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Summer Edition 2009

Just a quick note to say that through Edition Book Arts (me, Katie Blackwood and Phillip Barrett) we’ve announced an artists books, comics and zine fair for Dublin this coming 4th July. It’s shaping up really well with a great mix of top class exhibitors so get your ass along. I’ll be there hawking my new minicomics, Last Bus and various prints/one off goodies. Check out the site http://www.editionbookarts.com for more details.

Also, I’ve a flying visit coming up tomorrow to the 2D festival in Derry. I dashed off a couple of pages of a story for their “Fear” anthology two weeks ago in a mad rush as I was going on holidays the next day - so I’m curious/terrified to see how it holds up alongside more considered, “professional” efforts. Ah well fun and games. I’ll post a report next week.

Paddy

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Uptight

The cover to Uptight issue 3 by Jordan Crane

Just saw on the Fantagraphics website that the third issue of Jordan Crane’s personal anthology has gone on pre-order. After the cancellation of Sammy Harkham’s Crickets series by Drawn and Quarterly (due to changes in Diamonds minimum order system), I feared that Uptight had gone the same way. Luckily it’s not the case.

 Jordan Crane’s Uptight anthology has been published by Fantagraphics since 2006. Averaging at one 20 page issue per year, it makes reading it a bit  like watching a car chase in annual 60 second slow motion clips. Nonetheless his work is amazing and  he’s one of my favourite comic book artists and printmakers. Check out www.reddingk.com for more of his comics, books, mini comics and prints.

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Windell Classic’s Compendium Presents Superhero Showcase

Looks like the Irish comic scene continues to grow at an inverse rate to our battered economy. I can’t offer any explanation for this, but it’s great to see new players to the pitch:
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www.windellcomics.com
The launch of this fine, soon to be available, publication will take place on May 8th, upstairs in Anseo Public House, 18 Camden Street Lower, Dublin 2. There will be copies of the wonderful comic there for purchase and there might even be other people in attendance.
Thanks,(Windell Warriors) G.Shanley, C. Duggan.
Word on the grapevine is that the comic is absolutely brilliant. Judging from the cover above and the samples I’ve seen over on Salvo’s blog, there’s no evidence to the contrary.

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