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MarkHall · 22-03-2009 10:15pm

Gail Simone In Forbidden planet Dublin this Friday.
http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/?p=12152

QUOTE
Comics, especially the mainstream superhero variety, have often been accused of being part of a boy’s club. Gail Simone, who has frequently commented on the portrayal of female characters in the medium, has carved herself a distinctive place not only as a female writer but as one of the big names that draws readers in, having written Superman for Action Comics, Deadpool for Marvel, Gen 13, Legion and many more, with her run on the female superhero team Birds of Prey and now Wonder Woman firmly establishing her credentials as a major comics scribe for the largest publishers. Gail will be appearing at the Forbidden Planet store in Dublin (5-6 Crampton Quay, Dublin 2, phone: 0035 3167 10688) on Friday March 27th from 6 to 7pm, so take advantage of this chance to come and meet a writer who’s on first name terms with Diana Prince.

Robert Curley · 26-03-2009 7:39pm

This April, Sub-City will be opening a new store at unit 5, Smock Alley, West Essex Street. We have been looking for a new premises for a while now and anybody who comes into our Exchequer Street shop will know it's been well overdue!
The new shop will specialise in back issues (over 100,000! ), independent graphic novels, Anime dvds, posters, t shirts, models, figures and a large selection of second hand graphics and trade paperbacks.

We will also be having a special opening night (date to be announced )

More info to come!

Saruwatari · 26-03-2009 8:11pm

Robert Curley wrote: »

This April, Sub-City will be opening a new store at unit 5, Smock Alley, West Essex Street. We have been looking for a new premises for a while now and anybody who comes into our Exchequer Street shop will know it's been well overdue!
The new shop will specialise in back issues (over 100,000! ), independent graphic novels, Anime dvds, posters, t shirts, models, figures and a large selection of second hand graphics and trade paperbacks.

We will also be having a special opening night (date to be announced )

More info to come!

Holy crap, where did this come out of?? :eek:
Sound amazing Rob, can't wait to see it! I'll definitely be down for the opening night...

Robert Curley · 27-03-2009 6:40pm

Saruwatari wrote: »

Holy crap, where did this come out of?? :eek:
Sound amazing Rob, can't wait to see it! I'll definitely be down for the opening night...

It's been on the cards for a while but we did not want to say anything until it was definite

David Campbell · 02-04-2009 10:53am

2D – Northern Ireland Comics Festival 2009

CELEBRATING COMIC BOOK CULTURE

4th – 6th June

2D returns this June with another exciting schedule of comic events. Guests confirmed so far include

David Lloyd
Liam Sharp
Mike Collins
David Hine
Garry Leach
Rufus Dayglo
D’ Israeli
Declan Shalvey
Andie Tong
Staz Johnson
PJ Holden
Nick Roche
Phil Barrett
Bridgeen Gillespie
Andrew Brenner
Cartoon Saloon
Stephen Mooney

Schedule

Thursday morning and afternoon:
School workshops @ Verbal Arts Centre

Friday morning and afternoon:
School/Public workshops @ Verbal Arts Centre

Friday evening:
Panel discussions @ Sandinos Bar

Saturday morning and afternoon:
2D Open Day – come along and meet the guests – sketches, signings, comics dealers, workshops, stormtroopers, competition prize-giving, massive art wall and a whole lot more @ Verbal Arts Centre

The festival has also joined forces with the ‘Campaign for Drawing’ to host a drawing event during the Open Day on Saturday 6th June, where everyone will be invited to sketch on our Art Wall in the Verbal Arts Centre.

Saturday evening:
Panel discussions and Closing Party@ Sandinos Bar

Comic Art Exhibition: tbc

Table Space is Free for all Creators/Exhibitors/Publishers – on a first come first served basis

All Events are Free of Charge

For more details or to get in touch about anything festival related
Please go to www.2dfestival.com
or contact david@2dfestival.com

Robert Curley · 12-04-2009 10:14am

Just to confirm that the new shop will open on Saturday 25th April. And for anyone who can't wait that long we are having an open day on Friday 24th from five to eight. Hope to see you there.

