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The show must go on – prepping a small press outfit for Bristol

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

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Today, with the annual Bristol comics gig bearing down on us (this very weekend), we have a special guest post from a good friend of the blog and a serious fixture on the UK Indy comics scene, Richmond Clements, who takes some time out of busy convention preperations to give us an insight into what [...]

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, [...]

West: Justice – more than just a classic spaghetti Western

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

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West: Justice By Andrew Cheverton and Tim Keable Angry Candy I’d managed to miss Andrew Cheverton and Tim Keable’s West series when it was published as a black and white small press mini. But if I hadn’t known of it’s small press origins, there’s absolutely no way I’d have realised it from this very impressive, [...]

Goblin Hall – a medieval comedy of errors

Monday, August 9, 2010

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Goblin Hall by Rob Jackson Self Published Rob’s changed his usual A5 format to a near US comic sized 32 page self-contained full story. It’s a nice format, still handy, but the increased size of the pages gives Rob more space to work with and allows him to get the entire story in without overwhelming [...]

Caption report

Thursday, August 5, 2010

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Matt Badham, wandering writer and sometime conributor to the FP blog, has posted up a report on the recent Caption comics bash in Oxford, which sounds like it was (as usual) a great weekend: “I somehow managed to miss the DFC Panel, which was a shame. However, I did hear Paul Cornell‘s talk and got [...]

Self publishing

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

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Garen Ewing points us to his brother Murray who has posted up a two part look at the advantages and perils of self publishing, detailing the various steps he took, from trying to find an affordable way to create print-ready PDF pages to sourcing a publisher for his Alice at R’lyeh booklet that was also [...]

Coo-eeee! Mine’s A Gin And Tonic. (hic)

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

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Queen Mum Adventures Volume 1: Mine’s A Gin And Tonic by David O’Connell Self Published This little A6 sized, 12 page mini comic was going to get a little mention at the end of the Tozo review, but it’s so brilliant that I couldn’t resist giving it a mini review of it’s very own. Right [...]

Smoo 2 – reflection flowing across the pages….

Thursday, April 22, 2010

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Smoo #2 by Simon M. Self Published Not a comic for those wanting something fast paced and action packed, or indeed those wanting a story, since Smoo is a collection of short, introspective pieces by the artist where nothing much happens and the dialogue is all through think pieces from the artist’s head. In Smoo [...]

Matthew Badham wants your thoughts….

Friday, March 12, 2010

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(Honestly, when I first saw that my first thought was “oooh, huge post-it note”. Matthew Badham pic by D’Israeli and his Flickrstream, grabbed from Down The Tubes) Matthew Badham, features writer at Judge Dredd Megazine, and contributor to this blog, has been in touch regarding a project that he needs some help with, particularly those [...]

All the little joys of being in Coupledom….

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

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Coupledom by Andrew Waugh Self published Here’s a little something that should warm the cockles of anyone who’s a fan of things like Mark Ellerby’s Ellerbisms or Adam Cadwell’s The Everyday. Yes, Coupledom by Andrew Waugh is yet another autobiog strip with pretty pictures, cartoony style and a focus on the daily life and relationship [...]

Ellen Lindner interviews the Alternative Press boys

Friday, February 5, 2010

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Artist and Whores of Mensa member Ellen Lindner continues to post on the recent Angoulême festival, this time interviewing two of the guys behind the Alternative Press collective, Peter Lally and Jimi Gherkin: “Ellen: You guys – both informally, and as Alternative Press – take part in and organize plenty of events in London, linking [...]

Ethel Sparrowhawk’s Terrible Hangover

Thursday, February 4, 2010

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Ethel Sparrowhawk’s Terrible Hangover by Jemima Von Schindelberg and Steven Tillotson Banal Pig Comics A sad, somewhat bizarre and somewhat brilliant tale of a lonely, rather pathetic life here. This is the second part of the Ethel Sparrowhawk story, but everything you ever needed to know is either neatly summarised on the inside front and [...]

Le Mot Faux – one last chance to get it right, but at what cost?

Friday, January 29, 2010

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Le Mot Faux by Matthew Craig Self Published “One more time. One more night. One more chance to set things right.” That’s the idea behind Matthew Craig’s latest comic, something a little different from his usual fare at first glance. But this tale of technology allowing the grieving one last day with the dead has, [...]

The Abortion – creepy and creeping horror

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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The Abortion by Jamie McMorrow and Garry McLaughlin Self Published I’m not the greatest fan of gore horror, not in comics, not in films, not anywhere. So I came to The Abortion expecting to dislike it. But, although it’s nasty and possibly in rather bad taste, I enjoyed it (if that’s the right word). It [...]

New British Comics 2

Monday, January 25, 2010

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New British Comics # 2 Editor In Chief: Karol Wisniewski The second issue of anthology title “New British Comics” is available, just like the first issue in both English and Polish. The Polish edition successfully premiered at the 2009 International Festival of Comics in Lodz, and it’s an interesting and brave attempt at breaking new [...]

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The show must go on – prepping a small press outfit for Bristol

Exercises in Instant Gratification: an interview with Tom Humberstone

West: Justice – more than just a classic spaghetti Western

Goblin Hall – a medieval comedy of errors

Caption report

Self publishing

Coo-eeee! Mine’s A Gin And Tonic. (hic)

Smoo 2 – reflection flowing across the pages….

Matthew Badham wants your thoughts….

All the little joys of being in Coupledom….

Ellen Lindner interviews the Alternative Press boys

Ethel Sparrowhawk’s Terrible Hangover

Le Mot Faux – one last chance to get it right, but at what cost?

The Abortion – creepy and creeping horror

New British Comics 2

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