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PG Tips No. 19: For Adults Only In a PG Tips special, Paul reviews comics for adults only. More... Posted: 29 June 2008 |
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Time For Heroes: Propaganda & The Superhero Superheroes have been co-opted for government propaganda purposes since the 40s. More... Posted: 22 June 2008 |
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Fanpower: Engaging With Fans Despite their occasional extremes, fans have proved essential to the growth in graphic novels and manga. More... Posted: 15 June 2008 |
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Bernie Krigstein: The Right To Silence Fifty years ago, when Bernie Krigstein turned his back on the comicbook industry, the medium lost one of its few genuine visionaries. More... Posted: 8 June 2008 |
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The DFC #1: Definitely First Class Paul Gravett takes a look at the new UK weekly comic The DFC. More... Posted: 30 May 2008 |
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Escape 25th Anniversary: Warren Pleece The first in a series of profiles and interviews with former Escape artists focuses on Warren Pleece (Incognegro, Life Sucks). More... Posted: 25 May 2008 |
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Coco Wang: China 5.12 Earthquake Coco Wang reports on the personal stories of the victims, rescuers and volunteers in the aftermath of the 5.12 earthquake. More... Posted: 21 May 2008, updated 10 June 2008 |
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Canadian Comic Creators: Invaders From The North The vigour and originality of the homegrown Canadian comics defy expectations. More... Posted: 18 May 2008 |
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Hergé & The Clear Line: Part 2 More than 20 years after his death, the influence of Hergé's clarity of drawing, composition and narrative shows no sign of fading. More... Posted: 11 May 2008 |
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Maus vs Yossel: Battle Of The Books The books Maus and Yossel both tackle the subject of the Holocaust. Which book should be first on your reading list? More... Posted: 4 May 2008 |
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PG Tips No. 18: The 2007 Doug Wright Awards In a PG Tips special, Paul surveys the winners of the 2007 Doug Wright Awards, together with other books by Canadian comic creators. More... Posted: 27 April 2008 |
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Hergé & The Clear Line: Part 1 In his Tintin albums Hergé developed his Clear Line approach to comics, which continues to influence cartoonists today. More... Posted: 20 April, 2008 |
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Jack Kirby: A Tale To Astonish Jack Kirby's life seemed to be one of tantalizing yet unrealised possibilities. More... Posted: 10 April 2008 |
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Dan Berry: Teaching Comics Dan Berry is a lecturer running the UK's first degree course in graphic novels. Paul Gravett interviewed Dan to find out the details. More... Posted: 6 April 2008 |
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Cult Fiction: Intimate & Strange Situations Paul Gravett explores the cross-pollination which has taken place between the worlds of comics and art over the years. More... Posted: 30 March 2008 |
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Benjamin: "Comics Is The Language In Which I Speak To The World." The leading contemporary manhua artist, Benjamin, gives an exclusive English-language interview discussing his recent work. More... Posted: 23 March 2008 |
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Bilbolbul Festival 2008: Fumetti Bolognese After spending last weekend enjoying the Bilbolbul Festival in Bologna, I thought I'd share my discoveries and experiences there. More... Posted: 16 March 2008 |
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Sneaky Reading?: Comics For Children Children did not abandon comics; comics, in their drive to attain respect and artistic accomplishment, abandoned children. More... Posted: 10 March 2008 |
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Coco Wang: Wild China With the opening of the Manhua! China Comics Now exhibition, Paul explores the world of Manhua with writer/artist Coco Wang. More... Posted: 2 March 2008 |
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Make Mine Manga: A Global Artform Certain purists may balk at the tsunami of non-Japanese manga, but it seems unstoppable. More... Posted: 24 February 2008 |
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Lost In Translation: Do Comics Need Language? After two centuries since Goethe recommended comics as a promising art form, we're still discovering how they work. More... Posted: 17 February 2008 |
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My Kirby Favourite: The Girl Who Tempted Me! Emotional subtlety and steamy sexuality permeate many of the romance comics of Jack Kirby, produced in partnership with Joe Simon. More... Posted: 10 February 2008 |
