then all too soon it’s time for home. So if [...]

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Review: One Good Thing

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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One Good Thing By Rachael Smith   One Good Thing is described on the back cover as: “A diary comic that tries to find the good in life. Because the little good things are more important than the big bad ones.” And that’s genuinely a sentiment you can feel throughout these two issues, where Rachael [...]

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Comics and SF at the London Literature Festival

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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James reports that The London Literature Festival has a nice selection of items for comics and fantastic genre fans. For Comic Readers, ‘Drawing the Story’ will be taking place on Saturday the 26th of May at 2pm, as part of the London Lit Festival, in the Southbank Centre. Mary Talbot, Glyn Dillon and Stephen Collins will [...]

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Review: Thunder Brother: Soap Division

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

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Thunder Brother: Soap Division Issue 5: Mind Your Language By Paul Rainey Okay, episode 5 of Rainey’s Thunder Brother, and you should have the idea by now. But for those of you at the back who weren’t paying attention, it goes like this: Imagine a world where the TV soaps weren’t just TV soaps but [...]

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From our continental correspondent – comics in Belgium? Political turmoil!

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

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(A quick note in advance : if you’re not familiar with Belgium’s constitutional setup, read up here – and don’t laugh, this is serious) It seemed like quite a good idea : let’s put up an exhibition in the Flemish Parliament buildings celebrating that artform that our country is rightly famous for: comics. And so [...]

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Upcoming: Montargis Coince La Bulle comics festival

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

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David Ziggy Greene drops us a line to let us know one of his favourite French comics events (he’s part of a small group of creators who have attended each year since it started), the Montargis Coince La Bulle BD festival, will be holding its fourth edition this month, running across the 25th and 26th [...]

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Review: Blood Blokes Issue 3

Monday, May 20, 2013

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Blood Blokes Issue 3 By Adam Cadwell This Life with vampires. It was a lazy comparison when I made it with issue 1, but for anyone who knows what I’m talking about it’s such an easy and obvious and right comparison when you’re talking about Cadwell’s slacker vamp soap-opera. What Cadwell’s doing here is quite [...]

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