A Chronicle of Doom....

Swift return to Ice Station Zebra for some serious swilling yesterday - "mighty swill!", as the Grateful Dead may as well have been singing! What more's to be said? No comic work progress in the interim or so our man was ashamed to say, just straight in with the speaker repair and we were off, the afternoon passing in a pleasantly stewed blur, the sole pause for thought when Agent Johnny took a moment to show me a recent postcard he'd looked out from the late Mikie Jacobs of the Gin Goblins, patting it affectionately. There was some lengthy chat as regards Thor: The Dark World and the proposed individual character pages to round out Evil Hollywood, the rest of the day rounded out with talk of Grateful Dead concerts and expressing an admiration for their studio musicianship.

Sounds: Two Mules for Sister Sara Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Ennio Morricone: From the Mars Hotel by Grateful Dead: Reflections by Jerry Garcia: Anthem of the Sun by Grateful Dead: Pornography by The Cure: Left of Center 7" by Suzanne Vega: Sky Pilot 7" by Eric Burdon and the Animals: We Love You and Pretty in Pink 7"s by The Psychedelic Furs and Fields 7" by The Skids....

Eric Burdon & The Animals - Sky Pilot

A Chronicle of Doom....

Throughly belated visit to Ice Station Zebra yesterday, to catch up with a rather 'nakt' looking Agent Johnny. Being 'seek as a parrot' aside - and with the swill cancelled momentarily until such a time as a flu jab was administered - our man was still on reasonable form, picking up somewhat once the rekkid player was fixed (or 80% or so) and The Pink Floyd were fizzing and fuzzing across the room for the first time in months. Slight progress with the Grande Finale to Evil Hollywood, but nothing to suggest the title will be out until early next year (at best!). 8 and a bit pages still to dodge! Not even much by way of fillums on the one-eyed-god (Hail Odin!) and precious little else to cheer us up. Eventually, of course, there was time for a single swill each, a timely taster for next week's visit....

Sounds: Psychedelic Archives by The Pink Floyd: The Littlest Album 4.0 by various artists: Casino Royale Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Burt Bacharach: Our Man Flint Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith: We Love You 7" by the Psychedelic Furs (the grande finale!)....

The Psychedelic Furs - We Love You (BBC Radio Session)

A Big Belated Braw thanks....

Oops.... a bit later than expected here's a big Braw! thanks to all the organisers, volunteers (and patrons) at The Lakes International Comic Art Festival. The weekend's scope was tremendous and it seemed as if everyone had truly entered into the spirit of things - its presence was simply inescapable when walking through the main streets of Kendal, and the assistance and hospitality at the main Comics Clock Tower and Brewery Arts Centre venues was first rate...!

We had browsers and customers of all age visit our table and many were happy to engage (once they maybe worked out what exactly it was they were looking at product-wise) and then buy. The mix of creators and exhibitors from right across the comics spectrum was excellent, and there seemed to be no marked distinction that suggested any sort of "industry" heirarchy was in place - just a great mix of people having a genuinely great time (as I'm sure the organisers exactly planned it!).

Personal highlights were chatting with underground grandfather Gilbert Shelton (though I think my attempts at gushing praise fell on genuinely deaf ears), modern master of "la ligne claire" Dave Taylor and super inker Steve Leialoha, as well as just hanging out with some seldom seen pals from Glasgow's very own TGC and BHP....

Aside from the incessant rain our only other disappointment was missing the advertised showing of Tamara Drewe. From the poster I have to say that all things considered Brandon Lee's looking in pretty good shape. Oops....

Postcard From Over The Edge....

A Chronicle of Doom....

Good to see Agent Miller yesterday - although Ice Station Zebra beginning to live up to its chilly moniker despite the persistant sun shining in 'ze smoking room' - after several weeks away, enjoying a placid afternoon swill by the tiny speaker. Sandie Shaw's second adventure, completed some months ago, has been taken to Glasgore fer 'digital doctorin' fer print and the conclusion to Evil Hollywood takes a further twist, the most recent page seeing the Zappa-Kar in action! The back page colours have now been approved - 'a corker!' - and it's only a matter of time before the book wraps. The possibility of a further Una Kennedy strip for Production Brawbot Rob Miller 'fer to draw' was also discussed, should we move onto completing Tales of Unearthly Science Fiction later in the year/early next.

Sounds: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn by The Pink Floyd: Electric Music for the Mind and Body by Country Joe and the Fish: Your Mind and We belong together by Love: Primary Colours by The Horrors: A Saucerful of Secrets by Pink Floyd: Some Friendly by The Charlatans....

Love - Your Mind And We Belong Together

Happy Electric Mandays!

Today we present the final original covers our production brawbot Rob Miller rescued from the vault concerning Electric Man. However, you might notice they concern not Electric Man himself, but his curious female companion/muse/foil(?), Scarlet Wrath.

And the timing couldn't be better as the time has come for artists and writers (and funders) the world over to step up to the plate to help the creators of the movie make an associated comic! Head over to Indiegogo where director and writer Dave Barras and Scott Mackay will explain all. But be quick as the campaign ends in just 11 days!

You may recognise one of Production Brawbot Rob Miller's covers (on the left) has successfully made it into the promo mix....

More tantalising images are to be found across on the team's website, where we were very happy to see that Graham Manley (who was responsible for the original Electric Man origin segment you see in the movie's titles) has made a start on the proposed issue #1 itself! Just take a look at the wonderful images below to see what lies in store....

And remember, this isn't just about contributing to the funding and creation of the comic - it's about creating Electric Man comics yourselves, making this a wholly unique venture! So what are you waiting for? Get scribbling!

Unconventional convention corner; 'Stripped'....

With this year's Edinburgh Book Festival recognising comics and graphic novels with its stellar line-up of talks, workshops and events (for more info go here) Braw Books are proud to have been allocated a space at the Mini Comic Fair, taking place over this weekend of the 24th and 25th August at 5, Charlotte Square. As well as ourselves you can see from the flyer below there's a veritable plethora of excellent comics and graphic novels on offer from creators across the country. So be sure to pop along and check it out!