March 2012 Blog Posts (7)

Mara Aum: "Critics claim that comic books and graphic novels are “low brow” and “destroy literacy”... I am living proof to the contrary"



Elf help - Elf Quest by

Wendy and Richard Pini
Mara Aum refused to read, until the day she picked up a comic book. Here she tells us her thoughts on comics and literacy, and why she wouldn't be reading at all if it weren't for graphic fiction.

 

I still remember the expression…

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Added by Graphic Scotland on March 27, 2012 at 11:30 — No Comments

Hi-Ex!

We’re getting ready to head north for the Hi-Ex Comic Con on 31 March and 1 April. We speak to co-founder Vicky Stonebridge about how it all came about.

 

Hi-Ex started when Stonebridge was working at Eden Court theatre, doing an animation project. She was encouraged to also invite…

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Added by Graphic Scotland on March 20, 2012 at 11:30 — No Comments

Looking for an artist for this project:

Mains is a 22pg one-shot script.  It is a "horror" story but is a twisty,chiller (with some humour) rather than a gore-fest.  


Teaser Synopsis
It follows four people who's place of work appears to…
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Added by Louise Cochran-Mason on March 19, 2012 at 11:20 — No Comments

Graphic Scotland at Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School

Graphic Scotland joined forces with Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art Class on Sunday to provide a comic-themed burlesque extravaganza. It played to a packed room full of regulars and newcomers, all of them enthusiastic artists.

 

Dr Sketchy's is the brainchild of Molly Crabapple, who started the franchise in New York. The ethos behind…

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Added by Graphic Scotland on March 13, 2012 at 14:30 — No Comments

Stephen White on Raising Amy

We talk to 'Stref', or Stephen White, about his new book, Raising Amy.

 

Stref has written for DC Thompson’s The Dandy and The Beano. His first book for grown-ups, Milk, was published in 2009. Raising Amy is the book…

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Added by Ariadne Cass-Maran on March 6, 2012 at 11:00 — No Comments

I drew a thing

So I draw wee autobio comics to force me to draw regularly but I lead a mundane existence and often can't think of anything worth drawing. I made a new blog recently for fiction since it depends less on how interesting I am in real life. Constructive criticism would be very welcome. If anything isn't clear or pacing doesn't work or you just don't like the drawing style or whatever, I'd love to know some opinions so I can get better. I have a…

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Added by Anna Keville on March 5, 2012 at 0:47 — No Comments

Aye aye, fit like?

Hi there! I just discovered this place yesterday when I got a notification on Twitter telling me that Graphic Scotland had followed me - I'm not sure how they found out about me but I'm really happy to see there's a place for me to check out other Scottish peoples' comics, and maybe get some more viewers on my own!

So, a little more about me, I live up in Aberdeenshire, in a small village known as Whitehills. It's a really quiet place, not much to do here so I spend a lot of time on…

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Added by Charlie Wood on March 3, 2012 at 5:59 — 4 Comments

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