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If any boarders can be in Dublin this Saturday (24 July), the second annual Summer Edition is on at Filmbase in Temple Bar! It's free in, and Ireland's finest comic creators, zine makers and book artists will be exhibiting - check out the website for the skinny.

As PJ has already been by to plug his new comic for the Star Trek communicator, I thought it wouldn't be out of place to tell you about my rather lower-tech webcomic.

The Cattle Raid of Cooley, an adaptation of the ancient Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge, is serialised at a rate of a page a week and started three weeks ago. Its hero is Cú Chulainn, who partly inspired Sláine, and has to defend Ulster single-handedly (charioteers don't count as people, apparently) when Queen Medb of Connacht turns up mob-handed to steal Donn of Cooley, Ulster's prize stud bull. Watching and occasionally interfering are the gods, including the Morrígan, goddess of carnage (below).



Visit the website every Wednesday, or subscribe to the rss feed. There's also a prequel, The Ulster Cycle: Ness, which follows the adventures of Cú Chulainn's grandmother when she was young. Enjoy!

Patrick
(And yes, it is drawn in red biro. You want to make something of it?)