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Comics: the Funny Papers

Friday, March 15, 2013

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This Friday is Red Nose Day in the UK, when the Comic Relief charity, helped by thousands up and down the land, raise funds for some very worthwhile charities at home and abroad. There’s something delightfully British about raising money for charity by doing very silly things and wearing red noses. And yes, we know [...]

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Comics Carousel: fun, fun, and cute wolves that try to kill you

Thursday, January 31, 2013

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100th post! It’s come round pretty quickly. For me, at least… Fortnightly round-up of odds and ends I’ve been looking at: Yuri by David Biskup: Yuri is a wordless comic, set around the upcoming show of celebrated singer Yuri Valentine in Moynaq, much to the excitement of its residents. Ladies get their hair done in [...]

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In praise of. . . Corinne Mucha

Friday, October 5, 2012

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                            A recent discovery: Corinne Mucha is the bee’s knees. It began with the Ignatz-nominated ‘The Monkey in the Basement and other Delusions’ and continued with ‘It Doesn’t Exist’ and ‘My Every Single Thought’. Ostensibly these come under the umbrella of ‘mini-comics’, [...]

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Aled Lewis explains Batman’s disappearing trick

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

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Good news for Commissioner Gordon- the secret of how Batman manages to magically disappear on him time and time again has been revealed. Aled Lewis illustrates the lengths Batman has to go to in order to retain his aura of mystique. I’ve always loved  Bats’ disappearing trick on Gordon, despite it being – let’s face it [...]

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“This is your brain on drugs…”

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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Harvey Dent teaches youngsters a valuable lesson about the dangers of experimenting with drugs – hey, kids, don’t take acid! And come to think of it, don’t mess around with the other type of acid either… Is this how the anti-drug message is taught to Gotham’s school children?? (from Dorkly via Neatorama) Dorkly has several [...]

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Somersault – so you want to be an artist?

Thursday, November 3, 2011

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Ah, the artistic life – who needs success, money, fame, adoring fans, as long as you are true to your inner vision, eh? (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes  archived [...]

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Somersault – foiling crime!

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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(Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes  archived here .Part 1 of this strip can be seen here, part 2 here)

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Somersault – was it all a dream?

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

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In this week’s Somersault we return to the Real Men story – was it all just a fevered dream? (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it you should ask him first; you can see the larger version and all of the previous episodes  archived here)

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Doctor Who tube map

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

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Okay, this labour of love outlining Doctor Who events by each Doctor’s incarnation in the  iconic style of the London Underground Map is just absolutely amazing! (link via Michael Moran) On a related topic, have a look through some more of Crispian Jago’s site (whence came the splendid Doctor Who tube map), as he has [...]

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Somersault – going down?

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

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When you’re in a hurry to end yourself and make pretty damned sure that you’ve done it correctly the elevator shaft just isn’t quick enough. Besides which at least leaping off a tall building gets you outdoors for your suicide attempt: (Somersault is (c) Richard Cowdry; if you want to reproduce any part of it [...]

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