tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post8095298342390339496..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: When did you last see your tutor?Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-84446351360440123342007-10-26T19:04:00.000-05:002007-10-26T19:04:00.000-05:00Colman Gyes, that was Jane. well spotted.re the le...Colman G<BR/>yes, that was Jane. well spotted.<BR/>re the lettering. not deliberately made to look like graffiti, but definitely i was fighting to make the lettering and the drawing look like they're part of the same gesture. Herriman is a great example of that. Ca et la have done the French translation using a font made from samples I did specially, but it looks mechanical to my eye. i like to see the the lettering responding to everything that's going on around it, even if this sometimes means it's teetering on the limits of legibility, like a hand-written greeting from a dear friend, or the address on a package that only arrives after having gone to two previous wrong houses.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-58618649645899931222007-10-26T03:24:00.000-05:002007-10-26T03:24:00.000-05:00"Your work, somewhat more adult and serious in its..."Your work, somewhat more adult and serious in its visual style, would seem relatively strange, alien and unfriendly."<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>She probably liked the Letratone, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-64574870385061278842007-10-25T20:42:00.000-05:002007-10-25T20:42:00.000-05:00P.P.S.Maybe it's just coz I recently read Graffiti...P.P.S.<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's just coz I recently read Graffiti Kitchen and it's still going round my head, but when I read those pops at Talbot, the word that came to mind was — <B>GAROOGA</B>.<BR/><BR/>O.K., I'll piss off now. :-)Colman Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07174910138525249252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-3261333175661224472007-10-25T20:36:00.000-05:002007-10-25T20:36:00.000-05:00P.S.Just being nosy now, but was that lady friend ...P.S.<BR/><BR/>Just being nosy now, but was that lady friend from '81 the character you called "Jane" in Graffiti Kitchen?<BR/><BR/>And while I'm asking: was Graffiti Kitchen where you committed yourself to the lettering style that I now identify as "Eddie Campbell" lettering? If so, was it specifically intended to evoke graffiti?<BR/><BR/>(Really, I don't feel I should refer to it as "lettering" at all... smacks too much of "comic book culture", as you put it, and implies an added fracture between words and image that does not exist — in your work.)<BR/><BR/>(I like the way Paul Pope talks about cartoonists's drawings as a sort of handwriting. I also like the "lettering" — or eschewal of lettering, perhaps I should say — in <I>his</I> self-published work.)Colman Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07174910138525249252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-88408602960703295372007-10-25T20:26:00.000-05:002007-10-25T20:26:00.000-05:00Eddie,King Canute stinking of comic-book culture? ...Eddie,<BR/><BR/><I>King Canute</I> stinking of comic-book culture? Really?<BR/><BR/>I suspect your lady friend was comfortable with Posy Simmonds's work not because of any absence of comicky odours but precisely <I>because</I> it smelled familiar — anyone who grew up reading British humour comics, girls' comics, and newspaper cartoons would find Simmonds's work immediately approachable.<BR/><BR/>Your work, somewhat more adult and serious in its visual style, would seem relatively strange, alien and unfriendly. "Why doesn't this comic strip look jolly, like comic strips are supposed to look?" You'll sometimes find that an uncomfortable reader's next step is to declare such a work to be "pretentious".<BR/><BR/>A particularly ugly example of this phenomenon was the infamous <I>Newsnight</I> review of <I>Jimmy Corrigan</I>. (I even remember the panelists saying something along the lines of "I like Posy Simmonds and Raymond Briggs — but <I>this</I> thing is horrible and weird!!")<BR/><BR/>Your broader thesis still stands, of course.Colman Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07174910138525249252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-44696649430340892007-10-25T20:13:00.000-05:002007-10-25T20:13:00.000-05:00Hemlockman: that seems inevitable given that no on...Hemlockman: that seems inevitable given that no one can agree what a graphic novel is. Those who usually claim to be its inventors didn't call their works graphic novels at the time, although I've noted earlier that Byron Preiss was using the term for his publications in the mid-Seventies. Hindsight is at work everywhere. <BR/><BR/>Bryan's first volume of Luther Arkwright (December 1982) doesn't feature the words "graphic novel" anywhere and is actually a part-work, ending with the words "To be continued". James Cawthorn's single-volume adaptation of Moorcock's The Jewel in the Skull (1978) also doesn't feature the words "graphic novel" anywhere but that doesn't prevent my colleagues at Savoy Books from complaining to Paul Gravett every time he doesn't give it the "first UK graphic novel" accolade in each new book. Hindsight, again.<BR/><BR/>How many graphic novels can dance on the head of a pin?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-75459076574604040592007-10-25T19:00:00.000-05:002007-10-25T19:00:00.000-05:00What always amazes me is the artists (at least whi...What always amazes me is the artists (at least while they are still alive) who claim to have "created" the "graphic novel". When Jack Kirby died, for some reason National Public Radio decided that Kirby had created the graphic novel. So, for some reason, they phoned Gil Kane to ask him about Kirby inventing the graphic novel, and Kane's first response was:<BR/><BR/>"No, I invented the graphic novel. I wrote and illustrated HIS NAME IS SAVAGE years before Kiryb or anyone else did anything like it."<BR/>(paraphrased from my faulty memory)James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-62651805377330364982007-10-25T18:31:00.000-05:002007-10-25T18:31:00.000-05:00I think Raymond Briggs also chatted about her a bi...I think Raymond Briggs also chatted about her a bit in his Comics Journal interview.