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Angoulême 2008: The Festival In Photos Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury document their visit to the 2008 Angoulême BD Festival in photos. More... Posted: 3 February 2008 |
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Paul Gravett: The Bande Dessinée Interview Paul Gravett reflects on the cultural and social phenomenon of French comics. More... Posted: 27 January 2008 |
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Comix Influx: Translating 'BD' Paul Gravett chats with Stephen Betts about his new website, Comix Influx, which provides translations of French comics. More... Posted: 27 January 2008 |
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Tove Jansson: The Complete Moomin & Fair Play Two new books reveal how throughout her life Tove Jansson refined her narrative skills, first for her comics, then for her adult novels. More... Posted: 20 January 2008 |
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Alan Moore: The 'Lost' Interview To celebrate the offical release of Lost Girls in the UK and EU, Paul discusses the issues raised by the book with Alan Moore. More... Posted: 13 January 2008 |
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Alan Moore: No More Sex Alan Moore on shoehorning Women back into the kitchen, Gays into the cloest and Sex into the marital bedroom. More... Posted: 13 January 2008 |
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Bryan Talbot: An Artistic Wonder From Wearside Bryan's new book, Alice In Sunderland, is a fresh retelling of the stories of Lewis Carroll, his young muse, and of the city of Sunderland. More... Posted: 6 January 2008 |
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PG Tips No. 17: The Best Of 2007 To those of us with our American mainstream blinkers off, we can see the wealth of comics creativity in evidence during 2007. More... Posted: 30 December 2007 |
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Exhibition: From Superman To The Rabbi's Cat At the dawn of the 20th Century American comics were lowbrow art, devised by immigrants for the entertainment of immigrants. More... Posted: 21 December 2007 |
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PG Tips No. 16: Paul Gravett's Recommended Reading Paul Gravett reviews recent books by Peter Kuper, Jeffrey Brown, Jason Lutes, Nick Bertozzi, Nick Abadzis and others. More... Posted: 16 December 2007 |
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Comics Britannia - Part 3: Anarchy In The UK By the 1970s, a new generation of creators were thirsting for weekly newsstand comics to 'grow up'. More... Posted: 9 December 2007 |
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Comics Britannia - Part 2: Boys & Girls While quite a few girls read boys' comics, most boys avoided 'soppy' girls' ones, as the gender gap in British comics deepened. More... Posted: 2 December 2007 |
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Comics Britannia - Part 1: The Fun Factory Few readers knew about the writers and artists behind The Beano and The Dandy whose work was published anonymously. More... Posted: 25 November 2007 |
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Winsor McCay: Going Insane Every Night McCay may have titled his series Dream Of The Rarebit Fiend, but these strips were more the stuff of nightmares. More... Posted: 18 November 2007 |
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The Second Golden Age Of Comics: Selling The Graphic Novel Into Bookshops Graphic novels have been hyped for so long as the next big thing, has their time now finally come? More... Posted: 11 November 2007 |
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Posy Simmonds: Interview Posy is simply one the world's most sophisticated cartoonists expanding the scope and subtlety of the graphic novel. More... Posted: 4 November 2007 |
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Andi Watson: Elementary Watson It's inspiring how far Britain's Andi Watson has come over the years, as he stretches himself to improve on every new project. More... Posted: 28 October 2007 |
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PG Tips No. 15: Manga Special Paul Gravett selects the best of the recent manga title releases. More... Posted: 21 October 2007 |
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World Comics: There's A Whole World Out There How could anyone ever get bored with comics, when there's a whole world of them out there? More... Posted: 14 October 2007 |
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First Second: Bridging Countries, Genres & Ages First Second Books is by far the smartest, freshest, graphic novel line launched in the US in 2006. More... Posted: 7 October 2007 |
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Superheroes: Nothing Will Ever Be The Same Again Deconstructed and darkened heroes are only one possible variant of recent re-imaginings of the supermen. More... Posted: 30 September 2007 |
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PG Tips No. 14: Paul Gravett's Recommended Reading Paul Gravett reviews Monsieur Lambert, Cancer Vixen, The Times Of Botchan, Fluffy, My Boy and other recent book releases. More... Posted: 23 September 2007 |
