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Shaolin Burning!
Apologies for the lack of new Magic Pen pages this past week. Page 56 is turning into one of those pages that takes a week to draw, which has thrown things off schedule. It is, however, getting there…...
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Book launch: Chris Slane’s new graphic novel!
The mighty Chris Slane, one of New Zealand’s greatest cartoonists, is launching his new graphic novel tonight in Auckland. Nice Day for a War – Adventures of A Kiwi Soldier In World War 1 by Chris...
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Sparkplug needs your help
Sparkplug Comics’ Dylan Williams is one of the true heroes of comics – a fine cartoonist and a smart, courageous publisher with great taste. Unfortunately, he’s pretty ill right now, and as we all...
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Italy! Germany!
I’m about to get on a plane for a whirlwind trip to Italy and Germany. Here are the details: TREVISO COMIC BOOK FESTIVAL 25-30 September: I will be in Treviso for this festival, along with 6 other New...
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New Zealand Comics and Graphic Novels
I recently made this catalogue of New Zealand cartoonists (and some of the comics & books they’ve made or are making). We handed out hundreds of copies of this at the Frankfurt Book Fair and the...
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Making scratchboard art with Line Hoven
Get this book!Yesterday I attended a workshop run by Line Hoven, whose beautiful graphic novel Liebe schaut weg (Reprodukt) is due to come out in English as Love Looks Away from Blank Slate Books....
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Sketch a Day (Cartoonist week): Hergé
After last year’s enormously fun watercolour commission frenzy (see the results here and here), I’ve decided this year to try doing a sketch a day (for as long as it’s still fun). Each week will have...
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Sketch a Day (Cartoonist week): Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson (Finland, 1914–2001) Writer, artist, creator of the Moomins. Go look. (pencil & watercolour on 300gsm paper) A5 (148 x 210mm, 5.7 x 8.3 inches) Buy this sketch! US $ 50 (+$5 postage)...
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Sketch a Day (Cartoonist week): George Herriman
George Herriman (USA, 1880–1944) The great gentle genius George Herriman, writer and artist of Krazy Kat. (pencil & watercolour on 300gsm paper) A5 (148 x 210mm, 5.7 x 8.3 inches) Buy this sketch!...
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Sketch a Day (Cartoonist week): Jack Kirby
Two sketches today. Bear with me… Jack Kirby (Jacob Kurtzberg, USA, 1917-1994) Comics Will Break Your Heart (pencil & watercolour on 300gsm paper) A5 (148 x 210mm, 5.7 x 8.3 inches) US $ 50 (+$5...
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