This weeks edition inspired by Peter Lally's zine, the hilarious "Why are you telling me about this?". Info here.More strips at the Somersault archive.
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
The Weekly Somersault
This weeks edition inspired by Peter Lally's zine, the hilarious "Why are you telling me about this?". Info here.More strips at the Somersault archive.
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Young Romance
Some wonderful covers from this classic romance comic (artists uncredited - tsk tsk).
The first page from issue 160 :
The first page from issue 160 :
Saturday, 27 March 2010
Friday, 26 March 2010
Alternative Press Zine Workshop, Bristol Small Press & Tapestry Goes West
From Jimi Gherkin :
Dear All,
Dear All,
Please see below for some information about an event that we are organising with CreativeCapital. The idea is to engage surburban communities in the arts. If you're interested in taking part then please contact Amneet at the email address below.
If you're an artist, small press comix creator or zinester, please come along and sell your work at our mini-fair communal table. Also, the local comic book shop, Calamity Comics (160 Station Road - http://www.touchharrow.com/business/map ), are opening their doors for the first time to the small press, and will be dedicating some shelf space to underground comix, so go along and show them your work.
love all round
Alternative Press and CreativeCapital Present:
A day of free zine making, comix and self-publishing workshops for people aged 19 and over. Including mini-comic fair, and local opportunities for self-publishers.
Saturday 17th April 2010
1 - 6pm
Trinity Bar
378-380 Station Road
Harrow
Middx
HA1 2DL
378-380 Station Road
Harrow
Middx
HA1 2DL
Contact: amneet@creative-capital.org.uk
Bristol Small-Press
Another opportunity for small-pressers thanks to Terry Hooper of http://www.comicbitsonline.com/ Excelsior comics in Bristol are looking to stock small press stuff sale or return, email marcuskent@hotmail.co.uk for further info. Cheers Terry.
Tapestry Goes West!!
Barry Stillwell who organises Tapestry at St Aloysius has arranged for an Alternative Press area at the upcoming Tapestry Goes West all day music festival in July. Small pressers will be welcomed to sell their work and join the area, as well as run workshops and add their work to the reading area and festival zine library! Check it out here http://www.tapestrygoeswest.com/ , tickets available here with early bird discount http://www.wegottickets.com/event/76662
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
The Weekly Somersault
Bit of a weird one this time (just an odd image I had in my head).
See more strips at the Somersault archive.
Monday, 22 March 2010
Sunday, 21 March 2010
Thursday, 18 March 2010
How'd Ya Get Inta This Bizness Ennyway?
By Harvey Pekar, Gregg Budgett, and Gary Dumm. From Bizarre Sex issue 4, 1975.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Alternative Press Hour goes to Angouleme part II
From Gareth Brookes :
The next Alternative Press Hour will be next Thursday the 18th March at 8pm on Resonance FM. It's the second of three shows documenting our adventures at the Angouleme International Comics Festival and features Stripburger from Slovenia, Chilli con Carne from Portugal and Robert Crumb!
It will be available to listen to shortly after broadcast at www.alternativepress.org.uk along with the last two shows.
The next Alternative Press Hour will be next Thursday the 18th March at 8pm on Resonance FM. It's the second of three shows documenting our adventures at the Angouleme International Comics Festival and features Stripburger from Slovenia, Chilli con Carne from Portugal and Robert Crumb!
It will be available to listen to shortly after broadcast at www.alternativepress.org.uk along with the last two shows.
Sunday, 14 March 2010
The Great Noah Van Sciver
I first saw this guys work in Mome 14, "The True Tale Of The Denver Spider-Man". I was impressed... the strip had an edge of excitement, or intensity, or something, that marked it out from most of the other work in that issue. I was interested enough to check out his website, and eventually order his recent mini-comix, which arrived VERY quickly along with a sketch and free badge. These comics just confirmed what I hoped would be the case... that I love Noah Van Sciver's comics. They're funny, tortured, desperate, yet honest and full of life.
There's a page from each comic below (scanned and posted with Noah's permission).
From CHAPBOOK
From I WANT TO BE SPECIAL TO YOU
From JUDGEMENTS
Next I have to get those Blammo's...
There's a page from each comic below (scanned and posted with Noah's permission).
From CHAPBOOK
From I WANT TO BE SPECIAL TO YOU
From JUDGEMENTS
Next I have to get those Blammo's...
Saturday, 13 March 2010
Popeye in "Fightin' Pals"
Popeye and Bluto work quite well as friends in this Fleischer Bros. classic.
