tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44105162034420723542024-03-13T17:49:12.846+00:00Small Press Big MouthStaceyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12150621689934027245noreply@blogger.comBlogger337125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410516203442072354.post-22072081134901908102013-06-12T19:34:00.003+01:002013-06-12T19:34:35.027+01:00We are FOUR!<br />
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The first episode of <b>Small Press Big Mouth</b> went live FOUR year ago yesterday! Huge thanks, as ever, to the <a href="http://geeksyndicate.co.uk/">Geek Syndicate</a> boys for hosting it for us and all their encouragement & support; to <b>Stacey</b> for inviting me to co-host and thank you to everyone who listens in and puts up with our ever-rarer whitterings & whittlings! Cheers, you great big beautiful SPBMers, you!<br /><br />LEE x</div>
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<br />LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915593277229639930noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410516203442072354.post-7856126025062567822013-06-10T17:18:00.001+01:002013-06-10T17:18:16.769+01:00Improper Books announce KNIGHT & DRAGON<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As faithful SPBMers are probably aware we feel<b> <a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/">Improper Books</a></b> is one of the most exciting new publishers of British comics; their debut title <b>Porcelain</b> is a triumph worthy of a veteran publisher and their upcoming books <b>Butterfly Gate</b> and <b>Night Post</b> are high on our Keenly Anticipated list. So any announcement from them regarding new projects is going to prick our ears up good and proper. And then we find out it has art by <b>Bevis</b> "Muscles" <b>Musson</b>, creator of <b><a href="http://bevismusson.deviantart.com/gallery/26182735">Dead Queen Detectives</a></b> - which we totally flipping adore - and we're squealing "But I want it NOOOOW!" like a comicophile Veruca Salt. So slap your ocular receptors all over the following press release and join us in our overexcited ragegasm....</div>
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Written by <b>Matt Gibbs</b> and illustrated by <b>Bevis Musson</b>, with colours by <b>Nathan Ashworth</b>, <b><a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/projects/knight-dragon/">KNIGHT & DRAGON</a></b> playfully subverts the story of a heroic Knight defeating a ferocious Dragon to rescue the fair Maiden, by offering variant paths and multiple outcomes to the classic fairy tale adventure.</div>
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Each narrative begins the same, with a beleaguered Knight riding his Horse into a seemingly deserted village, where the majority of the Villagers mistake him for a heroic warrior. Distracted by the beauty of the Maiden, before he really knows what he’s doing, the Knight agrees to fight a Dragon and, much to the Maiden’s evident dismay, the Village Chief offers the Knight her hand in marriage should he succeed. Learning too late from the Villagers that the Dragon is both huge and ferocious, the despondent Knight heads out to meet his fate, and at this point the stories begin to diverge…</div>
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From here, the Knight, Dragon and Maiden, along with the Horse, Farmhand and Village Chief, provide different paths through the unfolding narratives before reaching different endings.</div>
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‘It began as an idea to create a comic that allowed changes in the sequence and resolution of its scenes, enabling different stories to be told,’ said Matt, about Knight & Dragon. ‘This lends itself seamlessly to digital comics, but in a similar fashion to gamebooks, a print version is just as possible with a bit of additional heavy lifting, or page turning, on the part of the reader.’</div>
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‘It has also allowed Bevis and I to explore our mutual love of fairy tales, and I’m delighted that the branching script didn’t put him off. I’m a big fan of his work, especially the excellent <b>Dead Queen Detectives</b>, and it has been brilliant seeing each page come to life in his style, which is being perfectly complimented by Nathan’s colours.’</div>
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‘It's always a pleasure to take things you love and approach them in a new way, so with Knight & Dragon I get to combine my love of fairy tales and comics and do something that is both familiar and surprising,’ said Bevis, about the project. ‘How could I not jump at the chance to draw a story with romance, drama, action, adventure and a whacking great dragon? In the end I even enjoyed drawing the horse, once I worked out he could wear a tablecloth.’</div>
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Designed with both print and digital in mind, <b>Knight & Dragon</b> is a picture book comic for all ages, due out in 2013.</div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/ImproperBooks">Improper Books</a> is a comic and graphic novel imprint focusing on creator owned stories that have a touch of the fairy tale, the Gothic or the macabre.</div>
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<b><a href="http://mattgibbs.net/">Matt "Funky" Gibbs</a></b> is a freelance writer and editor. He has worked on games such as Sega’s BINARY DOMAIN and Ubisoft’s DRIVER SAN FRANCISCO, and is collaborating with a number of talented artists on comic and graphic novel projects. Alongside his freelance editing, he is the managing editor of Improper Books. Originally an archaeologist, he spent several years grubbing about in holes before turning to writing as a career. </div>
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<b><a href="http://bevismusson.deviantart.com/">Bevis "Not Beavis" Musson</a></b> is the writer, artist and letterer of THE DEAD QUEEN DETECTIVES. He would probably make the paper too if he knew how, but that would just be showing off. He lives in Manchester with his family and generally thinks making comics is a much better way of spending his time than anything else. </div>
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LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915593277229639930noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410516203442072354.post-13082883568494587332013-06-04T14:08:00.000+01:002013-06-05T10:38:55.676+01:00Episode 43 is online!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Welcome to <b>Episode 43</b> which is also our podiversary, 4 long years of Stace and Lee providing your earholes with Geordiebrumophonics and a multitude of Indie press goodness. In this episode we review <b>The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil, The Impossible Crossing, Deadbeats, Solid State Tank Girl, Inktitioner</b> AND more! We also swear a little more than usual for which we blame each other – though obviously it was Lee’s fault!</div>
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<a href="http://sunrisestory.smackjeeves.com/">Sunrise</a> - read it</div>
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<a href="http://teaceratops.bigcartel.com/product/sunrise-chapter-1-to-the-very-beginning-print-edition">Sunrise</a> - buy it</div>
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No Stace portrait of Grice this time. So instead here's our favourite bit from <b>Deadbeats.</b></div>
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<b>Errata:</b> Idiot that I am I said that <a href="http://titan-comics.com/">Titan Comics</a> will be publishing Jack Katz's amazing fantasy comic "The 10th Kingdom" - I meant, of course, <b><a href="http://titan-comics.com/collections/firstking001/">The First Kingdom</a>,</b> for that is what it is called. What a maroon. What nincompoop. </div>
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Its time for another guest comics review courtesy of <b><a href="https://twitter.com/Dion_Scrolls">Dion Winton-Polak</a></b> of the almost internationally renowned <a href="http://geeksyndicate.wordpress.com/category/gs-podcast-network/scrolls/"><b>Scrolls</b> podcast</a>. Take it away, Dion...</div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">When I first met <b><a href="https://twitter.com/richclements">Rich Clements</a></b> at Thought Bubble a couple of years back I had no idea he was a comic book writer, let alone the fella behind the <a href="http://www.hi-ex.co.uk/">Hi-Ex comic convention</a>. As far as I was concerned he was just a nice bloke that I’d got chatting to in the pub after hours. When I bumped into him again last year we ended up having an epic natter amongst a group of creative folk (who just so happened to be located in an area of the hotel which could possibly be described as a ‘bar’) and his sordid past was revealed. At one point I asked him what work he is most proud of and he answered ‘<b>Turning Tiger</b>’ with barely a pause for thought. He told me all about the project but alcohol and an evening of banter burned most of the details away. All I remembered afterwards was the title and the mental image of a small girl with a gigantic war-robot. So, of course, I had to buy it...</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Plot-wise it’s pretty simple – The military are testing a trio of top-secret war machines, when something goes disturbingly wrong. Sarah is a young girl with a loving family, lucky enough to survive a car crash. The family are more than a little shocked afterwards when a giant robot turns up and kidnaps their daughter, but strangely enough the military seem to be almost expecting it. The rest of the book deals with the growing relationship between girl and machine and the unfolding sins of the past (wrapped up in a big old chase sequence.) It’s a tight little story, clocking in at a mere 58 pages, yet it packs a lot of punch. Within the tale are moments of elation and horror, pure excitement and genuine tragedy. It may not be Shakespeare but the emotional stakes are real and every character rings true.