The Dublin Comic Jam takes place on the last Thursday of each month from 8pm onwards in the Lord Edward pub by Christchurch, organised by Phil Barrett and Paddy Lynch, a chance for creators to get together chat, drink and draw; more details to be found on their blog. Link via the Irish Comic News, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 28, 2011
That remarkable man of brushes and pencils, Mr Kevin O’Neill, esquire, will be making a personal appearance (top hats are optional, dress smart but casual) in our Dublin Forbidden Planet International to celebrate the launch of the second volume of his and Alan Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century, the new volume 1969 (I’m sure [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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Irish comics collective the Eclectic Micks paid a successful return visit to the Dublin Forbidden Planet at the end of last week (thanks to Kev and the FP Dublin crew for the pics; no Irish comics artists were harmed during the making of this event).
Continue reading...Thursday, November 4, 2010
Attention otaku! Grab your diaries and circle this date: Monday the 22nd of November. The Edinburgh (40-41 Southbridge), Hanley (48-52 Stafford Street), Belfast (52-54 Ann Street) and Dublin (5-6 Crampton Quay) Forbidden Planet Internationals will be hosting Manga Nights from 6 to 7pm those evenings, with fun for all, quizzes, cosplaying (with a prize for [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 28, 2010
James Newell drops me a line to say his work from the recent Dublin 24 Hour Comic Day, Boom, is now online. James is honest about it, confessing he didn’t actually complete the entire comic within the 24 hour period, but he did bash away for a good 20 hours and got 7 (rather lovely) [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 18, 2010
From the busy pens of Cliodhna Lyons, artist extraordinaire, champion-level hugger and organiser of the successful Dublin 24 Hour Comic events, here’s a first peek at some of the work to come out of this year’s recent bash. Cliodhna is saying that for a change this year instead of dashing from table to table to [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 29, 2010
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The annual Irish 24 Hour Comics Day is coming soon, from noon till noon across October the 9th and 10th in the Central Hall, Dublin. Busy organiser Cliodhna Lyons tells me that among the many activities going on this year are some related events of comics workshops for kids in conjunction with Children’s Books Ireland, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 17, 2010
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The Dublin FPI crew tell me that Thursday’s signing with Declan Shalvey went very well, with Declan happily signing away with brand new Thunderbolts issues fresh from the comics oven – thanks to all who came along to give him their support (thanks to Kev and the Dublin crew for the pics, you can see [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 15, 2010
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Don’t forget we have Declan Shalvey in the Dublin Forbidden Planet International (5-6 Crampton Quay) on tomorrow afternoon (from 12 to 2pm) to sign copies of Thunderbolts #148, so come on down and say hi.
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 1, 2010
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Declan Shalvey – no stranger to the blog – will be in the Dublin Forbidden Planet International (5-6 Crampton Quay) on Thursday 16th of September from 12 to 2 pm to sign copies of Thunderbolts #148, so come on down and say hi.
Continue reading...Friday, July 23, 2010
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If you’re in and around Dublin tomorrow then check out the Summer Edition -the Artists’ Book, Comic and Zine Fair – which will be “covering all sorts (UK and Ireland) with artists, book folk, illustrators, comic artists and zine-makers showcasing and parading their wares.” Summer Edition is in Filmbase on Saturday 24th July from 11am [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 10, 2010
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Actors Yuri Lowenthal (who has lent his voice to numerous animated works, including Legion of Superheroes, Ben 10, Robotech, Afro Samurai and many more roles) and Tara Platt (whose voice has graced Mobile Suit Gundam, Bleach, Buso Renkin, Legion of Superheroes, Naruto and numerous others) were kind enough to appear in the Dubline Forbidden Planet [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 12, 2010
Cliodhna is giving us plenty of advanced warning for this year’s Irish 24 Hour Comics Day – the fifth annual bash will take place in the Central Hotel in Dublin from noon on Saturday 30th of October to noon on the Sunday 31st. Which I guess means you can also go along in costume since [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 19, 2009
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As well as playing host to the Eclectic Micks crew the Dublin Forbidden Planet also had the trio of Karl Kerschl, Cameron Stewart and Ramón Pérez signing for fans and creating sketches in the store last weekend as part of their TX Comics European tour, which will also see them at Thought Bubble this weekend [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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Our colleagues in FP Dublin have kindly sent us over a batch of pictures from Saturday’s Irish launch of the Eclectic Micks Sketchbook with Nick Roche, Stephen Thompson, Bob Byrne, Will Sliney, Stephen Mooney and Declan Shalvey meeting readers, signing books and comics and creating sketches; looks like a good time was had by all! [...]
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