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Comics & Film: Lights! Camera! Comics! Since the birth of cinema it is clear that comics and film have cross-pollinated each other back and forth. More... Posted: 8 September 2007 |
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Joe Kubert: Rock & A Hard Place For over fifty years, Sgt Rock has been a living, feeling, principled fighting-man - a rock to the men under him in Easy Company. More... Posted: 8 September 2007 |
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Great British Comics: Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be Nostalgia rules as past treasures from yellowing British comics are now being properly reappraised and reprinted. More... Posted: 2 September 2007 |
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PG Tips No. 13: Paul Gravett's Recommended Reading Paul reviews books by Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba, Terry Moore, Antony Mazzotta, Harvey Pekar and others. More... Posted: 26 August 2007 |
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Manga-To-Anime: Naruto Paul Gravett introduces the screening of Naruto in the season of manga-derived anime movies at the British Museum. More... Posted: 19 August 2007 |
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Neil Gaiman: Stardust Paul Gravett talks with Neil Gaiman at the first UK public preview of the movie adaptation of Stardust. More... Posted: 12 August 2007 |
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Global Comics: Confessions & Convictions All of life is finding its way into comics these days, where it always belonged. More... Posted: 5 August 2007 |
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Superheroes: We Can Be Heroes It's clear that, outside of the giant playpens of Marvel and DC, superheroes can proliferate as never before. More... Posted: 29 July 2007 |
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Manga: How To Draw Manga The dizzying variety of 'How To' manuals can make the choice confusing, overwhelming, and even discouraging. More... Posted: 22 July 2007 |
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PG Tips No. 12: Paul Gravett's Recommended Reading Paul reviews books by Alison Bechdel, Doha, Renée French, Ben Caldwell and an anthology edited by Megan Kelso. More... Posted: 15 July 2007 |
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Will Eisner: The Human Spirit At 60, Eisner found a renewed passion and curiosity about what comics might become next and how they might evolve. More... Posted: 8 July 2007 |
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George Herriman: A Krazy Thing Called Love Krazy Kat, for all its kraziness, is at its heart about a cat, a mouse and a dog in an eternal, unresolvable, love-triangle. More... Posted: 1 July 2007 |
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Keiji Nakazawa: Barefoot In Hiroshima With its powerful anti-nuclear and anti-war message, would Barefoot Gen be published in the Japan of today? More... Posted: 24 June 2007 |
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Gary Panter: Panter-Monium Gary Panter has not stopped re-imagining what comics can do in the 21st century. He truly is a master of American comics. More... Posted: 15 June 2007 |
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Rian Hughes: Yesterday's Tomorrows From his sharp retro comic panels to his typography, illustration and design, Rian Hughes has brought a great deal to comics. More... Posted: 10 June 2007 |
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Autarcic Comix Festival: The Future Belongs To Comics The Autarcic comix movement goes beyond self-publishing to embrace self-reliance and autonomy from the mainstream. More... Posted: 3 June 2007 |
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PG Tips No. 11: A Brit Comics Special Paul Gravett reviews comics by UK creators, including Dave Gibbons, Eddie Campbell, Ian Edginton, D'Israeli and Andrzej Klimowski. More... Posted: 27 May 2007 |
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Hergé One Hundred: The Father Of Tintin 100 years after he was born, Hergé, the creator of Tintin, remains a figure who inspires devotion, controversy... and mystery. More... Posted: 20 May 2007 |
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Mark Newgarden: Beyond The Pail Success for Mark Newgarden means inducing just enough mirth to cause someone drinking a glass of milk to expel it nasally. More... Posted: 13 May 2007 |
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Fast Fiction No.1: UK Small Press Reviews It's a flourishing time for the UK Small Press and Paul Gravett reviews a few releases that caught his eye and imagination. More... Posted: 6 May 2007 |
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Free Comic Book Day: Every Day Nearly all publishers offer unique free issues during Free Comic Book Day - all intended to hook more readers. More... Posted: 29 April 2007 |
