Cam just let me know that a sketchbook featuring his work is being published. It'll be either 32 or 48 pages (he's not sure until his copies arrive), likely to be around €10 and it's bound to be chock-full of lovely Cam sketches, designs and doodles. Certainly worth a look for fans of Cam's work. The link below gives contact info for the publisher (Belgium-based), and if I get any additional info I'll post it here.
(http://i.imgur.com/FtYn8.jpg)
http://lagrandeourse.over-blog.com/article-cam-kennedy-s-sketchbook-107538362.html
I'm going to buy the shit out of that.
Whatever shit is left after Trout, I'm buying.
I'm in!!!
Whatever wipings are left after Joe Soap and Trout, I'm buying.
I've emailed about how to buy etc but no reply as yet. It's one tasty looking beast an no mistake.
M.
I only just realised that you can get what looks like a complete preview of the sketchbook via the link I gave above... D'oh!
A direct link:
http://issuu.com/rototo/docs/cam/01
I've heard nothing back from Tony either, but I'm sure it'll all work out soon enough. I suspect that Cam may also be selling copies at any conventions / signings he attends.
OOOO this thread reminds me. I found an old Sci-Fi pocket comic book with Cam art in it. Have been meaning to scan some images and post them on the board. May get round to it soon.
V
Just did a love piss in my pants.
I think, and Trout can help me on this, that he was talking vaguely about this at the Dundee comic day thing.
This is beyond good news!
WANT. :D
Sold by pussycat.
I'm going to felch the fucking shit out of this when everyone's done.
One of my favorite artists. I think my definitive Rogue Trooper artist. VC's, Light and Darkness War, Dark Empires. Can handle the humor without it getting stupid or whimsical.
Quote from: Richmond Clements on 10 July, 2012, 05:40:05 PM
Just did a love piss in my pants.
I think, and Trout can help me on this, that he was talking vaguely about this at the Dundee comic day thing.
This is beyond good news!
No idea, mate. I was pished. :)
Well I'm going to buy this and do something sexy as well.
Quote from: blackmocco on 10 July, 2012, 06:25:18 PM
One of my favorite artists. I think my definitive Rogue Trooper artist. VC's, Light and Darkness War, Dark Empires. Can handle the humor without it getting stupid or whimsical.
Yep; like McMahon and MacNeil, everything he creates is fantastically coherent from a design point of view- characters, buildings and vehicles all look as though they belong in the same world. Despite the degree of stylisation in his art, everything has such a weight and solidity about it that Megacity One never felt so real to me as it did in Cam's strips.
Sold, to the fanboy with slevvers running down his chin.
Also, Cam's vision problems mean he can't draw any more. This is a rare chance to put a few quid in his pocket.
I urge every 2000AD fan to support this artist - one of our true greats - in his retirement.
Quote from: Trout on 10 July, 2012, 07:04:23 PM
Also, Cam's vision problems mean he can't draw any more. This is a rare chance to put a few quid in his pocket.
I urge every 2000AD fan to support this artist - one of our true greats - in his retirement.
Good point. New page needs new link to buy: http://lagrandeourse.over-blog.com/article-cam-kennedy-s-sketchbook-107538362.html (http://lagrandeourse.over-blog.com/article-cam-kennedy-s-sketchbook-107538362.html)
Quote from: Trout on 10 July, 2012, 07:04:23 PM
Also, Cam's vision problems mean he can't draw any more. This is a rare chance to put a few quid in his pocket.
I urge every 2000AD fan to support this artist - one of our true greats - in his retirement.
I didn't know that. Fuck me, that blows.
It's fucking heartbreaking, especially as he talks so openly about it. "I'm losing my sight," he said. I was really upset, so I can't imagine how he felt.
Cam Kennedy is a great man and a real character.
Quote from: Trout on 10 July, 2012, 07:18:38 PM
It's fucking heartbreaking, especially as he talks so openly about it. "I'm losing my sight," he said. I was really upset, so I can't imagine how he felt.
Cam Kennedy is a great man and a real character.
