Montargis 2013 report

I've done a little report about my trip to this year's Coince La Bulle festival. It's on the Forbidden Planet blog. It was harder than I thought to sum up the weekend in a few words.

Please click the picture to go and read it.

Private Eye extra - Staying Alive

The new Private Eye #1337 is out and in it I look into the need for resource centres for the elderly. For an aging population there seems far too few place that creaking bones can go and socialize and stay mentally healthy.
So here is and extra couple of bits I could not fit into the room.

For this report I re-visited a place which may be familiar to those who have read this report.
It had been almost 18 months since I visited Millman Street centre in Camden, London. It was great to see the centre had survived the closure threats from the council but it was also sad to see that some of my original interviewees where no longer around. But the ones who were still using the centre were more than happy to catch up. In fact their views on the centre were unchanged (although delivered with a little less sharpness). Therefore I chose to included two quotes from my first visit as they are just as relevant today and fresh for Private Eye readers.

New Private Eye extra!

Dog-gone Dangerous! Scene & Heard in the new Private Eye magazine #1327 out now!
I headed out into the parks and estates of south London to find the vibe on those four legged killers roaming through our society known as dogs.
Here is an extra interview that didn't make it into report...

Pick up a copy of the magazine to read the less raunchy report.

Corporation tax. The public outcry...

Ok, so every couple of weeks I mention that there's this thing I do in a great magazine called Private Eye.

If you haven't had a look already, have a look at the new issue out now and see what the public think of big business not paying their taxes. Just £1.50 and loads of great stuff!

Fringe...

I went to the 3 big political party conferences to see the fringe events that happens. Find out what I heard and saw in this weeks Private Eye mag #1325.

(Here's a little bonus pic which didn't make it in.)

Squatting and coffee...

New Private Eye magazine out now! I visited some London squats and chatted with those who live in them.

Only £1.50 at all good places.

Also, you can grab a copy of my book Where's North From Here from the newly opened comicshop-cafe: Eggs Milk Butter. A cool little place with graphic novels, hot drinks and food. What a combination!

Goodbye Summer (Charlie Hebdo reportage)

So the media are declaring that the 'greatest British summer' has now passed because the Olympics are over. It has been a busy time. Way back in June, thousands of people watched a very rich, old lady float down a river to celebrate her not being dead yet. I covered the Jubilee for Private Eye (issue #1316) and then did another report for French newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The reports shared a couple images and interviews but were quite different.
Due to a technical problem with emails, the Charlie Hebdo report never saw print or the light of day. Until now!
Suite à une erreur technique (e-mail), mon reportage de la Jubile en juin n'été jamais dans Charlie Hebdo. Donc voila!
                               In English:                                                           En Francais:

Music Music Everywhere...

Covering the BBC Proms for Private Eye AND the hip 1-2-3-4 festival for Stool Pigeon all in one week. My ears are still ringing.

Grab the excellent Private Eye magazine up now for £1.50 at a billion newsagents in the UK. (supermarkets too but please support a smaller business)

Click on the pic to read the first part of my festival adventure for free!

Oh and out this week too there's a one page comic I've done in the new issue of the highly recommended magazine Your Days Are Numbered. It's issue 3 and it's distributed across the UK in graphic stores, comic shops, cafes and record stores. And damn it, it's FREE too! (I'll never get rich this way)
More info on the mag and some of their stellar interviews are here - www.yourdaysarenumberedmag.com

A little unfinished comic sketch to even up the words / pictures ratio.

 

(Pour mon lecteurs français, quelques cool informations très bientôt!)

Down and out in Private Eye

I'm back from France and there'll be more on that when I gather all my pics and thoughts. Don't forget to grab a copy of Private Eye magazine. It still has my regular 'documentery comics'. This week I tackle depression...

 

Stool Pigeon #35...

Out now! Free at all good music shops and venues.

Featuring my live review of Battles.

Private Eye #1303

 

If you head down to your local (UK) newsagent, corner shop or supermarket from today, you can grab the brand new issue of the simply brilliant Private Eye magazine.

In it you'll find my first contribution to the mag!

I am honoured to be gracing these pages as I've bleeting on about  the mag for a long time.

It's only £1.50 and it's a fantastic magazine even if you aren't so keen on seeing my silly scribbles.

www.private-eye.co.uk

Charlie Hebdo 1010. Occupy London. Mon reportage...

 

Elderly and Disabled part 1