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'The Intercorstal: After Smith'

Started by grthink, 08 September, 2015, 01:42:59 PM

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grthink

Hi all,

Have been dropping in occasionally to lurk after a flurry of posts around the time that Dredd came out... Just thought I'd post to announce that I'll be exhibiting ten pages of 2000AD based abstract art as part of the Abstrakte Comics series of shows that's happening in Bremen (Germany) this year.

I've been working on an abstract comic for a while, which has sporadically involved reinterpreting pages from existing comics, usually 2000AD. When the organisers of Abstrakte Comics got in touch, I took the opportunity to do a themed set, which are all based on pages by John Smith. I've mostly gone for pages from my favourite thrills, so of the 10, 4 are from various Indigo Prime stories, 2 are from Revere and the others are Swimming In Blood, New Statesmen, Firekind and Still Life (which was a one-off in the Revolver Romance Special).

I'm keeping the majority of pages back from public view until the show goes live on Friday, but what I've already done can be seen on the comic's website: intercorstal.com

When the show goes live, there'll also be a free-to-download PDF of the pages, including a 10-page introduction by Tom Whiteley, who blogs as Janean Patience at https://suggestedformaturereaders.wordpress.com/. It's been laid out to look like 'Touched By The Hand Of Brendan' which was a Tyranny Rex text story in the 2000AD Sci Fi Special 1991.

If you DO happen to be in Bremen on Friday, or at all next month, here's the event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1648818192025847/

Cheers.


Dode C

Some really interesting stuff going on there gr. Like it a lot.

ZenArcade

Damn, only came across this post now. I hope the show went well grthink. Z
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grthink

Thanks Dode and ZenArcade, only just seen these replies.

The exhibition series as a whole was well received, and my 'After Smith' bits did OK too -- it was kind of a hard sell, as Abstract Comics was in itself something new for the audience, added to them not knowing anything about 2000AD, and further never having any idea of who John Smith might be. I did a lot of explaining on the opening night. Probably too much, but then I tend to do that anyway.

The German newspaper Taz covered the series of exhibitions, with a few paragraphs on my work, which include an introduction to '2000AD' in German. You can check that here: http://www.taz.de/!5243906/ (the image they've used on the website is by Rosaire Appel, the print version used one of my work-up sketches).

There's talk of the series as a whole being shown again next year in a different city in Germany, and if it is I'll be back to announce that too. I'm also thinking of expanding the number of pages and getting something printed, but that'l be after I've finished some other projects.

Oh, and all of the After Smith pages can be seen here: http://intercorstal.com/after-smith-gallery/. And if you do check that page, there's a link to a PDF featuring more details of the work, and a beyond-excellent article by Tom Whiteley (JaneanPatience, from Suggested For Mature Readers).