Another NBC #1 review, this time it's Scottish magazine 'The List'. You can check it out here.
For a few weeks now Aleja Komiksu, a comics dedicated Polish website, is publishing online some British strips. On this week menu we have 'Winter Fountain', a British-Spanish post-apocalyptic co-production made by Ruben Sanchez (art) and Daniel Cox (story), who had guided me trough the world of UK comics at the beginning of the NBC project. You can read Winter Fountain here.
Tim Rees, the author of NBC #1 cover, has drawn and co-produced the prequel comic, included in the special edition DVD package of 'Ten Dead Men'. It's a independent British revenge movie made by the same team who shot incredibly successful 'Left for Dead'. Click for official movie site.
Looks like Malcy Duff, a noble contributor to NBC #1, is going to conquer the USA. Check it out at Forbidden Planet blog.
Some info about an international drawing competition organized in Poland. Nice theme and prizes - definitely wort a try.
DRAW YOUR FREEDOM. DRAW YOUR SOLIDARITY.
Solidarity Festival 2009
Take part in the competition and Draw your freedom.
European Solidarity Centre would like to invite you to take part in the comics competition Draw your Freedom. Draw your solidarity. We are waiting for the comics concerning the two motifs: Freedom and Solidarity. This two terms are supposed to be meant in a very wide context: philosophical, social, political or economical, but also in it's basic meaning. It doesn't have to be connected with big ideas or history. Our aim is to inspire you to draw a comics, that could be a medium of your free expression. So let's draw your freedom!
Two competition categories:
- comic story of 4 boards maximum content
- cartoon
Prizes:
- First prize for a comic: 8 000 PLN gross (approx. 1724 Euro*)
- Second prize for a comic: 5 000 PLN gross ( approx. 1077 Euro*)
- Eight awards for comic: 500 PLN gross (approx. 107 Euro*)
- First prize for satirical cartoon: 2 000 PLN gross (approx. 431 Euro*)
* according to rate 1 Euro=4,64 PLN (so it can chage...).
Works are to be sent until 30th June 2009 on the address of European Solidarity Centre
Project called Draw your freedom. Draw your solidarity is a part of Festival of Solidarity 2009.
The Festival takes place between 14th and 31st August and is organized by European Solidarity Center. The main idea behind the event is to present the comic art as a different way to show interpretation of freedom: from freedom of art, freedom of speech to political freedom. It is the example of history of polish pop culture where one can easily observe the “freedom” aspect of so called sequential art.
Full statute of contest and additional information:
here |
www.ecs.gda.pl/comix | www.myspace.com/drawfreedom | comix@ecs.gda.pl
Contact:
European Solidarity Center
ul. Doki 1
80-958 Gdańsk
tel. (+48 58) 767-79-71
fax: (+48 58) 767 79 78
e-mail:comix@ecs.gda.pl
mobile: (+48) 501 833 143
Organizer:
European Solidarity Center
Partners:
Kulturalny Kolektyw Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego
Pracownia komiksowa przy Bibliotece Wojewódzkiej
Pracownia sitodruku UG
Kultura Gniewu
Timof i cisi wspólnicy
Media patronage:
gildia.pl
Aleja Komiksu
Nelson Evergreen. Remember this name - it will be huge. Most people who read "New British Comics #1" said that Nelson's art is the best of the best of the best... Well, it's definitely better than good.
During this weekend Bristol Comic Expo 2009 (9-10 May) is about to happen. "New British Comics" will be available on Small Zone stand. I'm afraid I won't be able to attend it (tickets are probably sold out anyway), but currently I resident in Poland. By a coincidence on Saturday as well, a small Polish comicon will be held in Lublin. I will be present there with the "New British Comics" stand.
Dan White, the author of "Jackie goes to Hell" from NBC #1, got a new blog. He promised he'll "be updating it every few days with new and unpublished work". Check it out: milkthecat.wordpress.com.
Dan's great strip 'Terminus' is still being published at www.mindlessones.com. Gives me a lot to think about Dan's mental state.
Here are links to first two NBC #1 reviews. The very first one appeared on Downthetubes and the second one on ComicbitsOnline. Both are very kind - it seems that we pleased the gods somehow.
Also, we have got two reviews in Polish so far: Ziniol.blogspot.com and Komiks.Polter.pl.
Hello
Welcome to the blog of "New British Comics" project. This site will be an extension of the official project website (www.polygobooks.com/newbritishcomics) where you can find general info about NBC. Here you will find news about everything connected to NBC projects: current and next issues, reviews, information about distrubutions. Also we'll be updating it with any interesting info about artist who are connected to the NBC anthology. So stay tuned.
To clear things up: I'll be writing posts in two languages: English and Polish (yep, the grey ones). However some post can be published only in Polish or English, because they will contain information important only for Polish or English native speakers. I don't want to bore you with every single detail. Contents of bilingual posts also may vary, but don't worry - it isn't a conspiracy. At least that's what the officials say.
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