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Monthly Archives: November 2007

THERE WILL BE AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT CONCERNING THIS SITE OVER THE COMING WEEKEND>

ARCHIE COMICS

FEBRUARY 2008 SHIPPING

ARCHIE #582
“A Calculated Risk”: The timely topics of feeling pressured to excel academically and cheating to do so are addressed in this issue-length epic, filled with drama, intrigue, and of course the warmth and humor Archie Comics fans have come to expect. Which students will succumb to temptation? Will honesty […]

Ric Croxton Talks to Van Allen Plexico

Van Allen Plexico in Atlanta,2005

Van Allen Plexico, writer of The Sentinels Trilogy tells Ric Croxton about his new series of comic book style heroes set in novels.
  
What is the Sentinels Trilogy?
  
It is a series of three books—When Strikes the Warlord, A Distant Star, and Apocalypse Rising—about a team of super heroes, their various foes, and […]

COSPLAY Anyone -Jonathan Ross Excluded!

DHP –Calling All Cosplay Fans! 

I know we get to see people running around in home made character outfits at the International Comic Expo and other conventions,however,it is taken very seriously by Japanese and Chinese fans. 

Vicky provided me with the info so,for you Cosplayers out there: 

“In the run-up to the Spring 2008 release of DHP’s […]

JIANYI & WANGPENG

Why is it that seemingly every country can maintain a comics industry but not the UK where we have toy advertisements with comics accidentally attached?
  
And even more annoyingly,why is it the French who manage to spot and sign up Chinese talent?
  
Yishan Li recently sent me two pieces of art by her friends Jianyi and Wangpeng.  […]

MANGA IS A MANY SPLENDID THANG

 
 
I wrote that title.  Sheer illiteracy and misuse of the English language!
 Hey-ho,All!Quite a bit of up-dating and re-jigging going on over the last week.  As the Emma Vieceli interview is still getting so many hits a few new pieces of art have been added as has an up-date. 
The EMMA VIECELI link is: 
http://www.comicbitsonline.com/2007/08/01/rising-stars-of-manga-3emma-vieceli/ 
And Sonia Leong is […]

Engine Comics

REDEYE 6
Anthology Magazine 108pp
Colour cover  b&w interior
£4.00/$8.00/8 Euro [Ireland &Europe add £2] 

This was a magazine I had been looking forward to and even the idiotic postal service damaging it was not going to spoil my read!  Billed as “The latest issue of the vital magazine for indie comics” I did snort quietly to myself […]

Oooh -Very Arty!

Norman
Rockwell
Museum,
Massachusettes
 
Saturday November 10th
 
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Member’s Opening Reception
 
LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel
 
Celebrate the opening of LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel! A burgeoning art form with roots planted firmly in history, graphic novels, or long-form comic books, have inspired the interest of the literary establishment and a growing number of readers. […]

Quick up-dates

I’ve just up-dated the Laura Watton and Morag Lewis interviews and later on I’ll be up-dating the Emma Vieceli and Sonia Leong interviews.
On a personal note:THANK YOU to all those who mailed me with words of support.

New Manga Book On Its Way!

ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF MANGA 
Brigitte Koyama-Richard is a professor at the University of Tokyo, where she teaches comparative literature and art history. She has published several works on Japanese art.  Two of her previous books are Komodo-e [2004] and Japon Reve [2002].
 
 
I know there may be one or two Manga fans out there[!] so with […]