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Commercial Suicide and J1P @ London Festival

 
 
H3ct0r L1m4
03:26 / 16.10.04
on sale at tables 25 and 26, at London's Comic Festival.

It’s Suicide time! COMMERCIAL SUCIDE 2.0 is on its way.
http://www.commercialsuicidecomic.com/

COMMERCIAL SUICIDE 1.0, a 48-page compendium of wrongness, rocked the house at Bristol 2004, selling out before noon on the first day. But my, how we've grown since then. COMMERCIAL SUICIDE 2.0, over 100 pages of sick and twisted humour, will be launched at the London comics convention on October 23, 2004. Afterwards, the book will be available for purchase on Lulu.com.

click on SNEAK PEEKS for more.
PALESTEEN, by meself and my buddy Irapuan is in - and we're in very good company. CS #1 sold out quickly at Bristol, so run. look for editors Alex de Campi and Kieron Gillen.

http://members.aol.com/just1page/J1P2004.htm

Just 1 Page is a collaboration of artists and writers from the whole range of the British comics community. Each contributor sends just one page featuring a character with a connection to the theme – this year it was British comics.

The magazine contains pin-ups, strips and text articles. Covering the whole spectrum - from Minnie the Minx to Modesty Blaise, from Jack Staff to John Constantine, from Judge Dredd to Fungus the Bogeyman, from Rupert the Bear to Promethea, from Dennis the Menace to Halo Jones, from Alan Moore to Andy Capp, and from Keanu Reeves to Ozzy Osbourne!


all profits will go to the Trinity Hospice Charity. I'm there with my other buddy Marcelo Garcia in the homage ST. SWITHIN'S DAY [we're in great company here, too]. click in "full list of characters and contributors".

J1P editor Adrian Brown told me "And I have some copies of the 'ARTHUR' mag that Jay Babcock does to sell on the table".

ARTHUR #12 features a lenghty interview with Grant Morrison and a wonderful cover by fellow barbelither Cameron SEA GUY Stewart.

so: tables 25 and 26 are a must stop, folks.
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general info:

http://comicfestival.co.uk/

The 2nd Annual LONDON COMIC FESTIVAL takes place on Oct 22 - 24 2004 at the Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury.

Tickets are just £6 (£5 in advance) on sale now. ADVANCE BOOKING DEADLINE OCTOBER 16th. Under 12's get in free.

- JONATHAN ROSS INTERVIEWS GRANT MORRISON - EMAIL A QUESTION
- LAUNCH OF THE NEW-LOOK DANDY
- FIRST UK APPEARANCE BY TOKYOPOP MANGA
- SIMON & ALEX FROM VIZ PRESENT 'SWEARING' LECTURE
- COMIC ART EXHIBITION AT CARTOON ART TRUST - FREE
- SIGNING, SKETCHING, PORTFOLIO SESSIONS AND TALKS BY STARS & EDITORS FROM DC, MARVEL, IMAGE, 2000AD, BEANO, WARHAMMER, AP, DARK HORSE, INDEPENDENTS AND MANY MORE
 
 
_Boboss
07:50 / 18.10.04
ross said on the radio saturday he's not doing it no more.
 
 
Dan Fish - @Fish1k
08:32 / 18.10.04
The plan is now for Ross to pre-record questions, and the video will be played on the night - I'm hoping for Max Headroom style effects, but will probably be disappointed.
 
 
H3ct0r L1m4
04:04 / 21.10.04
Alex had news on COMMERCIAL SUICIDE, now with a spine:

If you are in Europe but not coming to Winterfest, but would like copies for yourself (or to put in your LCS), email me and we will mail them out to you. Cost is £5 plus shipping; we will knock a decent amount off that if you buy 5 or more copies. Yes, that's just £5 for a perfect bound, laminated-cover, 102 page cornucopia of Wrong!

And, for the Americans, we're looking to have it up on Lulu.com for next week. Price a mere $8 plus shipping. Pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap!
 
 
mondo a-go-go
14:18 / 22.10.04
And I'm in it this time.

I mean, I'm playing one of the characters in it. If that makes sense.
 
 
sleazenation
14:43 / 22.10.04
I'll be there too - but I'm sure you all already knew that.
 
 
H3ct0r L1m4
22:51 / 22.10.04
yes, nice to hear.

please post pics from the con/fest if you do.
 
 
FinderWolf
16:50 / 25.10.04
So neither Jonathan Ross or Grant M. showed up to this!

From this week's Lying in the Gutters...

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TAKEN FOR GRANT

The convention's star stage interview to which neither Jonathan Ross or Grant Morrison turned up to, nevertheless was probably just as entertaining as Bob Wayne, Dan DiDio, Frazer Irving and Si Spurrier tried to give answers to Jonathan Ross' videotaped questions for Grant Morrison, both their own answers and what they thought Grant Morrison might say. Until it all got too philosophical, magickal and bollockal.

All pretty entertaining stuff, and the room was in laughter for much of the hour-and-a-half. No one really seems to have minded Grant's absence. Much is a blur (see above) but we did, however, learn that Bob Wayne in his "Timemasters" series from years ago, feels proud of getting the word "shit" into one of his issues by splitting it over two panels and getting it past the editor.

DiDio also let slip one of his favourite lines of dialogue from one of the upcoming JLA issues, along the lines of "Alfred, has my flying saucer been delivered from the factory yet?"
 
 
FinderWolf
14:43 / 29.10.04
So no one got to try and call him George to his face...
 
  
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