A reminder to London peeps, the excellent Nick Abdzis has been sent back to these shores for a short while and will be in Gosh in London tomorrow, Saturday May 12th from 7 to 9pm for the launch of the much anticipated new collected edition of his Hugo Tate series by Blank Slate Books.
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Yes, those extraordinary gentlemen, Messrs Kevin O’Neill (well known ittinerant artist) and Alan Moore (five times winner of the All-Northampton Mighty Beard Champion), will be returning to London’s fine Gosh Comics emporium of four-colour delights to mark the publication of the third and final part of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century trilogy, with the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Nick Abadzis guest on Jerzy Drozd’s Comics Are Great podcast, discussing the upcoming Blank Slate Books release of his collected Hugo Tate, a series a lot of us have wanted to see collected for many years and which is figuring pretty highly in the blog crew’s “I want” list. Nick will be in the UK [...]
Continue reading...Monday, April 23, 2012
Chatting and book launching Science Tales, with a bookplate available at Gosh on the night as an exclusive:
Continue reading...Monday, March 19, 2012
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(pencil rough sketch for a bookplate design by and (c) Nick Abdzis, shamelessly borrowed from his tumblr) Nick Abadzis has started a tumblr blog featuring art and musings on his iconic – and thanks to Blank Slate Books – about to be reprinted in a new collected edition Hugo Tate. The Megazine & the FP [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 8, 2012
The brilliant Tom Gauld will be in fine London comics emporium Gosh! this Friday, 9th March, from 6.30pm to celebrate the publication of his new book from Drawn & Quarterly, Goliath; he’s already popped into the store to create some fab artwork on the shop windows and even do a quick interview: And the very [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 1, 2012
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We’ve been blogging about how delighted we are at the prospect of a long-overdue collection being published of Nick Abadzis‘ brilliant Deadline strip Hugo Tate (available now for pre-order) – the nice folks at Blank Slate are bringing this unusual slice of Brit comics history out this spring and the equally nice folks at Gosh! [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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The third issue of the very fine Comix Reader collection is being launched at London comics landmark Gosh! on Friday 2nd of March from 7 to 9pm, along with an exhibition which runs from March 2nd to the 9th. Paul O’Connell kindly sends us along a sneak peek at the collaborative contribution he made to [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 24, 2011
You might remember the other day we linked to a cool pic Sarah McIntyre had posted of Lauren O’Farrell – better known as the mad fabric-moulding menace @deadlyknitshade – with the exceedingly cool wee knitted version of Nel from Blank Slate’s brilliant Nelson graphic novel that she had made. Well it gets better – Lauren [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 21, 2011
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After a storming Thought Bubble, the Nelson bandwagon rolls on to London, where a busy group of comic-ers are transforming the windows of GOSH (@GoshComics). Photos from Sarah McIntyre’s Tumblr: (Woodrow Phoenix @mrphoenix contemplates the trickiness of that S) (Sarah McIntyre chips in with her Nel space-hopping her way onto glass – @jabberworks) (Will Morris [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 9, 2011
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November is going to be a pretty busy month for some top comics events at London’s fine Gosh! Comics in their stylish new home in 1 Berwick Street, Soho, with some great comics creators, including, I am delighted to see, a slew of writers and artists from some of our favourite Indy UK comic presses [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 1, 2011
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November sees a visit to Gosh! Comics in London from new Blank Slate artist Uli Oesterle and now veteran Slater Mawil, with both German comics creators coming to Gosh as part of Comica (there’s a talk afterwards too) on November 18th from 6 to 7pm. I’ve not had the pleasure of meeting Uli yet but [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 4, 2011
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Hayley at fine London comics emporium Gosh! tells us they have the quite excellent Anders Nilsen paying them a visit on Saturday October 15th from 6 to 7pm in their shiny, new Soho lair (1 Berwick Street) to celebrate the massive collection of his long-running Big Numbers which has been published by the good folks [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 25, 2011
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Another Thursday, the end of summer (such as it is in the UK) approaches with the oncoming bank holiday weekend, but our constant audio ray of sunshine Alex Fitch brings us more comics goodness. As ever check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows. Panel Borders: Gosh! It’s [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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One of London’s landmark quality comics stores is moving – Gosh Comics is finally leaving their home in Great Russell Street after a quarter of a century to shiny new premises in Soho. The old store will have a cracking send off though, with Messrs Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill signing the new League of [...]
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