Tag Archive | "Oli East"

Director’s Commentary: Giving the Elbow

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

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Today we’ve got a not-quite-comics-but-related story for you, direct from the pens and brushes of one of our fave creators, the very fine Oli East. Now we know and love Oli for his wonderful and unusual Trains Are Mint comics (which have been collected by Blank Slate). Regular readers of the blog will also know [...]

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Not One For Knocking Off: Badman, Duff, Porcellino and Santoro in Manchester

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

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The excellent Oli East takes time out from rubbing shoulders with rock star royalty as he brings his artistic skills to bear once more for Elbow,  to alert us to an upcoming exhibition which sounds ace, featuring, as it does, Derik Badman, Malcy Duff, John Porcellino and Frank Santoro. Not One For Knocking Off #2 [...]

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When comics got the rock vibe

Monday, January 17, 2011

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(Charles Burns provides the art for Iggy Pop’s Brick by Brick, back from the days before iggy was busy schilling for insurance companies – really, Iggy, the last one we’d have believed would do that…) CBR’s Comics Should Be Good column is delving into the realm where music and comics art combine, with a look [...]

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Oli East speaks

Monday, November 15, 2010

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Oli East talks about his Ignatz-nominated Trains Are Mint comics with Sophie the ‘QunoSpotter’ in this short video interview (link via Tom Spurgeon):

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Pigeons on the roof

Monday, October 11, 2010

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Oli East says he has pigeons on his roof. He’s lucky, I have bats in my belfry…

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Trains Are Mint #7 online

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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Oli East tells us that the seventh Trains Are Mint is now online, totally free for you to go an read. Got to say I’m impressed with TAM #7; we’ve noted on here several times that Oli just keeps improving as time goes by, but I have to say I’m finding this issue, which is [...]

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Trains Are Mint has new engine shed

Monday, July 12, 2010

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Oli East notes on his blog (in-between watching football players dash around to the enchanting vuvuzuela sound) that he’s set up a new home for Trains Are Mint. The new site is still under construction but Oli has already put up issue 6 of Trains Are Mint for you to enjoy reading, so go and [...]

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Oli East and friends exhibiting in Manchester this week

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

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As Richard noted at the weekend Oli East has the third of his Trains Are Mint series from Blank Slate, Berlin and That, coming out this week, and to go along with it there’s an exhibition of artwork from Oli and his friends who contributed to the work, opening this week in Manchester. For this [...]

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Not One For Knocking On – self published comics exhibition

Thursday, March 18, 2010

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Not One For Knocking On is the name of a forthcoming comic art exhibition which Oli East is going to be curating at the Rogue Artists studios gallery and project space in Manchester this November. Its all drawn from self-published creators and the artists to be featured include Blaisse Larmee, Malcy Duff, Warren Craghead and [...]

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Trains are Mint #6 online now

Monday, March 1, 2010

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Oli East tells me that he has a new issue of  his Ignatz-nominated Trains Are Mint series (issue #6) completed and with actual paper issues costing a fair bit to do these days he’s gone online instead with it, with the whole issue available on his site for you to enjoy gratis, which is pretty [...]

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Berlin and that launch in Manchester

Thursday, February 18, 2010

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Matthew Badham notes that Oli East has posted up news that the next Trains Are Mint book, Berlin and That, will launch along with the opening of an exhibition at the International 3 in Manchester on April 30th from 6 to 9pm. Berlin and That features contributions from several collaborators, including Gareth Brookes, Guy Garvey, [...]

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Oli East selling original Trains Are Mint… Artwork

Monday, November 30, 2009

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Oli East has decided to add some of his original artwork from his Ignatz-nominated Trains Are Mint… to his online store, should you be looking for a unique pressie for that special comics someone this Christmas. Original art from Proper Go Well High will follow,  Oli says, “as soon as I can find the buggers” [...]

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Oli East’s Elbow art going to Manchester gallery

Monday, November 9, 2009

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Oli East’s artwork for Elbow’s award-winning album The Seldom Seen Kid is being donated to the Manchester Art Gallery‘s permanent Manchester collection, Guy Garvey has told him. Oli, still basking in the ‘new dad’ glow, notes on his blog that he was also liked the frame the band had for his artwork, made from salvaged [...]

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Stephen Betts on Oli East

Friday, September 4, 2009

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On Comics Influx Stephen Betts appears to be most impressed with Blank Slate’s second offering from Oli East, Proper Go Well High: “Despite being a big fan of Trains Are… Mint, I had been worried that this book would simply be more of the same. But my fears were entirely unfounded – East has produced [...]

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