Thursday, May 30, 2002Posted by Pete It's Bristol this weekend. If you've come to this site after meeting me or going to the small press panel or for some reason you've forgotten, enjoy, have a play, get involved with the mailing list, etc, etc. All are welcome. If you're reading this before the event, I'll be at the aforementioned small press panel and then spending the rest of the time in the bar. See you there! 3:39 PM | Posted by Pete The backlash has begun (fixed link). No comment. (via lmg.) 1:35 PM | Wednesday, May 29, 2002Posted by kookymojo Konstgjorda Karlsson: a Swedish comic strip from 1918. 3:47 AM | Tuesday, May 28, 2002Posted by Pete Following on from Nucomix, another small press comic from the 90s is back. Rol Hirst and Nigel Lowrey's The Jock is out and there's an intro download at the site. 5:40 PM | Posted by stupidmonster
The wonderful Roger Langridge has started up his own forum.
5:23 PM | Posted by kookymojo "How important are conventions for new publishers?" Some potentially useful advice from the likes of Carla Speed McNeil, Wendi Strang-Frost, Pam Bliss and Tom Beland. 6:18 AM | Posted by kookymojo
5:10 AM | Sunday, May 26, 2002Posted by Pete
4:49 AM | Friday, May 24, 2002Posted by Andrew Luke
My scanners uninstalled. Mike Weller sent me some info,
"School of Modern Languages Mike writes, "I have no plans to submit a paper myself, but I think these are the sort of events able to affect and change public opinion on comics in the longer run" There have been rumblings on the yahoo group of a UK Bugpowder Pilgrimage to Angouleme in February. Whether you get the chance to go or not, there looks like an interesting event. Pity the conference is so far away. Still if this is your area of expertise, it's time to put it to some good use. 6:22 PM | Posted by Pete Cartoonist Jeremy Dennis has a non-comics site, cleanskies and a weblog. 2:49 PM | Posted by kookymojo
And there's an interview with Rick Smith here. 9:11 AM | Posted by kookymojo
The next phase: opportunities for cartoonists. Thanks to the support of the community -- and our subscribers -- we are now prepared to expand the Modern Tales experiment. At a time when other commercial webcomics projects are cutting back or collapsing, Modern Tales is ready to build upon our past success and continue to lead this fledgling industry.Modern Tales is now accepting new submissions. 9:08 AM | Wednesday, May 22, 2002Posted by Andrew Luke Arthur Goodman aka Bear has updated the super Favourite Crayon Stories site. It's your birthday! It's your birthday! 6:50 PM | Tuesday, May 21, 2002Posted by Andy (Konky Kru)
I have jazzed up the 'Early Comics' page (it's the jewel in the crown of my Dachshund website). The content-list is now on one long, impressive (I like to think) scrolldown page, and partitioned into centuries, which makes it easier to find stuff. All entries have little thumbs for a quick visual impression of the goodies awaiting the patient downloader. - There also is a bunch of new stuff, including this:
5:38 AM | Sunday, May 19, 2002Posted by Pete Baz writes to the mailing list... The maiden BugPowder (North West Chapter) Pub Meet will be held on 4.30pm, Saturday, 25 May, 2002 at Aqua Bar on Medlock Street, Manchester, across the road from The Baa Bar, and easy to find (3 minutes walk) from Deansgate Train Station. The bar opens at 4 so it should still be quiet, and has a nice view of the canal. And a wall. 2:32 PM | Posted by Pete Dave Goodman writes in: "Zip Gun Presents:" is a line of themed, self-contained anthologies that I'm putting together. 2:27 PM | Posted by Leonie If you like Scott Mills check out the brand new interview on There goes Tokyo... Also, our next Bishi Bashi (see site for details) is on June the 26th, plenty of time after Bristol for you to get more comics ready for us to sell!!! 5:27 AM | Saturday, May 18, 2002Posted by Pete
4:40 PM | Posted by Pete
Everyone's a geek in England; England's like the geekiest, nerdiest country in the world. So if you're a geek in England, you're really strange. It's just an odd country.... Everyone's geeky. I remember the first day I arrived in England I thought "Man, look at this. What a crazy place." And my sister said, "What you have to understand about England is that Monty Python is actually social realism. It's documentary. It's completely accurate." The more I was there, the more I realised she was completely right. It's a very strange country and London is a very strange place. And the cartoonists are absolutely fabulous. There among the best things about England, but they're quite odd.Also of local interest, the revelation that Mrs Hicks, the eccentric but lovely Hicksville librarian who embraces all kinds of comics with no malice, was based on our own Paul Gravett. Go buy. Now. 8:41 AM | Thursday, May 16, 2002Posted by Pete
Loooong and engaging interview with Chester Brown plus an online strip. Yay! (via LMG) 2:49 PM | Sunday, May 12, 2002Posted by Dave Brief interview with the charming Mr Philip Bond over at Pop Image. 10:43 AM | Thursday, May 09, 2002Posted by kookymojo Did you know you could make your own online comics at stripcreator.com? What are you waiting for?! 9:28 AM | Tuesday, May 07, 2002Posted by Pete Currently on The Comics Journal's audio archive until May 17th is Walt Kelly interviewed by Gil Kane in 1969. 2:44 PM | Posted by Pete Catching up on emails to BP.HQ... Aaron Burgess writes to plug Comics Australia "which is simply about promoting the local Aussie comic book scene. I also have a massive artists gallery, information on many past and present publishers. a on-line comic section, some articles, interviews, and have even just started up a on-line shop." Jason Little's Bee is still being updated weekly. Steve Ince is still doing Juniper Crescent and has a new weekly serial, The Sapphire Claw. Finally, Woodrow Phoenix, of Sugar Buzz fame, took these Chris Ware animated gifs and turned them into looped Quicktime movies for your enjoyment. 350k each Big Tex and the ChickenNice! 1:43 PM | Monday, May 06, 2002Posted by Pete
"What happened is, after I published the first part of La Perdida, back in September, I re-read it and realized that I wanted to do a bit more character development, and also it lacked any acknowledgement of Semana Santa (Easter Week), the second-most important holiday in Mexico, which was a bit weird. I decided I would add something in that vein when I eventually collect the story as a book. But then, the LA Weekly offered me this opportunity to contribute to their big comics issue, so I just killed the proverbial two birds with one big comic...and now you can read this apocrypha years before it is printed where it belongs: between the first and second tiers of page 32 of Part One. Read it now!" 5:30 PM | Posted by Pete Short essay on Ninth Art by Eddie Campbell on the state of the industry 3:08 PM | Posted by Pete It's going to be a VERY good year for anthologies. Alternative Comics have just announced ROSETTA coming in September which fulfils the criteria of having work by tried and tested talent plus work by people you've never heard of. 1:47 PM | Wednesday, May 01, 2002Posted by Dave A brief interview with the wonderful Mr Roger Langridge may be found right here. 4:24 PM | |
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