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">I found Alex’s artwork took a little warming up to. The character design is pretty stylised, which I can deal with in general, but to my eyes nine-year-old Sarah looked considerably older around the face, which was a little off-putting. On the plus side her drawings show consistency, which many first-timers struggle to achieve in sequential art. Meanwhile, the robots are absolutely fabulous creations – earth-stompingly huge, full of fat chrome curves and pure pistoned power. Machine versus machine is a real joy to watch here, and the action scenes scream full animated series. Her page layouts really shine too, popping the action through panel walls with weapons-fire splashing out all over the place. In Sarah’s presence the colours are vivid and cheery, resonating with the energy of childhood, while the adults are painted in murkier hues. It’s a subtle cue but it strikes to the heart of the project.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">In many ways <b>Turning Tiger</b> is an innocent comic book, the quintessence of wish-fulfilment. Reading it, you are thrust effortlessly back to that stage of childhood where the world seems full of possibilities and adults are just idiots who try to spoil everything. A wide-eyed world, then? Yes, but it has enough of a grip on itself to acknowledge the grown up perspective, of tough choices made and consequences suffered. There is a much wider world here to be explored though, and it doesn't feel like we've done much other than scratch the surface. It’s a set-up book, a pilot episode if you will, and as such it leaves you feeling a little short changed. What happens next Rich, Goddammit?! Well, we’ll be finding out soon, hopefully. Volume 2 has been scripted, after all. So you know what to do now. Buy it, read it, then start pestering the publishers about the next one. You know it makes sense.</span></div>
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Thanks, Dion! We're happy to run guest reviews so if there's a comic you want to rave about just drop us a line via our email or twitters!</div>
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Its that time of year again, the sun is out, the sky is blue and <a href="http://www.bristolexpo.co.uk/">Bristol's busting out next weekend</a>. Now, its had its knockers of late but here's a handful of our top tips to keep an eye out for...</div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Firstly our very own <b><a href="http://whittlewaffle.blogspot.co.uk/">Stacey Whittle</a></b>, along with <b>Iz McAuliffe</b>, will be hosting another fantabulous <b>2000AD Mega Panel</b> this year featuring <b>Ian Gibson, Michael Carroll, David Hine, Boo Cook, Mike Collins, Rob Williams, Ben Willsher, Henry Flint, David Roach</b> & <b>John Higgins</b>. Saturday 11th May at 5pm in the Ramada main panel room.</span></div>
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Unless something incredible happens (glances at Cy Dethan out the corner of my eye) <a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/">Improper Books</a>' <b><a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/projects/porcelain/">Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale</a></b> by <a href="http://www.benjaminread.co.uk/">Benjamin Read</a> & <a href="http://christianwildgoose.blogspot.co.uk/">Chris Wildgoose</a> is on track to be my favourite graphic novel of the year (though having said they we've still got <b><a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/projects/butterfly-gate/">Butterfly Gate</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/projects/night-post/">Night Post</a></b> yet to come from the Improper folk soooo...) so its without hesitation that we recommend you read the press release below and and haul your peachy buttocks towards your local comic shop to order yourself a copy. </div>
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May, and lettered by Jim Campbell, Porcelain is set within a world
that’s a darkly magical echo of our own. It follows the story of a
street urchin, known as Child, who leaves the cold streets of a snowy
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LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915593277229639930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410516203442072354.post-56412397618509504882013-04-08T12:04:00.000+01:002013-04-08T12:04:26.512+01:00ROK Comics' MASTER MERLINI<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<b><span style="color: cyan;">ROK COMICS RELEASE ‘<i>MASTER MERLINI</i>’ INTERACTIVE AUDIO COMIC</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">ROK Comics announces the release of Master Merlini, its latest interactive audio comic featuring an all-new incarnation of the real-life, world famous escape artist David Merlini.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Escape artist, crime fighter, adventurer, Master Merlini is all of these things and more, as he battles the villainous Caligari while a mysterious woman helps him discover an incredible truth about his world and his existence!</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Written by Cy Dethan, author of the acclaimed Cancertown series and Starship Troopers, with art from Giancarlo Caracuzzo (artist on Marvel'’s Formic Wars and Gorilla Man), the debut Master Merlini audio comic plunges the hero into a strange world beyond our own, linked to a real world event in New York on April 18th 2013!</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">With full audio 'play' to accompany the comic and escape artist tricks revealed in exclusive videos as well as animations and extra background information on some of the characters, Master Merlini will leave you wondering... where does fiction end and reality begin?</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Based on a concept by ROK Comics founder Jonathan Kendrick and David Merlini himself, who also voices his comic alter ego, Master Merlini merges the real world with a fiction that is all too real for its hero!</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">• Master Merlini Online at <a href="http://www.mastermerlini.com/">www.mastermerlini.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">• Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Master-Merlini/576738435671570">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Master-Merlini/576738435671570</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">• Full length comic strip adventure starring Master Merlini</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Script: Cy Dethan based on a concept by Jonathan Kendrick & David Merlini </span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Voice Artists: David Merlini, Shawn Curran, Kirstin Reitter and George Sanders</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">• Visit Books That ROK at: <a href="http://www.booksthatrok.com/">www.booksthatrok.com</a></span></div>
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Heads-up, SPBMers! We've received a linktastic press release from CDComics so give it a read and then click any link in green. Link in green, Lincoln green, Robin Hood! Gettit? Shut yer face I'm a comedy genius, me. If you have a better blogpost pun please write it on a £20 note and send it to the usual address.</div>
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<span style="color: lime;">This is something different again from CDComics, after publishing three Surreal Murder Mysteries (Meadowhell, Spring Heeled Jack and Football Crazy), the hard boiled nourish detective narrative of Manhattan 1930, War Nurse, a homage to Golden Age Comics and an alien abduction story from the 1960’s in Carnacki & Hannay.</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">This time, CDComics have moved into political action thriller territory with their modernisation of the classic Robin Hood legend.</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">How would Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men respond to the current political and economic climate in the UK ? How will they react when placed just seven years into future and the dystopian nightmare of 2020?</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">‘It just felt like the right time to write a story like this…” said the writer and artist Craig Daley</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">The first issue includes the usual humour expected from CDComics, but this time against the backdrop of a society that is divided across old class boundaries. On one side the plebs and on the other those who were born into privilege, the ruling elite class.</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">Along with a revamped Robin Hood, the comic has many of the characters you would expect to see, Little John, Marion , Tuck, Much and Scarlet who has been through the most blatant transformation and is now a female. Along with the characters, even Sherwood Forest gets a surprising make over as the action moves from the traditional forest locations to the cities of London and Sheffield in 2020.</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">There isn’t a bow and arrow in sight, but the politics is close enough to the truth that the comic keeps the appearance of reality that flows through CDComics’ output. The comic says ‘THERE IS NO CONSPIRACY’ and unlike political thrills of the X-Files, Robin Hood 2020 doesn’t create one, the narrative uses current and historical events, facts and figures and just takes the reader seven years into the future.</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">“Id like to think it owed more to ‘A Very British Coup’ with action piled on top, rather than the ‘X-Files’, that was the reasoning behind the title of this first issue.’</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">The action is full on and takes centre stage throughout this 32 page first issue that introduces all the main characters and the comic also asks enough questions to make you want to read Issue Two.</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">Issue One of ‘Robin Hood: There is No Conspiracy’, will be available to download from the following sites, priced around £1.25/$1.99 or the Euro equivalent</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime;">Available now on</span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/CraigDaley/e/B0070OKNKQ/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0">http://www.amazon.co.uk/CraigDaley/e/B0070OKNKQ/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Drive Thru Comics: <a href="http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/index.php?&manufacturers_id=4440">http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/index.php?&manufacturers_id=4440</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Smashwords:</span><br />