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Francesca Ghermandi: Cartoon Noir Francesca Ghermandi's 'cartoon noir' comics are so desperate and absurd that they become chillingly funny. More... Posted: 22 April 2007 |
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Manga-fication: The Impact Of Manga On US Comics Despite recent positive press articles on comics, the coverage of manga still leaves something to be desired. More... Posted: 15 April 2007 |
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PG Tips No. 10: Paul Gravett's Recommended Reading Paul reviews books about legendary comic creators: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Hal Foster and Carmine Infantino. More... Posted: 8 April 2007 |
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Alan Moore: Lost Girls What would happen if Alice, Wendy and Dorothy met as adults? Alan Moore reveals the story behind the controversial Lost Girls. More... Posted: 1 April 2007 |
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Nell Brinkley: A New Woman In The Early 20th Century In her time, Nell Brinkley (1886-1944) had an enormous influence on the appearance and aspirations of women across America. More... Posted: 25 March 2007 |
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Original Manga: Not 'Made In Japan' In Britain, the knock-on effects of the success of manga is a young generation of talents, eager to create their own. More... Posted: 18 March 2007 |
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2000AD: A Comic Odyssey More than a specific year, 2000AD has become a brand, an attitude, an identity, and shows no sign of going past its sell-by-date. More... Posted: 11 March 2007 |
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Robert Crumb: I Came Out Fully De-Formed! In a rare Q&A, a surprisingly relaxed and communicative Robert Crumb discusses documentaries, comics and life in France. More... Posted: 4 March 2007 |
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PG Tips No. 9: Paul Gravett's Recommended Reading In a regular series of articles, Paul Gravett reviews books of and about comics from his recommended reading list. More... Posted: 25 February 2007 |
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Gabrielle Bell: Web-Exclusive Interview Her comics are being hailed as some of today's most sharp yet subtle vignettes of twenty-something urban ennui in any medium. More... Posted: 18 February 2007 |
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José Muñoz: 2007 Angoulême Grand Prix Winner Paul Gravett and cartoonist Oscar Zarate explore the world of artist José Muñoz and his writing partner, Carlos Sampayo. More... Posted: 11 February 2007 |
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Angoulême 2007: A Report By Paul Gravett Changes at the 34th Festival International de la Bande Dessinée were not to everyone's liking. More... Posted: 4 February 2007 |
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Angoulême 2007 In Photos: The Thirty-Nine Snaps Peter Stanbury documents the Angoulême Festival in pictures. More... Posted: 4 February 2007 |
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Killoffer: Dirty Dishes Dish The Dirt This graphic tour de force is one man's messy, macabre and exultant confrontation with deep self-disgust and towering vanity. More... Posted: 28 January 2007 |
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Wallace Wood: Against The Grain Wood's fate remains a tragedy of squandered potential and an indictment of the old-style industry practices. More... Posted: 21 January 2007 |
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PG Tips No. 8: Paul Gravett's Recommended Reading Paul Gravett selects another batch of books and comics for you to read. More... Posted: 14 January 2007 |
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Junko Mizuno: Queen Of The Cute & Creepy Junko Mizuno is a quietly determined, one-of-a-kind visionary, whose global acclaim is only beginning. More... Posted: 7 January 2007 |
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Graphic Novels: Can You Hear The Trucks? Remember the buzz comics created in 1987? Why did everything go pear-shaped by the early Nineties, and will it happen again? More... Posted: 31 December 2006 |
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True Brits: Taking Pride In The Best Of British Comics It seems UK comic fans often take their heritage too much for granted, undervaluing it, even dismissing it. More... Posted: 24 December 2006 |
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Winsor McCay: The Real McCay What drove Winsor McCay to devote his life to drawing dreams and nightmares? More... Posted: 17 December 2006 |
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PG Tips No. 7: Euro Comics Special Paul Gravett reviews books of and about European bandes dessinées. More... Posted: 17 December 2006 |
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History & Biography: Comics Unexplored Territories Like a beacon, Maus by Art Spiegelman was the graphic novel that lit the way into underexplored territories for comics. More... Posted: 3 December 2006 |
