As part of his flying visit to the UK this month, Charles Brownstein, Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund will host a special talk at London’s Orbital Comics on Thursday 14th August 2014, entitled Legacy of… Read More ›
Tim Pilcher
WebFinds: Looking back on Speakeasy, a comics magazine that crashed and burned
(Updated on learning of Natasha’s passing in 2012): Tim Pilcher’s reminiscences of his experiences at Vertigo UK, recounted in the recently-released, Kickstarter-funded Comic Book Babylon (current stockists below), reminded me of another aspect of 1980s comic publishing – Speakeasy, a title… Read More ›
Comic Book Babylon event in Brighton
Author Tim Pilcher will be hosting an event to romote his book Comic Book Babylon in May, as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. Comic Book Babylon is the candid and amusing odyssey of one comic fan’s quest to get… Read More ›
Humanoids reveals UK publishing plans as company’s 40th anniversary nears
Following up on our news item yesterday about the roll out of their UK-dedicated social media program, Humanoids Inc., the international publisher of high quality graphic novels, is has announced that its titles are now available directly in the UK… Read More ›
Humanoids UK launches, Tim Pilcher UK Liaison
Humanoids UK has begun marketing its brand on Facebook and Twitter, the latest development from the company the graphic novel publishing company founded in Los Angeles in 1998. Its catalogue – considered as one of the most prestigious and innovative… Read More ›
Radio interviews with Tim Pilcher, Graham Rawle and Paul Magrs
Book List: Celebrating Ephemera Starting a new series of the bimonthly show on books, Alex Fitch talks to three authors whose work celebrates ephemera and pop culture detritus. ‘Graphic Novelist’ Graham Rawle discusses his latest novel The Card, which follows… Read More ›
Comic Book Babylon project announced, probing "British Vertigo"
Author Tim Pilcher has announced a Kickstarter campaign to publish Comic Book Babylon: A Cautionary Tale of Sex, Drugs & Comics, probing a bizarre period when, to outsiders, British creators looked set to take over American comics. Tim Pilcher’s shocking,… Read More ›
Jeff Keen talk at Brighton Museum
Tim Pilcher, founder member of the Comic Book Alliance, will be giving a talk on Jeff Keen, how comics influenced his work and how he, in turn, influenced (or at least foresaw) the future of comix, this Saturday (23rd February)… Read More ›
Opinion: Too Many Cons, Not Enough Pros
With a series of comic conventions upon us in the UK, which began last weekend and continues on Saturday with Kapow in London, Comic Book Alliance organiser, comic creator and book editor Tim Pilcher ponders the future of the Bristol… Read More ›
In Review: Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes
Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes by Mary and Bryan Talbot Publisher: Jonathan Cape Out: Now The Book: Part personal history, part biography, Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes contrasts two coming-of-age narratives: that of Lucia, the daughter of James Joyce, and… Read More ›