Yup. Genuinely one of the nicest people I have had the privilege to meet. And I think that fact that he is genuinely unaware of just how loved he is adds to it.
Time for a new tribute book?
Yep, definitely one of my favourite artists. I love his work. 'The Midnight Surfer' is my Dredd highlight, but his colour work on 'The Light and Darkness War' just blew me away.
I'm hoping to buy a page from his Boba Fett work in the near future. I'll definitely be buying this sketch book.
Definitely buying this - love his hardware, his characters, his framing, he never put a foot wrong in any strip I read of his.
It's great to see so many heartfelt, warm comments about Cam and I know he'd be touched so see the high regard in which he's held. I've been lucky enough to pick up a few pages of art direct from Cam over the last few years (my first piece of original 2000AD art was a Cam Rogue page, via Rufus) and I can't say too many nice things about him. As well as one of the true greats of 2000AD (not forgetting all the other wonderful work he's done) he's a genuinely lovely fella and I feel more than a bit privileged to have had the chance to chat with him from time to time. Despite his worsening eyesight, he even included a couple of Dredd sketches with some art he sent (one I'll post here, the other you can see in the thread linked below).
Cam Kennedy Appreciation Thread (of sorts):
http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,26974.0.html
(http://i.imgur.com/XKMLm.jpg)
Ordered mine for a total of about 20 quid.
Well worth it and I'm surprised that other 2000ad artists don't follow the American Comic Con trend and have sketchbooks published.
There's a host of folks I'd readily buy such a thing from.
Good stuff, Dunk. Cam hinted that this might only be the first - the first of many, with any luck. I made it clear to Tony that I thought there'd be a fair bit of demand and support for the venture, anyway.
I'd take more alright!
For the record, I think Cam is possibly my favourite ever Dredd artist. Loved that solidity and consistency he gave to every panel as others have mentioned.
There should be a Cam Dredd collection - make it so Tharg.
M.
Cam is my all-time definitive Dredd artist and my all-time definitive Star Wars artist (one of very few who actually developed the look of the SW universe in a completely new but entirely consistent way And they are two of my absolute favourite things. He's also my nominee for the best representation of movement in all of comics art. This is a must-have.
Quote from: TordelBack on 11 July, 2012, 10:00:42 AMHe's also my nominee for the best representation of movement in all of comics art.
Exhibit A:
(http://i.imgur.com/S9u7Q.jpg)
Quote from: ming on 11 July, 2012, 10:06:54 AM
Exhibit A:
Indeed, as discussed here. (http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,26974.msg502959.html#msg502959)
I've missed Cam at not one, but two, Hi-Exs now, and I'm just gutted.
Cheers
Jim
Oh wow, this looks gorgeous! I'm defeinitely getting this once the paycheck comes in; Cam's art is pretty much why I started buying the Prog in the first place. It still makes me tingle.
And now I'm brokenhearted about his sight :( My Ma lost her sight years back, so I know how hard it is, but it must be so much harder when you're an artist. Brave man.
Wonderful news, He was talking about this at Dundee but was light on detail or distracted by his long lost twins reunion.
I'll be buying that as his work is a joy to ogle
Got it in the post today and it is lush. Really high quality repro,you'd swear you'd smudge the illos if you weren't careful. A bonus was the inclusion of an insert of the bounty hunter sketch above on nice thick paper.
Top stuff-more of this sort of thing!
M
I got this from a shop in Belgium... ridiculous postage , But I had to have it. Beautiful stuff, reminding me once again how great cam is and what amazing work he has done form 2000ad to The Light and Darkness Wars.
It's small and thin so I wouldn't recommend buying where I got it , just wait until a UK seller has it in stock
The sketchbook was put together on Cam's behalf by Tony Lariviere, who dabbles in small press from what I gather; he also recently started that comic shop in Belgium. I'd be surprised if the sketchbook emerges at other retail outlets, but Cam has 100 copies so those might get sold by him at conventions, I guess.
Quote from: johnnystress on 14 July, 2012, 06:41:46 PM
...amazing work he has done form 2000ad to The Light and Darkness Wars.
