An illo Matt sent me and which I foolishly sent alongto Comics FX –who lost it!
He’s Talented!
He’s Quite Mysterious [no,really]!
He is the Comic Genius known as….
MATT [D’Israeli] BROOKER!
I first came across a mysterious artistic genius named Matt Brooker through a publication titled Hardware –the often strange creation of Andrew Yoxall and Shane Oakley.
It was […]
MALCOLM MAGIC!
Intro…
How did I first come to learn of a rather oddly named comic focussing on a rabbit’s very unusual adventures? I do remember that it was at one of the Bristol International Comic Expos [2004?]. Two rather unnaturally tall and pale individuals were shaking a tin can at passers-by chanting, “Please give generously –we […]
An Interview With Frank Byrns
What? You have no idea who Frank Byrns is?! Oh,callow youth!
Luckily for you CBO regular Ric Croxton is about to educate you! THANKS.Ric!
RC:First off, what got you into writing comic book heroes as prose novels?
FB:That’s a bit of a misconception. My stories feature superheroes, true. I believe that superheroes can […]
January 17, 2008 – 2:59 pm
The man known as “Old Slow Hand,Paul Brown,took up a suggestion to stop yacking about how brilliant Mike MacMahon is and do an interview. Over to fan-boy Brown…
It’s kind of depressing to think that 2000AD is 30 years old now. For anyone who read it from it’s inception, I tend to think that it’s […]
January 17, 2008 – 12:46 pm
…An Interview With VANESSA WELLS
I actually came upon the work of Vanessa Wells quite by accident over at Comic Space. Initially,I thought that she must be an American and professional comics artist and I was surprised to learn she was neither!
How could I not interview this great British talent? So,see the art,learn about the artist!
TH:Vanessa,I […]
November 11, 2007 – 1:59 pm
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 […]
November 11, 2007 – 6:42 am
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 […]
November 3, 2007 – 2:52 pm
Laura is another of those young talents associated with Sweatdrop Studios. I first saw some of Laura’s work online –BIOMECHA- and mentioned this on CBO at the time.
So,if you want to learn more about this talented creator –here’s the place!
TH: Laura,in the UK there have been no girls comics for..20+ years,so I’m guessing you […]
October 30, 2007 – 8:54 am
I wanted to check and see how the artists featured in the “Rising Stars Of Manga” feature have been doing and so contacted the creator who has to be the top UK Manga artist -Yishan Li.
“Hi ya
Great you get in touch again :I was looking for you all the time whenever I went to a […]
October 2, 2007 – 10:52 am
I think I first met Hunt Emerson in the late 1970s when he had spikey hair and thick eye-liner on! There’s a photo somewhere of him at Comics 101 in the 1970s…have to find it.
In the 1980s I met him again at the Knockabout Comics table at one of the UK Comic Art Conventions -cloth […]