Tag Archive | "Metaphrog"

Comics make New Writing Scotland

Thursday, May 3, 2012

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New Writing Scotland is a fairly prestigious anthology in Scottish publishing circles which acts as a showcase for the best of new and emerging talent, with the first professional appearance of works, taking in both prose and poetry. And now, I am told, for the first time in it’s 30 annual edition history, it has [...]

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A year in the life of comics creators: Metaphrog

Friday, December 9, 2011

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Regular readers will know that I have long been in love with the wonderful Louis graphic novels created by Sandra and John of Glasgow’s Indy comics publisher Metaphrog; the art and stories are beautiful, enchanting, quite suitable for younger readers as well as adults, yet on closer inspection, to the adult reader there are layers [...]

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Metaphrog talks to TCJ

Friday, September 30, 2011

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Over on The Comics Journal Gavin Lees has posted up a good, long interview with a pair of my favourite creators, John and Sandra of Glasgow-based Metaphrog: (a beautiful dream sequence from Louis: Night Salad by and (c) Metaphrog) “LEES: What was your impetus to make narrative art? Is storytelling something you always wanted to [...]

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Metaphrog commended by Scottish Children’s Book Awards

Thursday, September 8, 2011

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I am utterly delighted to report that one of my very favourite books from last year, Louis: Night Salad by Glasgow-based Metaphrog, has been specially commended in the announcment for the shortlist for the Scottish Children’s Book Awards. Speaking to Metaphrog a little earlier we were racking our brains but none of us can recall [...]

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The Photographs

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

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The Photographs is a short comic work by Sandra and John of Glasgow’s Metaphrog (home of the gorgeous Louis graphic novels, which I adore). The guys explained to us that The Photographs is the result of a commission by Glasgow Life and is a response to a series of workshops they did with groups of [...]

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Director’s Commentary: Metaphrog

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

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Today we have a very special treat for you, and indeed a very lovely treat for me too, as our latest “director’s commentary” is from a couple of my favourite comics creators, Sandra and John, the folks behind Glasgow’s Metaphrog, which is home to the gorgeous Louis books. The brand new book, Louis: Night Salad, [...]

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Night Salad: a wonderful, all ages fantasy

Thursday, November 18, 2010

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Louis: Night Salad by Metaphrog I’ve adored Glasgow-based Metaphrog’s Louis books for years and I’ve been really looking forward to their brand new book with their perpetual innocent abroad for months. And I am not disappointed. Night Salad begins with an accident, as Louis is working in his garden he trips and falls while handling [...]

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Metaphrog out and about

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

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It’s a pretty busy period for Glasgow-based Metaphrog: the much anticipated new Louis book, Night Salad, has just been released and I can tell you it is utterly gorgeous (expect a review shortly) and as a lovely wee hardback edition (for under a tenner too) I think it would also make a perfect Christmas present [...]

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Night Salad

Monday, July 26, 2010

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(the very lovely cover to Louis: Night Salad, coming in the autumn; (c) Metaphrog) One of the graphic novels I am particularly looking forward to this autumn is the new book from Glasgow-based Metaphrog, Louis: Night Salad. I’ve loved the Louis books for years -- they have a lot of charm, which seems almost childlike [...]

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Metaphrog: events and online comics talks

Monday, April 26, 2010

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John and Sandra from Glasgow’s Metaphrog comics have no less than three audio visual presentations on comics online via VoiceThread (hosted by the good folks at the Scottish Book Trust), part of some illustrated talks they did for teachers: there’s a brief history of graphic novels, a discussion of their comics adaptation of famed Scots [...]

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Metaphrog in March

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

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Glasgow’s Metaphrog are going to be pretty busy during March, being involved in a number of events, starting with the Glow Live Meet tomorrow (March 3rd), “a virtual comic workshop available to view on the Glow network by subscribing schools”, two school visits in Glasgow on March 4th for World Book Day, two workshops for [...]

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Metaphrog have comics workshop in Glasgow this weekend

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

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John and Sandra, the shiny duo behind Metaphrog comics, have a comics workshop this weekend in one of the my very favourite Glasgow institutions, the wonderful Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum (as seen in Denise Mina’s run on Hellblazer, although now mostly demon free). From the description: “Learn how they make their own Louis graphic [...]

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Liz Lochhead discusses Metaphrog

Thursday, October 29, 2009

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Scottish poet and playwright Liz Lochhead was on Scottish Television’s The Hour discussing Metaphrog‘s delightful comics adaptation of her friend, the great Edwin Morgan’s sci-fi poem The First Men on Mercury, which the Glasgow duo adapted for the Association for Scottish Literary Studies for National Poetry Day earlier this month (see here to enjoy the [...]

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The First Men on Mercury

Thursday, October 8, 2009

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Happy National Poetry Day to you all! As I mentioned the other week the Association for Scottish Literary Studies has decided to mark this year’s UK National Poetry Day by asking Glasgow’s delightful Metaphrog to adapt The First Men on Mercury, a science fiction themed poem from the man that I (and a lot of [...]

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Comics, science fiction and poetry

Friday, September 25, 2009

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In the UK the 8th of October will be National Poetry Day, an day to encourage people to read or listen to some wonderful verse. Its not always easy, even with heavy readers; too many people say “I don’t like poetry”, which always seems odd to me to be so dismissive – I ask them [...]

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