The painted artwork on The Light and Darkness Wars is just beautiful; a real eye-opener when you consider the more usual b&w strip work we were used to from Cam at the time (although having said that, his Titan covers were glorious). On the subject of other Cam work, did you ever pick up The Outcasts, Johnny?
(12-issue run from DC, starting in 1987 - Wagner, Grant, Kennedy...)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Outcasts_-1.jpg)
Lovely man - and he does a lot of care in the community work too!
(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c118/button71/hiex2012044.jpg)
Is Cam trying the Vulcan Death Grip on Pete there?
Looks like he is about to jab Pete in the ear with his pen.
V
Pete's ready for any attack - see the way he's holding his fist - that's the famed Pete Wells' Block...
Is Gav the illegitimate son of Ronnie Drew?
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_VcRO_H4kHdA/SKcdnDjVe9I/AAAAAAAAAN4/1sH3bPdBjNE/s400/rd_03a.jpg)
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 15 July, 2012, 11:56:32 AM
Is Gav the illegitimate son of Ronnie Drew?
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cMdbfkl3Rz4/R0wJnxy3iEI/AAAAAAAABHY/BLAqfsK9r88/s400/oddbodjr.jpg)
Outcasts is great, I'm sure it was written for 2000 AD, includies Fatties and everything!
Where can we buy this book from then?
Mine turned up Friday.
Excellent, excellent work. As I've said elsewhere Cam's command of light and shadow combined with his design sense is just a joy to look at.
Note to other 2000ad artists: More of this sort of thing, please! We fans like nothing more than a glimpse behind the scenes and getting things professionally printed is easy in this day and age.
Quote from: Large48 on 15 July, 2012, 02:21:37 PM
Where can we buy this book from then?
http://lagrandeourse.over-blog.com/article-cam-kennedy-s-sketchbook-107538362.html (http://lagrandeourse.over-blog.com/article-cam-kennedy-s-sketchbook-107538362.html)
Quote from: Dunk! on 15 July, 2012, 03:10:05 PM
Note to other 2000ad artists: More of this sort of thing, please! We fans like nothing more than a glimpse behind the scenes and getting things professionally printed is easy in this day and age.
Yes, a Mick McMahon sketchbook, would be nice. Thank you.
I should probably have stuck a link up to the free preview of the book itself; which is stunning, even on a laptop screen. Comparing Cam's pencils and inks to the computer coloured finished artwork makes you realise what a talent the man is.
I remember giving the Lobo book a body swerve because the color art looked a bit ropey- but the power and dynamism of the b/w page reproduced here looks better than anything Bisley did with the character. Even a colourist as good as Chris Blythe doesn't add anything to Cam's already vivid and fully realised artwork.
http://issuu.com/rototo/docs/cam/15 (http://issuu.com/rototo/docs/cam/15)
http://issuu.com/rototo/docs/cam/19 (http://issuu.com/rototo/docs/cam/19)
I posted a link to the page giving details on buying when I started the thread (and a link to the full preview is also on the first page of this thread).
Really happy to see people liking this; mine should be waiting for me when I get home after the weekend. I'll try and get Cam and Tony to do a follow-up soon (and suggest something similar to Brendan McCarthy).
Quote from: ming on 15 July, 2012, 05:32:09 PM
I'll try and get Cam and Tony to do a follow-up soon (and suggest something similar to Brendan McCarthy).
Go on then!
M.
Quote from: Judge Jack on 15 July, 2012, 03:19:14 PM
Quote from: Dunk! on 15 July, 2012, 03:10:05 PM
Note to other 2000ad artists: More of this sort of thing, please! We fans like nothing more than a glimpse behind the scenes and getting things professionally printed is easy in this day and age.
Yes, a Mick McMahon sketchbook, would be nice. Thank you.
I think many artists may be put off doing sketch books, as they might have to contact all the publishers of certain characters for the right to publish their images. I imagine it could be a complete pain in the bottom negotiating with the half a dozen license holders that might be involved.
Quote from: ming on 15 July, 2012, 05:32:09 PM
I posted a link to the page giving details on buying when I started the thread (and a link to the full preview is also on the first page of this thread).