<a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/CDComics"><span style="color: lime;">https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/CDComics</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">And after processing by Smashwords will be distributed on…</span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Kobo: <a href="http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=Craig+Daley">http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=Craig+Daley</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Diesel: <a href="http://search.diesel-ebooks.com/author/Daley,%20Craig/results/1.html">http://search.diesel-ebooks.com/author/Daley,%20Craig/results/1.html</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Barnes & Noble: <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/craig-daley?keyword=craig+daley&store=ebook&iehack=%E2%98%A0">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/craig-daley?keyword=craig+daley&store=ebook&iehack=%E2%98%A0</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Sony: <a href="http://ebookstore.sony.com/author/craig-daley_369148">http://ebookstore.sony.com/author/craig-daley_369148</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Apple: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/craig-daley/id528912381?mt=11">http://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/craig-daley/id528912381?mt=11</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">The CDrom version of the comic packaged in a slim line DVD case with wrap around cover will also be on sale at several Sheffield shops, priced £2.50, when the snow clears...</span><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Sheffield Space Centre on the Wicker, Broomhill’s Galaxy 4 and Record Collector, Rare and Racy on Devonshire Green and Blackwells on Carver Street . </span><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">You can find more about CDComics at <a href="http://cdgraphicnovels.blogspot.co.uk/">http://cdgraphicnovels.blogspot.co.uk</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">CDComics Video Trailers on You Tube</span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Manhattan Part One: <a href="http://youtu.be/imPqCarU_Is">http://youtu.be/imPqCarU_Is</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Manhattan Part Two: <a href="http://youtu.be/ZeoNc6p6A34">http://youtu.be/ZeoNc6p6A34</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Meadowhell: <a href="http://youtu.be/2zITZ-CWOKI">http://youtu.be/2zITZ-CWOKI</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Spring Heeled Jack: <a href="http://youtu.be/2Pa-aNb8C20">http://youtu.be/2Pa-aNb8C20</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Carnacki & Hannay: <a href="http://youtu.be/F9gNljTnHM0">http://youtu.be/F9gNljTnHM0</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Independent Comic Reviews</span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Manhattan 1930 Reviews</span><br />
<a href="http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2012/11/manhattan-1930-issue-one-the-man-in-the-white-suit/"><span style="color: lime;">http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2012/11/manhattan-1930-issue-one-the-man-in-the-white-suit/</span></a><br />
<a href="http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2013/02/manhattan-1930-issue-two-the-man-in-the-white-suit-part-two-new-yorker/"><span style="color: lime;">http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2013/02/manhattan-1930-issue-two-the-man-in-the-white-suit-part-two-new-yorker/</span></a><br />
<a href="http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2013/02/manhattan-1930-issue-three-the-man-in-the-white-suit-part-three-harlem/"><span style="color: lime;">http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2013/02/manhattan-1930-issue-three-the-man-in-the-white-suit-part-three-harlem/</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.omnicomic.com/2012/05/manhattan-1930-about-man-in-white-suit.html#more"><span style="color: lime;">http://www.omnicomic.com/2012/05/manhattan-1930-about-man-in-white-suit.html#more</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Meadowhell</span><br />
<a href="http://www.comicbastards.com/homepage/2013/1/30/review-meadow-hell-1-2.html#"><span style="color: lime;">http://www.comicbastards.com/homepage/2013/1/30/review-meadow-hell-1-2.html#</span></a><br />
<a href="http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2012/08/meadowhell-the-true-horror-of-shopping-parts-12/"><span style="color: lime;">http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2012/08/meadowhell-the-true-horror-of-shopping-parts-12/</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.omnicomic.com/2012/04/review-meadowhell-true-horror-of.html#more"><span style="color: lime;">http://www.omnicomic.com/2012/04/review-meadowhell-true-horror-of.html#more</span></a><br />
<a href="http://therottingzombie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/medowhell-by-craig-daley-surreal-murder.html"><span style="color: lime;">http://therottingzombie.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/medowhell-by-craig-daley-surreal-murder.html</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Spring Heeled Jack</span><br />
<a href="http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2012/09/spring-heeled-jack-from-the-tunnels-of-hell/"><span style="color: lime;">http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2012/09/spring-heeled-jack-from-the-tunnels-of-hell/ </span></a><br />
<a href="http://therottingzombie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/spring-heeled-jack-from-tunnels-of-hell.html"><span style="color: lime;">http://therottingzombie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/spring-heeled-jack-from-tunnels-of-hell.html</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.omnicomic.com/2012/05/review-spring-heeled-jack.html"><span style="color: lime;">http://www.omnicomic.com/2012/05/review-spring-heeled-jack.html</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Football Crazy</span><br />
<a href="http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2012/07/comic-review-football-crazy-part-one/"><span style="color: lime;">http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2012/07/comic-review-football-crazy-part-one/</span></a><br />
<a href="http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2012/07/hcf-comic-review-football-crazy-part-two/"><span style="color: lime;">http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2012/07/hcf-comic-review-football-crazy-part-two/</span></a><br />
<a href="http://therottingzombie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/cd-comics-surreal-murder-mystery.html"><span style="color: lime;">http://therottingzombie.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/cd-comics-surreal-murder-mystery.html</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.omnicomic.com/2012/05/review-football-crazy-theater-of.html#more"><span style="color: lime;">http://www.omnicomic.com/2012/05/review-football-crazy-theater-of.html#more</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Robin Hood 2020</span><br />
<a href="http://www.comicbastards.com/homepage/2013/2/15/review-robin-hood-2020-there-is-no-conspiracy-1.html"><span style="color: lime;">http://www.comicbastards.com/homepage/2013/2/15/review-robin-hood-2020-there-is-no-conspiracy-1.html</span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.3millionyears.co.uk/2013/02/review-robin-hood-2020/"><span style="color: lime;">http://www.3millionyears.co.uk/2013/02/review-robin-hood-2020/</span></a><br />
<a href="http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2013/03/robin-hood-2020-issue-one-there-is-no-conspiracy/"><span style="color: lime;">http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2013/03/robin-hood-2020-issue-one-there-is-no-conspiracy/</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">Carnacki & Hannay</span><br />
<a href="http://www.3millionyears.co.uk/2013/02/review-carnacki-and-hannay/"><span style="color: lime;">http://www.3millionyears.co.uk/2013/02/review-carnacki-and-hannay/</span></a><br />