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Hyun Se Lee: Manhwa's Modern Master Step into the intense worlds of Hyun Se Lee and discover one of the most prolific creators in Korean comics today. More... Posted: 26 November 2006 |
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Enki Bilal: Immortal For Life Discovering Hollywood had for years been copying from his graphic novels, Enki Bilal decided to become a film director himself. More... Posted: 19 November 2006 |
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Al Williamson: Vistas Of Other Worlds For more than fifty years, his vividly imagined universes have enabled readers to 'phase out' of the everyday and step into wonder. More... Posted: 12 November 2006 |
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PG Tips No. 6: Paul Gravett's Recommended Reading Paul Gravett recommends books of and about comics for your reading pleasure. More... Posted: 5 November 2006 |
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Hugo Pratt: The Call Of The Sea As Umberto Eco said, "When I want to relax I read essays by Engels. When I want something more serious, I read Corto Maltese." More... Posted: 29 October 2006 |
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Paul Gravett: A Profile By Everett True Paul explains the appeal the comics medium and his involvement over the years in promoting the medium to a wider audience. More... Posted: 22 October 2006 |
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Gekiga: The Flipside Of Manga Gekiga, or dramatic pictures, offer a glimpse of how truly diverse manga has become. More... Posted: 15 October 2006 |
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Al Columbia: Columbia's Voyage Of Discovery At 19, he was hired by Bill Sienkiewicz to be his assistant on Alan Moore's Big Numbers. It was an intense, tempestuous year. More... Posted: 8 October 2006 |
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Charles Burns: Black Hole Black Hole exposes in psychological and biological intimacy the cost of the desperate desire for acceptance. More... Posted: 1 October 2006 |
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PG Tips No. 5: Paul Gravett's Recommended Reading In a regular series of articles, Paul Gravett reviews books of and about comics from his recommended reading list. More... Posted: 24 September 2006 |
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Osamu Tezuka: Buddha Tezuka was not a Buddhist. He was both a storyteller and a showman, eager to engage, but also to entertain. More... Posted: 17 September 2006 |
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Crime Comics: The Many Colours Of Noir Crime comics are back with a vengeance and a variety never seen before, and frankly, it's an absolute crime to ignore them. More... Posted: 10 September 2006 |
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Art Out Of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries Dan Nadel's researches convinced him that the comics work of 29 lesser-known, largely unsung, creators deserved reappraisal. More... Posted: 3 September 2006 |
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Masters Of American Comics: Comic Art Comes In From The Cold Is the art world's latest attempt to understand comics another fleeting flirtation or the start of a deeper relationship? More... Posted: 27 August 2006 |
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Exhibiting Comics: Making An Exhibition Of Themselves How do you exhibit comics? Do comics even belong in museums and galleries? More... Posted: 20 August 2006 |
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Mangaphobia: Manga For People Who Hate Manga Are you put off manga by the clichés of big eyes, teeny noses, cutesy smiles, speed lines and sweatdrops? Paul Gravett can help. More... Posted: 13 August 2006 |
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Paul Gravett: In Conversation Paul discusses the increasing global influence and popularity of manga. More... Posted: 13 August 2006 |
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PG Tips No. 4: Paul Gravett's Recommended Reading Paul Gravett reviews more books of and about comics from his recommended reading list. More... Posted: 6 August 2006 |
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An Introduction To... Great British Comics Contrary to some pundits' claims that British comics are dead, in fact they have continued to this day and are thriving. More... Posted: 30 July 2006 |
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Alan Moore: New Moore's Almanac His recent retirement from mainstream comics also signifies Alan Moore's creative renewal and rebirth. More... Posted: 23 July 2006 |
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An Introduction To... Graphic Novels What are graphic novels? The term has become distorted with prejudices and preconceptions, riddled with confusion. More... Posted: 16 July 2006 |
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Savage Pencil: The Bite Of The Pencil Savage Pencil's cartoons embody the punk rock spirit of Britain in the late Seventies. He is a true renaissance monster. More... Posted: 9 July 2006 |
