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News: 12 May 05
Small
Press comics at Bristol
This weekend, 14th - 15th May, the Bristol
Comic Expo is taking place, with many of the worlds comic greats gathering
at the Ramada Plaza Hotel, including quite a few of Tharg's shiniest droids. You
may even spot a few of 2000AD Review's contributors propping up a bar until the
early hours of the morning (alas, your esteemed Review editor will be propping
up a bar in London, as he ages yet another year on Saturday).
As mentioned in
this week's Nerve Center, the Expo is also the opportunity for some of the UK's
finest small press to unleash their new wares. So if you're heading down to Bristol,
here's what to keep an eye out for and if you're not - you'll find full contact
and mail order details as well as further information direct from the creators
below. So support your fellow Squaxx and order them all now!
Futurequake
uturequake comic
returns, bigger and better than ever. As well as the very best in new comic talent,
it boasts contributions from Alan Grant, Inaki Miranda and Eva de la Cruz and
in his first ever Small Press work, the legendary Arthur Ranson!
Available through
mail order, email futurequake@aol.com or visit www.futurequake.co.uk
to find out more details.
Pony
School
Pony School is
the story of Penny Ryder, by day a schoolgirl at the Muggeridge Equestrian Academy,
by night press-ganged into working for the British Secret Intelligence Service.
Featuring artwork by Bryan Coyle, Pony School is an attempt to write a Girls comic
for a Boys/Action audience.
30 A5 pages of
strips and features with a glossy double-sided colour cover.
Available through
mail order from PonySchool@gmail.com for £2 + 50p postage.
Lost
Property
An all new collection of
strips by some of the finest minds in the hive! Share
in the wisdom of Big Dog; revisit the early days of the Mighty Yammer; boggle
at the exploits of General Qzxyoxar!
40 pages! Almost 80 strips,
some in colour!
Lost Property is
a collection of three panel strips, and is available from whistlerstrip@gmail.com
for £2.50 inc postage.
Empirical
Majesty
"The world
is on the cusp of the 20th Century, but modernity is already upon us. The Scientific
Revolution of 18th century Britain was taken literally. The old social and political
order was overthrown following a brief, technologically unbalanced civil war in
which the Armies of Reason deployed the technological marvels of poison gas, air
power and mobile fortresses. Mad King George III, condemned for his irrationality,
fled to the New World, where the Hanoverian States of America are established,
governed as we open the story by his opium addled granddaughter, Queen Victoria.
The technocratic councils that govern Britain give free rein to the power of the
thinkers, building an open, progressive and globally powerful nation. However,
the appearances of freedom may be a veneer hiding a more sinister means of control.
The turn of the
20th Century is a time when empires abut, jostling for position and power. In
Europe the Prussians challenge the supremacy of Britain, while across the Atlantic
the House of Hanover schemes to regain their Old World throne. Faced with these
threats, and possessed by a desire to avoid open, destructive conflict, Britain
turns to its Covert Diplomacy Corps to gather intelligence and defuse any crises.
One of foremost CDC agents is Kelvin Vijay Brooke, Professor of Ethology at Empirical
College of Science and Technology, London. We enter his story at a period of uneasy
peace between the powers."
People
not at Bristol can go to this
site for more details.There's a 50p cover price, but it can be ordered
with Tales of the Contrary (£1.50) for £2.50 inc. postage.
Tales
of the Contrary Tales
of the Contrary is a collection of strips by Andrew Bartlett and Bolt-01, with
astounding greyscale work by Richmond Clements. 28pages A4.
It is available
for £2 from whistlerstrip@gmail.com
The
End is Nigh!
THE END IS NIGH!
examines the latest predictions, the facts, the figures, the myths and the magic
of the end of the world. From Biblical tales of the final battle at Armageddon,
to modern fears of asteroid strike, lethal plague or nuclear holocaust, THE END
IS NIGH! is your guide through the Final Days … Each issue will carry its
own theme and features news, comic strips, newspaper-style strips, spoof articles,
advice, in-depth features and thought-provoking articles.
The first apocalyptic
theme we’re exploring is ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE! For too long, the shuffling
undead have been relegated to the realm of the B-movie and the comedy show. But
we ignore them at our peril! No longer is it the threat of some Haiti huckster
mumbling a voodoo curse, this issue we explore the very real threat from rogue
viruses and look at how quickly a disease that reanimates its victims could spread
around the world. With outbreaks of Ebola and Marburg virus swamping warn-torn
regions of Africa with abandon, perhaps such concern is not as far-fetched as
you might expect! But when do you hear of fears about zombies? Where is the government
Minister for Undead Affairs or the handy emergencies guide (see below - we stray
where governments fear to tread!) This issue, we examine the evidence and ask
whether zombies are a threat the world can afford to keep ignoring! But it’s
not all rotting limbs and nasty bite-marks this issue; there’s our regular
DOOMWATCH feature where you’ll not only find the latest predictions for
our collective demise, but a whole host of news that could give you the jump on
The End.
Look out for an
exclusive Frazer Irving t-shirt design we will be selling at Bristol and look
at the website
for more details.
Showing anything at Bristol?
Let us know and we'll add it to the page.
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