Acceptance of Comics

I woke up this morning to some interesting news via twitter. The first was a mention from Jessica Abel reminding Scott McCloud that the UK already had a studio degree in comics. Some of you may already know that I run the specialism in illustration for graphic novels at Glyndwr University. This three year ... Read More

TCAF">Joe Decie on TCAF

I've been aware of TCAF for a while, but I've never visited. For a first-hand account of this year's festival, I turned to Joe Decie and asked him a handful of questions. (Image by Eric Orchard) What is TCAF? TCAF is a two day comics ... TCAF">Read More

Paper Science 4

I was convinced I'd already posted this, so my apologies in running so far behind all the far more worthy comics news outlets. Anyway; Paper Science 4 has launched! I suggest you track down a contributor at a convention or get yourself over to the ... Read More

Everything We Miss — Luke Pearson

I am looking forward to this like you wouldn't believe. The 20th June can't arrive soon enough for my liking. Luke writes; It’s a tricky one to really describe, but I can say that it’s rather different to Hildafolk. Also it’s aimed quite definitely at ... Read More

Warwick Johnson Cadwell’s Gungle

Warwick writes on his blog news of the delay of the release of his upcoming book Gungle; Gungle progresses at achingly slow rate at present and it's release has inevitably been effected. In Blank Slate publisher, Kenny Penman's own words 'WJC is hacking his way through the foliage towards completion but it's going to be around ... Read More

Inspector Cumulus

Check out this ToysREvil competition to win Jonathan Edwards' Inspector Cumulus goodies. The competition is in a similar vein to Jonathan's fantastic Draw Serge blog in which people submit drawings of Serge Gainsbourg. To win an Inspector Cumulus figure, submit a drawing of Cumulus ... Read More

Murderer’s Eyes

Darryl Cunningham updates his site with a chapter from the forthcoming second volume of Psychiatric Tales; Murderer's Eyes. If you aren't aware of Darryl's work, I implore you to put aside a few hours and to devour his site and buy a copy of ... Read More

Nelson

I've been sitting on my hands for AGES wanting to talk about this, and finally here it is; NELSON! I'm not certain that anything exactly like this has been attempted before, but here is how it works; Each of the 50 creators takes a year from ... Read More

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

The Sorry Entertainer newspaper anthology

Well. I have been VERY slack in updating the site recently. For this I apologise unreservedly and welcome your resigned acceptance with a cheeky smile. Anyway, back to business; Simon 'Smoo' Moreton is fundraising to get The Sorry Entertainer up and running. This comic will be ... Read More