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-21841314748483726702007-10-25T10:48:00.000-05:002007-10-25T10:48:00.000-05:00This is why you should stay in London, you fool.I'...This is why you should stay in London, you fool.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to hide your passport. Mwaha.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Mwahahaha.Hayley Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493916787628212228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-21539256425423184472007-10-25T09:33:00.000-05:002007-10-25T09:33:00.000-05:00also, she's doing a talk at the ICA on Thursday ev...also, she's doing a talk at the ICA on Thursday evening: http://www.ica.org.uk/Posy%20Simmonds+15105.twlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-90417997374321343822007-10-25T08:11:00.000-05:002007-10-25T08:11:00.000-05:00Go thou here:http://books.guardian.co.uk/posysimmo...Go thou here:<BR/><BR/>http://books.guardian.co.uk/posysimmonds/archive/0,,852391,00.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-36111002338833664252007-10-25T08:08:00.000-05:002007-10-25T08:08:00.000-05:00She was back in the Guardian for a while recently,...She was back in the Guardian for a while recently, doing a page a week for the books section. She's a very astute humorist as well, some great observation about different types of writer and their assorted vanities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-66750567119626639442007-10-25T08:05:00.000-05:002007-10-25T08:05:00.000-05:00what is it about you Campbells that you can't reme...what is it about you Campbells that you can't remember the alliteration?<BR/><BR/>if you see him again Daren, tell him he's fondly remembered and give him a manly clap on the shoulder.<BR/><BR/>(Hayley, we'll be in the Ship from 4ish if you need a fill-in waiting point.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-75888564868665736832007-10-25T06:15:00.001-05:002007-10-25T06:15:00.001-05:00Marcus of the Great Disappearance? I was talking t...Marcus of the Great Disappearance? I was talking to Internet Simian about him last night! How odd.<BR/><BR/>In the words of the security guard on the last page of 'Lulu and the Flying Babies', <I>well, I never.</I>Hayley Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493916787628212228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-15221099393081850152007-10-25T06:15:00.000-05:002007-10-25T06:15:00.000-05:00Mrs Weber's Diary, from the same period, is frankl...Mrs Weber's Diary, from the same period, is frankly awesome. We had it at home when I was little - I must have read it aged about 7, and can remember huge chunks of it now. Just an amazingly good dissection of society at the time.<BR/><BR/>Get on the case, Eddie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-17088980142376372492007-10-25T05:45:00.000-05:002007-10-25T05:45:00.000-05:00Hey, I just had a beer with Marcus!Hey, I just had a beer with Marcus!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-54170463136429609362007-10-25T05:44:00.000-05:002007-10-25T05:44:00.000-05:00Posy's new book is out on the 1st November.Posy's new book is out on the 1st November.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-79284229254577722592007-10-25T05:37:00.000-05:002007-10-25T05:37:00.000-05:00Its like we talk about it down the pub and two day...Its like we talk about it down the pub and two days later its...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-68138585870275238362007-10-25T04:15:00.000-05:002007-10-25T04:15:00.000-05:00There are some softcover editions for around £10 (...There are some softcover editions for around £10 (GBP) available from www.abebooks.co.uk.<BR/><BR/>ISBN 0006366775 True Love (softcover)<BR/><BR/>ISBN 0224018957 True Love (hardcover)<BR/><BR/>It's not such a bad world, I hope. <BR/><BR/>Ben SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-29435194316870772842007-10-25T01:47:00.000-05:002007-10-25T01:47:00.000-05:00I like the clear way you disentangle things in thi...I like the clear way you disentangle things in this one.<BR/><BR/>In fact, I don't even have the usual urge to rib you mercilessly.<BR/><BR/>Statler.Nicki Greenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05933295866435745305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-65236742959890563242007-10-25T01:30:00.000-05:002007-10-25T01:30:00.000-05:00A couple of things which might interest:Metafilter...A couple of things which might interest:<BR/><BR/>Metafilter recently had two threads on American folk music which caught my eye: <A HREF="http://www.metafilter.com/65819/Down-with-the-old-folks-at-MySpace" REL="nofollow">Down with the old folks at... MySpace</A> and <A HREF="http://www.metafilter.com/65788/Folktunesorg-The-Folktunes-Archive-for-teaching-and-learning" REL="nofollow">Folktunes.org - The Folktunes Archive for teaching and learning</A>.<BR/><BR/>And, on the Comics front, <A HREF="http://nadshot.com/" REL="nofollow">Nadshot</A> samples strips of Groinal Injuries, and <A HREF="http://thesuperest.com/" REL="nofollow">The Superest</A> is a kind of DIY Superhero game for artists...drjonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14351916590417179786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-45564359103201340322007-10-25T01:24:00.000-05:002007-10-25T01:24:00.000-05:00Ms Simmonds is the subject of an interview appeari...Ms Simmonds is the subject of an interview appearing in the Comics Journal fairly soonish...hope it's a long one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-17219283158010684512007-10-25T00:21:00.000-05:002007-10-25T00:21:00.000-05:00I've never heard of her, but I link the freedom wi...I've never heard of her, but I link the freedom with which she draws. You're right. I can tell that she's not bogged down. On the other hand, I'm reading Talbot's Alice book right now, and I'm having trouble with it. Not that it's hard to read or anything. I can fallow it fine. It's just, I don't understand where he's going with all this. If it were on TV as an animated history, or written as a book, I think I could get into it more. It works about as well in it's format for me as Shakespeare would work as a novel. Does that make sense? It's the first thing by Talbot I have not felt any excitement for. Why do you think this is? Didn't you say you liked it?Christopher Moonlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16805942313835669938noreply@blogger.com