Tag Archive | "Simone Lia"

Please, God, Find Me a Husband…

Friday, April 27, 2012

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I totally missed this a few days ago, but the Guardian posted up the excellent Simone Lia narrating the first part of her brand new graphic novel Please, God, Find Me a Husband (just published by Cape) in an audio-slideshow format online.

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Mark your London diary: Tom Gauld at Gosh! tomorrow, Tripwire on Saturday, Simone Lia in April

Thursday, March 8, 2012

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The brilliant Tom Gauld will be in fine London comics emporium Gosh! this Friday, 9th March, from 6.30pm to celebrate the publication of his new book from Drawn & Quarterly, Goliath; he’s already popped into the store to create some fab artwork on the shop windows and even do a quick interview: And the very [...]

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Simone Lia’s Chip and Bean buy nothing……

Saturday, November 26, 2011

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Simone Lia‘s delightful Chip and Bean characters get involved with Buy Nothing Day: “Lock up your wallets and purses, cut up your credit cards and dump the love of your life – shopping. Saturday November 26th is Buy Nothing Day (UK). It’s a day where you challenge yourself, your family and friends to switch off from [...]

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How to draw bunnies

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

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Artist and comics creator Simone Lia is the guest tutor on the Guardian’s How to draw… slot this month and here she is on the Guardian yesterday teaching just how to draw bunnies! Neat! (thanks to Jamie Smart and Gary Northfield for the link tip, picked up when they both should have been working but [...]

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New from Simone Lia..

Sunday, July 17, 2011

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Over 18 months ago, I wrote about Simone Lia’s new blog and graphic novel: “There’s also the news that she’s busy working on a new graphic novel, no title or schdule yet, but given Simone’s track record, I’m looking forward to whatever she comes out with. The art below seems to hint that it’s some [...]

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Simone Lia’s “A Well Oiled Mind”

Sunday, April 17, 2011

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Simone Lia tells a short tale of oil nightmares in “A Well Oiled Mind” over on the Guardian Online as part of their Oil Stories series of short fiction.

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Simone Lia interview

Saturday, June 12, 2010

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A fairly long and informative interview with Simone Lia over at Paul Gravett’s site, and tying in with the Tate Britain “Rude Britannia” exhibition in which Lia provides visuals for the exhibition programme. Lia of course is the creator of a favourite book from a couple of years ago: Fluffy. Best bit of the interview? [...]

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Simone Lia – new blog, new book… just not soon enough!

Sunday, January 17, 2010

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Simone Lia, creator of the oh so heartbreakingly lovely Fluffy (review) and the ever so fun Sausage & Carrots (review) for the DFC, has a shiny new blog. It’s full of fun stuff and some really lovely artwork such as the piece below, available to you as part of a Christmas card set (why not [...]

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New Observer/Cape/Comics graphic short fiction competition announced

Monday, July 20, 2009

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Paul Gravett kindly drops us a line to let us know that this year’s Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica competition for short graphical fiction was announced in Sunday’s Observer. This is rapidly becoming a major event in the UK comics calendar, offering not just a chance for comics creators to try their luck but to also perhaps catch [...]

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