As the new shop is a lot bigger than 2 Exchequer street it gives us the chance to get more involved in signings with artists and writers. This summer will see Stephen Mooney[Angel, C.S.I, The Mummy] Paul Cornell [Dr Who tv show,Captain Britain] Stephen Thompson[Star Trek] and Nick Roach[Transformers,Dr Who] More to follow.

ztoical · 12-04-2009 10:46am

Robert Curley wrote: »

As the new shop is a lot bigger than 2 Exchequer street

is the Exchequer st. shop staying open?

Robert Curley · 12-04-2009 1:48pm

ztoical wrote: »

is the Exchequer st. shop staying open?

Yeah Exchequer st. is staying open. What we don't do there we will do in the new shop. So lots of space for lots of stuff!

ztoical · 12-04-2009 3:30pm

Robert Curley wrote: »

Yeah Exchequer st. is staying open. What we don't do there we will do in the new shop. So lots of space for lots of stuff!

ok so does that mean you'll get new comics into both shops or its a case of new comics at exchequer and back issues/graphic novels/toys etc at new shop? Also what shall we call new shop [other then new shop of course] Sub City 2 [or 3 as the store in galway is also sub city]

Robert Curley · 12-04-2009 4:32pm

Exchequer st will have new comics and a larger selection of graphics inc independent's,political and of course mainstream, along with Roleplaying, card games and board games. The new shop will be back issues,models,statues,posters,t shirts,cult dvd's,anime and more manga.
Basically whatever we don't do in one we will do in the other.

orbital_ems · 14-04-2009 6:10pm

Sir Didymus · 15-04-2009 3:37pm

Pre-registration for Q-Con XVI is now open!

Q-Con is the annual Gaming Convention hosted by Dragonslayers, the Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) Gaming and Anime Society. This year sees Q-Con enter its sixteenth year and we will be taking over the entire QUB Students’ Union for a weekend of gaming and anime fun, from the 26-28 June 2009!

Q-Con will feature a wide selection of games and events over the convention weekend, with Role-playing Games, Board Games, LARPs, War Games, Collectable Card Games, Console Games, PC LAN, Anime Screenings, Cosplay, Special Events, Special Guests and much more!

Big events to watch out for: Rock Band Live on Stage, and Games Workshop's 'Field of Blood' Warhammer tournaments.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

For those who pre-register a full weekend ticket for Q-Con will cost just £10/€12.

Accommodation is available for just £17/€20 per night. Availability is limited, so pre-register early to avoid disappointment.

SPECIAL OFFER: Pre-register before 12 June 2009 and you will be entered into a prize draw with the chance to win an X-Box 360!

For registration/accommodation forms, information on all our games and events or if you would like to run games at Q-Con XVI then please visit our website for full details:

www.q-con.org.uk

Chris McWatters
Q-Con XVI Publicity Officer
info@q-con.org.uk | www.q-con.org.uk
26-28 June 2009 |QUB Students' Union

sammysteiger · 16-04-2009 2:26pm

so new Sub City will be like Crow st?, they do a great selection of back issues and models etc.

ztoical · 22-04-2009 8:18pm

Sir Didymus wrote: »

It's actually 12 Euro for pre-registration.

Might help to quote your earlier post or put some more info in this post so people know what to pre-registration your taking about

Sir Didymus wrote: »

Pre-registration for Q-Con XVI is now open!

Q-Con is the annual Gaming Convention hosted by Dragonslayers, the Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) Gaming and Anime Society. This year sees Q-Con enter its sixteenth year and we will be taking over the entire QUB Students’ Union for a weekend of gaming and anime fun, from the 26-28 June 2009!

Q-Con will feature a wide selection of games and events over the convention weekend, with Role-playing Games, Board Games, LARPs, War Games, Collectable Card Games, Console Games, PC LAN, Anime Screenings, Cosplay, Special Events, Special Guests and much more!

