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British Comic award nominees 2012

13 October 2012

The UK may not have such a big comic market as France has but it goes without saying that it’s just a matter of time before all this existing and emerging talent weave a real industry… time for some great publishers like Blank Slate, NoBrow or Myriad to get big, and initiatives like the new British Comic Awards can only help and encourage artists & publishers to get better.

Louis Roskosch's Leeroy and Popo (Image vai Louis R.)
Louis Roskosch’s Leeroy and Popo (Image vai Louis R.)

The nominees of this freshly created initiative that “celebrates the very best in British comics” were just announced yesterday, not that many surprises but some real good stuff within the emerging talent category.

As you’ve probably read before, for this first edition there are 5 award categories: Best Comic, Best book,Young People’s Comic Award, Emerging talent & Hall of Fame… and while the winners won’t be announced until next November @ the Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival we already have some favorites.

Tom Gauld Goliath
Tom Gauld – Goliath

From the always minimalistic meticulousness of Tom Gauld‘s ungraceful characters to the extremely talented Will Kirkby whose creatures sometimes remind us of the best Mignola, there is a lot of good art competing. Worth mentioning and stopping by at every single artists’ webpages, but ourselves we highly encourage you to stop by Louis Roskosch, Kristyna Baczynski or Joe Decie (on top of Tom or Will of course).

Extract from JOe Decie's Accidental Salad (Image via Blank Slate)
Extract from JOe Decie’s Accidental Salad (Image via Blank Slate)

Those are just a few examples of this year’s nominated talent, the rest of the nominees and much more info on their web page.

Will Kirkby's Tuk Tuk (image via Will Kirby)
Will Kirkby’s Tuk Tuk (image via Will Kirby)
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High Times: A History of Aviation

10 July 2012

Golden Cosmos, the Berlin based couple co-founders of the collective Nepomuk have been producing hand-printed books and illustrations since graduating a couple of years ago. Their latest work (as a collaboration with Nobrow) has just been released in the form of a  Leporello book and should delight most aviators…

High Times - A History of Aviation, by Golden Cosmos
High Times – A History of Aviation, by Golden Cosmos

The history & mythology from the attempts of Icarus to the industrial revolution (although they might have missed the latest Airbus modernities) … and a long wide detailed list of aviation history events. Maybe more of an educational book for your kids… but the artwork by Daniel & Doris certainly deserves (once again) a wider attention, after all, 13€ for a book that can be either read, displayed or framed is always a good book. More info this way.

High Times - A History of Aviation, by Golden Cosmos detail
High Times – A History of Aviation, by Golden Cosmos detail
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High Times – A History of Aviation, by Golden Cosmos detail 2
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