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Monthly Archives: October 2009

Spike Island Event This Coming Weekend

Artists’ Book and Zine Fair, Free entry

Sat 31 October, 1-6pm

followed by drinking, dancing,
mingling in Spike Café til 9pm

Following on from Spike Island’s first ever Artists’ Book & Zine Fair in 2008, the event is back by popular demand, programmed by artist and Spike Associate Sovay Berriman. The fair will be showcasing both homegrown talent and […]

Want To Appear In An Archie Story…Mr Brown?

FAN WHO LOVES BETTY & VERONICA WINS CHANCE TO APPEAR IN AN ARCHIE COMICS STORY!
 
Earlier this year, one lucky comic book fan won the opportunity to appear in an Archie Comics story in a special contest from Kids Comic Con, Time Out New York magazine and Archie Comics.
When Time Out New York Magazine’s Time Out Kids web […]

Morrissey In Hospital

Morrissey on stage earlier in 2009. Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP
The former Smiths frontman Morrissey was rushed to hospital tonight after collapsing on stage at the start of a concert.
Witnesses said that just moments after the 50-year-old had finished performing his opening song, the 1983 hit This Charming Man, he fell to the floor and was dragged […]

Seattle Bookfest 2009

  
Announcing Columbia City’s
2009 Seattle Bookfest
 Remember the old Northwest Bookfestival on the waterfront?
How much fun it was?   Well, it’s about to happen again!
Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood is bringing it back October 24-25 at the Columbia City Event Center, a former school that’s one block from the new Columbia City light rail station.
The resurrected fair will […]

Browner Knowle No.4

 Above:Paul “Fudgie” Brown rushes into Bristol on hearing of a free confectionary offer.
CBO can exclusively reveal that Browner Knowle no.4 [already selling via advance order] is at the printers and expected for The Spike Island event next weekend which runs from 1300-18oo hours.
Below,the sampler panel.  Review next weekend [NOT 24th but 31st got it?].

Still A Few Months To Go!


The BBC

While the BBC take our license fees to broadcast the mutterings of some piece of slime,I think it time to remind people.
FIST OVER FASCISM!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzKv5gjOzTA

Robert Gregory on Health Reform!

Anyone who read my 1990 interview with Roberta Gregory knows that she is a true comics pioneer -Bitchy Bitch not only having starred in Naughty Bits for over 40 issues but also in a stage musical.  Anyway,this popped up on Roberta’s Face Book:
“I am sharing a drawing I did on commission for folks working towards […]

Broadsword Comics Fall 2009 Video Update!

Dynamic duo Jim Balent and Holly Golightly present a video up-date which is worth watching.  The link is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G6QW5slsLM&feature=player_embedded#

Karen At The V & A -up-date

This just in from Karen.
Hi All,

More news for you about upcoming events relating to the Comics Artist Residency.

Open Studios

23rd and 31st October, 13.00 – 16.00
1st November, 11.00 – 16.00
20th and 27th November, 13.00 – 16.00

and our final Open Studio dates:
5th and 6th December, 13.00 – 16.00
I hope you can find time to come along! […]