Tag Archive | "Glasgow"

Very Kiki!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

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As we blogged previously, the Glasgow Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art School planned a special themed night around the mode, muse and artist Kiki de Montparnasse to go along with the launch of the graphic biography of Kiki by Jose-Luis Bocquet and Catel, published by SelfMadeHero. Doug at SMH has kindly sent us some photos of the [...]

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Baby’s in Black: Arne Bellstorf in Glasgow

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

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Doug Wallace at one of our fave UK publishers, SelfMadeHero, has been in touch to confirm an event I’d been hoping was going to happen – German artist Arne Bellstorf will be coming to the Goethe Institut in Glasgow for a launch of the English language edition of his Baby’s in Black, a graphic biography [...]

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Scottish claim for early comic book

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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Scotland on Sunday has a two-page article discussing a forthcoming documentary “Scotland’s Amazing Comic Book Heroes” which is due for broadcast later this year.  In it, according to the article, there is a claim made for Glasgow’s 19th century publishing industry to be considered as the ‘birthplace’ of the comics form due to the Glasgow [...]

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More than just the Beano

Friday, February 18, 2011

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The Auld Kirk Museum in Kirkintilloch, on the outskirts of Glasgow, has a new comics themed exhibition, following on from their recent showing of Edd’s Heads, the caricatures and cartooning of Edd Travers. From the descritpion: “With the birth of Eagle in 1950, British comics entered their heyday. Boys’ and girls’ comics sold in their [...]

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Dr Sketchy goes all Kiki

Thursday, February 10, 2011

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Dr Sketchy’s anti-art school in Glasgow has joined up with SelfMadeHero for a special themed night celebrating the great muse, model and artist Kiki de Montparnasse in Tron Theatre’s Victorian Bar from 4 to 7pm on February 27th, to tie in with SMH’s new graphic biography of Kiki (just saw some arriving in-store recently, it’s [...]

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Comic and Toy Fair in Glasgow

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

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Glasgow peeps circle Saturday 26th of February (11am to 3pm) for a visit to Glasgow University’s Queen Margarget Union (popular music gigging spot over the years)  for the QM Union Comic and Toy Fair. For more details check their MySpace and Facebook pages.

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Dan McDaid signing In FP Glasgow

Friday, January 14, 2011

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Dan McDaid, who has worked on a diverse number of comics from Doctor Who to Jersey Gods, is being allowed away from his desk and out into the big, wide world to visit the Glasgow FPI on Buchanan Street (handily adjacent to the Underground and Queen Street Station) on Saturday March the 19th from 4 [...]

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Comics internship at the Glasgow Hope Street Studios

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

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Gary Erskine drops us a line to say that Glasgow’s Hope Street Studios is looking for a new (paid) intern to offer some assistance, could be a nice opportunity for someone: “Hope Street Studios are looking for any illustration students interested in a paid internship? Mainly comic book work but possible storyboarding and design options [...]

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Edd’s Heads

Monday, October 25, 2010

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Those of you who have been with us for a good while might recall way back in 2006 I blogged about a collection from the Scottish Cartoon Art Studio called Fizzers, a book from Mercat Press which showcased caricatures and cartoons of famous Scots by the various artists in the Studio. In a rather nice [...]

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Manga night tonight in FP Glasgow!

Monday, October 11, 2010

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The Glasgow Forbidden Planet International (handily adjacent to Queen Street station and the Buchanan Street Underground station) is having a fun Manga Night this evening from 6 to 8pm with cosplaying, quizzes, special offers and more; from the description: “Everything instore will have a 20% discount, and there are great prizes for the best-dressed, and [...]

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Doctor Who Live!

Monday, September 13, 2010

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Prepare yourselves for some Doctor Who awesomeness coming to a venue near you soon! Prepare for excited kids demanding to be taken along and equally excited parents too for that matter! The monsters are coming! A new musical stage show featuring the monsters from Doctor Who – Daleks, Weeping Angels, Cybermen and more – is [...]

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Meet Marcos Martin in Glasgow

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

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Come and meet top artist Marcos Martin (Batgirl, Doctor Strange, The Amazing Spider-Man) at our Glasgow store on Buchanan Street on Thursday August 19th from 7 to 8pm. For more details of this and any other events, plus news of offers and the latest arrivals in the store be sure to follow the Facebook groups [...]

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Metaphrog: events and online comics talks

Monday, April 26, 2010

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John and Sandra from Glasgow’s Metaphrog comics have no less than three audio visual presentations on comics online via VoiceThread (hosted by the good folks at the Scottish Book Trust), part of some illustrated talks they did for teachers: there’s a brief history of graphic novels, a discussion of their comics adaptation of famed Scots [...]

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The Early Days of a Better Future? Science Fiction in Glasgow

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

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Glasgow’s Aye Write book festival boasts a cracking night for science fiction fans among its many events this year. Ken MacLeod points us to the The Early Days of a Better Future evening (extra brownie points to those of you who get the double reference in that title) on Sunday March 7th at 8pm, which, [...]

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Metaphrog have comics workshop in Glasgow this weekend

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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John and Sandra, the shiny duo behind Metaphrog comics, have a comics workshop this weekend in one of the my very favourite Glasgow institutions, the wonderful Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (as seen in Denise Mina’s run on Hellblazer, although now mostly demon free). From the description: “Learn how they make their own Louis graphic [...]

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