Striptacular 2 – Angouleme Special By Francesca Cassavetti Self-Published Back in 2009 an intrepid band of 10 British cartoonists decided that they were going to visit Angouleme, the pinnacle of Euro-Comics festivals. Not only that, but they decided to exhibit there, amongst the great and the good of Euro-Comics royalty. An anthology was created (B.A.S.T.A.R.D.S. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Gin Palace by Rob Jackson, Francesca Cassavetti, Dave Hughes, Ant Mercer, Jarod Rosello, Lee Johnson, and Simon M. Self Published Another anthology title – this one masterminded by Rob Jackson, artist behind Great Deeds Against The Dead and Bog Wizards, and who already has one good anthology under his belt with the Pasty Anthology. Gin [...]
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Sole Searching by Francesca Cassavetti Fabtoons I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Francesca Cassavetti has a lovely, smooth cartooning style and a wonderful line in gentle storytelling. Her cartooning really is a delight in every one of her comics I’ve seen. And this is no exception. Sole Searching is a mini comic [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 3, 2009
Its a rather damp, dull, grey Thursday in the UK, but here’s Alex Fitch with news of some aural delights to tantalise our ears as we hide under our umbrellas; as ever check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows: Strip!: Fab Toons and Splendid Zines, tonight at [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 3, 2009
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Garden Funnies # 2 Anthology edited by Jim Medway Self Published (Garden Funnies #2 cover: “A Captive Audience” by Gary Northfield.) Garden Funnies is a lovely all-ages anthology edited by Jim Medway featuring a host of talented folk. It’s Limited to 200 copies and is 22 pages of all-ages horticultural humour with a very fitting [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Striptacular Comics Revue by Francesca Cassavetti Fabtoons Striptacular is Francesca Cassavetti’s latest comic, 36 A5 pages with 9 stories of delightful comic work. I’ve looked at Francesca’s mini comics here and her excellent book about being a new parent; The Most Natural Thing In The World here and it’s no surprise that her latest is [...]
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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