Saturday, November 30, 2002

Posted by Leonie

A huge thanks to everyone who sent artwork to There goes Tokyo... to sell at the open studios event last weekend.We were overwhelmed by everyones generosity. It went well, we got a lot of interest and made plenty of new contacts as well as managing to bring small press comics to a whole new audience. We hope to resume our Bishi events in the new year. There goes Tokyo... will be undergoing a lot of changes between now and the end of January. If anyone has any suggestions now would be a good time to let us know.

5:40 AM |

Friday, November 29, 2002

Maggots! Car Crash!

Posted by stupidmonster

A couple of excellent online strips from Alan Hunt. I was really taken with the oncoming car story, as that's how my brain tends to work too. The maggot story is also O.K. , but, I was eating my breakfast at the time, so I didn't quite connect with this one on the same level...

3:58 PM |

Thursday, November 28, 2002

Malcy 'The Genius' Duff Returns to BIG IF!!!!

Posted by brendan

Today sees a new strip from above mentioned Mr. Duff appear on Big If's Site! Also this week - Des McElroys continuing saga of Narvic of Hoopywood (mon), Gav Beattie's observations of the Germans (tue), Steven Weekes's handy christmas gift ideas (wed), Joven Kerashtest's Joseph the Inspt Police Dog (fri), and me, brenb (sat). We are always open to submissions from UK, Ireland, Europe and The MOON so get in contact if you fell you might fit in with our motley crew! submissions/queries to : info@bigifpublications.com

4:26 AM |

Wednesday, November 27, 2002

Posted by Andrew Luke

From Holden's weblog, I read that the lass who runs Cerebus Fangirl Site has posted up Dave Sim's Notes on Self Publishing. There's also a bunch of other editorials up there. If you seriously think about self-publishing but haven't read these, then do so. A must.

2:57 PM |

Tuesday, November 26, 2002

Illuminating

Posted by kookymojo

Beautiful gallery of illuminated manuscripts (via Traveler's Diagram)

6:31 AM |

Toys and Monsters

Posted by kookymojo

I don't usually read through Previews, and certainly not the toy section, but I've just been looking up something for a friend at work who wants to buy his brother a Christmas present, and discovered the upcoming Sof' Boy figure. It's made by the same people that did the Li'L Enid doll when Ghost Wolrd came out, and looks pretty nifty. But I'm more interested in the new Monsterism set. I've been a big fan of Pete Fowler's groovy critters for ages, and was disappointed to miss the first batch. Wish they weren't so pricey, though. (LazyWeb idea: Wouldn't it be neat if there was a site that did Amazon-style wishlists for comics and related ephemera like these toys? Heck, I'd settle for a wishlist option at Magma, wouldn't you?)

Good interview with Mr Fowler here, and there's even a Monsterism mailing-list.

More monsters:
  • Rawr
  • Creatures in my head
  • Jon Burgerman (Ooh! New prints! I want)

    • 5:30 AM |

    Thursday, November 21, 2002

    Everywhere and nowhere, baby

    Posted by Dave





    The second episode of Justine Shaw's excellent Nowhere Girl is awaiting your attention. (New readers start here).

    3:53 AM |

    Tuesday, November 19, 2002

    Just in time for Christmas

    Posted by kookymojo

    Graphic novels round-up in the Guardian, and a review of David Boring.

    4:50 AM |

    Takashi Murakami: Superflat!

    Posted by kookymojo

    The BBC have some Superflat images from the Takashi Murakami exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery here. The exhibition is on until January.

    3:47 AM |

    Monday, November 18, 2002

    Swiss International Comix Competition.

    Posted by stupidmonster

    From Paul Gravett via the Bugpowder yahoogroup:
    "FUMETTO - International Comix-Festival Luceren ,Switzerland, 5 - 13 April 2003, holds a competition each year to give comix-creators the opportunity to compare their work, present it to a broader public and exchange views with others. THE COMPETITION'S THEME THIS YEAR IS 'VIOLENCE' in collaboration with the project 'Klartext', youth culture against Racism, and Caritas Switzerland.
    CONDITIONS:
    DEADLINE: 31/12/2002 POSTMARK FORMAT: A4 OR A3 (other formats will be disqualified) NUMBER OF PAGES : Maximum 4 (only 1 comic story) LABELLING: name, address, phone number, e-mail, date of birth on back of each page PACKAGING: sturdy envelope, no rolls or tubes RETURN POSTAGE: if the return postage is not included or sufficient, the works will not be sent back.Non-Swiss entries send 5 Euros for return postage. CATEGORIES: Cat 1: 18 years or older / Cat. 2: 13-17 / Cat. 3: up to 12
    FUMETTO assumes no liability in the case that work sent to us is lost or damaged. Unless the sender instructs otherwise, Fumetto is entitled to use the work for journalistic reports, to publicise Fumetto to show a reprint in a touring exhibition, to print in a book collection works from the contest and/or to pass on the addresses of the comics creators. EXHIBITION: Forty to fifty comics will be nominated by the jury for the exhibition during the festival. Those not nominated will be shown in folders. The winning comics in Categroy 1 will be shown at the comics festival in Sierre, Switzerland from June 19th to 22nd 2003. Reproductions of the nominated works will be part of a touring exhibition later.
    AWARDING OF PRIZES: The prizes will be awarded Saturday April 12th 2003. All artists whose works are shown during the Festival are invited to the ceremony where the winners will be announced.
    PRIZES: The jury will award three prizes in each age category, plus a prize for best scenario regardless of the categories. Festival visitors will be able to vote for the public's prize. The winners will receive cash prizes totalling 5000 Swiss francs and goods for the same amount.
    SEND TO: FUMETTO COMPETITION, POSTFACH 5234, CH 6000, LUZERN 5, SWITZERLAND
    For more info see their website: www.fumetto.ch!