Really happy to see people liking this; mine should be waiting for me when I get home after the weekend. I'll try and get Cam and Tony to do a follow-up soon (and suggest something similar to Brendan McCarthy).
Mick McMahon, no...? I'd love a sketchbook of his too, Ming. Be so great to have a bunch of his art and styles between two covers. Make that happen willya? There's a good fella.
Quote from: Minty on 16 July, 2012, 09:33:59 PM
Quote from: Judge Jack on 15 July, 2012, 03:19:14 PM
Quote from: Dunk! on 15 July, 2012, 03:10:05 PM
Note to other 2000ad artists: More of this sort of thing, please! We fans like nothing more than a glimpse behind the scenes and getting things professionally printed is easy in this day and age.
Yes, a Mick McMahon sketchbook, would be nice. Thank you.
I think many artists may be put off doing sketch books, as they might have to contact all the publishers of certain characters for the right to publish their images. I imagine it could be a complete pain in the bottom negotiating with the half a dozen license holders that might be involved.
True, and Mick himself has said he's kept very little of his art. Doesnt even have much in the way of copies, either. So putting together a sketchbook, would be doubley problematic?
Still can't find it on that link Ming........... :(
Anyone got a spare one?
You have to email Tony Lariviere Large - his names highlighted on the link. The paypal address is the same but drop him a line so he can quote you for postage etc.
M.
Quote from: Large48 on 17 July, 2012, 12:59:43 AM
Still can't find it on that link Ming........... :(
Anyone got a spare one?
What Mikey said...
Tony's updated the page, which now reads as follows:
Now available from Atomik Strip comic shop in Andenne - Belgium.
You can order by post or e-mail Tony Lariviere for shipping costs outwith Belgium.
For those of you who are UK based you'll be interested to know that I sent a pile of copies to Cam, so you'll be able to buy it directly from Cam if you come across him at any conventions, and get it signed.
I've asked Cam to keep me up to speed with info on conventions he's hoping to attend in the near future. And what he tells me I will tell you.
For those of you who find yourselves at the convention in Andenne-Belgium, November 10-11, Cam will be there.
Check La Grande Ourse website for details and guests.
Size : 17x26cm (6.7x10.25 inches)
36 pages (colors and black and white)
First printing, only 150 copies !!!
A black and white looseleaf print is inserted with each copy (picture below - Bounty Hunter).
Thanks very much, ming...just sent my email. Cam's one of my all-time idols...i nearly wet myself the first time i met him at Hi-EX! ...and it didn't get much better this year either!?
WOAH THERE BOYS!
I contacted Cam directly from his site and I'm buying mine (signed) from him. It'd probably work out cheaper than buying it from the other place and all the cash goes to Cam (though I'm adding a few quid extra anyway...)
Quote from: Pete Wells on 17 July, 2012, 12:49:57 PM
WOAH THERE BOYS!
I contacted Cam directly from his site and I'm buying mine (signed) from him. It'd probably work out cheaper than buying it from the other place and all the cash goes to Cam (though I'm adding a few quid extra anyway...)
:o Cool! :D
Quote from: Pete Wells on 17 July, 2012, 12:49:57 PM
WOAH THERE BOYS!
I contacted Cam directly from his site and I'm buying mine (signed) from him. It'd probably work out cheaper than buying it from the other place and all the cash goes to Cam (though I'm adding a few quid extra anyway...)
Good stuff, Pete. Did you just email Cam via his website? Does he take PayPal now? I asked him what his plans were for his stack of the sketchbook (100 copies) a week or so back, and figured he'd be selling them via conventions and the like. Despite the hefty postage involved, it's still good to support Tony in Belgium as he put this thing together in the first place.
Quote from: ming on 17 July, 2012, 01:10:03 PM
Quote from: Pete Wells on 17 July, 2012, 12:49:57 PM
WOAH THERE BOYS!
I contacted Cam directly from his site and I'm buying mine (signed) from him. It'd probably work out cheaper than buying it from the other place and all the cash goes to Cam (though I'm adding a few quid extra anyway...)