<a href="http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2013/03/carnacki-hannay-issue-one-eyam-the-plague-village/"><span style="color: lime;">http://horrorcultfilms.co.uk/2013/03/carnacki-hannay-issue-one-eyam-the-plague-village/</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: lime;">CDComics are available form the following download websites</span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Amazon: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Craig-Daley/e/B0070OKNKQ/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Craig-Daley/e/B0070OKNKQ/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Drive Thru Comics: <a href="http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/index.php?&manufacturers_id=4440">http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/index.php?&manufacturers_id=4440</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Smashwords: <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/CDComics">https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/CDComics</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Kobo: <a href="http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=Craig+Daley">http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=Craig+Daley</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Diesel: <a href="http://search.diesel-ebooks.com/author/Daley,%20Craig/results/1.html">http://search.diesel-ebooks.com/author/Daley,%20Craig/results/1.html</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Barnes & Noble: <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/craig-daley?keyword=craig+daley&store=ebook&iehack=%E2%98%A0">http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/craig-daley?keyword=craig+daley&store=ebook&iehack=%E2%98%A0</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Sony: <a href="http://ebookstore.sony.com/author/craig-daley_369148">http://ebookstore.sony.com/author/craig-daley_369148</a></span><br />
<span style="color: lime;">Apple: <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/craig-daley/id528912381?mt=11">http://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/craig-daley/id528912381?mt=11</a></span><br />
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LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915593277229639930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410516203442072354.post-38726410308949402442013-03-25T11:16:00.000+00:002013-03-25T11:16:18.683+00:00Episode 42 is online!<br />
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Welcome to the latest episode of <b>Small Press Big Mouth</b>, this is <b>Episode 42: The Meaning of Grice</b> - in which you will learn the answer to The Ultimate Question... of Life, The Universe, Everything. And where the feck we've fecking been for the last four fecking months.*</div>
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Lee and Stace have a good old rambling chat about all sorts of thing - including <b>The British Comic Awards</b>, <b>Porcelain, Babble, Lou Scannon</b>, <b>The Spooky Womb</b> and <b>Razarhawk</b>. Lee couldn’t hear Stacey at times and Stacey barely finishes a sentence – that’s right we’re back!</div>
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Direct Download<span style="font-size: x-small;">: </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/geeksyndicate/Small_Press_Big_Mouth_Episode_42.mp3">Episode 42</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://britishcomicawards.com/">British Comic Awards</a></div>
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<a href="http://emcarroll.com/comics/snakeleaves/">The 3 Snake Leaves</a></div>
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<a href="http://whittlewaffle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/into-woods-again.html">Into The Woods 2: The Morning Wood After</a></div>
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<a href="http://elysia.me/">Elysia</a></div>
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<a href="http://blog.sallyjanethompson.co.uk/2013/02/12/commissions-open/">Sally Jane Thompson</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/projects/porcelain/">Porcelain</a></div>
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<a href="http://louscannon.co.uk/blog/">Lou Scannon</a></div>
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<a href="http://paulaknight.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/spooky-womb/">The Spooky Womb</a></div>
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<a href="http://kittyhawkkicksass.blogspot.co.uk/">Razarhawk</a></div>
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<br />LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915593277229639930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410516203442072354.post-56836223843640179192013-03-25T11:13:00.000+00:002013-03-25T11:13:24.416+00:00ELYSIA Kickstarter takes flight<br />
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I've been aware of this project percolating away behind the scenes for quite a while as writer <b><a href="http://serenaobhrai.com/">Serena Obhrai</a></b> is a friend and I've been a huge drooling fanboy for artist <b><a href="http://www.jenniegyllblad.com/">Jennie Gyllblad</a></b>'s comics (<b><a href="http://www.jenniegyllblad.com/skal.php">Skal</a>, <a href="http://www.jenspiration.co.uk/">Jenspiration</a>, <a href="http://www.clockworkwatch.com/">Clockwork Watch</a>, <a href="http://www.markosia.com/titles/bayou-arcana-songs-of-loss-and-redemption/">Bayou Arcana</a></b>) for yonks, so its great to see <b><a href="http://elysia.me/">Elysia</a></b> break out into public view at last. </div>
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<b>Elysia</b> is an epic and ambitious project that has been gestating inside Serena's fevered noodle for decades - a huge and intimate urban fantasy of angels and demons and self-discovery. </div>
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Anyhoo, read the press release below, ogle the artwork, click the links and check out the Kickstarter fundraiser...</div>
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<i><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">An original 300-page graphic novel </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #f3f3f3;">turns into an angel.</span></i></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Elysia’s wings begin to grow when she hits puberty and her whole life is thrown into disarray. Her journey to discover her new form is more than she bargained for.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Having been born with a lot more power and responsibility than she can accept, we follow Elysia on this epic coming-of-age journey where everything she knows no longer exists. Her estranged angel mother and scientist father have a lot to answer for as Elysia grows into her new body.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">She is soon to learn that she is to become a fighter in a secret training facility to ward off the Demon Angel Overlord - who has also kidnapped her father. Settling for nothing short of Elysia’s soul, the Demon will not rest until he has destroyed the Higher Order of angels that rule over the lands.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">The story encapsulates a healthy respect for science, friendship and self-discovery. Don't be fooled by the angels - they are led by planetary alignments, not religion. Elysia makes many friends along the way all with their own angel powers and they all combine to create the formidable force to take on the Fallen Angel attack that is about to take over the world and all its inhabitants.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;"><b>Elysia</b> is a full-colour, 300-page original fantasy graphic novel written and created by <b>Serena Obhrai</b>, which will be split into three chapters. <b>Jennie Gyllblad</b> was appointed to join as lead illustrator in the Spring of 2012. The graphic novel operates under Ermahgerd Entertainment Ltd and the company are now excited to be launching a <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/serenaobhrai/join-elysia-on-her-journey">Kickstarter campaign</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Each chapter will be printed in full colour, sized 260mm by 170mm and approximately 100 full colour pages each. The first chapter scheduled for release in September 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">There are also options for Elysia superfans to be in the comic themselves! Many of the higher end tier rewards are such that fans can be written and drawn into the story.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Serena was born in London and has worked in online communities for a decade. She is now working on Elysia full time. As a classically trained actress with a Psychology degree, and someone who has been writing since she was 11, Serena has a unique ability to tell epic character-driven stories.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Jennie is an illustrator, designer and graphic novel artist, who currently lives and works in Bath. She has studied graphic design. Interior comics and graphic novel illustration is not her only strong point, Jennie is able to also ink, work on tattoo designs and private commissions, as well as corporate branding.</span></div>
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LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915593277229639930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410516203442072354.post-4336998445526756052012-12-29T00:43:00.000+00:002012-12-30T20:38:41.106+00:00Looking Forward: 2013<br />
