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And the 2009 Observer/Cape graphic short story prize winner is…….

Sunday, November 1, 2009

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The annual Observer/Cape graphic short story award prize winners were announced today online nd in the Observer. The 1st prize was awarded to Vivien McDermid with her story “Paint”. Described as a “vividly captured and tender story” that was a “touching portrayal of mother with a small toddler“. Vivien will receive a cheque for £1000 at [...]

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Bryan Talbot’s Steampunk menagerie – welcome to Grandville

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

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Grandville by Bryan Talbot Jonathan Cape “An anthropomorphic steampunk detective thriller” – Bryan Talbot. Which pretty much sets the scene for Grandville quite nicely. Talbot’s no stranger to steampunk, having given us the trailblazing, way ahead of it’s time Luther Arkwright, but Grandville takes it a step further and mixes his beautifully rendered steampunk visions with the anthropomorphic illustrations [...]

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Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica Graphic Short Fiction deadline extended

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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Due to industrial action by the Royal Mail the organisers of this year’s Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica short graphic fiction prize have decided to extend the deadline to allow for any delays that are outwith the control of entrants – the deadline now moves from September 25th to October 19th. The first couple of years of the [...]

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Tamara Drewe heading for the big screen

Thursday, September 3, 2009

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The BBC reports that the award-winning graphic novel Tamara Drewe is heading to the big screen. The tale of relationships, jealousies, loves and lust in a small English village sparked by the arrival of a vivacious young woman – the eponymous Tamara – was the creation of Posy Simmonds, one of the most interesting female [...]

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New Observer/Cape/Comics graphic short fiction competition announced

Monday, July 20, 2009

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Paul Gravett kindly drops us a line to let us know that this year’s Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica competition for short graphical fiction was announced in Sunday’s Observer. This is rapidly becoming a major event in the UK comics calendar, offering not just a chance for comics creators to try their luck but to also perhaps catch [...]

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Another day at the office – I Like My Job

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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I Like My Job by Sarah Herman Jonathan Cape Here’s a strange one. What exactly is it that marks some proposal out for publication at one of those “proper” book publishers and not others? I ask this not to cast aspersions on I Like My Job but just to try to illustrate some of the thoughts that passed [...]

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