Tuesday 28 June 2011

Onlne Comix

For comix fans everywhere and anywhere...

Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure by Steve Tillotson






















The Land Behind The Mirror by Tobias Tak

















Real Men by Richard Cowdry

Friday 24 June 2011

Gary Groth on CBR

















A decent Gary Groth interview over on comicbookresources.com

Tuesday 21 June 2011

It's Tomorrow Night!












Comix Reader Mega-Launch!!

Come help us celebrate the launch of our second cartoon and comix paper! Meet the artists and have a drink with us! If you don't yet have a copy, come and get one - it only costs a pound! Get it signed if you want! It'll be fun!
It's on June 22, 6:30pm - 10:30pm (or until the pub shuts) at The Miller Pub, 96 Snowfields, London Bridge.
It's also the launch for Lord Hurk & Kevin Ward's Static Revolter 2, and Gareth Brookes' The Black Project issue 1 (more info here : http://www.thecomixreader.com/2011/06/alternative-comix-mega-launch-comix.html)

From Ellen Lindner:
"This mega-mega-mega launch celebrates the launch of the second issue of the Comix Reader, edited by Richard Cowdry and featuring work by Lord Hurk, Tanya Meditzky, Eliot Baggott, Barnaby Richards, Julia Homersham and many, many more. BUT! On this very evening we will also see the launch of The Black Project, a dark adolescent tale in writing, linocut and embroidery by Comix Reader contributor Gareth Brookes, and - as if that were not enough! - Static Revolter 2, a surreal, mad, and utterly wonderful pamphlet by Comix Reader cover artist Lord Hurk and Comix Reader contributor Kevin Ward. Learn more at http://www.thecomixreader.com/ - we're fairly excited for this triumvirate of excellent publications to hit the streets! Look for us on the ground floor..."

Have a drink, read some comix-paper, discuss underground comics of the past, present, future. Get there on the bus, by tube, if you're not drinking- drive there, get the bus there and get the tube home, get the tube there and catch the bus home, walk there, enjoy yourself while your there.
See you there!


Wednesday, June 22 · 6:30pm - Closing

Thursday 16 June 2011

REAL MEN part 12a

A fragment of Real Men...



The rest of the story is here.

Monday 13 June 2011

Recent Events


I had an interesting evening last week - I took part in a discussion of the Slovene Comix Scene at Orbital Comics in London. This was part of The Stripburger Talks which Ellen Lindner has organised, and which has involved various talks, workshops and panel discussions. Last Monday's panel was Stripburger In Context, and involved Paul Gravett interviewing Stripburger editor Gasper Rus, and UK Stripburger artists (including me). It was an interesting night (photo by Sarah McIntyre).

I've been fairly busy recently. Two weeks ago saw the release of The Comix Reader issue 2, which is the tabloid comics anthology I edit. I was out just in time for The International Alternative Press Fair - just about. The pages went to the printer (in Yorkshire) on Wednesday afternoon. It was printed Wednesday night, picked up by the delivery company on Thursday, and arrived in London on Friday, in time for the fair on Saturday!
The comic is a 24-page, mostly full-colour, tabloid featuring the coolest, funniest, & weirdest UK cartoonists. More info here : thecomixreader.com
There is a launch party for the comic on Wednesday 22nd June at The Miller Pub near Kings Cross. Also launching are Gareth Brookes' The Black Project issue 1, and Static Revolver issue 2 by Hurk and Kevin Ward. The launch starts at 6.30, continuing until closing time.

Sunday 12 June 2011

Ecstatic Puzzle



From Kevin Ward : I started drawing a mural under a railway arch this week. It’s part of all the cults-and-crafts fun at the Sassoon Gallery.

See a bigger version here.

Wednesday 8 June 2011

Alternative Comix Mega-Launch : Comix Reader 2, Static Revolver 2, & The Black Project

Ellen Lindner writes :
"This mega-mega-mega launch celebrates the launch of the second issue of the Comix Reader, edited by Richard Cowdry and featuring work by Lord Hurk, Tanya Meditzky, Eliot Baggott, Barnaby Richards, Julia Homersham and many, many more. BUT! On this very evening we will also see the launch of The Black Project, a dark adolescent tale in writing, linocut and embroidery by Comix Reader contributor Gareth Brookes, and - as if that were not enough! - Static Revolver 2, a surreal, mad, and utterly wonderful pamphlet by Comix Reader cover artist Lord Hurk and Comix Reader contributor Kevin Ward. We're fairly excited for this triumvirate of excellent publications to hit the streets! Look for us on the ground floor..."

Wednesday, June 22 · 6:30pm - 9:30pm
The Miller Pub
96 Snowfields, London Bridge
London, United Kingdom SE1 3SS






thecomixreader.com

lordhurk.blogspot.com
appallingnonsense.co.uk
inkopinko.com

Friday 3 June 2011

The COMIX READER issue 2!






















A 24-page, mostly full-colour, comics tabloid featuring the coolest, funniest, & weirdest UK cartoonists. This issue we have... Tobias Tak, Ralph Kidson, Kat Kon, Elliot Baggot, Kevin Ward, Saban Kazim, Julia Homersham, Richard Cowdry, Ellen Lindner, Alex Potts, Jimi Gherkin, Hannah Eaton, Dan Locke, Peter Lally, Bernadette Bentley, Barnaby Richards, Gareth Brookes, Tim & Alex Levin, Steve Tillotson, Tanya Meditzky, Joe Sumner and Lord Hurk. The Comix Reader costs only £1!
More info at :
thecomixreader.com

Thursday 2 June 2011

New DownTown!



Had to take a break from Real Men to draw this! It's the sixth DownTown strip for The Stool Pigeon.