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Pssst!
''Pssst!'' (styled as ''pssst!'') was a short-lived British comics magazine published by Never–Artpool in 1982. ''Pssst!'', which lasted ten monthly issues, was an attempt to publish a British equivalent of the lavish French bande dessinée magazines. Bryan Talbot, Glenn Dakin, Shaky Kane, Paul Johnson, Stephen Baskerville, Ed Pinsent, John Watkiss, John Bolton, John Higgins, and Angus McKieMéalóid, Pádraig Ó"Interview with Bryan Talbot,"BryanTalbot.com (Started 6th May 2009. Finished 21st September 2009). were amongst the many cartoonists published within the pages of ''pssst!''. Early parts of Talbot's ''The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'' were published in the comic. Talbot feels that ''pssst!'' "...was the precursor of ''Escape'' and ''Deadline'' and the rest of the cascade of British adult comic mags that came out in the Eighties and Nineties." Critic Russell Willis, on the other hand, wrote of the publication, "It tended towards '' Heavy Metal'' tits, ass and gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape (magazine)
''Escape'' magazine was a British comic strip magazine founded and edited by Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury. Nineteen issues were published between 1983 and 1989. Eddie Campbell, Phil Elliott and Glenn Dakin were amongst the many cartoonists published within its pages. Escape Publishing also released a limited number of graphic novels in the period 1984–1989, some co-published with Titan Books. Origins ''Escape'' has its origins in the explosion of small press or minicomics that occurred in the UK in the early 1980s. Paul Gravett was running a stall at the Westminster Comic Mart in London called Fast Fiction where he would sell other people's self-published comics for a small cut. These would generally be short-run publications, usually photocopied and assembled by hand, by creators who couldn't find a professional outlet for their work with many coming from an art school background with unique approaches to comic art. At the same time awareness was growing of internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gideon Stargrave
Gideon Stargrave is a comics character created by Grant Morrison in 1978 for the anthology comic ''Near Myths'', and later incorporated into their series ''The Invisibles''. The character is based on J. G. Ballard's "The Day of Forever" and Michael Moorcock's Jerry Cornelius, which led to accusations of plagiarism from Moorcock.Grant Morrison interview , ''After-Image'' #6, January 1988 History The first published Stargrave story appeared in '''' #3 (December 1978), as part one of "Gideon Stargrave in The Vatican Conspiracy", written and drawn by Morrison. Parts two and three were included back to back at the start of ''Near Myths'' #4 (1979), an ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graphic Novel
A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry professionals. It is, at least in the United States, typically distinct from the term ''comic book'', which is generally used for comics periodicals and trade paperbacks (see American comic book). Fan historian Richard Kyle coined the term ''graphic novel'' in an essay in the November 1964 issue of the comics fanzine ''Capa-Alpha''. The term gained popularity in the comics community after the publication of Will Eisner's '' A Contract with God'' (1978) and the start of the ''Marvel Graphic Novel'' line (1982) and became familiar to the public in the late 1980s after the commercial successes of the first volume of Art Spiegelman's '' Maus'' in 1986, the collected editions of Frank Miller's '' The Dark Knight Returns'' in 1986 and Alan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Gravett
Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer, and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing since 1981. He is the founder of ''Escape Magazine'', and for many years wrote a monthly article on comics appearing in the UK magazine '' Comics International'', together with a monthly column for ''ArtReview''. He has written for various periodicals including ''The Guardian'', ''The Comics Journal'', ''Comic Art'', ''Comics International'', ''Time Out'', ''Blueprint'', ''Neo'', ''The Bookseller'', ''The Daily Telegraph,'' and '' Dazed & Confused''. Biography His career began in 1981, as he managed the Fast Fiction table at bi-monthly Comic Marts held in Westminster Hall. Gravett invited artists to send him their homemade comics, which he would sell from the Fast Fiction table with all proceeds going to the creator. His role in the British indie comics scene is depicted in Eddie Campbell's '' Alec'' comics, in which Gravett is called "The Man at the Crossroads." Late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravett, Paul
Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer, and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing since 1981. He is the founder of ''Escape Magazine'', and for many years wrote a monthly article on comics appearing in the UK magazine ''Comics International'', together with a monthly column for ''ArtReview''. He has written for various periodicals including ''The Guardian'', ''The Comics Journal'', ''Comic Art'', ''Comics International'', '' Time Out'', ''Blueprint'', '' Neo'', ''The Bookseller'', ''The Daily Telegraph,'' and '' Dazed & Confused''. Biography His career began in 1981, as he managed the Fast Fiction table at bi-monthly Comic Marts held in Westminster Hall. Gravett invited artists to send him their homemade comics, which he would sell from the Fast Fiction table with all proceeds going to the creator. His role in the British indie comics scene is depicted in Eddie Campbell's ''Alec'' comics, in which Gravett is called "The Man at the Crossroads." Late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Fiction
''Fast Fiction'' was a market stall, magazine, mail order distributor and news sheet that played a key role in the history of British small press comics. It existed in its various forms from 1981 through to 1990 under the stewardship of Paul Gravett, Phil Elliott and Ed Pinsent. The name was taken from a ''Classics Illustrated'' knock-off spotted in the ''Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide''. History Paul Gravett started the ''Fast Fiction'' stall at the bimonthly Westminster Comics Mart in London, England, in 1981, selling imported European comics, or bande dessinée. Having discovered that interesting new comics were being published in short-run photocopy form he contacted the creators and offered to sell their comics on his stall and through mail order. Initially, this was done for free with a small percentage cut being introduced later. The ''Fast Fiction'' stall became the de facto social centre for small press publishers along with the adjoining pub, The Westminster Arms. Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johnson (comics)
