Eoin Hurrell provides the next installment of Comics on ICN with his superb silent short story You or Your Memory. You can find the Dubliner on his facebook fan page here: https://www.facebook.com/UltimateHurl and the source for the strip on imgur here: http://imgur.com/a/Dmocd and on tumblr here: ultimatehurl.tumblr.com.
THE LEAGUE OF VOLUNTEERS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (1 OF 3) Review by David Ferguson Written by Neil Sharpson Art by Stephen Byrne Previously, the Druid gathered a team of heroes including the Archer, the Glimmerman, the Blood Rose and Fionn Mac Cumhaill to fight an ancient evil Bocanach He was defeated but with [...]
Maeve Clancy – Comic Wall Just a heads up that if you are in the city centre and close to Christchurch, take a small detour up towards Thomas Street/Meath Street area and catch a glimpse of some fantastic comic art! Maeve Clancy has been busy working away at this street art feature for some time, [...]
Take a peek at the cover for Glenn Matchett and Alan Anguiano’s upcoming Living with Death miniseries, published through Grayhaven Comics. Irishman Glenn is also an editor for Grayhaven, and you can read more about the series in a (somewhat lengthy) interview with him here.
Mindpuss #2 By Ronan Kennedy €5 –available from Forbidden Planet Dublin & Sub City Includes soundtrack CD ‘tales of carnage from the other side’ (that’s really understating the matter) Not having read issue #1, which I believe to have been as far back as 2009, I was not sure how much backstory I might have [...]
Tommie, your friendly Dictator here. My new comic THEM is out now, with Issue two released on Monday as a Pay What You Want Digital download. To try to get some interest in the series I am giving away ISSUE ONE to everyone who comes to ICN. Here’s the LINK: http://bit.ly/17JpLuj What’s the comic about? [...]
The word “legend” is thrown around in the comics industry today as if it were so much confetti, but we are fairly sure that in this case that the justification is sound as we are joined by legendary Marvel comics creator and 2d Festival guest of honour HERB TRIPE~! Recorded during the 2D Festival closing [...]
pogoshotshttp://www.twitter.com/stephencoffey Pogoshots by Stephen Coffey. CLICK TO SEE PAST POGOSHOTS
To celebrate the release of the new League Of Volunteers story arch ‘ Return Of The King ‘ artist Stephen Byrne and writer Neil Sharpson will be signing in Sub City Dublin from 2 till 4pm on Saturday 29th June. There will also be a limited edition Barry Keegan variant cover available on the day.
Sarah Elliott has been posting her latest comic work in progress on facebook over the past while and it caught my eye. I asked her would she let me post it when it was done and happily she agreed. I’ll let her explain what it’s all about: I did this for my final comic assignment [...]
Jennifer Wilde #3 (Atomic Diner) by David Ferguson In Paris 1921, Jennifer Chevalier, still reeling from the death of her father, discovers some secrets about him including a connection to Oscar Wilde. When she discovers a locket with his picture and hers, the ghost of Wilde appears and becomes her companion (seeing ghosts has been [...]
Unveiled earlier today by current Zombies Hi! artist Ruairí Coleman is the cover art for the collected edition of the celebrated horror book. Collecting the first five issues, the black and white volume is illustrated by Kevin Logue who also provided colours for the cover over Coleman’s pencils. There are a limited number of the books [...]
DUBLIN ZINE FAIR The Exchange, Temple Bar 17th & 18th August 2013 CALLING FOR TABLE BOOKINGS NOW! For the last 3 years Sarah Bracken (Baby Beef independent art press) has gathered a broad range of artists together and run the Dublin Zine Fair. It covers a broad spectrum of artistic expressions and is a brilliant [...]
THEM REVIEWS: JESSICA LIKES COMICS SOMETHING COMICS THEM INTERVIEWS: ICN JUNE 2013 SWAP MEET PODCAST MISS THE FIRST ISSUE?
The 2DCast team return to their home from home on the steps of the Derry driving licence office to chew the fat with ( most) of the Lightning Strike team. We talk about their work , movies , but mostly is shouting and swearing. We should point out that due to the late night nature [...]
Jason Brown, writer of The Man With No Libido was one of the creators present at the first Limerick Comic Mart held in the Absolute Hotel in Limerick recently and he has sent on his thoughts on the event along with some pictures of the day. From Jason Browne: On Sunday the 26th of May, Quiet [...]
Here’s the top ten most clicked on posts of the last week. 1. EVENT REPORT: 2D – Some Chat, Some Sketches And Some Irish People 2. THE BIG INTERVIEW: Tommie Kelly Talks Up ‘Them’ 3. PODCAST: 2D Festival 2013 Day 2 4. ON SHELVES NOW: James Joyce: Portrait Of A Dubliner From Alfonso Zapico 5. [...]
With great apologies for the lateness we present to you 2d Festival 2013 day two . In this episode we are joined firstly by husband and wife team supreme Gary Erskine and Mhairi Stewart. We discuss their childrens arts workshops, Garys work on THE FILTH, Howard The Duck , Buckeroo Banzai, motion comics, 3d vs [...]
ICN contributor David Ferguson takes a look at the other side of Kickstarter, the side of the person who backs the project. You may have seen several posts over the last couple of weeks that mention projects that have crowd sourced funding on Kickstarter with Cyanide & Happiness smashing their goal and Earthruler currently working its way [...]
UPDATE: With 19 days to go until the deadline passes for Earthruler #2, the Darrin O’Toole penned book has passed $2,000 and nears 60 backers. If you would like to contribute to teh title just follow the link below. Darrin O’Toole and Shawn Langley’s second issue of Earthruler has tonight (Sunday) begun a fund raising [...]
We reported last year that the creators of Cyanide & Happiness, among them Belfast’s Dave McElfatrick, were shopping their critically acclaimed webcomic to various television stations with Comedy Central reportedly most interested in picking up the stip for an animated run. On thier website, they said earlier this year that they ‘ talked to TV networks over [...]
I {Tommie, not Stephen} missed a week so, here’s two strips to make up: pogoshotshttp://www.twitter.com/stephencoffey Pogoshots by Stephen Coffey. CLICK TO SEE PAST POGOSHOTS
2D: SOME CHAT, SOME SKETCHES AND SOME IRISH PEOPLE by David Ferguson As I strolled into the Millenium Forum, I was first amazed by the space. It was a marked difference to the cosy Verbal Arts Centre of the previous year. 2D had outgrown its old home and had moved to spacious new one. I was [...]
League of Volunteers Written by: Rob Curley Art by: Barry Keegan, Victor Moya, Rob Carey Published by: Atomic Diner Reviewed by: David Ferguson This is part three of a three part story. In previous issues, a group of Nazi scientists brought Bocanach from the spirit world to do their bidding. He quickly dispatches them and [...]
The Wren #10 Written by: Jason Connor Art by: Jason Connor Letters by: Phil Roe Published by: Button Press Publications Price: €3.00 The Wren #10 gets its release this weekend at the 2D Festival in Derry and the timing couldn’t be better for followers of Jack & Co. Jason Connor and Phil Roe have chosen [...]
