Roger Langridge's Blog, page 283
August 1, 2011
Shoes, Ships and Sealing-Wax
Snarked! #0 is out in stores tomorrow! Launching concurrently with the new series, may I direct your attention to SnarkIsland.com, which for the duration of the series will be dedicated to all things Snarked! - the site is up and running at the moment, but you can expect more content to be rolled out as the series progresses.
Anything big regarding the series will continue to be announced here at the Hotel Fred; SnarkIsland.com is more of a portal to Snarked-specific content, like character descriptions and themed desktops and so forth, as well as a way for people to send mail to the comic. It's sort of like a complement to the letters page which will appear in the print version.
Anyway - all very exciting. Lock up your oysters - The Walrus is IN!
Anything big regarding the series will continue to be announced here at the Hotel Fred; SnarkIsland.com is more of a portal to Snarked-specific content, like character descriptions and themed desktops and so forth, as well as a way for people to send mail to the comic. It's sort of like a complement to the letters page which will appear in the print version.
Anyway - all very exciting. Lock up your oysters - The Walrus is IN!
July 30, 2011
Stuff and Nonsense
A few things to report! Firstly, there's an interview I did with Graphic Eye about my comics, and comedy generally, here. My thanks to Gavin for an interview that went places other interviews don't reach.
Then, there's the Marvel edition of Meet the Muppets, my first Muppet Show Comic Book collection, which came out this week - in stores now, as they say.
And last but not least, Snarked! #0 is out this Wednesday - only $1, so you have no excuse. None, I tell you! It's a stand-alone teaser to give you a taste of what's coming this October, when the series starts in earnest. Tell your friends - and, if you don't have any friends, for heaven's sake go out and find one!
Then, there's the Marvel edition of Meet the Muppets, my first Muppet Show Comic Book collection, which came out this week - in stores now, as they say.
And last but not least, Snarked! #0 is out this Wednesday - only $1, so you have no excuse. None, I tell you! It's a stand-alone teaser to give you a taste of what's coming this October, when the series starts in earnest. Tell your friends - and, if you don't have any friends, for heaven's sake go out and find one!
July 13, 2011
CBLDF Auction at San Diego Comic Con
So, I won't be at San Diego Comic Con this year - I'll be in France instead with my family, staying with my mother-in-law, drawing
Snarked!
in her garage, eating camembert and drinking good wine, very possibly getting locked in. It's a regular summer thing.
I can't honestly say I'll miss SDCC - it's a bit of a zoo and I'm well out of it. However - I will be there in spirit, as I've contributed a sketch card to the Comic Book Legal Defence Fund's annual art auction! There's a bit more about that here - and you can see my sketch card below. The original is a super-tight pencilled page which I knocked myself out on, so please consider bidding on it, or any of the other lovely pieces kindly donated by other cartoonists, to support the CBLDF's worthy aims.
I can't honestly say I'll miss SDCC - it's a bit of a zoo and I'm well out of it. However - I will be there in spirit, as I've contributed a sketch card to the Comic Book Legal Defence Fund's annual art auction! There's a bit more about that here - and you can see my sketch card below. The original is a super-tight pencilled page which I knocked myself out on, so please consider bidding on it, or any of the other lovely pieces kindly donated by other cartoonists, to support the CBLDF's worthy aims.
July 5, 2011
Harvey Awards
Rather excited to discover last night that I've been nominated for three Harvey Awards this year, two for Thor: The Mighty Avenger ("Best New Series" and "Best Writer") and one for the Muppet Show Comic Book ("Special Award for Humor"). Thor: TMA in particular has done very well, picking up another couple of nominations for Chris Samnee ("Best Artist" and, bizarrely, "Most Promising New Talent" - he's been around a few years, folks!) as well. Big thanks to everyone who nominated us, and congratulations to all the other nominees.
June 27, 2011
Snarked!
There are just a couple more days now to get your pre-orders in for Snarked! #0, the preview issue that comes out in August with an eight-page, self-contained teaser strip and a bunch of special features. It's just one dollar, so I feel ridiculously confident in recommending it on its value-for-money basis alone. (Apart from that, I'm pretty proud of it!) I've been getting a gratifying amount of press about the series - a few of the choicer tidbits are linked below (sorry if I've missed anyone, they're proving hard to keep up with!). The series proper starts in October. Most exciting.
MTV Geek Advance ReviewMTV Geek InterviewComic Book Resources Advance ReviewComic Book Resources InterviewComics Alliance InterviewThings From Another World Interview
Comics Bulletin Advance Review
MTV Geek Advance ReviewMTV Geek InterviewComic Book Resources Advance ReviewComic Book Resources InterviewComics Alliance InterviewThings From Another World Interview
Comics Bulletin Advance Review
June 8, 2011
Announcements!
Well, hello! First, I just wanted to say what an excellent time I had at Heroes Con and how much I enjoyed myself, as always. I will hopefully have more to say about it in a few days; right now, I only have time to say "thank you" to Shelton Drum and his team for having me. So thank you.
Coupla things! First, my next major project, Snarked!, has now been well and truly announced! There's four pages' worth of preview material here - please check it out and ask your local comic shop to save you a copy. The preview issue hits the shelves this August.
Next, just a couple of days ago Marvel announced that I'll be writing a new adaptation of the first of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter novels, A Princess of Mars, for Marvel, drawn by Filipe Andrade. More on that here - that one will be out in September.
Also in September, over two hundred pages of Langridge - enough to break the arm of a child. Yes, there's to be a collection of old and new material from across my career, up to and including the Mugwhump the Great serial that's just concluded on ACT-I-VATE. Called The Show Must Go On , that will be out for SPX, under the Boom! Town imprint.