Big events to watch out for: Rock Band Live on Stage, and Games Workshop's 'Field of Blood' Warhammer tournaments.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

For those who pre-register a full weekend ticket for Q-Con will cost just £10/€14.

Accommodation is available for just £17/€20 per night. Availability is limited, so pre-register early to avoid disappointment.

SPECIAL OFFER: Pre-register before 12 June 2009 and you will be entered into a prize draw with the chance to win an X-Box 360!

For registration/accommodation forms, information on all our games and events or if you would like to run games at Q-Con XVI then please visit our website for full details:

www.q-con.org.uk

Chris McWatters
Q-Con XVI Publicity Officer
info@q-con.org.uk | www.q-con.org.uk
26-28 June 2009 |QUB Students' Union

ztoical · 01-05-2009 12:08pm

Posting on behalf of Edition book arts crew:

Summer Edition 2009 is a Comic, Zine and Artists' Book Fair happening on Saturday 4th July in Filmbase, Temple Bar, Dublin and you're invited to take part.

It's open to comic artists, zine creators, artists' book makers and their representatives and may include original art sellers, artists, publishers and writers selling comics, zines, artists books and associated products they have produced.

2.5 foot x 3 foot table spaces are only 20 euros!

Click on www.editionbookarts.com for more information and to fill out the application form and apply.

We're going to be doing everything we can to raise the profile of independently published work and ensure big numbers of visitors to this event. Note this event includes:
- FREE entry to members of the public
- a central city Temple Bar location
- a diverse crowd attendance
- will be very well advertised, promoted, postered and signposted leading right up to July

Places are limited and allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please feel free to cross post and pass along this information to whomever might be interested.

Katie, Paddy & Phil

dmcloughney · 01-05-2009 3:51pm

swwweeeeettttt, I'm there. Was gonna ask if anyone wants to split a table but 2.5' x 3' is small enough I suppose. Looking forward to this one

magwea · 03-05-2009 1:30pm

Would be interested in seeing some of the comic related guests, alright (Dave McKean, James Jean, Chip Kidd). Expensive at 120 euro. Anyone been to one of these conferences before, is it worth the money? Still, sounds interesting.

Thanks for the link ztoical, wouldn't of heard about it otherwise.

Nathanual · 05-05-2009 10:29am

Can't seem to get onto the site to book a table...

Stephen

Nathanual · 05-05-2009 10:43am

Managed to get on, whew!!!

subedei · 05-05-2009 2:22pm

Cool might pop up to see this during the summer

ztoical · 06-05-2009 3:34pm

This was just posted up on the Irish comics lj blog, I don't know anymore about it cept what's posted below and I'm not sure what age group it's being aimed at.

We are hosting a Lucozade Bloggers comic book workshop next Saturday 9th May to celebrate the launch of the new Lucozade digital campaign called ‘Energy Guy’.

The workshop will take place in The Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin and will be hosted by the guys behind the Lucozade Energy campaign, illustrator Eoin Coveney and animator, Jason Butler

Eoin and Jason will talk through the whole process of creating a comic book, illustration and the transfer to animation when creating a comic strip…and then it’s your turn!!!

Eoin will be on hand to do very flattering caricatures and you’ll even get to be a bad guy or superhero in your own comic strip for your Blog!

RSVP Essential!

Details:

Date: 9th May 2009

Location: The Science Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin

Time: 1pm

Details: A comic book workshop with the illustrator & animator behind the new Lucozade Energy Man digital campaign

Refreshments: A Lovely lunch and lots of Lucozade will be provided!

Directions: Opposite Pearse Street Dart Station–(Entrance on Pearse Street)

RSVP: Cliodhna Lamont, cliodhna.lamont@ogilvy.com or 01 6690030

About the Lucozade campaign:
The latest Lucozade Energy digital campaign called 'Energy Guy' has just launched. The campaign encourages consumers to submit their own comic stories via an online or mobile mechanic with 5 of the best stories being turned into a professional comic strip. Winners will also get a PSP and their comic strip displayed on a 6 sheet in their local town.

ztoical · 06-05-2009 3:42pm

magwea wrote: »

Expensive at 120 euro. Anyone been to one of these conferences before, is it worth the money? Still, sounds interesting.

