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February 22, 2014
Helen Barnrat on Tumblr: a tribute to The Tale of One Bad Rat
A student in Ontario has just created a Tumblr page about Helen Barnrat. That’s the character from Bryan’s Tale of One Bad Rat who features in the Beatrix Potter pastiche at the end. The page is available to view here. Laura Stortz, the … Continue reading →
February 3, 2014
Sally Heathcote, Suffragette is on her way!
My advance copy of Sally Heathcote, Suffragette has arrived. “It’s girl!” I felt like shouting. But I’ve settled down now. The release date is 1st May 2014, though it can be pre-ordered here. A sample of Sally artwork is included in an exciting … Continue reading →
January 7, 2014
It’s Costa Award time again…
…and no of course I haven’t won it, silly! But I found this short video of the ceremony last January, while looking on their website for this year’s category winners. It was as great as it looks. You can read … Continue reading →
January 6, 2014
My Best of Year choices for 2013
FPI have been running a December best-of-year series on their blog for some years now. This time around, they had so many submissions that it’s running over into January! Contributors are asked to pick three favourites from comics/graphic novels, books, … Continue reading →
December 24, 2013
Merry Christmas, one and all!
Every year the Sherlock Holmes Society of London commissions an artist to produce a seasonal card. Bryan’s a member and this year it was his turn. Here it is: And here’s the Christmas tree adorning our living room: Happy Christmas … Continue reading →
November 27, 2013
Getxo Comics Festival. The rain in Spain falls mainly on Bilbao.
With four books recently published in Spain (Dotter of her Father’s Eyes appeared there last September, the first two Grandville and The Tale of One Bad Rat came out this year), Bryan and I were delighted to be invited to … Continue reading →
October 26, 2013
Brainstorm! The Art of Bryan Talbot
The Brainstorm! exhibition at the Wildman Gallery in Kendal is open until 10th November 2013. It’s one of the best curated exhibitions I’ve seen. Go along if you can. Meanwhile, here’s a photographic tour of the exhibition. If you can … Continue reading →
October 25, 2013
Studies in Comics journal: Damon Herd interviews the Talbots
Some time ago Damon Herd from Dundee University came over to Sunderland to interview Bryan and myself. It was for the academic journal Studies in Comics and was largely about the making and reception of Dotter of her Father’s Eyes. … Continue reading →
October 24, 2013
The first Lakes Comic Art Festival ran “like a well oiled machine”. Reviews
“One day all comic book shows will be like this”. Here are some post-festival articles welling with enthusiasm for the weekend, though Dan Smith, writing for Huffington Post, laments the lack of a female “underground legend”. He evidently wasn’t in … Continue reading →
October 22, 2013
A weekend at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival
What an amazing weekend it was over in Kendal! Not even the rain could dampen our spirits. What were the high points for me? It’s hard to say. It was wonderful to catch up with Trina Robbins and Steve Leialoha. … Continue reading →
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