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Soho LitFest: When Novels Get Graphic
Posted: September 14, 2011
This just in! The nifty new Soho LitFest at The Soho Theatre in Dean Street, London and presented by The Oldie Magazine, invited me to arrange a panel discussion on adult comics and I was lucky enough to bring together two outstanding graphic novel artists and collaborators with Alan Moore.
Melinda Gebbie‘s exquisite painted art has brought to comics a level of grace and craft rarely seen in the art form. Her career as a cartoonist dates back to the classic Underground era, where her work appeared in numerous comics, including the seminal all-women anthologies Wimmen’s Comix and Tits & Clits, as well as her own solo book, the sexually charged Fresca Zizis. A native of San Francisco, Gebbie resides in England and is a frequent contributor to Alan Moore’s projects, most notably as the co-creator and artist for the Cobweb character in the America’s Best Comics line. Sixteen years in the making, Lost Girls represents her life’s work.
Kevin O’Neill is the British comics illustrator best known as the co-creator of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (with Alan Moore), Marshal Law (with writer Pat Mills) and Nemesis the Warlock for 2000AD (also with Pat Mills). With one of the most unique and detailed styles in comics, he has deservedly earned an enormous worldwide fanbase. Very appropriately, the latest episode of LXG: Century is largely set in London’s legendary, sleazy Soho.
Come and meet them both on Sunday September 25th in conversation with me for an hour and then signing their books. And fingers crossed, there just might be a few of the very earliest copies of my new book 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die which I’ll be signing afterwards as well. To book tickets online, go to Soho LitFest, or better still, bring someone with you by phoning 020 7478 0100, quoting ‘publisher’ and getting two tickets for the price of one!
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