Sleep is for losers. Losers, I say!
Coupla things! First, my next major project, Snarked!, has now been well and truly announced! There's four pages' worth of preview material here - please check it out and ask your local comic shop to save you a copy. The preview issue hits the shelves this August.
Next, just a couple of days ago Marvel announced that I'll be writing a new adaptation of the first of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter novels, A Princess of Mars, for Marvel, drawn by Filipe Andrade. More on that here - that one will be out in September.
Also in September, over two hundred pages of Langridge - enough to break the arm of a child. Yes, there's to be a collection of old and new material from across my career, up to and including the Mugwhump the Great serial that's just concluded on ACT-I-VATE. Called The Show Must Go On , that will be out for SPX, under the Boom! Town imprint.
Sleep is for losers. Losers, I say!
May 23, 2011
But I'm All Better Now
I've had a busy week or two! Firstly, there was the Bristol Small Press Comics Expo - which was great, even if I didn't make much money (the princely sum of £30 after expenses!). I partly put this down to being positioned in what my fellow exhibitors and I called "The Tumbleweed Room". Next year it's going to be back in the Commonwealth Museum, where everybody happily exhibited under one roof for a number of years in the past - no more ghettoes! - which I'm confident will make a difference. Big "Hello" to everyone I caught up with there - good to see you all.
Anyway, there was that. Then I got ill - some sort of horrible stomach virus which my son brought home from school from one of his dirty, dirty little friends - which knocked me flat for a couple of days (when I wasn't leaning over a toilet bowl), making me scramble to catch up ever since. I'm just about back to a manageable schedule now - almost in time for Heroes Con on June 3-5 to knock it into a cocked hat all over again. In the nicest possible way, of course.
There have been interviews, and work on book production matters, and writing outlines, and other such things that I am frustratingly not supposed to talk about yet. I am reasonably confident that I will soon be able to lift the veil of secrecy on at least some of this stuff. When that happens, you, my faithful blog reader - yes, you - will be the first to know.
In the meantime, here are a few sketches I was unable to give away - yes, you heard me, unable to give away - in Bristol. I'm confident the next convention I attend will not present me with this problem. Charlotte - don't let me down.
Anyway, there was that. Then I got ill - some sort of horrible stomach virus which my son brought home from school from one of his dirty, dirty little friends - which knocked me flat for a couple of days (when I wasn't leaning over a toilet bowl), making me scramble to catch up ever since. I'm just about back to a manageable schedule now - almost in time for Heroes Con on June 3-5 to knock it into a cocked hat all over again. In the nicest possible way, of course.
There have been interviews, and work on book production matters, and writing outlines, and other such things that I am frustratingly not supposed to talk about yet. I am reasonably confident that I will soon be able to lift the veil of secrecy on at least some of this stuff. When that happens, you, my faithful blog reader - yes, you - will be the first to know.
In the meantime, here are a few sketches I was unable to give away - yes, you heard me, unable to give away - in Bristol. I'm confident the next convention I attend will not present me with this problem. Charlotte - don't let me down.
May 9, 2011
Bristol
Bristol! (Not the drawing paper, the English town.) Now here's a thing - I will be in Bristol this weekend, at the Bristol Small Press Expo. As is my custom at these events, I will be sketching, selling my comics and artwork, and generally trying to engage with my public in as entertaining and friendly a manner as it is possible for an antisocial curmudgeon like myself to do.
There will definitely be a new minicomic. This is guaranteed.
There may also be other new goodies if all goes well. A fancy-pants £10 A3-sized print if I have my druthers. Waiting on those at the moment. I've never done anything like that before so I'm keen to see how it goes.
I also draw! Like a monkey! The way it works is, you ask me to draw stuff, I draw it. It beguiles the hours like nobody's business.
So that's the Mercure Holland Hotel in Bristol, this Saturday and Sunday, May 14th and 15th. Looking forward to seeing everyone!
There will definitely be a new minicomic. This is guaranteed.
There may also be other new goodies if all goes well. A fancy-pants £10 A3-sized print if I have my druthers. Waiting on those at the moment. I've never done anything like that before so I'm keen to see how it goes.
I also draw! Like a monkey! The way it works is, you ask me to draw stuff, I draw it. It beguiles the hours like nobody's business.
So that's the Mercure Holland Hotel in Bristol, this Saturday and Sunday, May 14th and 15th. Looking forward to seeing everyone!
May 7, 2011
The Mighty Fighting Avengers!
Today is
Free Comic Book Day,
the day where we celebrate the time when the baby Jesus was given a comic book. Or something. Anyway, one of my efforts is available to comic book shop patrons this fine day, absolutely free:
Captain America and Thor, the Mighty Fighting Avengers!
I'm not responsible for the jaw-breaking title, but the rest of the words are mine; the pictures are by the marvellous Chris Samnee and Matthew Wilson. Basically, it's the Thor: The Mighty Avenger team reunited one more time. I honestly don't know if FCBD is observed outside the USA and Canada, but if you're fortunate enough to live near a participating store, why not head out and pick one up - and spend a few dollars while you're there, why don'tcha?
May 3, 2011
Little Neuro
Thought people might like to see a strip I drew for the Team Cul de Sac anthology, the Parkinson's Disease research fundraising benefit book themed around Richard Thompson's strip. I did a predictable thing, which those of you who know my track record would probably have seen coming a mile away, and did my own version of Petey's favourite comic, Little Neuro, in a style vaguely evocative of Winsor McCay (though not very - mainly, I copied his title lettering and rounded-off panel borders and put a flying bed in it). Anyway, it's here if you want to take a look. Great fun to do, and probably the closest I'll ever get to working on a newspaper strip. My thanks to Richard for letting me play with his toys.
