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WHY Are UK Business Entrepreneurs NOT Getting Involved in Comics?

  This is going to be lengthy. It cannot be done any other way but it is important to make certain points. I doubt I’ll make friends -what’s new there! The first major point is this: the UK has no actual “comics industry” and this has been true for a number of years. The “Big [...]

Bristol Expo Weekend

It was nice to meet John-Paul Bove and Jess Jessica Bradley this weekend. I swear to god JP gets sexier by the year –and possibly the most eloquent person on the Nostalgia In Comics panel. Best of luck to the couple for next weekend Nice to also meet John Short, staying positive and upbeat. Also [...]

I Bare More Grudges Than Lonely High Court Judges…But Mine Are Legit!

After volume 2, no.10 of Black Tower Adventure is completed there will be no more for a looong time. I’ll be concentrating on Green Skies (allready in progress). That should be a graphic novel of around 300pp. I’ve just talked to Mr Paul Ashley Brown (Browner Knowle) who noted that the weekend small press event [...]

One From The Old Art Pile….

I refound this today. It’s from a colour illo (now lost) that I did in…1995?  It was to be used in an interview by Lee Davis for Imagineers magazine that turned into a disaster….Lee and his comic Mondo vanished shortly after publication (and, no, I had NOTHING to do with his disappearance). I had just [...]

If I Had A Horse In This State I’d Ask The Vet To Shoot It!

You know, after I posted my piece A Few Thoughts–I’m Sure Someone Might Read Them, I thought:  “let’s try a little experiment!” I contacted shops, creators, publishers and event organisers who I had furiously promoted in the past. I said that I ‘really’ needed news and up-dates so I’d appreciate it if they could get [...]

A Few Thoughts….I’m Sure Someone Might Read Them…

I think that I must have written at least 50 posts explaining why I do not accept pdf for CBO reviews. Even the Reviews Policy -over to the right…see it?- goes into this. When someone sends me an email saying how they’ve followed CBO “since it started” and “I check it out every day” and [...]

Bristol Comic Expo…Is Anyone Going?

with no press releases what-so-ever coming from the Expo people I’ve had a rough time finding anything to post about (though I have tried). My email of 12th April telling them they NEED to get PR out there hasn’t been responded to…had a VERY brief response from them in February but nothing since. I had [...]

Oh Gods…Hooper’s Got THAT Look Again!!

What really pisses me off about comics in the UK? People contact me because they have written a “wiki” about a certain UK comic or character and then realise they’ve got it wrong or – really? SERIOUSLY???-  they’ve lost or can’t remember where they heard something which they have included as fact…and now they are [...]

Yes, I MAY Attend Bristol Comic Expo On One Day

The more observant of you will note that the Bristol Comic Expo link on the blog roll is gone. I have pushed and promoted the event like mad since 2004 and many visited CBO to find out what was going on at the Expo, guests, panels and so on. But I still don’t get a [...]

Bristol Comic Expo -Not On The Blog Roll

The more observant of you will note that the Bristol Comic Expo link on the blog roll is gone. I have pushed and promoted the event like mad since 2004 and many visited CBO to find out what was going on at the Expo, guests, panels and so on. But I still don’t get a [...]