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Solipsistic Pop 4 details….

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

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The Solipsistic Pop anthology, masterminded by Tom Humberstone, returns in November for it’s fourth volume with the fascinating theme of Maps. Very few details as yet, but it’s going to be the biggest volume yet, 80 pages, 30 different artists for a change to an annual format. As Tom Humberstone puts it: “Book Four will [...]

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Solipsistic Pop: Year Two

Thursday, November 25, 2010

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Artist and editor Tom Humberstone has decided now that Solipsistic Pop 3 has been successfully launched (see Richard’s review here and Kenny’s Twitter take on SP3 here) and Thought Bubble has passed he has time to think more about SP’s future. It’s established itself pretty swiftly as an outstanding collection of some of the best [...]

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Solipsistic Pop – Twittering a review…..

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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Richard here – As I was putting my own review of Solipsistic Pop to bed the other day, Kenny Penman (Blank Slate publisher) was putting his own Solipsistic Pop 3 review together during his tea break – except he decided that he’d do it via Twitter. More than anything else, it’s fascinating to see two different readings [...]

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Solipsistic Pop Issue 3 – the all ages alternative…

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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Solipsistic Pop Issue 3 Artists: Krystina Baczynski, Becky Barnicoat, Adam Cadwell, Warwick Johnson Cadwell, Francesca Cassavetti, Faz Choudry, David O’Connell, Daryl Cunningham, Rob Davis, Joe Decie, John Cei Douglas, Marc Ellerby, Sarah Gordon, Anne Holiday, Tom Humberstone, Daniel Locke, Lizz Lunney, Mark Oliver, Luke Pearson, Octavia Raitt, Edward Ross, Philippa Rice, Anna Saunders, Julia Scheele, Tom Smith and Andrew Waugh. Edited by Tom Humberstone. (Great start – and a perfect cover for this [...]

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Solipsistic Pop Issue 3 – Launch Party and release news… and sweeties

Saturday, October 30, 2010

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Solipsistic Pop, the biannual celebration of the UK comics scene (reviews – issue 1, issue 2) is gearing up for the release of Issue 3 later in November at Thought Bubble. But before then Tom Humberstone has been busy putting previews from issue 3 on the Solipsistic Pop website and making plans for the issue [...]

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Exercises in Instant Gratification: an interview with Tom Humberstone

Friday, August 13, 2010

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Tom Humberstone is a cartoonist and editor. As the man behind such comics as Art School Scum, My Fellow Americans and How To Date A Girl In 10 Days, he’s had critical plaudits aplenty. Also, in 2008, he was the winner of the Eagle award for ‘Favourite British Black and White Comic’. In this interview, [...]

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Solipsistic Pop returns for a second beautiful volume, but……

Thursday, June 10, 2010

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Solipsistic Pop Volume 2. by Adam Cadwell, Anna Saunders, Anne Holiday, Becky Barnicoat, Daniel Locke, Jack Noel, Joe Decie, Julia Scheele, Kristyna Baczynski, Lizz Lunney, Luke Pearson, Marc Ellerby, Mark Oliver, Matilda Tristram, Matthew Sheret, Octavia Raitt, Philippa Johnson, Sally Hancox,  Stephen Collins, Tom Humberstone Edited by Tom Humberstone We’re in the realms of the difficult second album here. I don’t know whether it’s my own sense of [...]

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Solipsistic Pop 3 line-up announced

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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Tom Humberstone announces the line-up for the third volume of the uber-cool British indy comics anthology Solipsistic Pop, with contributions from Krystina Baczynski, Becky Barnicoat, Adam Cadwell, Warwick Johnson Cadwell, Franceasca Cassavetti, Stephen Collins, David O’Connell, Rob Davis, Joe Decie, Marc Ellerby, Anne Holiday, Tom Humberstone, Linzie Hunter, Mark Oliver, Octavia Raitt, Edward Ross, Philippa [...]

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Solipsistic Pop 2 launch next week

Monday, April 19, 2010

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Next Wednesday (28th) sees the eagerly anticipated launch of what is sure to be one of the Brit small press publications of the year, Solipsistic Pop 2, a new anthology featuring work from some great names in the UK Indy comics scene, including Kristyna Baczynski, Becky Barnicoat, Adam Cadwell, Stephen Collins, Joe Decie, Marc Ellerby, [...]

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Solipsistic Pop 2 cover

Sunday, April 4, 2010

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Solipsistic Pop # 2 is due out later this month, but here’s the cover by Luke Pearson: Based on the previews over at the website this issue looks like it’s going to be just as good as issue 1.

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Sour Rabbit & Crispy Duck

Friday, March 26, 2010

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No, that’s not some odd dish from the local Chinese restaurant, it’s a strip by Lizz Lunney and it’s up on the Solipsistic Pop website by way of a wee preview of work we can expect to see in the second SP collection: (Sour Rabbit and Crispy Duck by and (c) Liz Lunney; one of [...]

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Solipsistic Pop 2 lineup announced…..

Sunday, January 31, 2010

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After thoroughly enjoying issue 1 of possibly the most stylish anthology around, it’s nice to see that the contributors to issue 2, as recently announced over on the Solipsistic Pop website, look like a collection of artists who will be more than up to maintaining the quality. And anyone familiar with the UK comic scene, [...]

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All this and it smells great too. Solipsistic Pop Vol 1…

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

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Solipsistic Pop Volume 1 Editing, art direction and design by Tom Humberstone Contributors: Phillipa Johnson, Julia Scheele, Anna Saunders, Daniel Locke, Howard Hardiman, Rachel Reichert, Matthew Sheret, Robbie Wilkinson, Stephen Collins, Mike Rimmer, Andrew Blundell, Joe Decie, Tom Humberstone, Phillip Spence, Richard Cowdry, Mark Oliver. (Full list with relevant weblinks here) Solipsistic Pop Books Solipsism: [...]

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Solipsistic Pop – I love the smell of comics in the morning…

Monday, November 30, 2009

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“Trying to describe, in as succinct a manner as possible, the reasons I wanted to publish something like Solipsistic Pop has been difficult. Discussing the state of the British alternative comics scene, the comic industry in general, the joy of anthologies, and the slow decline of print is not a simple task. These are all [...]

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Solipsistic Pop launch at the ICA

Friday, October 23, 2009

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The Solipsistic Pop anthology launches during this year’s Comica at the ICA in London on November 8th. We’ve mentioned this cracking-sounding collection a number of times on here as Tom Humberstone has been adding preview pages to the SP site – with it featuring some brilliant talent from the vibrant British small press comics scene [...]

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