Good stuff, Pete. Did you just email Cam via his website? Does he take PayPal now?
Thanks,
Pete! Just ordered a signed copy from Cam :D
I used the email address on his website and paid by paypal too,
ming
A shame Cam didn't mention this when he told me about the sketchbook in the first place; he just gave me the info and Tony's details... Sorry folks, you could have saved a few quid on postage there...
:-[
Quote from: ming on 17 July, 2012, 12:01:51 PM
First printing, only 150 copies !!!
Stak! Stevie won't have the g for postage to the AQntipodes til Thursday next week.
Crossing fingers & toes that a copy holds out until then...
Quote from: O Lucky Stevie! on 18 July, 2012, 03:45:22 AM
Quote from: ming on 17 July, 2012, 12:01:51 PM
First printing, only 150 copies !!!
Stak! Stevie won't have the g for postage to the AQntipodes til Thursday next week.
Crossing fingers & toes that a copy holds out until then...
As Cam has an additional 100 copies (I'm assuming the 150 copies are just the ones Tony's selling) there's always a chance to get one direct from Cam (email via his website, and he takes PayPal now). It would be great if these sell out at some point, making a follow-up more likely...
Got an email from Tony this morning advising me to get in touch with Cam to order a copy, ming, so it looks like they're being sold through Cam now anyway.
Hopefully that means he's sold out! In a good way of course...
M.
I ordered one directly from Cam last night. The email address is, as others have said, on his website. I'm very pleased to have put a few quid in his pocket.
- Trout
Ordered one this morning, along with offering him some encouragement to do some more!
Cheers
Jim
Just ordered a signed copy from Cam...
I've ordered one too :)
Great to be able to get a signed copy as well.
I'd certainly buy these from other artists.
what is the price if you don't mind me asking ?
Quote from: James Stacey on 18 July, 2012, 11:40:30 AM
what is the price if you don't mind me asking ?
"£10 unsigned or £15 signed plus £2 p&p in UK"
A bargain! Again, I'm sorry for anyone who ended up paying the rather excessive postage charges from Belgium... If I'd had the info from Cam about his own sales as well as those of Tony, I'd have avoided this. Still, as I said previously - good to support Tony's efforts in putting this together, and hopefully the sale goes well and a follow-up will emerge in due course.
Ordered one as well.
Guess what arrived in the post today? 36 pages of Cam Kennedy loveliness. The only downside is that it pains me in ways I struggle to articulate to know that there's no more new work coming from Cam.
Cheers
Jim
Got mine as well. Very nice isn't it :)
I'm not thinking about that, or trying not to anyway.
Mine turned up today, too. It's full of beautiful art.
Ordered one. :)
Quote from: ming on 18 July, 2012, 12:32:24 PM
A bargain! Again, I'm sorry for anyone who ended up paying the rather excessive postage charges from Belgium... If I'd had the info from Cam about his own sales as well as those of Tony, I'd have avoided this. Still, as I said previously - good to support Tony's efforts in putting this together, and hopefully the sale goes well and a follow-up will emerge in due course.
Yup, as you said Ming, it was that Tony fella who did it in the first place so it's nice to give him some support.
Got mine today, beautiful stuff! Thanks to Cam and Tony for getting this together, and here's hoping for another :)
Ordered mine last night
Mine arrived yesterday ... Cracking stuff !!
Just ordered mine and actually got a little thrill from the second hand, once removed contact with the man who drew The Midnight Surfer.
I didn't have a paypal account before, but it only took about five minutes to set up and ordering the book was as easy as entering Cam's email address ([deleted]) into a box and clicking send.
£10 per book or £15 for a signed copy (plus £2 post and packaging)
Hey Bikini dude, I know you're being helpful but I don't think you should be putting someone's personal email address on a public forum. The poor guy will get spammed to buggery!
I was thinking the same... It's easy enough to get in touch with Cam I'd you need to.
Yikes! I'm sure a helpful mod will be along to delete it soon, but anyone wanting to use paypal will get their hands on that info anyway.
