The road from Wigan Pier: Bryan Talbot talks with Pádraig Ó Méalóid, part one

The Thoughts of the Artist: Eddie Campbell talks to Pádraig

Paul Cornell video interview with Pádraig Ó Méalóid

Solipsistic Pop – I love the smell of comics in the morning…
“Trying to describe, in as succinct a manner as possible, the reasons I wanted to publish something like Solipsistic Pop has been difficult. Discussing the state of the British alternative comics scene, the comic industry in general, the joy of anthologies, and the slow decline of print is not a simple task. These are all complex issues and everyone has their own varying but entirely viable, entirely reasonable opinions on each. Well, perhaps not everyone. But everyone to whom these things matter. On the day Solipsistic Pop launched, amidst the crowded, hot, cramped but exciting confines of the ICA theatre, people were walking up to offer their support and feedb

Coraline wins at the Children’s BAFTAs
On his journal Neil Gaiman notes that the rather lovely animated version of his younger reader’s novel Coraline has won the feature film category at the Children’s BAFTA awards. Lost and Found won the animation category, while the wonderful Bernard Cribbins, soon to return to our screens in

Mawil and Trondheim at the Goethe
(Lewis Trondheim, Mawil and Marc Baines at the Goethe in Glasgow, overseen by Mr O and Mr I) Okay, when I posted up

The B.A.S.T.A.R.D.S are coming…..
B.A.S.T.A.R.D.S by Various Self Published B.A.S.T.A.R.D.S stands for British Artists Standing Tall And Reaching Distant Shores. The whole idea behind the comic anthology is to showcase the creators involved and, armed with the anthology, convince the selection panel behind Angouleme, French comics festival of renown, that these folks are worth a place at the festival.

Rare glimpse of Bakshi making Fritz the Cat
Jerry at Cartoon Brew points us towards a YouTube presentation (in three parts) from a German documentary on Robert Crumb from the 70s with rare footage from behind the scenes in the studio where Bakshi and his team were making the animated film version of Fritz the Cat (yes, its German language for the voice over but if you don’t speak it just enjoy the visuals and the animation clips are in Englis