I've been to a few similar conferences hosted by the society of illustrators in new york but was thankfully able to get a student discount at the time. Not sure if it's worth it to people not working in the field depends on whose taking - I've seem James Jean, Chip Kidd and Tara McPharon do talks at different cons and Jean and Kidd are very interesting esp Kidd who had some great stories you could listen to all day, McPharson not so much, even though I'm a huge fan of her work, she just wasn't a good public speaker.

Worth keeping an eye on the website maybe they'll do some single talk ticket things or other events if people don't want to/can't go to the whole thing.

magwea · 10-05-2009 6:00pm

I've seen a few recorded panels of Chip Kidd online. Definitely entertaining stuff.

Robert Curley · 28-05-2009 10:01am

Leah Moore and John Reppion will be signing between 1pm and 4pm Sat 13th June at Sub-City unit 5 west Essex Street off Dame street. All Welcome!

thebaddy · 09-06-2009 11:40am

hey all a quick plug for our independent artists book, comic and zine fair - SUMMER EDITION 2009

Come along to Filmbase in the heart of Temple Bar, Dublin on the 4th July and partake in Summer Edition 2009, an artist's book, comic and zine fair.

Taking in everything from mini comic artists and burgeoning cartoonists to established book art practitioners, poets to printmakers, lowbrow artists to zine makers it’s a day long celebration of self expression through the medium of DIY publishing.

With over 30 exhibitors showcasing work and prices ranging from €1 to €100, there’ll be something for everyone. Peruse the stalls, take part in a workshop, pick up some handcrafted goodies and let the books blow your mind.

Full list of confirmed exhibitors on the website www.editionbookarts.com

orbital_ems · 09-06-2009 3:07pm

While the highly-anticipated sequel, Transformers “Revenge of the Fallen” premiers in the UK on June 19th, Orbital Comics is celebrating 25 years of Transformer Comics with a 5 man strong creator signing:

Date: Saturday 27th June, from 2pm
Location: Orbital Comics (8, Gt Newport Street, London WC2H 7JA).

Transformer Fans can meet and get autographs from talented Transformer comic creators Simon Furman (comic writer), Nick Roche (comic artist), Jon Davis-Hunt (comic artist), Liam Shalloo (comic artist) and Boo (comic artist).

Orbital Comics is also holding a Transformers Exhibition showing prestigious work from Nick Roche -

Dates: 19th June – 19th July 2009.
Location: Orbital Comics (8, Gt Newport Street, London WC2H 7JA).

Click here for poster

orbital_ems · 09-06-2009 3:09pm

Orbital Manga is hosting a rare and exclusive signing with Manga Artist BENJAMIN (writer and artist for the stunning manga book "Orange" by Tokyopop)

Benjamin is a phenomenal mainland China artist, whose stunning digital art adorns in his Art Book Xiao Pan's, "FLASH". His artistic style really catches the eye, and every panel in "Orange" is painted, brush style in colour with great detail.

He'll be demonstrating his remarkable technique and signing copies of his books including the limited edition landscape-format hardback of "Orange", his latest lavish art book "Flash", Chinese Youth, Remember, One Day (in French) and Images and Prints on the day of the signing.

Date: Friday 26th June 5pm - 7pm
Location: Orbital Manga, 4c Orion House, Upper St Martins Lane, London WC2H 9NY
Contact: (+44) 207 2405577

Click here for flyer

orbital_ems · 16-06-2009 3:41pm

Cartoonist comic veteran Charlie Adlard, most famous for his artwork in The Walking Dead, a world over-run by flesh eating zombies and Savage (2000AD), will be heading to Orbital Comics for a signing on July 4th at 4pm!

Orbital Comics
8 Gt Newport St
London WC2H 7JA
Tel: 0207 2400591

Nearest Tube: Leicester Square Exit 3

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