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Incoming is an online magazine for readers and creators of indy and small press comics brought to you by the publishers of Smallzone and Frontline. If you have a comic or event you'd like us to mention, please email your press releases to: chebbo@aol.com NEWS FROM THE FRONTLINE
METAPHROG TO APPEAR AT
THE DUNDEE LITERARY FESTIVAL
The duo metaphrog (Sandra Marrs and John
Chalmers) will be giving an illustrated talk at the Dundee Literary
festival on Comics day, The making of the Louis graphic
novels.
The event is a continuation of the
Biff Bam Crickey! Conference and Exhibition organised in Dundee
by Dr Christopher Murray last year (in conjunction with the Six
Cities Design Festival).
This year, several of the speakers have
been invited back, including Paul Gravett, Roger Sabin and metaphrog.
Bryan Talbot will be the main speaker, Ilya and Jim Glen will also
be giving talks, as well as Chris Murray himself. It promises to be
a really interesting day, so be sure to mark it in your calendar if
you’re in the area.
LOCATION - New Teaching Block, Hawkhill,
University of Dundee, Scotland
COMICS DAY COST - £10 for the full day or £5 per half day
For more info please visit:
http://www.dundeeliteraryfest.org/comics.htm
CLASSICAL COMICS SCOOP SILVER IPPY WITH THEIR FIRST BOOK The all-British graphic novel Henry V, has been awarded a Silver Medal at the 2008 Independent Publishers Awards (the “IPPYs”) in America. This year’s contest attracted a total of 3,175 entries and saw the Original Text Henry V, which was released in November 2007, win runner-up in the Graphic Novel/Drawn Book- Drama/Documentary category. “The quality of this year's entries has been totally amazing” – Independent Publisher
Chairman of Classical Comics, Clive Bryant said, “We are absolutely delighted to win this award with our first book. To see this dream become a reality, and then to gain recognition for our books has been a truly emotional experience. In fact, we’ve had such a positive response to both Henry V and Macbeth that we’ve increased the number of titles in production”.
Classical Comics’ pioneering multiple text versions of well-loved literature have proven to be a success around the globe, particularly with students and teachers, who welcome this vibrant, colourful way of introducing the classics.
Two further adaptations, Frankenstein and Jane Eyre, are due to be published in September this year; with another five titles being released between October 2008 and January 2009. ORANG UTAN SOARS WITH THE EAGLES Comic studio picks up a treble nomination UK comic studio Orang Utan Comics has been nominated in three of the categories for this year’s prestigious Eagle Awards.
Another founding member of the studio Tanzanian artist Azim Akberali picked up two nominations, “Favourite Newcomer Artist” and “Favourite Artist: Fully Painted Artwork”. Akberali provided pencils on two of the stories in “Eleventh Hour” as well as providing breathtaking painted pin ups and covers. “For years my hero has been Alex Ross” Akberali said “and now I’m nominated in a category alongside him. I’m still pinching myself”. The Eagle Awards have been running since 1976. Considered by many to be the true people’s awards the Eagles are voted for by fans. You can vote for this year’s awards at http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/vote.asp. This year’s Awards Ceremony takes place on the evening of Saturday 10th May as part of the Bristol Comic Expo. For more information on Orang Utan Comics visit them online at www.orangutancomics.co.uk TWO NEW COMIX
FROM MALCY DUFF RELEASED BY MISSING TWIN PUBLISHING
The Rainbow Orchid is an adventure story in the "Ligne Claire" style, the term given to the drawing style developed by Hergé and others in the 1970's. Set in the 1920s, The Rainbow Orchid tells of the search for a mythical flower last mentioned by the ancient Greek philosopher and botanist, Theophrastus. The story's hero, Julius Chancer, is a determined adventurer who travels to the forgotten valleys of India to find the orchid while the villainous Urkaz Grope does everything in his power to stop him. The story will be available in three volumes, with book one publishing in 2009. The story has been in existence as a number of short series and an online comic for some time and was nominated for two National Comic awards at the Bristol Comics Festival. The series already enjoys a varied international readership online. David Riley for Egmont publishing said, "The Rainbow Orchid is traditional adventure at its best, and a fantastically modern creation. The concept and design have real stand-out quality and the series will appeal to fans of comics, design, illustration, or those who just love a good adventure! The market has never been more right for a series like The Rainbow Orchid." Author and illustrator Garen Ewing has been writing and drawing comics since childhood.. In 2002 work on The Rainbow Orchid began in earnest and the series was soon picked for representation by Blake Friedmann. Oliver Munson at Blake Friedmann said, "From the outset, Garen and I were extremely impressed by Egmont's passion and vision for The Rainbow Orchid. When you look at the enormous success they've had over the years with household names such as Tintin, we really could not have found a better home for young Mr. Chancer." VIOLENT! Gets Virtual & GIRLY Goes Global
To celebrate the launch, a brand new full colour comic strip Sisters of the Head will start on The Girly Comic site on Saturday. It has been penned by Doctor Who novelist Daniel O'Mahony, and illustrated by small press supremo Terry “Sleaze Castle” Wiley. Both web comics will debut new strips, threaded alongside ongoing projects to put the entire Factor Fiction strip archive online. For those who have never picked up a copy of Violent!, you'll be able to read serials such as The Flatworm, Spare Parts, MageWorks and Knuckles from the beginning. Plus a brand new four panel strip series: The Silent Service by Jay Eales and Paul McCaffrey: http://factorfictionpress.co.uk/violentwebcomic/category/silent-service/ Small press
and Girly Comic fans will be aware that all sixteen print issues
of The Selina Lock, co - Editor of the Factor Fiction line of comics said: "we are very proud to be compiling an online archive of her work as part of The Girly Comic website. Those who are unfamiliar with her work should check it out now: http://factorfictionpress.co.uk/webcomic/category/lee-kennedy/ We're also excited to announce that over the coming months we'll be making all the Oddcases strips by Alistair Pulling & Bevis Musson available on The Girly Comic site. This will not only be the stories published in the comics, but also the early uncollected Oddcases strips, and hopefully some new ones: http://factorfictionpress.co.uk/webcomic/category/oddcases/ " Fans of print shouldn't worry though, as part of the overall plan Factor Fiction will also be producing book collections, including The Girly Comic Book, an as-yet unnamed Lee Kennedy Collection and compilations of the new strips featured on the sites. In the meantime, you can still buy copies of issues 1-16 of The Girly Comic and 1-13 of Violent! from the online store: http://factorfictionpress.co.uk/shop.html and - of course- from smallzone. In 2008, Factor Fiction begin their eighth year of trading and Selina said: "Factor Fiction mutates again, and is ready to take on the world. We hope you'll join us." To find out more visit the main website at: http://factorfictionpress.co.uk
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Anthology
title “Eleventh Hour” ,which relaunches in June from AAM/Markosia,
was nominated for “Favourite Black and White Comic - British”.
Writer Peter Rogers, who co-founded the studio said “We put out
two issues of our anthology title ourselves last year and the feedback
from readers and reviewers was great. Once the book was picked up by a
publisher we knew we were doing something right and this nomination
really is the icing on the cake. “ 
The
Rainbow Orchid, written and drawn by Garen Ewing, is a new and exciting
comic strip adventure to be published by Egmont in 2009. The Rainbow
Orchid will join the Tintin series on Egmont's publishing list. The
Rainbow Orchid is the latest in a number of recent acquisitions by
Egmont UK as it grows its share of the children's book market in the UK.
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Girly Comic include work by autobiographical comic goddess
Lee Kennedy, 