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2012 was a pretty <a href="http://smallpressbigmouth.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/looking-back-2012.html">awesome year for comics</a> and we predict 2013 will be too. Here are a few items to slot in your memorybrain for the new year...</div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b><a href="http://kittyhawkkicksass.blogspot.co.uk/">Razarhawk</a></b> will finally e-x-p-l-o-d-e onto the scene courtesy of <b>Ian Matthews</b> and <b>Dani Abram</b>. Eyes left for an exclusive (probably) peek at the cover art!</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">From <a href="http://www.improperbooks.com/">Improper Books</a> we have a trio of terrific titles: <b>Porcelain, Butterfly Gate</b> and <b>Night Post</b>. I finally got to read the preview issue of Porcelain just before Christmas and I was absolutely blown away! I honestly can't wait til February to read the whole thing!</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Out almost-before-you-know (ie January) is the long and eagerly awaited <b><a href="http://www.babblecomic.com/">Babble</a></b> from <b>Lee Robson, Bryan Coyle </b>and Com.X. I've got my copy pre-ordered already.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">The 3rd and final issue of <b>Jennifer Wilde</b> as well as new issues of <b>Roisin Dubh</b> and <b>The League Of Volunteers</b> from <a href="http://www.atomicdiner.com/">Atomic Diner</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">Edit: Add to that new 3-part series <b>Noe The Savage Boy,</b> which looks utterly lush in the preview <a href="http://www.stephendowneygallery.com/2012/12/noe-savage-boy-1-preview.html">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">From <b>Barry Nugent</b>'s <b>Unseen Shadows</b> we have <a href="http://unseenshadows.com/2012/06/12/the-reverend-blood-cries-out-the-first-full-length-unseen-shadows-graphic-novel-is-announced/"><b>The Reverend: Blood Cries Out</b></a> written by <b>Cy Dethan </b>and drawn by <b>Steve Penfold</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">From <b>Darrin O'Toole</b>'s <a href="http://www.fb.com/TalesfromtheVoid">DOT comics</a><b> Lady Babylon: An Occult Romance</b> is launching in Spring, then <b>Earthruler</b> is a 60 pg tpb in late summer.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">From <b>Craig Daley</b>'s <a href="http://cdgraphicnovels.blogspot.co.uk/">CD Comics</a> we have <b>Robin Hood 2020, Carnacki & Hannay</b> and <b>War Nurse</b> to keep an eye out for.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">...and <b>Luke Foster</b> informs us that the fourth and final <b><a href="http://moonfreight3.com/">Moon Freight 3</a> </b>collection will be released and his new online strip<b><a href="http://www.centerofsomewhere.com/"> The Centre Of Somewhere</a></b> continues to update every week day!</span></div>
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Yeah yeah yeah I know, "Who needs another flipping Best Of The Year list?", right? Well you do so shuttit, cakeface, and pay attention. This is an entirely personal list (it is I, LeGrice, writing this) and is in no way intended to be a definitive overview of the Greatest Comics Of 2012, merely a record of my own personal favourites. There are no doubt some very notable omissions here (<b>Dotter Of Her Father's Eyes, The Nao Of Brown, Saga</b> and <b>Building Stories</b>, for instance) and there's a very good reason for that - I've not read them yet.</div>
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<span style="color: white;">This list is in no particular order, but if I had to be pinned down to choose a single favourite comic of the year it would be this. This is the kind of comic that makes me excited <i>about</i> comics - for the form and the medium and the art. Becky Cloonan is a terrific artist but her skills as a writer are often overlooked I think.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Possibly the best ongoing comic on the shelves at the moment - utterly enthralling, utterly unpredictable, a genuinely epic graphic novel that will hook you and chill you and have you fretting for the safety of all the main characters as the series races to its apocalyptic conclusion in 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">At the end of 2011 it was looking like this zombie survival epic might've passed its peak, things were seeming a tad familiar, predicable, safe... but this year Kirkman & Adlard reminded us just how deeply they have their fingers embedded into our guts and how easily they could tear them out and hold them up before our own blinking, dumbstruck eyes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Just when you thought you Star Wars parodies were completely, utterly and irretrievably burnt out along comes Pearce with a fresh angle that makes it all seem shiny and new - not to mention hilariously funny.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">I have to confess this book is on this list not just because its a great read and beautifully illustrated but because we were kinda helped bring it to life in its initial stages and were able to follow closely its production from start to finish. With so many friends involved in the creative teams I'm fully aware of the love, sweat and tears that went into this book and it was with a certain degree of pride that the final book is so good and was so well received. You did good, swamp kings and Cajun queens, you did really really good.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">For a collection of short stories involving mechanical beings and soulless machines this is incredibly warm, funny and human. If I ever undersold in my podcast reviews how good a comic was this year it was this one. Seriously, clever, charming, wonderful stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The long awaited and thoroughly satisfying conclusion to Julius Chancer's epic adventure, which somehow we managed to completely not review on the podcast. I had one tiny quibble with one tiny element of the book which I can't say cos its a bit of a spoiler, but I mentioned it to Garen at Bristol Expo and he told me his missus agreed with me so that's all right then.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">If you missed this you missed a treat - a rollicking rumba of redemption with more twists than a barbedwire corkscrew with an exploding polar bear thrown in for the kids. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The spirit of earthy (no pun intended) brit-superheroes like The Leopard From Lime Street and General Jumbo lives on in this brilliant comic. Grist is probably British comic's most undervalued talent - his art is deceptively simple and his writing surprisingly complex - like Moore or Morrison but more grounded (no pun intended) in the bricks and mortar (no pun intended) of real life.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;"><b>The Black Scorpion</b> - Rob Curley, Stephen Downey<br />Sometimes a comic comes along that seems so perfect for you you actually check the inside cover to see if its dedicated to you in some kind of wonderful surprise. So it was with me and The Black Scorpion. It also features what is, for me, one of the covers of the year. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Two indie classics given the affordable doorstop reprint treatment by Dark Horse this year. Mike Baron & Steve Rude's glorious neo-retro spacecutioner <b>Nexus</b> and Matt Wagner's blood-drenched super-criminal <b>Grendel</b> - if you've never read either of these then I demand, nay implore, nay double-demand you run immediately to your favourite comics emporium and treat yourself to these. You can thank me later.</span></div>
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<br />LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915593277229639930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410516203442072354.post-81225837922471154292012-12-23T15:28:00.000+00:002012-12-23T15:28:01.265+00:00SPBM Fun & Games #10<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Hiya Kids! Well here we are on Christmas Eve Eve and the last of this year's SPBM Christmas puzzles - an a-MAZE-ing maze*! Have a wonderful Christmas and we'll see you on the other side!</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">*which I may have nicked from an old Batman annual...</span></div>
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<br />LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915593277229639930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410516203442072354.post-67033888120908113002012-12-22T11:39:00.000+00:002012-12-22T11:39:20.334+00:00SPBM Fun & Games #9You lucky people! Its only another bloomin' wordsearch!<br />
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<br /><br />LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915593277229639930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410516203442072354.post-5707857165846191462012-12-21T10:17:00.000+00:002012-12-21T10:17:13.850+00:00SPBM Fun & Games #8The funny thing is that I felt compelled to include instructions on how to do a dot-to-dot just in case...<br />
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<br />LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915593277229639930noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410516203442072354.post-35159668581541658072012-12-20T14:41:00.000+00:002012-12-20T14:41:06.819+00:00Comic artist Christmas cards 2012Huzzah! Its that time of year once again when comicy-types create their own festive greetings cards. I love 'em! Here's a few I've seen or received so far. If you see some more let us know in the comments below and I'll add them to the post!<br />
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<br />LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915593277229639930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410516203442072354.post-30251974141837980182012-12-20T13:23:00.002+00:002012-12-20T13:23:14.297+00:00SPBM Fun & Games #7Its day 2 of ChriSPBMas Fun & Games week - and today its a wonderful wordsearch! OoooOOoooh!<br />
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HO HO HO! Christmas is coming. Grice is getting fat. Please put a penny in a small pressers hat! We're all very excited for Christmas here at the SPBM mansion. Lee has his stockings <strike>on</strike> up already and Stace is knitting Christmas tree cosies like a Clausian frenzy, but there's still time to add some comics, merchandise or art to your Christmas shopping list. So here for your browsing pleasure is a wee directory of online shops belonging to some faithful SPBMers. Go on treat yourself, your friends, family or favourite fake geek to something cool and comics-shaped this year...</div>
