5 May 2011
UK in Europe Pt.1">The UK in Europe Pt.1
I started writing this post back in January just after returning from the Angouleme Festival. In the months following, I've been somewhat busier than usual (producing a new book, full-time teaching schedule, etc) I'll talk about my experiences in Angouleme first, but I'll follow it up with a report on an event in March in ... UK in Europe Pt.1">Read More
L’Association Strike announcement
One of the main stories from this year's Angouleme festival was L'Association's current strike action. I couldn't find a translation of the strike announcement, so I've run it through Google Translate and cleaned up the tenses a bit, so this isn't a perfect translation, ... Read More
Tim Pilcher Interview
Next to be interviewed is writer, editor and Comic Book Alliance founder Tim Pilcher; 1 / Can you introduce yourself? What is your background? I'm the the current Chair and founder member of the Comic Book Alliance and Commissioning Editor at Ilex Press, as well as a freelance writer. I've spent the last 23 years working in and ... Read More
Faz Choudhury Interview
Apologies for the continuing brief gaps in the posting of these interviews, things like Angouleme seem to have gotten in the way. Expect a post on Angouleme soon. Anyway, the next person to be interviewed in the UK Comics Snapshot Interviews is Faz Choudhury; 1 / Can you introduce yourself? What is your background? Hi, I'm Faz Choudhury, ... Read More
Andrew Salmond Interview
If you like comics and have ever been to London, the chances are that you already know of Gosh Comics. Andrew Salmond, manager of Gosh agreed to answer some questions for the Snapshot Interviews 1 / Can you introduce yourself? What is your background? Well, I’m ... Read More
Richard Cowdry Interview
Next up to submit to the scrutiny of the Snapshot Interviews is Richard Cowdry; 1 / Can you introduce yourself? What is your background? My name is Richard Cowdry. I do a weekly strip for The Forbidden Planet blog, and strips for The Stool Pigeon, which is ... Read More
Years of the Elephant
I've posted about this before, but thought that Greg McElhatton's review of Willy Linthout's 'Years of the Elephant' deserved a link. Linthout creates Charles Germonprez as his alter ego in Years of the Elephant, a businessman in his 50s living with his wife ... Read More
The Photographer examined
Matt Brady, over at Warren Peace writes up a couple of knock-down articles on Didier Lefevre & Emmanuel Guibert's The Photographer. The first is a particularly insightful review; While this is Lefevre's story, told directly from his perspective and making heavy use ... Read More
Angoulême 2010
Paul Gravett writes an article on Angouleme 2010. I really want to get to this. Really badly. It’s that time of year again when people start making their ‘Best of the Year’ lists. When it comes to comics, I’ll be doing mine quite soon, as well ... Read More
