Comics, Irish mythology and comics about Irish mythology
31st Dec 2008
Here’s this week’s installment. Hope you’ve all had a great Christmas (or winter holiday of your choice) and will have a tremendous 2009!
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29th Nov 2008
Finally, fresh from its triumphant launch at the Dublin City Comic Con last weekend, The Ulster Cycle: Ness is once again available as a book!
When the king of Ulster is powerless to stop a murderous outlaw, his daughter Ness turns outlaw herself to hunt him down. But with war looming between the kingdoms of Ireland, will her father’s house still be there to come back to when the job’s done?
The art has been completely re-scanned and retouched in places, and a few lettering corrections made for the book, which also includes 8 pages of notes identifying sources and providing background.
The book can be bought online via PayPal. Cover price is £4.99. Check the drop-down box for price including postage & packing. Republic of Ireland counts as EU - select EU surface mail. If you live somewhere that’s not included in the drop-down box, email me and I’ll work it out.
If you don’t want to use PayPal you’re welcome to send me a cheque or money order (payable to Patrick Brown; make sure you include p&p) at 40 Channing Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, BT5 5GP.
Edited to add (2 December 2008)
I’m afraid there’s a problem with the PayPal button - apologies if you can’t get it to work. I’m trying to get it sorted, but in the meantime, if you have a PayPal account you can send money to my email address, patrickbrown40@hotmail.com. If you’re in the UK the price including P&P is £5.99. Europe surface mail is £6.49. Europe air mail is £6.99. USA air mail is £7.49. Apologies again.
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04th Jan 2009
Delos from webcomic review site ArtPatient has reviewed Ness!
A pretty good review, and has pointed out stuff about the comic that I wasn’t really aware of, which is always a sign someone’s paying attention. Thanks Delos.
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24th Dec 2008
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Posted by paddybrown under cattle raid of cooley 2 Comments »
17th Dec 2008
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10th Dec 2008
My own little tribute to the late Oliver Postgate, who died the day before yesterday.
A few years ago I was at Landsdowne Road in Dublin, watching Ireland at a Six Nations rugby international against Italy. Ireland had a scrum, or a ruck, or possibly a maul, one of those piles of bodies with the ball in the middle they have in rugby, near the goal line, and were trying to push over for a try. “HEAVE!” went the crowd. “HEAVE!”
And I couldn’t help adding, in my best squeaky falsetto,
“The marvellous… mechanical… MOUSE organ!”
And got the strangest looks from the people around me. I don’t think they showed Bagpuss in the Free State.
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10th Dec 2008
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03rd Dec 2008
In the wake of the Dublin City Comic Con, Some people have been saying nice things about Ness.
Rich Johnson of Lying in the Gutters , reviewing a selection of comics he picked up at the Con (scroll down to “Comics Irish Style”), describes it as “A wonderful period graphic novel” and “Primitive but gripping”.
My tablemate Tommie Kelly, creator of Road Crew, says “This book screams professionalism and dedication”, and suggests if it was translated into Irish it’d make me a millionaire (possibly overestimating the number of Irish speakers who want to read comics, but there you go).
Meanwhile Rol Hirst, despite having been nowhere near Dublin, describes it as “excellent” and praises the “crisp dialogue that doesn’t get all bogged down trying to sound of-the-era” and the “wonderfully expressive artwork”.
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03rd Dec 2008
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30th Nov 2008
Just discovered that Jamie Smart, creator of the fabulously demented “Fish Head Steve” in The DFC, is doing a webcomic! It’s called “Whubble“, and it’s about, if a Jamie Smart comic can be truly said to be “about” anything, a cat who works in an office. It updates every Wednesday and is marvellous. Here’s one:
Whubble
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