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Oxfam Edinburgh Comic Event

Monday, July 25, 2011

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On a very warm, sunny Saturday a whole bunch of comics fans descended on Edinburgh’s McDonald Road Library for the Oxfam Edinburgh Comic Event, a day of enjoyably informal panel discussions, signings, comics sales and, naturally, a trip to the pub. In light of the monstrous events that had happened the day before in Norway [...]

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Oxfam Edinburgh comics event coming soon

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

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On Saturday July 23rd the Oxfam 2011 Edinburgh Comic Event will take place in the city’s McDonald Road Library from 11.30am, with a theme of war comics this year. Guest confirmed so far include Gary Erskine, Colin McNeil, Andy Diggle, David Bishop, Kohn McShane, George Low, Morris Heggie and Jeremy Briggs. There will be discussions, [...]

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Science Fiction fun at Oxfam in Reading

Monday, January 31, 2011

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Steve at the Oxfam charity bookstore in Reading tells us that they are going to be holding a science fiction spectacular from the 10th to the 24th of March, in conjunction with some other SF and comics stores in the area. Acclaimed author Brian Stableford did an event with that fine chap Dave Langford in [...]

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Oxfam comics gig

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

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A whole set of photos is up on specchum’s Flickr page from the weekend’s Oxfam comics event in Edinburgh, part of the Oxfam book festival.  Taking part in the proceedings for the charity were Frank Quitely, Gordon Rennie, Ferg Handley, David Bishop, John Ross, Morris Heggie, George Low and John McShane. (pics are (c) specchum, [...]

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Jamie Hewlett exhibition in Bristol

Monday, January 11, 2010

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You might remember a while back I blogged about Oxfam looking for a venue in the Bristol area to exhibit artworks by Tank Girl/Gorillaz’ Jamie Hewlett. Jamie “accompanied international development agency Oxfam to Char Atra in Bangladesh, which was struck by Cyclone Aila, in late 2009. The trip inspired him to paint nine very large [...]

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Tank Girl at Oxfam

Thursday, July 2, 2009

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As part of the charity Oxfam’s Book Festival some of the comics crew, including Rufus Dayglo, will be doing their bit for a very good cause: “As part of the inaugrual Book Fest for Oxfam, Rufus Dayglo and friends will be signing copies of 2000AD, The Megazine and IDW’s Tank Girl to raise funds and [...]

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