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Barry Windsor-Smith: Comics Registered Genius Would you fly to New York aged 19, with no money, based on only an encouraging response from Stan Lee to your art samples? More... Posted: 2 July 2006 |
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PG Tips No. 3: Paul Gravett's Recommended Reading More suggested reading from the bookshelves of Paul Gravett. More... Posted: 25 June 2006 |
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Matt Broersma: We're Not In Texas Anymore Matt Broersma is weaving quirky dreams, unresolved intrigues and striking atmospheric landscapes into his unfolding tapestry. More... Posted: 18 June 2006 |
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Rob Dunlop & Peter Lumby: More Gags Per Second Than A Supermodel In A Restaurant Toilet Tozzer is a savaging satire that suits our shallow yet horribly alluring, celebrity-saturated, fame-obsessed culture. More... Posted: 11 June 2006 |
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Andrzej Klimowski: Unlocking The Secret Klimowski questions the act of looking, being looked at, the perception of characters, narrator, author and reader. More... Posted: 4 June 2006 |
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PG Tips No. 2: Paul Gravett's Recommended Reading In the second installment of PG Tips, Paul Gravett reviews books of and about comics from his recommended reading list. More... Posted: 28 May 2006 |
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Ron Regé Jr: A Web-Exclusive Interview Slow down when you read his pictures and ornately lettered words and they will leave you awake and awakened. More... Posted: 21 May 2006 |
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Frank Miller: It's Miller Time Frank Miller subverts the corporate-owned superheroes into a satire of political corruption, flabby liberalism and media babble. More... Posted: 14 May 2006 |
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Escape Magazine: The Great Escape Twenty Years On Paul Gravett re-assesses the legacy of Escape, the 1980s comics anthology magazine he co-edited with Peter Stanbury. More... Posted: 7 May 2006 |
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Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History After food, clothing, shelter and companionship, our other primal need will always be for classic good stories. More... Posted: 30 April 2006 |
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An Introduction To... Manga Manga are getting everywhere. Japanese comics are invading your local bookshops, comics and music stores as never before. More... Posted: 23 April 2006 |
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A Californian Controversy: Manga Book Banned From Libraries Paul Gravett's book Manga: 60 Years Of Japanese Comics has been banned from some Californian libraries. More... Posted: 16 April 2006, updated 5 May 2006 |
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Dupuy & Berberian: A Double-Barrelled Partnership Since 1984, the collaboration between Dupuy and Berberian has become a third person, with the sum greater than the parts. More... Posted: 16 April 2006 |
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Jill Thompson: A Walk On The Fright Side With writing and ideas that crackle with invention, don't wait till next Halloween to fall under Scary Godmother's spell. More... Posted: 9 April 2006 |
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British Comics: New Brits On The Block (Part 2) Six recent Brit books prove that the UK still has a vibrant comics scene. More... Posted: 2 April 2006 |
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British Comics: New Brits On The Block (Part 1) There are encouraging signs of UK home-grown publishers setting up and renewed interest from major general publishers. More... Posted: 26 March 2006 |
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Curt Swan: A Superman Walked Among Us Under Curt Swan's sensitive pencil, Superman won not just our awe and admiration, but our affection and sympathy. More... Posted: 19 March 2006 |
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PG Tips No. 1: Paul Gravett's Recommended Reading In the first of a regular series of articles, Paul Gravett reviews books of and about comics from his recommended reading list. More... Posted: 12 March 2006 |
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François Boucq: Read Any Good Boucq's Lately? People are frequently not what they seem in the unnerving skewed observations of French comics creator François Boucq. More... Posted: 5 March 2006 |
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Angoulême BD Festival 2006: An Eyewitness Account Paul Gravett reports on the four-day feast of global comics culture like no other. More... Posted: 26 February 2006 |
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Carla Speed McNeil: Finders Keepers In her self-published series, Finder, McNeil is creating some of the most sophisticated and satisfying science fiction in comics. More... Posted: 19 February 2006 |
