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Monday, 13 May 2013

BD and Comics Passion

The annual BD and Comics Passion event takes place in the Institut Francais from 30th May to 2nd June. I was invited to be a guest but unfortunately that weekend I will be at the 2D festival in Derry, so I had to turn them down. But, Mark Stafford will be there talking about The Man Who Laughs and the line-up is particularly good this year with Glen Baxter, Francois Boucq, Régis Loisel, Posy Simmonds and Jaime Hernandez!! Full list of guests here.

Thursday, 2 May 2013

The Man Who Laughs at the Mall Galleries

This Saturday, 4th May, the prestigious Mall Galleries in London play host to the Lineup 2013 Independent Comics Fair. Here's how to get there: http://illustrato.rs/lineup/plan-your-visit

The event runs from 10am - 5pm

Come along and immerse yourself in a splendid array of artwork and publications, watch illustrators drawing live in the venue, meet your favourite creators and discover talented up-and-coming artists.

Mark Stafford and I will be at the Selfmadehero stand, signing copies of The Man Who Laughs.

Below you'll find a list of some of the other publishers and creators who will be at the fair.

Atlantic Press

An independent press, publishing limited edition first books by authorial illustrators.

Elliott Baggott

Elliot Baggott is a Comic artist whose work explores processes of urban decay and regeneration, and their parallels in the field of conservation.

Dan Berry

Dan Berry is an illustrator, designer, cartoonist and lecturer based somewhere around the middle of the UK.

Hannah Berry

Hannah Berry is mostly a graphic novelist, but also a writer, illustrator, occasional lecturer and editorial gun-for-hire.

Gareth Brookes

Gareth Brookes is a comics creator known for his unusual approach to materials. He has used embroidery, textiles, lino-cut print, stenciling and even pressed flowers in his work and much of his self published output is handmade.

Paul Ashley Brown

Since 2008 Paul has been self-publishing a collection of short narrative stories in a zine entitled Browner-Knowle. His work has been published by Fantagraphics books in the U.S. as well as Stripburger in Europe.

Decadence

Decadence is a comic anthology and collective that publishes science fiction stories. Their comics feature psychedelic altered states and dystopian visions.

Joe Decie

Joe Decie draws pictures in boxes that are true and made up. His first book, The Accidental Salad, was published by Blank Slate in 2011.

Isabel Greenberg

Isabel Greenberg is a London based illustrator and writer. She is currently working on her first graphic novel 'The Encyclopedia of Early Earth' which is due to be publushed in 2013 by Jonathan Cape in the UK, Random House in Canada and Little Brown in the US.

Steven Harris

Steven Harris is a British cartoonist and writer, based in London. He has illustrated a range of books for the Nightingale Press's Modern Anthropology range of humorous Modern Guides, including Hats (which he also authored), Drink, and Spectacles.

Daniel Locke

Daniel Locke is a UK based artist and illustrator. His work is featured in the 'Open Day Book' in the USA and 'A Graphic Cosmogony' from Nobrow Press, as well as appearing in many anthologies of contemporary comics.

Jamie Mills

Jamie Mills is a visual artist and illustrator from York. Primarily focussed on nature, repetition and structure the work often looks to show the connections between things, as well as look at human beings and their link with the environment.

Douglas Noble

Douglas Noble is a Scottish cartoonist, known mainly for his work in British small press comics, particularly his own title, Strip For Me.

Nobrow

Nobrow works with talented illustrators from around the world to produce books, prints and other fine collectable objects.

Pitville Press

The Pittville Press is run by the illustration department at the University of Gloucestershire, a course with a particular emphasis on sequential illustration and graphic storytelling. They print and publish illustrated books and journals created by their students.

Owen Pomery

Owen Pomery is an illustrator and architectural model maker. He has recently combined his love of architecture and graphic narrative into a self-published comic series 'Between the Billboards'.

Andy Poyiadgi

A J Poyiadgi makes comics and films. He likes the collaborative nature of one and the solitary demands of the other.

Karen Rubins

Karen Rubins is an award-winning comics artist living and working in London, UK. In 2009 she spent six months as the V&A museum's official Comics Artist in Residence, using their collections as inspiration and research.

SelfMadeHero

SelfMadeHero is a quirky independent publishing house committed to producing ground-breaking work in the graphic novel medium.

Soaring Penguin

Soaring Penguin Press is an eclectic publisher, specialising in graphic novels and poetry, predominantly from emerging new writers.

STORM DOGS #5 - Preview

The fifth issue of Storm Dogs is printed and just arrived in the mail. It will be on sale to the public next Wednesday 8th May at a comic book store near you. Here are a few preview pages to whet your appetite. Cover as always by Doug Braithwaite, interiors by Doug Braithwaite with Ulises Arreola on colours.

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

The Darkness 112 - Preview

Wednesday 24th April - The Darkness #112 is in your local comic shop. This is part one of a two-part story called Hope's Adventures Underground. Jackie Estecado's daughter sets off into the Wild Woods, with only her three mutant kitties for company. There are all kinds of witches and ghoulies laying in wait for her, but hey, this is Jackie's daughter and she is the baddest little witch in this neck of the woods...

Art by Jeremy Haun, Colours by John Rauch, Letters by Troy Peteri

Cover by Stjepan Sejic

Tuesday, 16 April 2013

The Darkness: Rebirth Volume 2

The second volume of my run on The Darkness with artist Jeremy Haun is out tomorrow (Wednesday 17th April). Look for it in your comic book shop.
Here's the press release from Top Cow

“BREAKING DARK”
Jackie Estacado had everything he ever wanted: riches, power, and a beautiful family. But Jackie relinquished his control of the Darkness. With his marriage crumbling and the encroachment of a rival gang on his turf, Jackie has failed to notice that there is something horribly, horribly wrong with his daughter, Hope. And Jackie will learn that there are things even the Darkness should fear.
Collects THE DARKNESS #106-111

Story by David Hine
Art by Jeremy Haun & John Rauch
Price: $17.99

Saturday, 13 April 2013

The Man Who Laughs - The Graphic Novel

April 18th is the official release date for the long-awaited graphic novel adaptation of Victor Hugo's The Man Who Laughs. Officially the 'maddest' novel by the author of Notre Dame de Paris and Les Misérables, the 1928 movie, directed by Paul Leni and starring Conrad Veidt, inspired the creation of possibly the greatest of all comic-book villains, The Joker. Now you can see a new version, adapted by myself and Mark Stafford, published by SelfMadeHero. This is the official press release.