Let’s get VIOLENT!
Blog: January 19th, 2008Welcome to the all-new VIOLENT!
We’ve gone all electronic, like all the cool kids, innit! Expect a mixture of classic strips from the first 13 issues of Violent! along with all-new material.
Jay
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BLAM
Blog: January 27th, 2008Many thanks to those in attendance at the Break In To Comics panel at Leicester Central Lending Library yesterday. At a rough head count, there were around 50 people in the audience for Matt Smith, John Freeman and myself. Hopefully we were able to give a few pointers, and found several new potential contributors to [...]
Breaking In To Comics Event
Blog: February 4th, 2008 Breaking In To Comics: 28th January, Leicester Central Lending Library
Jay recently chaired a panel on Breaking In To Comics, as part of the BLAM! Season, which Damien Walters is running on behalf of Leicester Libraries. The other panel guests were Matt Smith, Editor of 2000AD, and John Freeman of Down the Tubes, Rok Comics and [...]
The Beagle Awards
Blog: February 24th, 2008“The Beagle Awards are an alternative, but not a rival, to the prestigious Eagle Awards. The Beagle Awards celebrate the best of the small press as voted for by you, the buying public. The Beagle Awards will be held at the Bristol Comic Con in May.”
Keep your eyes here:
http://thebeagleawards.blogspot.com/
We investigated the possibility of setting up [...]
Let’s do the TIMEWARP again!
Blog: February 24th, 2008Now it can be told… Attendees at Caption 2007: Dreams & Nightmares were given a prophetic dream of the theme for Caption 2008. And the dream came true. Caption 2008 is CAPTION TIMEWARP. We’re just waiting on final confirmation, but it seems likely that it will be taking place again at the East Oxford Community Centre [...]
People who like us…
Blog: March 15th, 2008As we mentioned previously Jay was involved in the recent BLAM! season of events run by Leicester Libraries. Read a round-up of the BLAM! events with pictures.
The Girly Comic has also been praised and highlighted in an article on women in comics by Bridgeen Gillespie.
“Bridgeen Gillespie tells us why comics aren’t just for boys anymore [...]
… And we’re live!
Blog: March 22nd, 2008Today’s the day that we’ve decided to make our official launch for the new web incarnations of The Girly Comic and Violent! Some of you may have already been sampling our wares, but we wanted to have a few strips in the archive already when we launched. Press releases have now been fired off to [...]
Coming Soon: Shelf Life
Blog: May 17th, 2008In December 2006, author and friend Craig Hinton died. Discussions were had about putting together a collection of stories in celebration of his life, and after a little while, the two editors (Adrian Middleton and David McIntee) started asking about for a third person to join the editorial team. In the past, I’ve been involved [...]
Coming Soon: The Girly Comic Book Volume 1
Blog: May 18th, 2008Here’s a sneak peek at what should be the next major release from Factor Fiction - collecting strips from across the first seventeen issues of The Girly Comic in a shelf-friendly perfect bound edition, under a gorgeous Dez Taylor cover. Further down the line will be The Girly Comic Book Volume 2, collected strips from Violent! [...]