Tag Archive | "convention"

Walt Simonson draws Beta Ray Bill & Thor

Monday, May 16, 2011

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YouTube user Kameliter posted this short video of one of the great master of comics, Walter Simonson, sketching for fans at the  Hawthorne High Comic Art Show in New Jersey. Here Walt is sketching a Beta Ray Bill and the mighty Thor- it isn’t timelapse and it is amazing to watch how quickly he sketched [...]

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Festivals in January? There can be only one

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

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Our monthly overview of comics festivals in Europe is a bit shorter than we would like it to be this time.  However, it’s quite understandable – after all, who in his right mind is going to put up another festival in the same month as that behemoth of comics fests: the annual Festival de la [...]

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From our continental correspondent – Netherlands to be the guest country at Ficomic Barcelona

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

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From May 6th to May 9th this year, the 28th edition of Ficomic, the Salón Internacional del Comic will take place in the Feria de Barcelona.  Not a lot is known as yet about the programme: a recent press release only revealed that among the confirmed guests were Gilbert Shelton, Jeff Smith, Liberatore, Lewis Trondheim, [...]

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Angoulême links

Monday, February 1, 2010

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Tom at Comics Reporter has been busy posting up a whole plethora of links to all variety of reports and write-ups on the weekend’s Angoulême BD festival in France; rather than try to emulate it here when Tom’s built a fine list already I’ll just point you to the relevant CR post (and if you [...]

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Thought Bubble on Twitter

Saturday, November 21, 2009

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A reminder for those of us who can’t be in Leeds this weekend, folks who are Twittering from the events are being encouraged to mark them with a hashtag, so if you are on Twitter search for TB09 to follow the relevant Thought Bubble tweets for updates and pics right from the gig itself and [...]

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Hi-Ex secures funding, announces guests

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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The BBC website reports that the Hi-Ex comics convention held for the last two years in the heart of the incomparably beautiful Scottish Highlands has secured some funding from the Highland Council. I know organisers Rich and Vicky have been campaigning hard with the authorities, pointing out the event’s success in bringing in audiences and [...]

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Convention Reporter

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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Cheryl Morgan has significantly expanded on her excellent live blogging coverage of events like this year’s Bristol comics show and is now offering up a very intriguing looking new site – Convention Reporter. She’s been talking to a number of people and now has several contributors who are going to add their feeds to give [...]

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From our continental correspondent – festival news

Monday, July 27, 2009

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With summer only half-way, it might be the right time to start thinking of how to spend the second half of the year. What better way to do that than by checking what the festival calendar has to offer for the next few months ? A few highlights : On the 28th, 29th and 30th [...]

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