    4:25 PM |

    Sunday, November 17, 2002

    Posy Simmonds

    Posted by Pete

    Nice overview of Posy Simmonds's career on BBC Arts. (via kookymojo)

    6:15 AM |

    Saturday, November 16, 2002

    Chris Ware publishes on a building

    Posted by Pete

    Already mentioned on Journalista and Egon, this nethertheless deserves a post here. Chris Ware has designed the facade for 826 Valencia, a writing school for kids set up by Dave Eggers.

    It depicts the parallel development of humans and their efforts at and motivations for communication, spoken and written. It’s a very complex mural, and requires its most devoted viewers to study it for about an hour, from the middle of Valenica Street, by far the best vantage point. The mural was applied by skilled artisans according to Ware’s specifications. The bottom half of the building, which has been painted black, features gold lettering that states the name of the place. Over the window is a nice burgundy awning.
    We should have shit like this in this country!

    2:11 PM |

    Roger Mason's Mice

    Posted by Pete

    I was handed a neat comic by my flatmate by one Roger Mason called The Mice in Cat food and enjoyed it a lot. There's another Mice strip here.

    11:21 AM |

    Friday, November 15, 2002

    not comics - corpses

    Posted by mooncat

    Internet exquisite corpse oh, fun!

    3:27 AM |

    Thursday, November 14, 2002

    Kim Dietch speaks

    Posted by kookymojo

    Interesting interview with Kim Dietch on his new book Boulevard of Broken Dreams, some of which originally appeared in a volume of Raw!

    JF: You've been in the comics field since the late 1960's. In watching the evolution of comics over the course of ensuing years, are there any places where you think comics have "missed the boat?" What do the newer comics artists of today do better than the creators of the early days of the "undergrounds?"

    KD: Well let's face it, we may have been freeing up things in the early days of underground comics, but we were also taking way too many drugs and in general not fully applying ourselves as well as we could have been.
    [...]
    the medium has only really been developing in terms of maturing into more adult themes for about thirty years; at least in a way that you could call really dramatic. There's still a lot of unfinished business in comics, and I am totally floored by what the best of the new guys are doing today. We're in a stone golden age now. It's a god damn art movement and you really couldn't have said that with a straight face thirty years ago. I'm totally inspired by what's going down right now, and I want to play with the big boys. And for my money, most of the big boys are guys fifteen and twenty years younger than me.
    (via Scrubbles)

    5:42 AM |

    Heh

    Posted by kookymojo

    Yesterday's Diesel Sweeties strip is funny. (Thanks, Grant)

    4:01 AM |

    Inking 101

    Posted by kookymojo

    Larry Dempsey's Inking Survey is quite a useful resource. Loads of cool artists discuss their techniques, and most of the answers to the final question are pretty funny.

    And loads of people, from Elizabeth Watasin to Alex Robinson, Gary Spencer Millidge and Gilbert Hernandez recommend learning to use a brush.

    3:46 AM |

    Wednesday, November 13, 2002

    Posted by stupidmonster

    Woodrow Phoenix asked for someone to post this info onto the Bugpowder site, so I thought I'd oblige :

    'Alex Toth has started contributing columns to the site that was already a very good Toth resource: http://tothfans.dynu.com/tothfans/tothfans.asp They're in his usual tightly lettered style that is cool but a leetle tiring to read but it's churlish to complain about that. Plus annotated artwork. Fab.'
    W P

    1:01 PM |

    Sunday, November 10, 2002

    National Association of Comic Art Educators

    Posted by Pete

    Came across this intriguing site via Egon

    The National Association of Comic Art Educators is an organization committed to helping facilitate the teaching of comics in higher education. The increasing numbers of young artists who have chosen comics as their medium of expression continues to grow rapidly. Colleges and universities have been slow to acknowledge and engage these students.

    While most schools still hold antiquated notions of what comics are, a growing number of colleges have started offering programs and classes in comics (or sequential art, as it is often referred to). Teaching comics in college is a relatively new phenomenon. The few colleges that have implemented programs have met with tremendous success.

    The NACAE's website objective is to be a resource where the growing number of educators in comic art/sequential art can get and share ideas. I also hope that educators who work in other disciplines can use comics as a way of furthering their own objectives.

