Posts Tagged ‘comics’

Exciting news! The first issue of ink+PAPER is out this week. This is a brand new comics magazine put together by the fabulous David O'Connell, and it includes a photo essay by yours truly. I haven't seen a hard copy yet, but David assures me it looks fantastic. That's his cover illustration up there. London [...]

A little while ago, I interviewed comics artist Garen Ewing about his adventure series The Rainbow Orchid. We had a very interesting chat about book illustrators from the so-called Golden Age, Ukiyo-e prints, animation, computer games and 1970s comics. Here is the interview for your edification, and I hope you enjoy it as much as [...]

It's hard not to namedrop after going to comics conventions, just as it's easy to forget that in most other entertainment industries it's not as easy to hang out socially with the creators you're a fan of. I take it for granted sometimes, and it's easier to avoid the hero-worship thing once you've had a [...]

The other comics event of the week was anything but lowkey. MCM EXpo is a twice-yearly event in the Docklands, full of cosplayers and hyperactive teenagers, which I wouldn't normally consider going to, were it not for the fact that it's also full of fabulous comics folk and offers up a great opportunity for me [...]

Last Thursday I went to , which I mostly mention because it was a nice opportunity to catch up with some lovely people,

I wasn't going to post anything today, but here's a quickie anyway. In my last post, I mentioned Jenny Everywhere, the open source comic character created by Steven and a bunch of others several years ago. This morning, for some reason, I put pen to paper and knocked up a quick sketch of her within [...]

For those of you (if there are any of you) waiting for the next instalment of my Painshill Park posts, I'm afraid you'll have to wait a bit longer. What with spending last weekend at Caption, where I took a lot of photos that needed going through, having other things I needed to get done [...]

In search of the Atom Style / Atomium 58: 14 visies [Comics and Architecture post #3] – And speaking of the retrofuture, I want to go to these exhibitions at the Atomium in Brussels. Amazing building, wonderful art, lovely beer, who wants to come with me? I'm thinking first weekend in September (it finishes on [...]

Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? [Comics and Architecture post #2] – And talking about comics and architecture, I'm quite curious to read this book, even though there's something about the art that slightly puts me off (the colours I think) But the attention to design detail sounds very impressive. "I think there’s at [...]

Architects Journal on the Top 10 comic book cities [Comics and Architecture post #1] – Meant to post this last week. Obviously it's got different stuff to what I'd have chosen — I'd have included Carla Speed McNeil's wonderful Dome of Anvard City from her comic Finder, and Rian Hughes' retrofuturistic version of London in [...]