Paul Johnson (born 13 October 1958) is a British comic book artist. Biography Paul Johnson orbited the peripheries of the British comic book industry in the early 1980s, self-publishing and appearing in short-lived publications such as ''Pssst!'' and ''Escape''. His first major comics work was the graphic novel ''London's Dark'' but he came to international attention when he painted the art on ''The Road to Nowhere'', the fourth and final chapter of ''The Books of Magic'' mini-series, written by Neil Gaiman and released by DC/Vertigo in 1993. Johnson worked abroad for Marvel Comics (''Interface'', ''Hellraiser'', ''Children of the Voyager''), DC Comics (''Mercy'', ''Invisibles'', ''Legends of the Dark Knight'') and Dark Horse Comics (''Aliens'') before working in Britain's home-grown industry for ''Crisis'', '' 2000 AD'', and the Eaglemoss publication ''Spinechillers''. In 2000 Johnson was awarded a grant by the Arts Council of Great Britain to run a series of comic book works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaky Kane
Michael Coulthard is a British writer and psychedelic artist who best known for his work as a comic and graphic artist under the pseudonym Shaky Kane, as well as Shaky 2000. Biography After working for independent comics and magazines like Pssst!, ''Escape'', and ''Deadline'' in the 1980s, Shaky moved to the mainstream with work on '' 2000 AD'' and its sister title, the ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' in the 1990s. With editor David Bishop, he created the ''Soul Sisters'', and he also contributed to the ''Judge Dredd'' strip, among others. Shaky's style is heavily influenced by Silver Age American comic books (especially the style of Jack Kirby), with a psychedelic twist. He also provided the art for '' The Bulletproof Coffin'' with writer David Hine for Image Comics, which is where he has published his recent projects. Bibliography Comics work includes: * "The Reet Petite Postcard Set" (in ''Escape Magazine'' #1, 1983) * "Johnny Tomorrow" (in ''Escape Magazine'' #2, 1983) * "An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Near Myths
''Near Myths'' was a comic magazine published in Edinburgh during the late 1970s that only ran for five issues. The initial editor was Rob King and it was produced by Galaxy Media. ''Near Myths'' featured the first professionally published work of Grant Morrison, Graham Manley and Tony O'Donnell, and saw the start of Bryan Talbot's seminal graphic novel ''The Adventures of Luther Arkwright''. Teenager Grant Morrison's contribution, Gideon Stargrave, later found his way into Morrison's Vertigo series ''The Invisibles''. Publication history O'Donnell credits Manley as inspiring the creation of ''Near Myths''.Ewing, Garen. Interview with Tony O'Donnell (July 1998). Originally intended for the British comics fanzine ''Vicious'', run by Pete Ashton and Jez HigginsArchived at GarenEwing.co.uk Founding editor Rob King also ran a science fiction bookshop in Edinburgh. Deeply in debt, he ending up leaving town, abandoning both the shop and ''Near Myths.'' His landlord later broke in and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Talbot
Bryan Talbot (born 24 February 1952) is a British comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of ''The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'' and its sequel '' Heart of Empire'', as well as the ''Grandville'' series of books. He collaborated with his wife, Mary M. Talbot to produce '' Dotter of Her Father's Eyes'', which won the 2012 Costa biography award. Early life Bryan Talbot was born in Wigan, Lancashire on 24 February 1952. He attended Wigan Grammar School, the Wigan School of Art, and Harris College in Preston, Lancashire, from which he graduated with a degree in Graphic Design. Career Talbot began his comics work in the underground comix scene of the late 1960s. In 1969 his first work appeared as illustrations in ''Mallorn'', the British Tolkien Society magazine, followed in 1972 by a weekly strip in his college newspaper. He continued in the scene after leaving college, producing Brainstorm Comix, the first three of which formed ''The Chester P. Hackenbush Trilogy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underground Comic
Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books that are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, including explicit drug use, sexuality, and violence. They were most popular in the United States in the late 1960s and 1970s, and in the United Kingdom in the 1970s. Robert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, Barbara "Willy" Mendes, Trina Robbins and numerous other cartoonists created underground titles that were popular with readers within the counterculture scene. Punk had its own comic artists like Gary Panter. Long after their heyday, underground comix gained prominence with films and television shows influenced by the movement and with mainstream comic books, but their legacy is most obvious with alternative comics. History United States The United States underground comics scene emerged in the 1960s, focusing on subjects dear to the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westminster Comics Mart
Comic Mart is the catchall term for a series of British comic book trade fairs which were held in the United Kingdom from 1972 until the early 1990s. The Comic Mart was one of the earliest recurring public comic events in the UK, predated only by the British Comic Art Convention. Comic Mart began in London, eventually expanding to Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, among other locations. The first few Comic Marts were organized and produced by Rob Barrow and Nick Landau; eventually they split up to produce competing versions of the event, and were joined by other regional organizers. Unlike comic book conventions, which typically featured publishers, creators, panel discussions, and other activities, Comic Marts (which were generally one-day affairs) were primarily organized around dealers selling comics to individual customers. The emphasis tended to be on hard-to-find American comics: Golden Age and Silver Age comics, as well as new titles, which were not distributed to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
