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Oy!

From now on ANYONE who sends me a pdf for any reason is BANNED from ever being reviewed or mentioned on CBO again.

READ THIS YOU DUMB-ASSES!!!

http://www.comicbitsonline.com/2009/11/06/lets-pretend-ive-never-done-this-before/

For three years or more I’ve explained all of this.  For over a year there has been a link to the right “reviews policy”.    ******* read it!

FOUR -FOUR!!- requests in one day telling me its expensive to mail a comic so here’s a pdf.  If you are a publisher you set aside review copies.  Don’t wanna pay postage then don’t publish.  Seriously,I am getting fed up with this so again:

TRY SENDING ME A PDF AND YOU ARE BANNED FROM CBO FOR LIFE.

Understand?

Now check out the link above.  Subject is now dead.

Donna Barr’s THE DESERT PEACH -A MUST Buy!!

If you have never read an issue of Donna Barr’s wonderful comic masterpiece,The Desert Peach,I feel really sad for you.  Seriously.

Back in the day [they KEEP saying that but which day??] I used to take all the latest Desert Peach books to the Westminster Comic Mart to show around to other creators [it was our “catch-up” time].  There was never ever a negative comment about DP.  Lots of staring closely at the artwork and I know a few people purchased copies [hey I had a DP pin and a t-shirt!].

These classic books,with extra new stuff,are all available at Indy Planet:

http://www.indyplanet.com/store/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=desert+peach&osCsid=a0vptcs00qa9rh7pdgndoo04b4

But here is what you’ll find in the first three [TEN issues are currently available].

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The Desert Peach #1[4142_30803]  $3.75      Written and Illustrated by Donna Barr 

Standard ComicBlack & WhitePage Count: 36POD 

“Love, Honor, Death and Tea” - the perfect description for the life of The Desert Peach, the Desert Fox’s younger, gay brother. Based on the stranger - but too often true - side of World War Two, this classic series has changed lives and scrambled minds for two generations.  

The Desert Fox’s pretty younger brother, the Desert Peach, takes him on a picnic, where they are interrupted by those rude boys from the British 8th Army. Shards of fine porcelain and bullets will fly! 

The Desert Peach TM and © Donna Barr. All rights reserved.

 

 

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The Desert Peach #2[4142_31023]  $3.95   Written and Illustrated by Donna Barr 

Standard ComicBlack & WhitePage Count: 36POD 

The Desert Peach and his orderly drop into the local bar for a nice, cool beer, where they discover that prejudice must always be struggled against. The episode features some of the most beautiful fight scenes between two muscular men anywhere in the series, including one of the most fearsome kicks, and some nasty work with a table. 

“Love, Honor, Death and Tea” — this sums up the life of The Desert Peach, the Desert Fox’s gay brother. The classic series swings wildly from tragedy to belly-laughs, as World War Two flaunts itself at its weirdest. 

The Desert Peach  TM and © Donna Barr. All rights reserved.  

 

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The Desert Peach #3[4142_31082]  $3.99    Written and Illustrated by Donna Barr 

Standard ComicBlack & WhitePage Count: 36POD 

The Peach uses a recent prisoner, from

Hawaii, to talk his high-ranking brother into surfing for submarines. The Afrika Korps — including Desert Fox Erwin Rommel — in historically correct Afrika Korps bathing costume — nothing and their hats. Donna Barr takes on the fear of nudity that is rampant in

America
by letting another people who is not so immature about the natural and normal take it all off. Sun, sand and coffin-lids; it never got funnier or weirder in the entire series.
 

“Love, Honor, Death and Tea” — the life of the Desert Peach, the gay brother of The Desert Fox, Germany’s famous WWII Field Marshal, Erwin Rommel. All 30 issues of the original classic will publish be available from Ka-Blam. 

The Desert Peach TM and © Donna Barr. All rights reserved.  

 

 

Independent Comics Week

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Diamond Distributors say they won’t send out any new comics to shops on 30th December to encourage Indies to push their books.

Diamond can ***** off.  They have squeezed out so many smaller publishers through their incredibly greedy policies that are a big “**** off!” in themselves.  I think my past articles make my policy on Diamond clear.

Order from publishers direct or tell your local shop to get a backbone and order the comics direct if Diamond will not offer a fair policy to Indie publishers and actually carry the titles.  ONE WEEK out of the year [the quiet week to boot] and Diamond dain to bless us [have I used too many asterisks already?]

INDEPENDENT COMICS ARE OUT THERE 365 DAYS OF THE YEAR NOT JUST ONE WEEK!!!!

CBO has always and will always support the Small Press and Independent comics and creators.  We are here and its why 3500-5000 people a week visit.

New Book Out!

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The first book sold so well via Amazon Books US that a follow-up was inevitable -and another A4 bulky 306 pager!

Details here:

http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/some-more-things-strange-and-sinister/7896464

For The Enquiring Mind. Wish I was Going!!

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Remember,Remember The Exeter Expo…

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In case you want to keep up-to-date with the Exeter Expo of Saturday,13th February,2010,here is a link to the official site:

http://www.fantasyevents.org/exetercomicexpo/index.html

Archie Loves…Robert Frost??!

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The Library of Congress Reports: Archie Loves Robert Frost

 

Robert Frost was an American poet and the Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress from 1958 to 1959. A popular and often-quoted poet, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, including receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He is arguably the most widely known poet of the 20th Century. His poetry continues to be enjoyed by millions of people … including Archie Andrews!

 

In ARCHIE #602, Archie is thinking about his life so far; imagines marrying Veronica Lodge and reading his favorite poem, “The Road Less Traveled” by Robert Frost, to their two children. But in ARCHIE #603, Archie goes down a lane that splits into two paths and takes a less-traveled one, just as Robert Frost described in his poem.  By selecting a different route for his walk, the story changes dramatically as Archie sees what his life would be like with Betty Cooper!

 

Archie’s decision to choose between Betty & Veronica, as well as his love of Robert Frost’s poetry, recently reached the U.S. Library of Congress. The story is being covered at www.loc.gov/poetry/archiecomic.html.

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this in from Jimi Gherkin

…the Alternative Press Calendar…

Thursday 12th November

Are you zine friendly?

Second event at the Foundry from the Alternative Press, promoting our new web resource the Zine Friendly blog! A night of free zine selling, swapping and appreciating!

The Foundry
86 Great Eastern Street
London
EC2A 3JL
www.alternativepress.org.uk
http://zinefriendly.wordpress.com

Friday 20th – Saturday 21st November

Autumn Anti-Folk UK Festival

An evening of music from the Anti-Folk UK collective. A zine friendly event, Alternative Press will have a table or two to sell your zines and comix. Also, self publishers who come to sell will receive a discount of £2 off daily ticket price (so, £4 rather than £6)! Sweet! Just say “Zines” on the door!

12 Bar Club
Denmark Street
Soho
London
WC2H 8NL

http://www.12barclub.com
http://www.antifolk.co.uk

Thursday 3rd – Sunday 6th December

All I want for Xmas

A winter market where you can get all your small press related gifts, from us! Zines, comix, handmade cards and all manner of wonderful things! Come and share some mulled wine!

Old Truman Brewery
91 Brick Lane
London
E1 6QL
http://www.trumanbrewery.com/files/rooms/2765/OTB_NEWSLETTER_LINK.html

Artwork By Gina King

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I’m still holding my breath waitiong to hear that Gina King will be working with CBOs favourite fantasy model Nicole Damon!

However,if you are an adult you can check out Gina’s art at the below link.  Some very good work -as if it would be anything else!

http://www.bygina.com/

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