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Presented in no particular order except I put Stacey's link first cos otherwise she'd punch me in the baubles...</div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Into The Woods</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://ayesawcomics.bigcartel.com/"><span style="color: white;">http://ayesawcomics.bigcartel.com/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">David Wynne</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://particlefiction.bigcartel.com/"><span style="color: white;">http://particlefiction.bigcartel.com/</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://particlefiction.spreadshirt.co.uk/"><span style="color: white;">http://particlefiction.spreadshirt.co.uk/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Jamie Smart</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=TO&Category_Code=BOH"><span style="color: white;">http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=TO&Category_Code=BOH</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://artheroes.bigcartel.com/"><span style="color: white;">http://artheroes.bigcartel.com/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Stephen Downey</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.stephendowneygallery.com/p/shop_13.html"><span style="color: white;">http://www.stephendowneygallery.com/p/shop_13.html</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Garen Ewing</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.garenewing.co.uk/rainboworchid/shop/shop.php"><span style="color: white;">http://www.garenewing.co.uk/rainboworchid/shop/shop.php</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Valia Kapadai</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://valiumcomics.bigcartel.com/"><span style="color: white;">http://valiumcomics.bigcartel.com/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Ruben Moreno/Masked Manor</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.maskedmanor.com/store/"><span style="color: white;">http://www.maskedmanor.com/store/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Cy Dethan</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.comicsy.co.uk/cydethan/"><span style="color: white;">http://www.comicsy.co.uk/cydethan/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Sally Jane Thompson</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sallyjanethompson"><span style="color: white;">http://www.etsy.com/shop/sallyjanethompson</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Jennie Gyllblad</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.jenniegyllblad.com/shop.php"><span style="color: white;">http://www.jenniegyllblad.com/shop.php</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://balnacra.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/shop/"><span style="color: white;">http://balnacra.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/shop/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Gary Bainbridge</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://gb.bigcartel.com/"><span style="color: white;">http://gb.bigcartel.com/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Brittany Coxon</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://britthub.co.uk/shop.php"><span style="color: white;">http://britthub.co.uk/shop.php</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Zombuys</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.zombuys.bigcartel.com/"><span style="color: white;">http://www.zombuys.bigcartel.com/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Bevis Musson</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><a href="http://bevismusson.deviantart.com/">http://bevismusson.deviantart.com/</a></span><br />
<span style="color: white;">http://www.redbubble.com/people/bevismusson/shop</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.centerofsomewhere.com/store/"><span style="color: white;">http://www.centerofsomewhere.com/store/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Andrew Waugh</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/thismeanswaugh"><span style="color: white;">http://www.etsy.com/shop/thismeanswaugh</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Matthew Craig</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.comicsy.co.uk/thematthewcraig/"><span style="color: white;">http://www.comicsy.co.uk/thematthewcraig/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Becky Cloonan</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://beckycloonan.bigcartel.com/"><span style="color: white;">http://beckycloonan.bigcartel.com/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Maura McHugh</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://jenniferwildecomic.com/buy/"><span style="color: white;">http://jenniferwildecomic.com/buy/</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://roisindubhcomic.com/buy/"><span style="color: white;">http://roisindubhcomic.com/buy/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Graeme Howard</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://graemehoward.blogspot.co.uk/"><span style="color: white;">http://graemehoward.blogspot.co.uk/</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://cbrotherson.blogspot.co.uk/p/buy-my-books-v2.html"><span style="color: white;">http://cbrotherson.blogspot.co.uk/p/buy-my-books-v2.html</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Dan Berry</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://thingsbydan.bigcartel.com/"><span style="color: white;">http://thingsbydan.bigcartel.com/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">Heather L Sheppard</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/dinobottees/collections/136430-s-u-n-r-i-s-e-story"><span style="color: white;">http://www.redbubble.com/people/dinobottees/collections/136430-s-u-n-r-i-s-e-story</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.nattherat.co.uk/store.html"><span style="color: white;">http://www.nattherat.co.uk/store.html</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://unseenshadows.bigcartel.com/"><span style="color: white;">http://unseenshadows.bigcartel.com/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">NO BROW</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.nobrow.net/category/products"><span style="color: white;">http://www.nobrow.net/category/products</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">MARKOSIA</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.markosia.com/titles/"><span style="color: white;">http://www.markosia.com/titles/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">ATOMIC DINER</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">LOU SCANNON</span></b><br />
<span style="color: white;"><a href="http://louscannon.co.uk/blog/?page_id=47">http://louscannon.co.uk/blog/?page_id=47</a></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: white;">UPROAR COMICS</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.uproarcomics.co.uk/shopping/"><span style="color: white;">http://www.uproarcomics.co.uk/shopping/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">SELF MADE HERO</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.selfmadehero.com/shop.php"><span style="color: white;">http://www.selfmadehero.com/shop.php</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">ACCENT UK</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.accentukcomics.com/buy.html"><span style="color: white;">http://www.accentukcomics.com/buy.html</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">FUTUREQUAKE PRESS</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.futurequake.co.uk/shop.php"><span style="color: white;">http://www.futurequake.co.uk/shop.php</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">DISCONNECTED PRESS</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://disconnectedpress.wordpress.com/shop/"><span style="color: white;">http://disconnectedpress.wordpress.com/shop/</span></a></div>
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<b><span style="color: white;">THE PHOENIX COMIC</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/the-phoenix-shop/"><span style="color: white;">http://www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk/the-phoenix-shop/</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.comicsy.co.uk/"><span style="color: white;">http://www.comicsy.co.uk/</span></a></div>
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LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915593277229639930noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410516203442072354.post-76157283803932759002012-12-04T19:48:00.000+00:002012-12-04T19:48:30.865+00:00Episode 41!<br />
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Welcome to <b>Episode 41 </b>of <b>Small Press Big Mouth</b>! This episode has Lee and Stace review some comics* (I bet you weren’t expecting THAT shiz!) and they chat about <b>Thoughtbubble</b> and <b>The British Comic</b> Awards.</div>
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This episode was recorded before Stace got good and angry about the shitty publicity surrounding the Awards, so is much less ranty than you might be expecting. Sorry if that is any way disappointing to you, she really does like listening to a good rant and suspects you are quite a lot like her secretly, and she will try and get good and ranty about another topic next time.</div>
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*namely <b>Princess Of Mars, Dreamcatcher, Night Bus #3, Blackout, La Belle Dame Sans Merci</b> and <b>One-Eyed Jack And The Death Of Valiant</b>.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Direct Download:</span> <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/geeksyndicate/Small_Press_Big_Mouth_Episode_41.mp3"><span style="font-size: large;">Episode 41</span></a></b></div>
