From scores of high quality applicants, six 21-25 year olds were chosen to showcase the best of young British comic talent. They will be interning at the londonprintstudio creating comics anthologies and running workshops for youth in the local community. The project is generously sponsored by John Lyon's Charity.
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
This Thursday 16th June.
The exhibition is almost up! Hope to see you all at the private view this Thursday 16th from 6.30-8.30pm at londonprintstudio. The exhibition will run until 25th June. See you down there!
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
LPS Comic Collective's Podcast!
You've seen our work, now why not have a listen to us talking about all things comicy at:
Thanks to Laydeez Do Comics for letting us present and to Alex Fitch for the wonderful
podcast! You can also see the lovely Abi Higg's blog about our presentation at http://laydeezdocomics.com/. Aaaaand finally here are some photos:
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Exhibition Invite
Dear All
You are invited to the private view of the 'IMAGINED CITIES' exhibition at londonprintstudio on Thursd
From mad bird gods to man-eating women, from a run down Northern suburb to an Eastern block city; the work you will see in the IMAGINED CITIES exhibition showcases the varied imaginations of some of the best young, British comic artists. This exhibition is the culmination of a 6 month internship run by the londonprintstudio where five interns (Joe Kelly, Rachel Taylor, William Goldsmith, Isabel Greenberg and Freya Harrison) created new original narrative art as well as mentoring local teenagers and creating an anthology. Their work, and that of the 16-20 year old students, is displayed alongside professional British comic artists who have acted as project mentors; Al Davison (Vertigo), Ellen Lindner (Whores of Mensa), Karrie Fransman (Random House) and publisher SelfMadeHero. The book also features a foreword from Posy Simmonds (creator of Tamara Drewe).
The exhibition runs at the londonprintstudio from 17th- 25th June. See you down there for nibbles and drinks!
Best,
The londonprintstudio Comic Collective
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Al Davison Workshop
Al Davison is a talented comic book artist who came to londonprintstudio to show us his work and critique the work of the interns. Here is a the blog comic by Joe describing his visit
SELF MADE HERO
Emma Hayley from SelfMadeHero, the graphic novel publisher, came in and gave us a fantastic workshop on pitching our ideas. Thank you Emma for a great afternoon! www.http://www.selfmadehero.com/
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Shadow Workshop: The Owl and The Pussy Cat
I ran a workshop with 16 - 20 year olds on Shadow puppets. Successfully showing the students another form of visual storytelling that can be used in comic art.
We took Edward Lear's short story "The Owl and The Pussy Cat" and narrated it using sequential images.
Shadow puppets originated from China during the Han Dynasty. When one of the concubines of Emperor Wu of han died from an illness, the Emperor was devasted and summoned his court officers to bring his beloved back to life. The offices made a shape of a concubine using donkey leather. Her joints were animated using 11 separate pieces of leather, and adorned with painted clothes. Using an oli lamp they made her shadow move, bringing her back to life.
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!'
In a beautiful pea green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!'
Pussy said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?'
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-tree grows
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?'
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-tree grows
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.
'Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.'
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.'
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
by Rachel Taylor.
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Anthology Preview!
londonprintstudio comic collective presents a preview of our upcoming anthology, Imagined Cities. More details soon...
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