Quote from: bikini kill on 22 July, 2012, 08:48:06 AM
Yikes! I'm sure a helpful mod will be along to delete it soon, but anyone wanting to use paypal will get their hands on that info anyway.
Yes, but by putting it on a publicly accessible site, it can get harvested by spambots, which is why you shouldn't do it.
Cheers
Jim
Got mine. Beautiful stuff. Delighted to add it to the collection.
Slightly off topic;
Which are the 2000 collections containing the most Cam Kennedy art? Any suggestions appreciated!
With artists so often jumbled up on 2000 projects it's often hard to locate the stuff with the most pages from an artist you want to collect for one's hard earned dollar!
I love Cam Kennedy's work. A great shame about his failing eyesight. At least we have his fabulous catalogue work to admire.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Judge-Dredd-Art-Kenny-Who/dp/1904265898/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343033569&sr=8-1
The Cam Kennedy Collection - The Art Of Kenny Who is a good place to start.
Yeah, that's a good solid dose of Cam Kennedy goodness, but it's mostly relatively late Dredd:
http://shop.2000adonline.com/products/judge_dredd_the_art_of_kenny_who
The Art of Kenny Who? (progs 477-479)
Beyond Our Kenny (Judge Dredd Megazine 1.01-1.03)
Who? Dares Wins (Judge Dredd Megazine 228-229)
SABs (progs 1200-1202)
Bad Mother (progs 2001)
Bodies of Evidence (progs 1234-1236)
Alien Wedding (prog 1241)
The Student Prince (prog 2002)
It's Deja Vu All Over Again (prog 1282-1283)
Block Court (prog 1284)
Finger of Suspicion (prog 1387)
Big Deal at Drekk City (prog 1400-1404)
The Bazooka (Judge Dredd Megazine 4.01-4.03)
Blackout (Judge Dredd Megazine 238-239)
I'd add Case Files 9 as well - contains Dredd from Progs 424 - 473, which includes Cam classics like Midnight Surfer, Magnificent Obsession, The Warlord and The Big Sleep...
http://shop.2000adonline.com/products/judge_dredd_the_complete_case_files_09
Then you need some Rogue Trooper and The VCs to round things off...
:)
Thanks guys! I'll add the "kenny" book to my (vast!) must buy list.
It's a pain having to buy collected editions of stuff you already have (somewhere!) in pile of progs just to gain easy access to an artists work. Sometimes I'm tempted to take scissors and staples to m y old progs! :o
:)
See? That's why we need an official 2000AD digital archive. I'd happily pay big bucks for that...
Quote from: SMUDGE10 on 24 July, 2012, 07:19:53 AM
Sometimes I'm tempted to take scissors and staples to m y old progs! :o
Ah, this is summat i did, many moons ago, to my old progs - (that ive since had to buy all over again!).
I still have, somewhere, the
Skizz graphic novel that i 'invented' back in the early eighties!
Quote from: Judge Jack on 24 July, 2012, 04:08:37 PM
I still have, somewhere, the Skizz graphic novel that i 'invented' back in the early eighties!
:lol:
Got this from Cam, but no VC's and no Rogue............. :(
You mean no VCs or Rogue included in the sketchbook? Yeah, a shame nothing of those made it in, but there's always a chance for the next one (assuming he has some appropriate material left).
I got mine (and a wee freebie! :D) Great stuff, I imagine there is no VC, Rogue, Star Wars due to possible copyright issues. Some L&D War artwork with notes.
Still there are great starships, aliens and bounty hunters agogo. I imagine these are the things Cam drew but didn't want Mr Lucas to get copyright of.
and some nice speeder 'style' bikes too. So not SW canon but def the biz.
Quote from: Proudhuff on 28 July, 2012, 01:38:43 PM
I got mine (and a wee freebie! :D) Great stuff, I imagine there is no VC, Rogue, Star Wars due to possible copyright issues. Some L&D War artwork with notes.
But there's some Dredd work in there so I don't see how copyright would stop Rogue or VC stuff.
As posted elsewhere earlier; a second volume of Cam's sketchbook has surfaced... More details when I have 'em.