    They also have a message board moderated by, amongst others, Tom Hart and Jason Little and with contributions from Matt Madden and Jessica Able.

    5:35 AM |

    Saturday, November 09, 2002

    Tony & Me by Dr Parsons

    Posted by n0o0o0o

    The book 'Tony & Me by Georg Bush' as told by Dr Parsons Phd in full colour hardback is available from all bookshops soon. It's very good. Buy or steal it when and if you can. now let me try to link to it.... 8:14 AM |

    Big Mouth Types Again

    Posted by Pete

    Evan Dorkin has a weblog. And boy can he write! From LMG

    6:58 AM |

    Small press original art sale

    Posted by Leonie

    There goes Tokyo... is taking part in a selling event in Newcastle on the 23rd and 24th of November. Lime street studios is an artists co-op in the north east and one weekend a year they open their doors to the public for a selling event. This year we're taking part and as well as selling small press comicbooks we will also be selling original artwork. Any profits from this will go towards funding all the future small press events and promotions that we run. We would appreciate any donations of art. to find out more about what we do, how to help or how to purchse art, contact us at tgtokyo@animail.net or visit www.tgtokyo.com

    5:50 AM |

    Wednesday, November 06, 2002

    Small Publishers Fair

    Posted by Pete

    From Mike Weller on the mailing list comes news of the RGAP Small Publishers Fair in London at the Royal Festival Hall on the weekend of 15-17 November 2002. I ran a stall at a similar event a few years back and it was one of the most inspiring events I ever sold comics at. Plus Mark Pawson will be there, which is enough of an incentive really.

    11:11 PM |

    Resource

    Posted by kookymojo

    This link will only work until December 1st, and then you'll have to hunt through the ST archives: How To Get Your Comic Noticed By Reviewers at E-zines.

    5:15 AM |

    Monday, November 04, 2002

    Reports

    Posted by kookymojo

    This month's issue of Sequential Tart has a couple of reports I wrote on the recent events at the ICA and the French Institute:

  • The Mouse versus the Mouse™

  • Lire en Fête

    • 6:26 AM |

    "The webcomics community needs a professionally written news and editorial portal"

    Posted by kookymojo

    Modern Tales head honcho Joey Manley asks: Who Will Step Up to the Plate? I haven't had time to read it, but I suspect it's worth perusing. (Thanks, Lisa)

    6:18 AM |

    Sunday, November 03, 2002

    Raymond Briggs: Why I'd like to be a proper author

    Posted by Pete

    Short piece by Raymond Briggs in The Guardian:

    I wish I could be a proper writer, having to do only the words. Proper writers can start at the beginning, go on till they get to the end, then stop and hand it in. No drawing and painting, no design, no jacket to do and, above all, no hand lettering. Luxury.

    12:07 AM |

    Saturday, November 02, 2002

    Important question from Pete

    Posted by Pete

    I've been playing around with new toys with the idea of taking the BugPowder site to a new level (more news later but you can see some of the ideas tried out on my personal site) and I need some help.

    BugPowder started out as a mail order service, then became a weblog, then this list and potentially could be more things. What I want to know is, what do YOU think BugPowder stands for, is for, represents, etc.?

    At the moment the loose description is UK small press and indy comics, but not just them.

    I don't really want to know what you think it SHOULD be, just what you think of when someone mentions BugPowder. I know what I think of, but I've been in the middle of it for a few years now.

    Be brutal if needs be! (answers in the comments or by .

    11:15 PM |

    Friday, November 01, 2002

    Borderline goers paid

    Posted by Pete

    After 15 months of being free, Borderline magazine (which long-time readers will know I was involved with at the beginning) now costs $1 or 75p. This is an interesting move and hopefully it'll be a success. Best of luck, guys.

    10:36 AM |

    EGON - geeky shit for comics snobs

    Posted by Pete

    Journalista turned me onto EGON saying it's a 'kickass comics weblog' and verily it is covering loads of BugPowder friendly stuff. Go check it out.

    9:53 AM |

    Drunky

    Posted by Pete

    Excellent Drunky animation by cartoonist / animator Aaron Augenblick. (via b3ta)

    9:45 AM |

    Tart o' the Month

    Posted by kookymojo

    A couple of years back on Sequential Tart, there was a regular feature called Tart of the Month, where one of the site's writers would be interviewed themselves. It's gone now, but you can still check the Tart of the Month feature at The Tart Gallery. Fiona Smyth is the current TOTM.

    4:49 AM |

    Intersection

    Posted by kookymojo

    I've already suggested that you should take a regular look at GMT+9 because there are tons of great links there, so you may have seen this already. Intersection comic is a great little anthology of work, with stuff mostly from comics unknowns (aside from Vicki Wong, whose Comikaze project you might have come across before. If not, check it out! And check out her other sites, they're neat. Try not to get too distracted by all the games, though.)

    4:36 AM |

    More Drooker

    Posted by kookymojo

    There's a nice interview with Harcourt Books on the making of his new graphic novel, Blood Song, here.

    4:14 AM |

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