Wednesday, September 27, 2000Posted by Pete A couple of years back you couldn't move for people in the comix scene raving about Ralph Kidson but it's been quiet of late (as has Ralphie come to think of it...). Thankfully, some of his classics have been preserved online at SubCentral by Anthony Carpendale who has made a film version of the Shirtlifter comic Note added on Saturday: Andy has reminded me that Ralph had a comic out in the Spring. Yes, he did! Problem is, the Spring seems so long ago. Time, they say, is a funny thing. 2:14 PM | Sunday, September 24, 2000Posted by Pete Useful site recommended by Andy. A japanese site with loads of samples of British small press creators like Luke Walsh, Phil Eliott, Chris Webster, etc. 7:20 AM | Friday, September 22, 2000Posted by Pete Warren Ellis is on form this week. I haven't read his stuff for years but his column is right up my proverbial alley "I'm on the verge of taking my custom as a buyer of comics away from comics stores that can't be arsed to display comics in the window. I'm sick of the argument that putting Pokemon in the window brings new people into the store, because all it does is bring in people who buy Pokemon shit and fuck off out again. If you want to be a toy store, then open a fucking toy store and quit pretending you're a comics shop. If you're afraid to sell comics or embarrassed of selling comics, then frankly we don't need you. If you believe in the medium and are proud of being in the business, then display comics in your window. I don't hear bookstores telling me they need to window-display WWF figures instead of books or else no-one would come in off the street." 4:28 PM | Thursday, September 21, 2000Posted by Pete It's not comics but nosepilot is one of the best uses of Flash for animation I've seen to date. Be patient and give it a few minutes, but this is quite beautiful stuff. 10:02 AM | Sunday, September 17, 2000Posted by Pete Important find! There's this site called usscatastrophe.com which has some nice online comics, specifically an Japanese version of Hutch Owen by Tom Hart & John Lewis titled Pitch Unger (see Tom's books in the BugPowder shop) which uses Flash in a wonderfully novel way to translate the Japanese text - hover over a word balloon and it translates into English! There's also work by Carrie Golus (needs Flash) and other people I'm no so familiar with, but the most interesting aspect of the site is how they've taken the concept of a "jam comic", where a bunch of cartoonists draw a single panel each thereby taking the story in wild and weird directions, and adapted it to the web. They call this an Ink Pile and welcome submissions. 4:05 PM | Saturday, September 16, 2000Posted by Pete In lieu of a Caption 2000 report, here's a photo my dad took of the depleated BugPowder stall when he came by on the Sunday evening. 1:38 PM | Posted by Pete Updated the T-Shirt Museum. All my comics related shirts are now online. 8:34 AM | Posted by Pete I was looking through Andy's link lists for a sample of Darryl's work for the previous post and noticed that there aren't many UK small press cartoonists with samples on the web, especially from those who aren't so active these days. Would pages of brief samples and histories on the BugPowder site be a good idea? I thinking of people like Ed Pinsent and Darryl who did some very good work but who a lot of people don't know about. Wadaya think? 6:16 AM | Tuesday, September 12, 2000Posted by Pete Neat feature on the Highwater Books site - Daily strips on their home page. Much better than the Dilbert-esque rubbish you normally find... 1:54 PM | Posted by Pete BugPowder is now stocking the British Cartoon Museum with sexy books for their shop from the likes of Top Shelf and Highwater Books. Here's a map to the Museum (located at the Brunswick centre - come out of Russell Sq tube and turn right 1:48 PM | Sunday, September 10, 2000Posted by Pete It started off as a stupid idea. Whether it still is is up for debate, but I've started archiving my comics related t-shirts online in The BugPowder Comics-Related T-Shirt Museum and Gallery. 3:17 PM | Posted by Pete This is the new site design. Feedback on broken links more than welcome! Might I draw your attention to a new Malcy Duff strip, Murtha Milks, in the Gallery. 10:04 AM | Posted by Pete Eddie Campbell interview from 1994. Some interesting stuff about the middle period of From Hell and his flirtations with Vertigo. 7:30 AM | Saturday, September 09, 2000Posted by Pete Nice long Ron Rege strip on the Highwater site. 2:43 PM | Thursday, September 07, 2000Posted by Pete New Eddie Campbell Comics web site. And you know how much we like Eddie Campbell here! 4:17 PM | Wednesday, September 06, 2000Posted by Pete Some intriguing shockwave-assisted cartoons by Mami Ohtak which are actually worth getting the plug-in for. The Main index is here but it's in Japanese (I think). However, here's a good one. Thanks to Andy for these. 2:33 PM | Monday, September 04, 2000Posted by Pete Andy has written an introduction to his various link lists. 4:09 PM | Sunday, September 03, 2000Posted by Pete Scott McCloud's online comics links. Some good stuff in here. 5:28 PM | Posted by Pete This is quite a novel way of displaying comics online, using simple rollovers to flick from page to page. Takes about a minute to load, which isn't that bad really. (from the Freon site) 12:54 PM | Posted by Pete Three diary strips by James Kochalka from his Scandinavian tour: number one, number two, and number three! 12:35 PM | Saturday, September 02, 2000Posted by Pete Two Caption reports: Jeremy Dennis's long and comprehensive report on her first Caption as a non-organiser and Matthew Lawrenson's hazy recollection. 8:11 AM | Posted by Pete A James Kochalka strip translated into German by Andy Konky Kru. 8:07 AM | Friday, September 01, 2000Posted by Pete Hmm. This looks a lot like BugPowder used to be like when I sold zines and small press comics. Good to see thing kind of thing and I wonder how effective this Escapo setup is. I recognise some names on the books listed, which is a start. What does anyone else think? 7:55 PM | Posted by Pete We did a stock-take of the BugPowder stock tonight, the first since moving to London six months ago, and I've posted the inventory on the site. So, if you have an old catalogue you've been flicking through and were wondering if any of the odd little comics were still available, here's an answer. Prices and other details to follow. Related news is that BugPowder will be stocking the Cartoon Art Trust shop at the British Cartoon Museum soon, so all books and selected comics from the list will be available to browse for those living in London. The Museum is located at the Brunswick Centre in Bloomsbury, just opposite Russell Square Tube. Here's a map. 7:29 PM | Posted by Pete The mysterious artist is Rachael Ball. Now, anyone know what she's up to or how to get her stuff (other than old Deadline issues in the bargain bins)? 2:29 PM | Posted by Pete The Andy Konky Kru link lists now have a permanent URL home at bugpowder.com/andy. This is very skeletal at the moment but I'm sure the Konky one will be providing me with mucho content over the next week. Feedback on how useful you find these lists would be great, either to Andy or myself. 2:26 PM | |
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