Dennis Worden

Here are some strips from the great Dennis Worden (which I nabbed from www.comicartcollective.com). Along with Kaz, Pete Bagge, Drew Friedman, Charles Burns, J.D.King, Chester Brown, Richard Sala, Glenn Head, etc, Worden was one of the many great cartoonists who got started in the early 80's. This was the first big wave of comix talent to come through since the original underground comix explosion of the late sixties. They were comics' punk generation, and the vitality and creativity of those times shines through the work.

The Comix Reader Issue 2 : the Forbidden Planet review

It's here!

NOW AVAILABLE!! "GABOON'S DAYMARE" by Tobias Tak

Tobias' second volume of collected short stories.






















Btw, Tobias' first solo comic Upside Down, which featured earlier adventures of Gaboon and his friends, is one of the greatest underground comics of the last 20 years.

tobicomix.co.uk
tobicomix.blogspot.com

REAL MEN Parts 2C & 2D

The latest chapters! If you want to know what's going on you should read these other pages.

Crumb's open letter

Why I can't visit Sydney (they use about the worst Crumb photo available to illustrate this article).

And here is the Telegraph story that did all the damage (the title says it all) : Smutty show a comic outrage.

Stoopid Azzholes!

Stool Pigeon comics exhibition

Launch party on Friday 19th August.
Babak’s playing live and there will be DJ sets from the Pigeons, Krent Able, No Pain In Pop...

REAL MEN Part 2B

The latest chapter! If you want to know what's going on you should read these other pages.

OMG BFF LOL MALL from OMGBFFLOL on Vimeo.

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.