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Here’s the final picture in the first batch of Hitsville UK Pop Art Prints, featuring latter day Del Boy and inventor of Spiv Hop, Jack Spatz.
Alas, we can’t get all the prints on our web shop without paying for an upgrade (that we frankly can’t afford!) but Jack would like you to know what if you’d like the above print of his nibs on posh paper for £10 plus p&p then you can can leave a comment here or email us at hitsvilleukcomic at gmail.com and we’ll sort you out.
Luvverly! Who’s next? Yes, madam. What can I get yer?
John has been bullied into taking part in Movember and, not to be outdone, Ruthie from The Carrie Nation’s Revenge has followed suit. That’s Feminism in action!
If you can spare a few quids/dollars/euros/yen please donate at http://mobro.co/johnriordan
Thought Bubble was ace, and bloody knackering. It was straight back into college stuff when I returned so I’m still collecting my thoughts.
I’ve not been to Thought Bubble before, and I have heard literally not a bad word about it, so I was convinced that I was going to ruin it!
“D’you remember that comics convention in Leeds?”
“Oh yeah, it was really good for the first four years, then that big-headed twat with the crap ‘tache came along…” etc.
I am pleased to report that I did not manage to hex the Bubble. It was the first time they’ve done it as a two-dayer and opinion was divided as to whether they’ll do it that way again. It was certainly quieter (and foggier!) on the Sunday but it was nice to actually be able to wander and talk to people, without feeling like it was totally hectic.
We were sharing a table with our good friends Underfire Comics (that’s Dan on the edge of the picture above), and stationed in the smaller of the two halls, part of the amazing Royal Armouries (it’s actually full of armour, who knew?)
Here’s the view from the stand!
Mike and Mark conducted a video interview with Keiron Gillen for a forthcoming Comic Gosh!p sesh (discussing Phonogram and Hitsville UK) and rumour has it that Gwillum may have got in on the act. We’ll get back to you with evidence on that when we see it.
Oh yeah, the comics, eh? So much good stuff on sale, waaaay too much to take in. Here’s my haul.
God knows when I’m going to find time to read all of these… Nelson alone looks like it’s going to demand some serious (and rewarding) rumination. Still, that’s a rather nice problem to have, isn’t it, and if that’s not a good indication of the wealth of talent in comics in our poor, austere isle at the moment, then I don’t know what is!
Fresh from the Hitsville UK factory, we present these beautiful A4 prints of five of today’s most important recording artistes – Men Behind Guitars, The Dreadnoughts, The Carrie Nation’s Revenge, Haunted by Robots and Gwillum, Country & Western troubador.
These are printed on lovely, posh paper (somerset enhanced, 100 per cent cotton) and signed by the creators.
We’ll have them on sale at Thought Bubble this weekend (19 -20 November) for £3.50 or £6 with a copy of Hitsville UK #1. We’ll put them up on the Hitsville shop next week but they’ll be a bit pricier to buy this way so snap ‘em up if you’re at Thought Bubble.
So, let’s be honest, making comics is just an excuse to do the really good bit, which is…
MAKING BADGES!
Be the envy of your friends with these delightful button badges.
These bad boys will be on sale at Comika Comiket this Saturday at the Bishopsgate Institute. along with copies of issue 1 and some limited edition Hitsville prints.
There will be an embarrassment of other great comic creators and publishers there, and it’s free to get in. You would be literally insane to miss it!
Click HERE for full details.
Or maybe you don’t live in London, in which case you could pop to the following Forbidden Planet Intl stores to secure your copy of Hitsville UK:
Forbidden Planet Dublin
Forbidden Planet Glasgow
Forbidden Planet Manchester
Forbidden Planet Nottingham
plus Nostalgia & Comics, Queensway, Birmingham
Altogether everybody: “Dublin, London, Glasgow, Notts
Everybody talk about pop muzik!”
Mmm, a nice cup of tea…