Tag Archive | "Pat Mills"

Never forget

Thursday, November 11, 2010

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The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the end of the War to End All Wars. If only it had been. (Charley’s War by the great team of Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun) “The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori.”

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Talking comics at the Electric Picnic

Friday, August 6, 2010

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John Byrne (not the X-Men John Byrne!) kindly updates us on the upcoming Electric Picnic festival which takes place in Stradbally, Co. Laois, Ireland from the 3rd to the 5th of September. As with many festivals it’s no longer just about the music though, with plenty of other activities and events taking place during the [...]

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Bastille Day

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

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Since today is the 14th of July (le quatorze Juillet), which marks the Fête Nationale – more commonly known as Bastille Day in the Anglophone world – we thought that was a perfect excuse (not that we need one, usually) to celebrate some of the great comics work which comes out of the French language [...]

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Pat Mills on Panel Borders

Monday, May 17, 2010

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I missed this at the end of last week on its Resonance FM slot but it is now available on the Panel Borders podcast, Alex Fitch talking to Brit comics legend Pat Mills about his European work: “Continuing our month long look at ‘cross-cultural comics’, Alex Fitch talks to veteren British comic book writer Pat [...]

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Atomic. Bacterial. Chemical.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

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(ABC Warriors – the opening to the Bougainville massacre from 2000AD, by Pat Mills, with art from the excellent Mick McMahon, (c) Rebellion) If, like me, you’re one of the original 2000 AD generation who were there for the arrival of Thrill Power to British comics back in the day, then that title above will [...]

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Comic Things Happening over the weekend…… Unicomics and Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival

Friday, April 23, 2010

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A busy weekend for comics fans….. Decisions, decision…. UniComics Festival, 24th April, University Of Hertfordshire. UniCon is a one day comics convention at the University of Hertfordshire that takes place tomorrow as part of the Uni Comics Festival that’s on from 22nd-25th April. Unicon’s been organised by Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Sean Azzopardi and will be [...]

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Ask Pat Mills

Thursday, April 15, 2010

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No, we’re not going to be running a new Agony Uncle column where you send in your personal problems to Uncle Pat for advice, it’s much more exciting than that! Roving interviewer Matt Madman Badham is going to be talking to the very fine Mister Pat Mills for the blog in the near future and [...]

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Graphic Novel Classics: The Complete Nemesis The Warlock

Monday, March 29, 2010

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The Complete Nemesis The Warlock by Pat Mills, Kevin O’Neill, Jesus Redondo, Bryan Talbot, John Hicklenton and more… 2000AD / Rebellion (EDIT: This review was written before the terrible news last week of the all too early death of John Hicklenton – we offer it as more appreciation of a wonderfully talented and unique artist. [...]

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John Hicklenton’s 100 Months

Sunday, March 28, 2010

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Over at Bleeding Cool, Rich has the cover and illustrations from the last book John Hicklenton was working on before his death earlier this week.No news quite yet on the British publisher rumoured to have secured the rights to it. According to the recent Telegraph obituary Hicklenton finished 100 Months just the day before his [...]

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Here’s Johnny – Pat Mills remembers his friend, John Hicklenton

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

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Pat Mills, one of the most respected and influential writers Brit comics has produced remembers and celebrates the life and work of  his friend, the remarkable artist John Hicklenton, who passed away this month aged only 42,  after a long fight against MS. The Megazine will be publishing Pat’s tribute to Johnny in their next [...]

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UniComics Festival

Monday, March 15, 2010

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The UniComics Festival will be taking place from the 22nd to 25th of April at the University of Hertfordshire, with events aimed at newcomers and longtime fans, both young and old. Among the guests on the roster there’s some top talent to be seen, including Dave Gibbons, Ian Edginton, Sarah McIntyre, Gary Erskine, Kevin O’Neill, [...]

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How a comic is made

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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On Thursday 21st of January you can “discover the secrets behind writing and drawing comics, graphic novels and manga, revealed by creators featured in the ComiXmas Exhibition at a free event held at the LondonPrintStudio Gallery.” The event, chaired by Paul Gravett, will include Andrzej Klimowsk, Danusia Schejbal, Nana Li, Woodrow Phoenix and Brit comics [...]

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Graphic novel events at Hertfordshire libraries

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Emma at Hertfordshire libraries tells me that they are following up successful comics and graphic novel events last year with more as part of their book events throughout the county this year, including two creators dear to the heart of British comics readers, Dave Gibbons, who will be giving a talk in Stevenage Central Library [...]

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ABC Warriors get animated…

Saturday, October 10, 2009

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2000AD ABC Warriors from Firestep Films on Vimeo. Rather lovely looking promo video by Firestep Films produced with the full cooperation of Rebellion Games the Rights Holders to the 2000AD catalogue. Click here for the full sized trailer. Found via Mark at Bad Librarianship. And, like Mark said, the only thing it’s really missing is [...]

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Flesh!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

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Imagine you’re ten years old; it’s the 70s, there’s no web, no mobile phones, no on demand cable services and even the ZX-81 is a few years away. Then this brand-new science fiction comic called 2000 AD (how futuristic that sounded!) appears and amid the thrill-powered tales contained inside are laser-gun totin’ cowboys from the [...]

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