Quote from: ming on 02 October, 2013, 02:55:33 PM
Full preview available here:
http://issuu.com/rototo/docs/camkennedy2
I'll try and figure out the best options for picking this up; should be available from Tony L via the link I gave previously and I guess from Cam if you see him in person...
Thanks.
Haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere, but The Light and Darkness War will finally be collected and published next year; March-ish, Cam thinks.
Quote from: ming on 26 November, 2013, 09:51:05 PM
Haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere, but The Light and Darkness War will finally be collected and published next year; March-ish, Cam thinks.
Interesting, I wonder who collect it. Will still hold to my issues I think though.
The artwork in the L&D war is wonderful, at the time I had a problem with how the VC are portrayed, but a minor quibble, Good news for Cam (and us!)
Quote from: ming on 26 November, 2013, 09:51:05 PM
Haven't seen this mentioned elsewhere, but The Light and Darkness War will finally be collected and published next year; March-ish, Cam thinks.
Sorry for the necro-post folks but The Light and Darkness War will be released in hardback by Titan Comics in June 2015.
Hope Cam's along to the Glasgow Con 2015 for a signing :D
Quote from: Ancient Otter on 24 September, 2014, 08:33:53 PM
Sorry for the necro-post folks but The Light and Darkness War will be released in hardback by Titan Comics in June 2015.
Do you think they could publish it without the lettering, that way I can pretend it's just a really pretty art book and not get distracted by the
terrible writing?
Cheers
Jim
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 25 September, 2014, 10:55:47 AM
Quote from: Ancient Otter on 24 September, 2014, 08:33:53 PM
Sorry for the necro-post folks but The Light and Darkness War will be released in hardback by Titan Comics in June 2015.
Do you think they could publish it without the lettering, that way I can pretend it's just a really pretty art book and not get distracted by the terrible writing?
Cheers
Jim
Heh. I just reread it a few months back. Its not
that bad. Its just, well...
Actually its a pretty weird book. 70s sexism, odd choices in plot, never really builds on the first potential when you arrive on the other world. Very much of its time its like nam-flashback meets Heavy Metal. Beautiful art tho, absolutely worth owning.
Its been a long time, but I found it's attitude to the Vietnamese repugnant, the art however was brilliant.
The more pertinent point is well will someone (DC I assume its not creator owned I don't think) reprint Outcasts so a whole new set of folk can indulge in that particular piece of loveliness.
Quote from: Colin_YNWA on 25 September, 2014, 04:12:11 PM
The more pertinent point is well will someone (DC I assume its not creator owned I don't think) reprint Outcasts so a whole new set of folk can indulge in that particular piece of loveliness.
I never read that or The Light And Darkness War. TLDW will get my tenner because it's Cam, but I'd be much more excited about being able to read a lost example of what sounds like vintage Wagner & Grant. Start a petition or something, Colin.
Outcasts is a great yarn about a big city and mutants.
I read the beginning of the Light and Darkness War in this fantastic anthology from Marvel UK:
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e129/jimmyalpha2008/3161321-meltdown001.jpg)
I say fantastic - I loved the strips, loved the posters, loved the design but trying to get hold of a copy in Great Yarmouth was an absolute ball ache. I got to issue 3 and never found another (I believe it only ran to #7).
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 25 September, 2014, 06:08:53 PM
Outcasts is a great yarn about a big city and mutants.
Fair enough; Wagner & Grant were hired by DC on the strength of their Dredd work, after all. Just as long as there isn't also a guy with a mechanical arm, a guy called Angel, and a storyline about muties being thrown out of the city.
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 25 September, 2014, 10:55:47 AM
Quote from: Ancient Otter on 24 September, 2014, 08:33:53 PM
Sorry for the necro-post folks but The Light and Darkness War will be released in hardback by Titan Comics in June 2015.
Do you think they could publish it without the lettering, that way I can pretend it's just a really pretty art book and not get distracted by the terrible writing?
Cheers
Jim
Ha! It is a struggle to get through - unfortunately. But Cam is on fine form. I must try a re-read at some point. You never know....