Tag Archive | "Orbital"

It’s Dark in London

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

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Orbital Comics has video from the recent launch of the new edition of It’s Dark in London from SelfMadeHero, complete with the mighty Steve Bell, one of our Great Cartooning Beards of Britain, reading from the short tale War and Penge:

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New Orbiting Pod

Thursday, November 24, 2011

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The Orbital Comics crew’s Orbiting Pod podcast has reached its 49th show already, wow, just one away from the big five-oh show mark – big congrats and well done to them. The Orbiting Pod Episode 49 from Orbiting Pod on Vimeo.

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Tom Gauld and Anders Nilsen talk at Orbital

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

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Tom at Orbital kindly drops us a link to an audio recording of the recent Tom Gauld and Anders Nilsen talk, recorded for the Orbital podcast after Anders’ recent London visit, go have a listen.

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Orbital Volume 4 – so nearly brilliant…. UPDATED

Thursday, August 18, 2011

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Orbital Volume 4: Ravages By Sylvain Runberg and Serge Pellé Cinebook I’m rather in a muddle over Orbital; first I sort of liked it, although recognised the flaws of a first volume that spent so long dawdling along on the setup that an eventual Aliens-esque firefight at the end seemed overly rushed. The second volume [...]

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Orbital gets political and much better for it….

Monday, June 6, 2011

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Orbital Volume 3: Nomads By Sylvain Runberg and Serge Pellé Cinebook I didn’t do my research at the end of the first couple of volumes of Orbital (reviews – Volume 1 & Volume 2) and really thought it was a simple two volume series. But what I did see I thought was a decent enough [...]

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To do in London on Free Comic Book Day: Abnett, Ewing and Morrison at Gosh, Hine & Kane in Orbital, Drop in and Draw in Edinburgh

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

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Hayley Campbell alerts us to a good day out this weekend if you are in London: this Saturday, as most of you will know, is the first Saturday of May and that means the annual Free Comic Book Day bash. The fine Gosh! comics lot are taking part and as well as the FCBD material [...]

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The Two Pauls

Friday, February 25, 2011

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London’s fine Orbital Comics recently hosted The Two Pauls – Cornell and Rainey – and now there’s video from the event online, via the Orbital site:

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JH Williams talks

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

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London’s fine Orbital Comics has posted up the first part of a video interview with the excellent J.H. Williams III, recorded during a signing session in the store. And look, is that man with the microphone a certain Alex Fitch who we enjoy listening to on radio/podcasts on a weekly basis? J.H.Williams III Interview – [...]

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Comica: That’s Novel

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

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Oh lucky comics folks in London, this week sees the opening of one of the major exhibitions to go with this year’s Comica, That’s Novel. There’s a special launch event tomorrow evening, Thursday 21st, and the exhibition runs fully from October 22nd to the 19th of December at the London Print Studio. From the description [...]

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Who at Glastonbury

Monday, June 28, 2010

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For those who missed it late last night on the BBC’s coverage, here’s a clearly delighted Matt Smith strutting his funky Time Lord stuff on the stage with Orbital at Glastonbury as they perform the Doctor Who theme. Fab!

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Secret Origins

Monday, September 14, 2009

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Orbital Comics Gallery (8 Great Newport Street, London) has a new exhibition opening this week: Secret Origins, Real Comic Book Heroes with photographs by Steven Cook, which will run from the 17th of September to the 17th of October: “Orbital Comics Gallery will be hosting an exhibition of photographs charting the rise of the key [...]

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Orbital Volume 1: Scars – Sci-Fi Interruptus.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

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Orbital Volume 1: Scars Written by Sylvain Runberg, Art by Serge Pelle Cinebook It’s the 23rd Century and humankind has finally been admitted to an 8000 year old intergalactic multi-species alliance and even then only grudgingly – we’re somewhere between annoying simpleton cousin and nasty virus in their eyes. Of course, this is mostly our [...]

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