Tag Archive | "history"

Burke and Hare events in Edinburgh tomorrow

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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A reminder that we have Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering coming to our Edinburgh store on Southbridge tomorow -  Thursday January 28th – to sign copies of their recently published Burke and Hare graphic novel (reviewed here by Richard); for those with a literary bent and a fascination for history the boys will also be [...]

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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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“Bodies for gold!” – we talk bodysnatching to Martin Conaghan & Will Pickering

Friday, November 13, 2009

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FPI:  Today I’m joined by Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering, the team behind Insomnia’s recently published graphic novel Burke and Hare, which draws upon one of history’s most famous cases of the infamous ‘Resurrection Men’ (or bodysnatchers) in Enlightenment era Edinburgh. Hi, guys and thanks for joining us – could you begin by introducing yourselves [...]

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World War One and Two in easy comics form

Thursday, October 22, 2009

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Angus McLeod has posted up two absolutely brilliant simple comics histories explaining the whole of World War One and World War Two in just a few minutes; a quick excerpt from 1914: I love the British Isles reaction to the German attack through Belgium “you wanker” and the donning of the war moustache is a great [...]

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Larry Gonick speaks

Monday, September 28, 2009

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Via Tom at Comics Reporter comes this video of Larry Gonick discussing his Cartoon History series, which I have to say I’ve loved for years and recommended to parents trying to get reluctant younger readers to get into history in an enjoyable way (like the Horrible Histories Larry’s works are funny but factual). The second [...]

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The cartoon resistance

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

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Kellie Strøm, a much-admired artist around these parts, discusses the work of cartoonist Fritz Behrendt which is currently on exhibition in the Netherlands in the Dutch Resistance Museum, which celebrates his anti-Nazi work (he was arrested by the SS in 1945, a terrifying prospect). Kellie also discusses Behrendt’s later career, not just work for various [...]

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The History of Irish Comics part 1

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

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No, this is not some strange comics-related sequel to Mel Brooks’ History of the World Part 1, it is in fact the start of what promises to be a fascinating look into the history of comics and cartooning by Irish creators. As Patrick Brown notes at the beginning, its not the easiest topic to research: [...]

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