Tag Archive | "We Are Words + Pictures"

Paper Science – The Music Issue

Friday, July 15, 2011

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Paper Science Issue 5 – The Music Special By Philippa Rice, Marc Ellerby, Hannah Donovan, Edward Ross, Sarah Gordon, Josceline Fenton, Hugh ‘Shug’ Raine, Geof Banyard and Adam Cadwell. Cover by Kristyna Baczynski. Edited By Matthew Sheret The latest of the We Are Words + Pictures produced comic newspaper is a fittingly summery music special. 10 artists take a shot at something I think [...]

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We Are Words + Pictures – the radio show…

Saturday, July 9, 2011

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The latest We Are Words + Pictures radio show is up online – this time round it’s Howard Hardiman, artist of The Lengths and Badger: “Spring has passed, and now we’re in tropical monsoon season here in WAW+P-land. So WAW+P Radio host Michael Leader took shelter at the Old Police Station in Deptford, in order to [...]

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We Are Words and Pictures – a special report from Sean

Friday, July 8, 2011

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We are Words and Pictures launched a window exhibition last Friday at the Bookartsbookshop in Hoxton. Organised by myself, with window dressing by Philippa Rice, it was another example of getting comics out into the public domain, beyond the normal comics community. Wawap have been active in music and poetry festivals and children’s workshops and [...]

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Chloe Noonan – giant sized jam… very interesting [Updated]

Saturday, June 18, 2011

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Happening right now.. … We Are Words + Pictures collective is at Interesting 2011 doing an all day Drop In & Draw event: “Interesting is one of a string of day-long conferences held at Conway Hall in London that feature the best and brightest of the internet getting on stage and revealing a bit about [...]

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Paper Science 4 – coming soon….

Sunday, March 13, 2011

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The fourth issue of Paper Science is heading our way very soon. Sporting a splendid Luke Pearson cover and featuring lots of very good, some very familiar artists the whole thing has a Science Fiction theme. Editor Matt Sheret is promising an improved paper Science building on the success and making the planned four issues [...]

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More Paper Science coming

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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Delighted to hear that we can look forward to more Paper Science in the coming months. We Are Words and Pictures confirmed that the next issue, Paper Science 4, is expected in April and have announced some of the creators who will be contributing to the issue, including some names that will be familiar to [...]

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Latitude

Friday, July 23, 2010

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The We Are Words and Pictures posse descended on the Latitude music festival recently, a fest known for not just the live music but incorporating all sorts of other artistic activities into the proceedings, like poetry, theatre and, as the guys showed, comics. A certain Mr Sheret, a well known itinerant doodler, has written up [...]

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Paper Science – gorgeous newspaper chock full of comics – and it’s free.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

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Paper Science issue 2 Published by We Are Words + Pictures Paper Science is a comic anthology newspaper by the We Are Words + Pictures collective. Think of it as a newspaper sized relative to Solipsistic Pop and you’re along the right lines. Or just take a look at that gorgeous cover by Phillipa Rice [...]

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The We Are Words + Pictures Free Comic Book Day Event

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

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The problem with Free Comic Book Day, I’ve always thought, is that for an initiative that exists to promote comic books to the wider audience the actual comics involved are often too reliant on an existing knowledge of the medium. Which is why it’s always nice to see someone trying something a little different occasionally. [...]

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Multiple Comic event Valentines weekender…..

Friday, February 12, 2010

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First up it’s the Alternative Press Fair on Saturday 13th Feb: “A day of zines, comix, poetry, radical literature, printmaking and anything else self-published! Then from 6pm there will be a birthday party to celebrate our 1st year – with music, spoken work, DJ’s and open mic. So come along and be a part of [...]

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More on that W+P Valentines….

Saturday, January 30, 2010

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Last week we reported on the double Words And Pictures event taking place on Valentines Day this year; complete with a flyer for the evening event Modern Romance (comics, music, DJs) by Julia Scheele. Well, here’s her flyer for the day event: Part 1: 3-7pm – Drop In + Draw. A mini-mini convention with group [...]

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Happy Valentines Day from We Are Words + Pictures

Saturday, January 23, 2010

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Stuck for something to do on Valentines Day? Or maybe you and significant other fancy something a little more unusual than a candle lit dinner? We Are Words + Pictures have the answer: Head down to Notting Hill Arts Club for two comics and music events Part 1: 3-7pm – Drop In + Draw. A [...]

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Dancing the New Year in…..

Friday, January 1, 2010

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Courtesy of Matthew Sheret & Juia Scheele (of the We Are Words + Pictures Collective) -  a perfect three pages of making comics about dancing, DJ envy and having a great time. Page 1 below, click through for the rest.

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We Are Words + Pictures: Robots for the cover, Covers EP for the insides (oh, the irony)

Thursday, October 8, 2009

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We Are Words + Pictures: The Robot Zine & The Covers’ E.P. by Matthew Sheret, Julia Scheele & Sarah Gordon. Self-published (Two from Words + Pictures: top – The Robot Zine, bottom – The Covers Zine) Two self published comic collections from the writers and artists who call themselves Words + Pictures. Nicely put together [...]

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The We Are Words + Pictures stall – first date announced

Saturday, September 12, 2009

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Obviously it’s not just nature that abhors a vacuum. Seems our comic creating community feels the same way about a regular London comic stall event. And since Oli, Oliver and Sean stopped running the London Underground Camden stall regularly there’s been something missing in London. Well, not anymore: Matt, Julia and Sarah of the We [...]

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