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Nabiel Kanan: The Birthday Riots With xenophobia and racial prejudice percolating across Europe, The Birthday Riots is all the more thought-provoking. More... Posted: 12 February 2006 |
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Lewis Trondheim: Angoulême Grand Prix Winner 2006 Winner of this year's highest honour at the French BD Festival, Lewis Trondheim remains defiantly spontaneous and prolific. More... Posted: 5 February 2006 |
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Paul Pope: Pulp Hope With Heavy Liquid and 100% Paul Pope is creating 21st century comics that can reach and speak to people everywhere. More... Posted: 29 January 2006 |
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Mike Mignola: To Hellboy & Back Again A bright red child with cloven hooves, sawn-off horns, forked tail and a huge right hand made of stone, can only be called Hellboy. More... Posted: 22 January 2006 |
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Theatre Review: Tintin at The Barbican In a web exclusive article, Paul Gravett reviews the Young Vic's stage adaptation of Hergé's favourite Tintin story, Tintin In Tibet. More... Posted: 15 January 2006 |
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Hergé & Tintin: Discover A World Of Tintinology No comic creator or comic character has inspired so many books to be written about them as these two Belgian institutions. More... Posted: 15 January 2006 |
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Tintin & Snowy: A Boy & His Dog While America has its costumed musclemen, Belgium has a spunky youngster in plus-four trousers with a dog called Snowy. More... Posted: 8 January 2006 |
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Richard Corben: Getting Over The Underground Underground artist Richard Corben is due a reappraisal as one of America's most individualistic comic artists. More... Posted: 1 January 2006 |
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Schuiten & Peeters: Cities Of The Fantastic Grand designs of architectural impossibilities are realised in ravishing, meticulous sequential art for everyone to explore. More... Posted: 18 December 2005 |
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Dan Clowes: Send In The Clowes Numbed by consumerism and obsessed with pop culture, Dan Clowes understands the yearning for more than our mundane reality. More... Posted: 11 December 2005 |
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Sam Kieth: To The Maxx & Beyond Sandman co-creator Sam Kieth has always shown a real empathy for troubled loners and female characters in all his comics work. More... Posted: 4 December 2005 |
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Lewis Trondheim & David B: France's New Wave As two of the co-founders of the publisher, L'Association, Lewis Trondheim & David B have revolutionised French comics. More... Posted: 27 November 2005 |
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Milton Caniff: An Entertainer Selling Newspapers The daily challenge facing newspaper strip creator Milton Caniff was like performing the opera in a subway car at rush hour. More... Posted: 20 November 2005 |
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Dave McKean: Mixed Media Since 1987, the radical art techniques of Dave McKean have been challenging the accepted notion of what comics can be. More... Posted: 13 November 2005 |
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P. Craig Russell: Magnum Opus By adapting opera into comics, P. Craig Russell unlocks the medium's expressive powers to makes his pages truly sing. More... Posted: 6 November 2005 |
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Osamu Tezuka: The God Of Manga Would Japan's mammoth manga and anime industries exist today without the innovations of Osamu Tezuka? More... Posted: 30 October 2005 |
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Kyle Baker: The Fabulous Baker Boy Looking for genuinely funny graphic novels? For 'quality jollity', few can compete with New York cartoonist Kyle Baker. More... Posted: 23 October 2005 |
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Will Eisner: The Grand Master Of Comic Book Art As an early pioneer of the graphic novel format, Will Eisner was on a life long mission to fulfil the potential of the comic medium. More... Posted: 16 October 2005 |
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Marjane Satrapi: First Person History Discover life in Iran during the Islamic Revolution with Marjane Satrapi and her autobiographical book, Persepolis. More... Posted: 9 October 2005 |
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Charles Burns: Body Horror In Black Ink Investigate the worlds of horror, teenage plagues and black holes created by Charles Burns. More... Posted: 2 October 2005 |
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Trade Paperbacks: TPB or not TPB? That is the question! What is the future of the standard American comic book? Does the stapled pamphlet even have a future? More... Posted: 25 September 2005 |
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