Review of Contraband Issue 1 at Paperback Reader

Avid comic fangirl Moya from Oz dropped me a quick line to say she took some time to review (a very early version) of Contraband. Unfortunately she was working from a raw version we first sent out to a few folks last May to gauge early feedback - we've since sorted out those "rough bits" she picked out in the original sample. That being said, we're pleased she liked what she saw on the whole. Check it out at Paperback Reader.

Contraband Issue #2 Arriving in December

Issue 2 of Contraband will be appearing on Eyemelt in a few weeks. Watch for some upcoming promo/review stuff with Publishers Weekly and an interview for a cool Canada University rag. And here's a preview page from Issue #3 showing why you might think twice about stashing your mobile into your front pocket.

Persepolis and Promoting Contraband

What a top night out - the ICA's final night of Comica in London was one of the best eves I've had in months. Meeting the chaps who created the top webcomic (& now graphic novel collection) Shooting War - followed by a bit of Contraband promo chat over beers with some of the UK's coolest comic types - concluded with the premiere screening of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis (this is one fantastic movie). Even got in a quick chat reflecting on the Toronto Comic Arts Festival with Paul Gravett - who was one of the guys heading up this year's Comica event (his site www.paulgravett.com has plenty of info on this and other upcoming festivals).


It looks like the Angloueme festival won't be just fun and games after all. Our pro pass aps were approved so we're heading into the trade fair early to seek out out some foreign publishers for Contraband. Already we've had an interesting chat with a company in the Philippines who's keen to get a trade edition out bookshops/newstands in that country - perhaps sometime in the summer (have to get the english version finished first) In any case, watch for Contraband 6-pages previews in Dutch, Japanese and French popping up here at www.contrabandcomic.com over the next few weeks..

Going to Angouleme

We've decided that we're going to attend the big comics festival in Angouleme, France next January. This is one of the biggest conventions in the world with over 300,000 people attending over the 4 days and we're really looking forward to going, especially as our book will have been published by then.

Here's a new page. Poor Toby's getting himself roughed up by Jarvis:



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