Tag Archive | "Graphic Novels"

Sardinian Connection talks to JH Williams III

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

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The Sardinian Connection blog has a nice early Christmas treat for us all in the form of an interview with artist JH Williams III: (some fabulous Promthea art by JH Williams III, borrowed from his Flickr gallery) “Sardinian Connection: Could you talk about your collaboration with Alan Moore on Promethea? How did it start?” “JH Williams III: Hmmm… [...]

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More Ian Rankin pics

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

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Photographer Kenny Mathieson took some great shots of Amanda Palmer when she was delighting fans in our Edinburgh store during the Festival and was kind enough to share some with us; Kenny also swung by to take some more photos last week when Ian Rankin paid us a visit and again he’s been generous enough [...]

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Best of the Year 2009 – Gerry Alanguilan

Monday, December 14, 2009

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Yes, once again December has not only crept up on us but is now busy hurtling past us (really, where does the time go?) leading inevitably to Christmas and the end of the year and of course that means its time to commence our traditional Best of the Year features, where we ask a variety [...]

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Black Hole Mouth

Friday, December 11, 2009

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Dash ‘Bottomless Belly Button‘ Shaw has a new animation to go along with his brand new Fantagraphics graphic novel The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century and you can check out the various segments on IFC.com – very cool! (via Heidi at The Beat)

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Tomb of Dracula

Thursday, December 10, 2009

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Among today’s brand new arrivals is the second volume of Tomb of Dracula, written by Marv Wolfman, Steve Englehart and David Kraft, pencilled by Gene Colan, Tom Palmer and Virgilio Redondo and which, appropriately enough, comes in an enormous tome big enough to use as a tombstone. And yes, I do still take an almost  [...]

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Reminder – Ian Rankin signing in Edinburgh tomorrow

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

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For readers in and around Edinburgh, remember tomorrow evening we have bestselling author Ian Rankin coming in to sign copies of his comics debut Dark Entries from 5 to 7pm on our branch in Southbridge, just a haggis-toss from the Royal Mile, so please do come along (the event is free but ticketed, check with [...]

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Footnotes

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

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I’m currently reading Joe Sacco’s Footnotes In Gaza, which has just been published in the UK by Cape. I’m taking it slowly, partly because it is a large graphic novel, partly because its the sort of material you shouldn’t rush through; its been a while since I read Sacco and I’m being reminded that among [...]

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Cash: I See a Darkness, soundtrack edition

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

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Doug at the fine indy press Self Made Hero (who have been publishing a variety of graphic novels we’ve really been loving this year) tells me that they’ve collaborated with Ave Comics on a digital version of Reinhard Kleist’s graphic biopic of Johnny Cash, I See a Darkness, a book which seriously impressed me this [...]

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Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering signing Burke and Hare in Edinburgh

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

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I’m delighted to announce that the Edinburgh Forbidden Planet on South Bridge will be hosting Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering, who are coming through to celebrate the release of their fascinating new graphic novel detailing the grisly, true-life crimes of Messrs Burke and Hare, the infamous serial killers who saw the easy money to be [...]

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Ian Rankin signing in FP Edinburgh this week

Monday, December 7, 2009

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A reminder that this week we have internationally bestselling author Ian Rankin coming into our Edinburgh branch (40-41 South Bridge, just a moment’s walk from the historic Royal Mile). A lifelong comics fan, the creator of the incredibly successful Rebus novels will be here to sign copies of his comics debut Dark Entries, which sees [...]

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Mawil and Trondheim at the Goethe

Monday, November 30, 2009

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(Lewis Trondheim, Mawil and Marc Baines at the Goethe in Glasgow, overseen by Mr O and Mr I) Okay, when I posted up the report of last week’s wonderful European comics night with Germany’s Mawil and France’s Lewis Trondheim organised by the Goethe Institut and the Alliance Français in Glasgow I teased you by alluding to [...]

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Mawil and Trondheim in Glasgow

Friday, November 27, 2009

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‘Twas a dark and stormy night as I set off for Glasgow; howling wind and driving, slushy rain falling out of the dark night. I’m glad to say the dreadful weather didn’t dampen spirits though and any fears that it might put off people from venturing out to Glasgow’s Goethe Institut were put to rest; [...]

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The DFC’s return in album form

Thursday, November 26, 2009

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As Richard has already mentioned (see here and here) there is, as we had hoped, an afterlife for the short-lived but much appreciated DFC comic which he and his daughter Molly (our Cub Reporter) adored, in the form of graphic novel collections, with the first three in the DFC Library range announced for next spring: [...]

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Necessary Monsters collection coming soon

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

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We’ve really been enjoying Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Sean Azzopardi’s collaboration on Necessary Monsters, in individual issues and online. In fact Richard said of it: “Spy Horror Thrills galore with more than a touch of the magical thrown in. James Bond with Hellblazer characters perhaps. This is Necessary Monsters; a fantastic and fantastical series from [...]

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Skin

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

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This morning the BBC Breakfast News carried an article on victims of the drug Thalidomide (a ‘wonder’ drug’ which turned out to cause dreadful birth defects in babies after being prescribed to pregnant women); many of them are still looking for adequate (or I should say better, I doubt any amount can be adequate for [...]

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