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<a href="http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/">Thoughbubble</a></div>
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<a href="http://britishcomicawards.com/">The British Comics Awards</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.cannycomiccon.co.uk/">Canny Comic Con</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Princess-Mars-Illustrated-Classics-Graphic/dp/1454903600/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332920895&sr=1-5">Princess Of Mars</a></div>
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<a href="http://strangeplanetstories.blogspot.co.uk/">INJ Culbard</a></div>
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<a href="http://valiumcomics.bigcartel.com/product/dreamcatcher-a-fairytale">Dreamcatcher</a></div>
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<a href="http://neurotic-elf.deviantart.com/">Valia Kapadai</a></div>
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<a href="http://moknowchrome.blogspot.co.uk/">Mo Ali</a></div>
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<a href="http://pmbuchan.bigcartel.com/">La Belle Dame Sans Merci & Blackout</a></div>
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<a href="http://pmbuchan.com/">PM Buchan</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.comicsy.co.uk/hibernia/store/products/comic-archive-one-eyed-jack-and-the-death-of-valiant-2/">One-Eyed Jack And The Death Of Valiant</a></div>
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LEEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915593277229639930noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4410516203442072354.post-7287502665890974392012-11-28T22:40:00.002+00:002012-11-28T23:15:15.544+00:0017 Fantastic Fantasy Comics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey SPBMers, so I was asked today if I could recommend some fantasy comics/graphic novels for someone for Christmas. After spending a stupid amount of time mulling it over I came up with a not-so-short list. Then I though "I know, I'll post the list on the blog that way I won't feel like a complete nutcakeface for spending way too much time answering a simple question!" I even made a title banner, look....</div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;">Mezolith</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.benhaggarty.com/">Ben Heggarty</a>, <a href="http://www.adambrockbank.com/">Adam Brookbank</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Originally serialised in the <b>DFC</b> comic this gorgeous story of stone-age myths and superstitions was collected complete as a <a href="http://www.davidficklingbooks.com/davidficklingbooks.asp?ean=9780385618267">large format hardcover</a>. Breathtakingly beautiful and quite scary, I'd highly recommend this for all ages with the exception of very young children.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;"><b>Bone</b> </span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.boneville.com/">Jeff Smith</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Imagine a trio of Loony Tunes characters caught up in </span><b style="color: cyan;">The Lord Of The Rings</b><span style="color: cyan;"> and you'll have some idea of what Bone is like - though no idea how brilliant it is. Funny, charming, uncynical, epic, fun. Available in several formats including a massive complete-in-one doorstop.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;">Slaine: Warrior's Dawn</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://patmills.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: cyan;"></span></a><span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://patmills.wordpress.com/">Pat Mills</a>, Angie Kincaid, Massimo Belardinelli, <a href="http://tuggingyourcoat.com/">Mike McMahon</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Conceived</span><span style="color: cyan;"> as an antidote to the testosteronal tradition of </span><b style="color: cyan;">Conan The Barbarian</b><span style="color: cyan;"> this satirical Celtic fantasy is a collection of the earliest stories that ran in </span><b style="color: cyan;">2000AD</b><span style="color: cyan;">. Superb B&W art especially McMahon who gave the strip a primitive sinewy style unlike anyone else. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: cyan;">Slaine: The Horned God</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Pat Mills, <a href="http://simonbisleyart.com/">Simon Bisley</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">A few years later burgeoning superstar artist Simon Bisley signed on as Slaine artist for what was to prove to be Slaine's most popular story. Visually much closer to the hyper-muscularised Conan/Frank Frazetta archetype the strip still maintained its sarcastic attitude.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ian Edginton, <a href="http://strangeplanetstories.blogspot.co.uk/">INJ Culbard</a> </span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">The seminal pulp classic has been adapted to comics many times over the years, but this by far the classiest and most faithful. Simultaneously a swashbuckling, otherworldly fantasy and a genuinely engaging romance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Robert E Howard, <a href="http://busiek.com/">Kurt Busiek</a>, <a href="http://cary-nord.blogspot.co.uk/">Cary Nord</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Another quality adaptation of a sword and sorcery pulp classic. I've never really been a huge fan of Conan to be honest but this really won me over. This was the first of many Conan books from <a href="http://www.darkhorse.com/Search/conan">Dark Horse</a>, both adaptations of Howard's stories and original tales.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Another <b>2000AD</b> serial, this beautiful paperback collects all three volumes complete in one book. This sombre, nightmarish fantasy is stunningly illustrated by <a href="http://www.arthurranson.com/content/mazeworld">Arthur Ranson</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Pat Mills, Olivier Letroit</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Created by Pat Mills for the European market, this Hellbound genre-blending adult fantasy is dark, horrific and frequently sadomasochistic, but always has Mills' underlining humour. <a href="http://www.olivierledroit.com/">Ledroit'</a>s art is amongst the most brain-meltingly fantabulous you're ever likely to inflict your eyeballs on. Each of the five (to date) UK editions contains two of the European albums. Which is nice.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.davidpetersen.net/"><span style="color: cyan;">David Peterson</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Like <b>Bone</b> this is another all-ages fantasy, beautifully illustrated, but in a more realistic non-anthropomorphised style. Not remotely as silly as you might imagine, but thoroughly charming and engaging. Two lush hardcover volumes to date and several spin-off series.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Wendy Pini, Richard Pini</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">A genuine indie classic this epic series has graced several publishers over the years, but is currently all available </span><a href="http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics3.html">to read online for free</a><span style="color: cyan;">!</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">Jean Van Hamme, Grzegorz Rosiński</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">This highly esteemed, hugely popular and long-running (33 volumes to date) series from Belgium combines a multitude of myths and legends. Currently being published in English by <a href="http://www.cinebook.co.uk/index.php?cPath=143_183">Cinebook</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">This <a href="http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/13-257/Kingdom-of-the-Wicked-HC">dark, psychological graphic novel </a>involves a bestselling children's author who finds himself, as an adult, suffering black-outs and awakening in the fantasy world he imagined as a child - except it is now a brutal, war-torn place. Any time Edginton & D'Israeli team up you know its going to be good and this is no exception.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">I picked up the first volume of this Korean series on the spur of the moment, knowing nothing about it, and its absolutely blew me away. The art is jaw-droppingly good and the story whips along like lightning. If you like your fantasy epics full of skull-splitting action then this <a href="http://www.darkhorse.com/Search/shaman+warrior">9-volume series</a> is for you. </span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">JRR Tolkien, David Wenzel</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">This needs no introduction I'm sure and this is a lush, lovely adaptation by <a href="http://www.davidwenzel.com/">Dave Wenzel</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">The First World War brought catastrophic advancements in warfare technology - the machine gun, the fighter plane, tanks, mustard gas - but imagine if WWI had been fought instead using magic and dragons and other mythical beasts. This is the premise of <b>Arrowsmith</b>, an imaginative, genre-blending, brilliantly illustrated comic. </span></div>
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<span style="color: cyan;">These two self-published comics from <a href="http://inkandthunder.blogspot.co.uk/">Becky Cloonan</a> are surely so stranger to faithful SPBMers, we rave on about these brilliant medieval horror tales often enough, and we will continue to do so until every last one of you have read them!</span></div>
