Tag Archive | "Dave Gibbons"

Dave Gibbons hosting free Manga Studio Webinar

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

0 Comments

Acclaimed comics creator Dave Gibbons will be hosting a free webinar on the popular comics illustration package Manga Studio where he “will teach aspiring and professional artists how to create compelling comic illustrations from start to finish using Manga Studio.” It is free but limited to 500 people so check the Smith Micro site for [...]

Continue reading...

UniComics Festival

Monday, March 15, 2010

0 Comments

The UniComics Festival will be taking place from the 22nd to 25th of April at the University of Hertfordshire, with events aimed at newcomers and longtime fans, both young and old. Among the guests on the roster there’s some top talent to be seen, including Dave Gibbons, Ian Edginton, Sarah McIntyre, Gary Erskine, Kevin O’Neill, [...]

Continue reading...

The regular Bill Watterson interview slot (next one due 2030) ……. and Watchmen 2????

Saturday, February 6, 2010

4 Comments

Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin & Hobbes, and famous recluse, breaks a 20 year silence with an interview for the  Cleveland Plain Dealer. “By the end of 10 years, I’d said pretty much everything I had come there to say. It’s always better to leave the party early. If I had rolled along with the strip’s [...]

Continue reading...

Graphic novel events at Hertfordshire libraries

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

1 Comment

Emma at Hertfordshire libraries tells me that they are following up successful comics and graphic novel events last year with more as part of their book events throughout the county this year, including two creators dear to the heart of British comics readers, Dave Gibbons, who will be giving a talk in Stevenage Central Library [...]

Continue reading...

Would you like to Watch the Watchmen with Dave Gibbons?

Sunday, August 30, 2009

3 Comments

The British International Comics Show (BICS) is gearing up for it’s 3rd annual weekend (- and I shall probably only get the hang of calling it the British show rather than the Birmingham one by the 10th anniversary)at Birmingham’s Millenium Point with more and more events and guests announced over on their website. [...]

Continue reading...

Dave Gibbons on the Beeb

Thursday, July 30, 2009

0 Comments

The mighty Dave Gibbons will be guesting on the George Lamb show on BBC 6Music this morning at some point during its run from 10am to 1pm; as usual with the Beeb radio programmes, if you miss it you can use the Listen Again feature to catch it for seven days after transmission. (Dave Gibbons, photo [...]

Continue reading...

Who watches the Watchmen on the wall?

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

0 Comments

Artist Chu will be installing a piece of Watchmen inspired street art in the skatepark in London’s Southbank to mark the DVD release of Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal graphic novel; Chu’s website has some preparatory sketches you can check out (as well as some other very cool street art). [...]

Continue reading...

Alex’s audio roundup

Thursday, July 23, 2009

0 Comments

As another week wooshes by bringing us to Thursday (already??) its time for Alex to update us with some of the shows he’s involved with, including a second look at Doctor Who in comics form, this time the classic Who strips. As usual for more details and links to archived podcasts of previous shows check [...]

Continue reading...

Den of Geek talks to Dave Gibbons

Thursday, July 23, 2009

0 Comments

Over on Den of Geek Michael Leader talks to the Dave Gibbons about the Watchmen movie as it comes out on DVD and how the addition of the Black Freighter and the ability to stop and re-watch scenes on disc adds to the sense of the film (I must confess I’m not convinced on that [...]

Continue reading...

Geek Syndicate interviews Duncan Jones

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

0 Comments

The Geek Syndicate boys interview writer/director Duncan Jones (the artist formerly known as Zowie Bowie) about his debut feature, the British indy science fiction movie Moon, starring Sam Rockwell and the voice of Kevin Spacey. I was lucky enough to catch the film a few weeks back at the Edinburgh Film Festival (reviewed here) and [...]

Continue reading...

Great Big Comics

Thursday, July 9, 2009

0 Comments

This week DC publishes the first of their new Wednesday Comics series,  a 12-part weekly series which comes in the old tabloid newspaper format, designed to echo the classic paper’s comics section. Although for many comics readers of a certain age (like me) here in the UK I suspect it will remind them of something [...]

Continue reading...