Tag Archive | "Paul Rainey"

Two more for FPI’s Most Wanted…. one right now, one in May

Saturday, April 2, 2011

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A couple of great comics that I stupidly left off the FPI Most Wanted for this month (FPI Most Wanted is our monthly look at what’s coming your way over the next couple of months). One because I didn’t know about it until this morning and the other because I have a terrible memory and [...]

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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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Paul Rainey gives us more Time and the debut appearance of The Two Pauls…..

Sunday, January 16, 2011

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Paul Rainey, of the excellent There’s No Time Like The Present, has been in touch to tell me about the extra exclusive supplemental TNTLTP pages he’s produced for the Paul Gravett curated That’s Novel exhibition. Here’s one, the rest are at Paul’s website found at the TNTLTP pages: And on February 19th Paul will be [...]

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There’s No Time Left…….

Friday, September 17, 2010

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There’s No Time Like The Present Issue 13 by Paul Rainey Self-published. “If you’re new here …. then you’re really going to be confused.” Those are Paul Rainey’s opening words in his editorial for issue 13 – the final part of his time travelling, dimensional warping, head spinning sci-fi soap opera odyssey after nearly six years [...]

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Time’s Up….

Sunday, July 25, 2010

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Currently sitting on my shelf waiting to be read is the 13th and final episode of Paul Rainey’s There’s No Time Like The Present. The culmination of Rainey’s near 6 year epic of time travel and personal relationships. I’ve looked at all the various  parts so far here on the blog (here’s the most recent [...]

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And now the end is near …. Paul Rainey’s sci-fi kitchen sink OAP series nears the end.

Friday, May 14, 2010

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There’s No Time Like The Present issue 12 (of 13) by Paul Rainey Self Published It’s getting very close to the end of Paul Rainey’s excellent sci-fi/ time travel/ kitchen sink drama of OAPs and collector culture. And since it’s a very complex story that demands the reader consumes all 11 previous issues before tackling [...]

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2000 AD Prog Slog comes to an end

Thursday, May 13, 2010

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(the first Prog of 200 AD; dinosaurs fighting cowboys from the future, Volgs invading Britain, MACH 1 and the return of Dan Dare. It was 1977, I was ten, it was brilliant) Regular readers may remember us mentioning from time to time Paul Rainey (writer/artist of a couple of comics series we absolutely love) embarking [...]

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There’s No Time Like The Present 11

Monday, February 15, 2010

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There’s No Time Like The Present issue 11 (of 13) by Paul Rainey Self Published. It’s really difficult reviewing this one, since I really don’t want you to read it. At least I don’t want you to read it quite yet. Like I’ve said before, Paul Rainey’s There’s No Time Like The Present series is [...]

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Lucky 13 for Rainey?

Sunday, January 31, 2010

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Over on his blog Paul Rainey writes that he’s just finished plotting out the finale to his most enjoyable series “There’s No Time Like The Present“. In the past he always said he reckoned 12 issues would see it finish and wrap up satisfactorily. But after plotting it all out, he’s decided it needs an [...]

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A little comic Christmas cheer….

Friday, December 25, 2009

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Always a pleasure at this time of year to get some delightful Christmas cards from comic folks……. So we thought we’d collect a few of them together for you this Christmas. Merry Christmas everyone: (Martin Eden and his Spandex gang) (Paul Rainey, whose There’s No Time Like The Present was most enjoyable this year) (Matthew [...]

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There’s No Time – curiouser and curiouser….

Friday, December 18, 2009

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There’s No Time Like The Present – part 10 by Paul Rainey Self Published Part 10 of There’s No Time Like The Present is a difficult sell as a comic. I’m sure Rainey would agree with me here, after all, he stopped putting summaries in a long time ago and his intro to the comic [...]

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Lists, lots of lists, a whole book of the things….

Thursday, November 26, 2009

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Book Of Lists by Paul B. Rainey Self-Published The Book Of Lists collects 111 pages of Paul Rainey’s webcomic; an unusual, strange, funny and honest series of autobiographical comic strips. The most unusual aspect of them is the manner of their creation; instead of putting his strips together in the usual manner, Rainey does a [...]

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Paul Rainey at Border Milton Keynes tomorrow!!!

Friday, October 9, 2009

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Ooops, apologies to Paul, I did say I’d plug this earlier in the week. Sorry! Paul Rainey, author of the great There’s No Time Like The Present (reviews here and here) will be signing his latest book, the very compact and perfectly formed Book Of Lists at Borders Milton Keynes tomorrow, Saturday 10th October.He’s instore [...]

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There’s No Time Like the Present

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

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Paul B Rainey tells us that the tenth instalment of his excellent There’s No Time Like The Present is now available from his website; Richard’s review of TNTLTP #9 can be read on the blog here.

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Paul Rainey’s Book Of Lists

Sunday, August 16, 2009

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Paul Rainey sent us word earlier this week that his long running website project “The Book Of Lists” had finally been published in good, old fashioned, wonderful print: “Great news! I’ve actually put together a collection of my Book of Lists comic strips in trade paper back form at last! Suicidal birds. Edible guitars. Licky [...]

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