Tag Archive | "Reinhard Kleist"

The Man in Black

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

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SelfMadeHero has a video up to accompany Alex Fitch‘s interview with German comics creator Reinhard Kleist discussing his brilliant Johnny Cash bio-graphic novel, with art from the book, photos from his Comica appearance and footage of Reinhard sketching: The Man in Black and White from SelfMadeHero on Vimeo.

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‘Hello, Zitty’ – Kleist, Mawil, Fil and Fearn animation

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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Leading German comics artist and creator of one of my favourite works of last year, Reinhard Kleist, has created an animated promotion for Zitty, a Berlin events magazine (“always know what’s happening”), guessing a bit like Time Out in London or The List in Edinburgh and Glasgow. The short animation also includes contributions from Mawil [...]

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Alex’s audio round-up

Thursday, December 10, 2009

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Another Thursday already and as we all start to panic about what presents to buy for Christmas here’s Alex Fitch to offer us a chance to de-stress and listen to some interesting audio; as ever check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows: Strip! – Depicting the darkness [...]

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Cash: I See a Darkness, soundtrack edition

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

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Doug at the fine indy press Self Made Hero (who have been publishing a variety of graphic novels we’ve really been loving this year) tells me that they’ve collaborated with Ave Comics on a digital version of Reinhard Kleist’s graphic biopic of Johnny Cash, I See a Darkness, a book which seriously impressed me this [...]

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Your weekend comic events (south) – Comica’s final weekend…..

Friday, November 20, 2009

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This weekend sees not one, but two great comic events. First up it’s the Comica 2009 final week – which looks rather good with a trio of conversations happening at the ICA: First up on Sunday 22 November; Reinhard Kleist, author of the great I see A Darkness, the biography of Johnny Cash, published recently [...]

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The Man In Black – in perfect black and white….

Sunday, November 1, 2009

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what have I become? my sweetest friend everyone I know goes away in the end and you could have it all my empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt (Hurt by Trent Reznor, but made perfect by Johnny Cash) I’ve just finished Reinhard Kleist’s wonderful graphic biography of Johnny [...]

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Comica news – Graphic Short Story prize announced & Campbell and Brown in conversation

Sunday, November 1, 2009

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Okay, the Comica festival happens all the way through November and full details are up at the Comica website. But here’s a recent announcement we wanted to share with you. Just confirmed is the news that Eddie Campbell (Alec, From Hell) will be in conversation with Scottish pioneer of stand-up comedy, Arnold Brown at Comica [...]

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“Hello, I’m Johnny Cash”

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Cash: I See a Darkness Reinhard Kleist Self Made Hero “If you wanna save your soul from hell, cowboy, then change your ways today. Or you’ll ride with us through these endless skies, forever on the hunt for the Devil’s herd...” Ghost Riders in the Sky To say award-winning German comics creator Reinhard Kleist’s graphic [...]

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The Man In Black

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

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“Well, you wonder why I always dress in black, Why you never see bright colours on my back, And why does my appearance seem to have a sombre tone. Well, there’s a reason for the things that I have on. I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin’ in the hopeless, [...]

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