Paul O'Connell has kickstarted a campaign for a retrospective collection of his comics. Paul's excellent work has been present in all "NBC" issues, therefore I can definitely recommend his book. It includes many collaborations with another NBC veteran, Lawrence Elwick.
Plus, one of the award is a digital copy of amazing "Charlie Parker Handyman" book! There's also some original Charlie art as well.
After fourth issue of Cindy and Biscuit Dan White got a bit quiet, but now he has returned. In style.
I'm not really sure about my choice of words for such vast yet delicate topic. I can say with no doubt that HOAX is a very special project. Special and personal for its creator Ravi Thornton.
You see, HOAX is both a graphic novel titled Hoax, Psychosis Blues and a "dark musical" titled Hoax, My Lonely Heart but the two don't mimic each other. The events of the graphic novel are set after the events of the musical. Both are based on a poem, titled the same, written by Ravi's younger brother Rob who have struggled for the much of his life with schizophrenia, until his tragic death in 2008.
When it comes to the book's art, there's plenty of familiar names in there: Hannah Berry, Karrie Fransman, Leonardo M. Giron, Julian Hanshaw, Rozi Hathaway, Rian Hughes, Ian Jones, Jade Moss, Mark Stafford and Bryan Talbot. I had a chance of reading the whole book and I can assure you that art is amazing. And so is the story. It makes you think and realize that despite hard times we live in we're indeed very lucky, and how hard it is for people affected with mental illnesses and their families.
You can order the book from this website. The print run is limited to 1000 copies and sales will support mental health charities. Hoax, My Lonely Heart is showing from 4th to 7th June 2014, at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, more information can be found here.
Amazing Nelson Evergreen has drawn the illustration for the front cover of 4.2.3 - a short comic story written by Ryan Colucci, drawn by Jann Gallino and colored by Anna Jarmolowska. The short comic is available online for free and I hope you will enjoy it.
4.2.3. is a prequel to the graphic novel R.E.M. on which I've worked as a co-editor and letterer with Ryan Colucci (writer) and Zsombor Huszka (art). It's a great story about a loss of somebody we loved, and things we're trying to do to fill the emptiness inside us. The book also explores sleep and possibilities of living without the neccesity of entering Sandman's domain every day.
If you're not intrigued yet, please tell me: which comic book has also a short movie as a prequel?
A new publisher has arisen. It's Borderline Press! The first book from the publisher is out just now: 566 frames by Dennis Wojda.
Here's a book I worked on as a co-editor and letterer. It's a graphic novel called R.E.M. Written by Ryan Colucci and drawn by Zsombor Huszka it's 176 pages of great content that made, and still makes, me proud. You can pre-order the book using Kickstarter campaign and get a lot of interesting bonus stuff along with the book, plus some rewards have already been unlocked! It's one time deal only!
You might think it's only for US folks since shipping/P&P rates have to be included - but wait! The campaign has special rewards and P&P rates for Europe. Please check it out or have a browse at the official website.
This entry won't be about British comics. I want to recommend three European comics. They've been published in English at one point and they're very popular across the Europe, but I still feel that UK audience isn't really aware of their existence.
All I can say is: shame on you.
Let's begin with the probably the most popular title among the three. Thorgal - created by Jean Van Hamme (story) and Grzegorz Rosiński (art) has sold in millions of copies across the Europe and world. 34th album is expected to be published this year, and the series has spawned a few spin-offs, including books, audiobooks and games.
Check them out!
Have you checked Dan White's blog yet? No? Then click there! Dan is a busy guy/human being/beast, who is, after mastering the art of milking the cat, publishing great Cindy & Biscuit strips on the blog (also featured in NBC #3). Right now it seems he's taken a tiny break, but it's worth to check all the past episodes.
I own most of small press titles in which Dan has appeared, so I can honestly recommend his works, although some of titles are in the 3xOUT zone: sold out, out of print, out of reach. I guess that's a tiny downside of small press titles. Too many great stories can't reach public, because they've been published years ago in a zine printed in 200 copies. Like "Escape from January" which featured brillant strips by Dan, Neil Evans and other artists. A real gem published in 2009, I got a copy from Neil Evans who kindly sent me one - but the rest of humanity will never enjoy it. It's a pity...
OK, enough of my ramblings... Just wanted to tell you Cindy and Biscuit no. 3, the latest collection of Dan White's works, has been published not so long ago. By the way, that Dan is also a regular contributor on Mindless Ones blog/podcast!
Craig Collins and Iain Laurie have published a brand new comic - "Metrodome"! You can check it out at this location. I haven't read it yet, but based on their previous collaborative works, I'm expecting an interesting, yet disturbing, exploration of super-hero-freaks themes.
A few reviews and mentions from the net. All NBC #3 related.
Comicsreview.co.uk
Tjc.com
Ziniol (PL)
New British Comics and Polygobooks (the "label" under which NBC is published) will be present at Hi-Ex in Inverness (31st March and 1st April 2012). On our table, shared with Braw Books, you will find not only all previous issues of New British Comics, but also brand new mini-comic "Constantine Comes Back Home" created by Katarzyna Witerscheim. Plus, we gonna have copies of "Harbor Moon" signed by its creator, Ryan Colucci!
A message from Sean Michael Wilson.
We now have a lovely KICKSTARTER drive up and running, for our documentary style graphic novel - PARECOMIC. Its a 200 page graphic novel we are working on now and very much enjoying, but need a bit of funding support on.
'Parecomic: Michael Albert and the Story of Participatory Economics' by Sean Michael Wilson and Carl Thompson, with an introduction by Noam Chomsky.
"...a graphic novel about something that affects us all: the system we live in - what's wrong with it, and how we might be able change it for the better! The recent upsurge in popular protest in the USA and around the world shows that people are not happy with the state of things. The Occupy movements show us that many people would prefer a better system, a model that will work for the 99%, not just the 1%."
So, please go and have a look at the info and video there, and pledge some funding support if you like the PARECOMIC project. The money is only a PLEDGE at first, it does not get taken out of your account now, its taken out about 2 months later, if the total target money is made. To pledge you just select an amount from the choices on the right side, and it processes it via amazon: kickstarter.com/projects/471898784/parecomic-a-documentary-graphic-novel.
It's finally here! In polish, online, on Issuu!
And here we go!
Contest #1
Name all the characters (animals too!) which appear on the cover of NBC #3.
Answer(s): Charlie Parker, Mary Poppins, Charlie Chaplin, Alfred
Hitchock, Dormouse from 'Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, the seagull and the peach from Roald Dahl's 'James and The giant peach'.
The question proved to be rather hard. Nobody guessed all the names, and "The seagull and the peach" appeared to be the toughest to get. Nonetheless we picked the winner with biggest 'score': Daniel Farrell! Congratulations Daniel!
Contest #2
Take a look on the NBC #3 cover again. All of the characters there have British roots. All but one. Can you tell which?
Answer: Charlie Parker.
This was the easier contest, nobody has sent a wrong answer. So we had to draw a winner and his name is... Dickon Harris! Congratulations!
Thank you all for taking part in the contest!
I have to go into the wild for a few days, and probably won't have any internet connection, so I think it would be a good idea to postpone the grand finale of the contest till 13th of February. Sorry!
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