Draw 160
From Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog :
"Mike Lynch shares some real gems from his cartooning classes in a recent blog post:
How do you get to be a better cartoonist?
Continued here.There is the old piece of advice: take a stack of paper the same height that you are. Draw on every one. When you get to the bottom, you’ve gotten a lot of the bad drawings out of your system and you’re a better artist."
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Vaughn Bodé
I haven't read any of Vaughn Bodé's work, but hearing the guy speak is pretty interesting.
There are two more parts to this on youtube.
(Thanks to Hurk for the link).
There are two more parts to this on youtube.
(Thanks to Hurk for the link).
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Darryl Cunningham on CBR
A really interesting new Darryl Cunningham interview has just been posted up on Comic Book Resources.
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Monday, 8 March 2010
Small Press in the UK: Our Favourite Comics from the Alternative Press Festival 2010
Avoid The Future, a UK/France based comics blog, have posted a piece on their favourite comics from the Alternative Press Festival and Brighton Zinefest.
Their choices include comics by Hurk, Kevin Ward, Dan Locke, Jimi Gherkin, Julie Homersham, Karoline Rerrie, Peter Lally, Bird, Hannah Glickstein, and me!
Sunday, 7 March 2010
My Secret Life
"My secret life
Living life
On a knife edge of life"
(Marc Almond)
Just a couple of fab covers. Don't know who drew them! There's a signature on the second one, but it's partly torn off.
Living life
On a knife edge of life"
(Marc Almond)
Just a couple of fab covers. Don't know who drew them! There's a signature on the second one, but it's partly torn off.
Friday, 5 March 2010
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Alternative Press Hour on Resonance 104.4fm
From Jimi Gherkin:
Hey guys,
The first of our radio shows on our trip to Angouleme is tonight. It starts at 8pm, is an hour long and features interviews, music and stories from Angouleme International Comics Festival, the largest comics festival in the world (outside Japan!)
We talked to as many people as possible to make some really excellent shows, and in this week's show we have interviews with Philippe Morin, the director of the Alternative space at Angouleme, Russian comics artist Roman Sokolov and editor/events organiser/small press publisher Dmitry Lakolev, German small press publishers TwoFastColour, as well as music from german band The Honeyheads, Russian underground music and french punk band Jack Off live from the Le Dernier Cri anti-angouleme party Angoul-merde!
In two weeks time we will continue with a further installment from Angouleme, including more interviews, music and laughs!
Also, listen out for the recording of what happened when Peter and I met Robert Crumb, and gave him some comics from London's Alternative comics scene!
So, tune in to 104.4fm, 8pm, Thursday 4th March (if you can't get resonance where you are then give us a couple of weeks to get the shows up online...)
Love all round
jimi
http://www.facebook.com/l/8d668;alternativepress.org.uk
Hey guys,
The first of our radio shows on our trip to Angouleme is tonight. It starts at 8pm, is an hour long and features interviews, music and stories from Angouleme International Comics Festival, the largest comics festival in the world (outside Japan!)
We talked to as many people as possible to make some really excellent shows, and in this week's show we have interviews with Philippe Morin, the director of the Alternative space at Angouleme, Russian comics artist Roman Sokolov and editor/events organiser/small press publisher Dmitry Lakolev, German small press publishers TwoFastColour, as well as music from german band The Honeyheads, Russian underground music and french punk band Jack Off live from the Le Dernier Cri anti-angouleme party Angoul-merde!
In two weeks time we will continue with a further installment from Angouleme, including more interviews, music and laughs!
Also, listen out for the recording of what happened when Peter and I met Robert Crumb, and gave him some comics from London's Alternative comics scene!
So, tune in to 104.4fm, 8pm, Thursday 4th March (if you can't get resonance where you are then give us a couple of weeks to get the shows up online...)
Love all round
jimi
http://www.facebook.com/l/
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Alternative Press Hour goes to Angouleme
Once again from The Forbidden Planet' blog :
Gareth Brookes emailed to let us know that the nest edition of the Aternative Press Hour will be going out at 8pm Thursday the 4th March on Resonance FM:
“The show will be the first of three Angouleme Specials, focusing on our adventures at Angouleme International Comics festival as we try to find out about the world wide small press scene. Shortly after there will be a link to the show available on the website www.alternativepress.org.uk“
Wolves
Director:Rafael Sommerhalder, Producer:Animation Staff, Royal College of Art
(Nominated for a British Animation Award).
Link via Forbidden Planet.
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