Comix Meeting this Wednesday (3rd August)

(Image from here).

Hi Strippers and Comix Fans!
This Wednesday (i.e. Wednesday 3rd August) is the first Wednesday of the month, which means it's time for our monthly Comix Meeting at The Crown, New Oxford Street!
More info here.
It'll be the usual thing : drinking, talking about our latest dreams & projects, and whatever else we're up to, and relaxing in a comix-friendly crowd. Have a drink, read some comix-paper, and discuss underground and alternative comix of the past, present & future.

We're usually there from 8-ish on the first floor (some people arrive earlier). Call 07790048479 if you can't find us.

1975 "Famous Cartoonist" Button Set

"Pinback Jack issued this "Famous Cartoonist Series" of self-portrait buttons back in 1975. All of the participating cartoonists were alive and created self-portraits specifically for this button set. With very few exceptions, the images have not appeared elsewhere in print. The buttons were distributed by Krupp Comic Works and Phil Seuling. This set was originally announced as 52 buttons, and the alphabetical numbering reflects that. However, two artists (Neal Adams and Rick Meyerowitz) turned in their self-portraits late, after the first 52 had already been designed. They were included in the set, but numbered 53 and 54 respectively, out of alphabetical sequence."
Found here (where there's also nifty bios of each artist):

Comix Reader 2 is a Midnight Fiction Favorite!

It's reviewed here (with a handy set of contributor links).

LIFER

This is an old strip re-edited for the Forbidden Planet website, who run a weekly strip by me. The strip I send them is usually the continuing Real Men story, or DownTown (which also appears in The Stool Pigeon). Over the last 3 weeks though I've been somewhat preoccupied - namely by the birth of my son Edward, who was two weeks old last Monday!!

More Slovenian Beehive Art

Found 'em here.

Slovenian Beehive Art

I was just having another look at Sarah McIntyre's blog post about the Stripburger "Honey Talks" box of comics inspired by Slovenian Beehive Art :

"Slovenian farmers have a folk art tradition of painting scenes on the removable front panels of their beehives. Most of the painted panels date between the 1820's and 1880's and feature all sorts of weird and wonderful mythological and religious scenes, and the Stripburger collective used these scenes to inspire a beautiful little collection of English-language comics called Honey Talks."

The examples she shows REALLY make me want to see more of that great 19th Century art (especially the secular ones)!! There's a bit more at www.theslovenian.com

George Herriman on Comics College

This months Comics College looks at George Herriman.

Follow-up to Newave seeking submissions

Now seeking submissions for two more volumes with a wider chronological reach. Info here.

Comix Meeting this Wednesday (6th July)

This Wednesday (i.e. Wednesday 6th July) is the first Wednesday of the month, which means it's time for the monthly Comix Meeting at The Crown, New Oxford Street!
More info here.
It'll be the usual thing : drinking, talking about our latest dreams & projects, and whatever else we're up to, and relaxing in a comix-friendly crowd. Have a drink, read some comix-paper, and discuss underground comix of the past, present & future.

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

Gary Groth on CBR

A decent Gary Groth interview over on comicbookresources.com

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

The Miller Pub

96 Snowfields, London Bridge

London, United Kingdom SE1 3SS

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

Hurk covers Ellen Lindner!

lordhurk.blogspot.com
ellenlindner.livejournal.com

REAL MEN part 12a

A fragment of Real Men...



The rest of the story is here.

Citizens Take Note

Ellen Lindner's awesome flier for the Comix Reader MegaLaunch!

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.

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.

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

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

New DownTown!

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