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This past weekend saw the inaugural <b><a href="http://britishcomicawards.com/">British Comic Awards</a></b> held at the <b><a href="http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/">Leeds Comic Art Festival (aka Thought Bubble 2012)</a></b>. The judging panel were <a href="http://largecow.com/">Hunt Emerson</a>, <a href="http://www.downthetubes.net/">John Freeman</a>, <a href="http://www.dr-mel-comics.co.uk/">Dr Mel Gibson</a>, <a href="http://www.page45.com/">Stephen L Holland</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Sabin">Roger Sabin</a> and SPBM's own <a href="http://whittlewaffle.blogspot.co.uk/">Stacey Whittle</a>.</div>
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I, the lovely-and-fragrant <b>Lee,</b> will not be attending <a href="http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/">Thought Bubble</a> again this year due to the completely unforeseen and totally unpredicted arrival of Christmas in 6 weeks - but no, sweet child, don't cry as I usually manage to not see anyone at these things anyway. So for the full GriceCon experience simply, at random moments during the weekend, ask someone "Where's Lee?" and get them to reply "In a panel I think" and it'll be just like I'm actually there. </div>
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Fortunately, the gorgeous-yet-meek-and-retiring-and-never-ever-intoxicated <b>Stace</b> will be attending so if you see her there please say hello. Also say loudly and clearly "You are The Stacey Whittle off of that Small Press Big Mouth and here's your £5!", then give her £5. </div>
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Important Safety Tip: Stacey will kick out when startled so if you approach her from behind, like with a horse, place a hand gently on her rear and maintain contact as you move forwards until you're in her field of vision.*</div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Top of your shopping list should be the second <a href="http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/anthology-2012-issue-2/">Thought Bubble Anthology</a> - a quality comic and all profits go to <a href="http://www.barnardos.org.uk/?gclid=CJawu6KB0bMCFYXLtAodoWMAdg">Barnardos</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b><a href="http://particlefiction.posterous.com/">David Wynne</a></b> will be there selling copies of <b>Hypergirl</b> and <b>Particle Fiction</b>, plus PRINTS! lots and lots of prints!</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b>Nic Wilkinson</b> and <b><a href="http://www.raggedman.com/">Cy Dethan</a></b> will be there launching <b>Cancertown 2</b> and have all other their other books (<b>White Knuckle, Cancertown, Slaughterman's Creed, The Indifference Engine</b>) on sale. Special offer £20 Cancertown 1 & 2. <b>Graeme Howard</b> will be selling original art. Table 15 New Dock (Savile's) Hall</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/t_iii">Dave Shirley</a></b> will have <b>Fera</b> issues 1-2 as well as his new comic <b>The Editors</b> at table 131 NDH. <b>Fera</b> is an adventure-romance story also available to read <a href="http://angelk.at/fera">online here</a> whilst <b>The Editors</b> is a conspiracy tale set in a superhero universe with a shady group who conduct in-world retcons.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/SarahTurner04">Sarah Turner</a></b> kindly informs us that the <b><a href="http://www.leedsanime.com/">Leeds University Anime Society</a></b> will be doing a 'make a manga' anthology for the first time. This collection of comics, art and writing will apparently be available in the foyer of the Royal Armouries Hall.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b>Afterlife Inc. Volume 2: Near Life And Other Stories</b>, will be debuting this weekend. Collecting the hit series <b>Near Life</b> and <b>Dead Days</b> - plus a wealth of special features and an exclusive, print-only tale - <b>Near Life And Other Stories</b> marks the triumphant return to the world of <b>Afterlife Inc.</b> as written by<b> <a href="http://www.jonlock.com/">Jon Lock</a></b> and illustrated by a stunning selection of artists. <b>Afterlife Inc.</b> is also running a <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonlock/afterlife-inc-volume-3-lifeblood">Kickstarter campaign throughout November to fund <b>Volume 3: Lifeblood</b></a>. Be sure to stop by our table in the Royal Armouries Hall to learn more about the project and the next phase of stories for <b>Afterlife Inc.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Controversial horror-comedy anthology <b>Blackout </b>will launch at Thought Bubble comic festival in Leeds. This 32-page, full-colour anthology is packed with unrequited romance, booze, death-by-misadventure, necrophilia, cannibalism and suicide, and that’s just the first story! Created by <b>PM Buchan</b>, <b>The Big Bang</b> creator <b>Jack Fallows</b> and <b>Kerrang!</b> illustrator <b>Phillip Marsden</b>, with guest contributions by <b>Andrew Waugh</b> (<b>Dodgem Logic</b>), <b>Mike Barnes</b> (Cornelius Blow) and <b>Harley Poe</b> frontman <b>Joe Whiteford</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b><a href="http://disconnectedpress.wordpress.com/">Disconnected Press</a></b> have two new comics <b>Disconnected v2</b> and <b>How To Kill Bears</b>. <b><a href="https://disconnectedpress.wordpress.com/disconnected-vol-2/">Disconnected v2</a></b> will pick up where Vol. 1 left off, exploring the curious things that happen in small towns, the stories that don’t make the big city press, the tales that tell us the truth about ourselves as we twitch the net curtains between our fingers.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Find the Disconnected team at Table 11 in New Dock Hall. Alternatively, order your copy of <b>Disconnected v2</b> from <a href="http://disconnectedpress.wordpress.com/shop/">their online shop</a> for £5.00 plus P&P.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b><a href="http://www.garenewing.co.uk/">Garen Ewing</a></b> will have the <b>Rainbow Orchid Supplement</b> and <b><a href="http://www.garenewing.co.uk/rainboworchid/">The Complete Rainbow Orchid</a></b> selling that one for a mere £10! Quickly! Take advantage of the poor fool before he sobers up!</span></div>
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<b style="color: yellow;"><a href="http://www.strangeplanetstories.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/deadbeats.html">Ian Culbard</a></b><span style="color: yellow;"> just tweeted is to tell us his Lovecraftian graphic novel </span><b style="color: yellow;"><a href="http://deadbeats.hppodcraft.com/">Deadbeats</a></b><span style="color: yellow;"> (as written by </span><b style="color: yellow;">Chris Lackey</b><span style="color: yellow;"> & </span><b style="color: yellow;">Chad Fifer</b><span style="color: yellow;">, and published by </span><b style="color: yellow;">Self Made Hero</b><span style="color: yellow;">) will make its tentacular debut at TB. </span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Baresark_Artist"><b>Dan "Druff" Harris</b> </a>and the <b><a href="http://louscannon.co.uk/blog/">Lou Scannon</a></b> boys will be there. Say hello if you want, buy their comics if you like but for the love of God guard your chips.</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/peterbcooper">Peter Cooper</a></b> and </span><span style="color: yellow;"><b><a href="http://phoenix-06.deviantart.com/">Adam Burn</a></b></span><span style="color: yellow;"> </span><span style="color: yellow;">will be there with the first issue of </span><b style="color: yellow;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/telikosprotocol">Telikos Protocol</a></b><span style="color: yellow;"> - check it out.</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><a href="http://www.sallyjanethompson.co.uk/"><b>Sally Jane Thompson</b></a> has new prints for Thought Bubble - signed, archival, on acid-free paper. She's at table 168 in New Dock - stop by! I assume'hope she will also have some of her beautiful mini-comics with her - <b>Now & Then, From</b> and <b>Candy Bag</b> - take a looksee.</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b><a href="http://www.accentukcomics.com/">Accent UK</a></b> launches <b><a href="http://thaddeusmist.tumblr.com/">Who on Earth was Thaddeus Mist?</a></b> from <b><a href="http://creatingmonsters.blogspot.co.uk/">Owen Michael Johnson</a></b> and a host of writers and artists.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><a href="http://johnleescomics.wordpress.com/">J<b>ohn Lees</b></a> will be selling of <b><a href="http://thestandardcomic.com/">The Standard v1</a></b>, the graphic novel collecting the first 3 issues of the series. He'll also have prints and T-shirts available while stocks last. He will be at table 72 in Armouries Hall, sharing with...</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">...<b>Gary Chudleigh</b> who will premiering <b>GLoW 2</b>, the second <a href="http://www.glasgowleagueofwriters.com/">Glasgow League of Writers</a> (he theme this time round is horror)...</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">...and artist <b>Graeme Kennedy</b> of <b><a href="http://www.orcomics.com/">Obscure Reference Comics</a></b>, who will be debuting the 3rd and final issue of dark thriller <b>Villainous.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/scripted_rants">Gordon McLean</a></b> will be at Table 89 at Royal Armoury Hall with <b><a href="http://nomoreheroescomic.wordpress.com/">No More Heroes</a></b> #1-3 and a special deal including a limited edition variant of #1 - only 50 printed.</span></div>
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PS If you see any 'Fake Nerds' there this weekend don't be a cunt, tell them about a comic that you like.</div>
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