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Same Old Same Old

2009-04-07T08:46:00.003+01:00

Fraser here for a change. Here's a link to the site I post the occasional "Same Old Same Old" strip. Its a strip about working in the same office with the same people day-in-day-out and the resentful closeness you inevitably develop with people you don't even really like.

The strip is based on an experiment I did a few years ago when I took a single Scott Adams Dilbert strip and re-wrote it 50 different ways. For a writer who can't draw but loves doing comic strips the idea of a static three or four panels you can re do in many different ways is very appealing. Thanks to Iain for doing the art on this.

Blackcape #65

2009-04-07T08:42:00.004+01:00

ODDS AND SODS

2009-03-21T16:22:00.004Z

Fraser has a new play on at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival. Heres the info;

Odds and Sods

A Rehearsed Reading of a new play written and directed by Tom Brogan and Fraser Campbell

The Ramshorn Theatre, Tuesday 24th March 2009 7.30pm Tickets £4

From the writers of the live show 'You Owe Me Glue' (GICF total sell-out 2005 & 2007) and the Radio Scotland sketch show 'The Magic Glue' comes a rehearsed reading of a comedy play set in one of Glasgow's more downmarket Bookmakers.

Sandy the bookmaker entertains a clientèle of mug punters, weirdos and reprobates – while their money’s green. What happens when the worst loser’s luck changes?

Starring (in alphabetical order)

Scott Agnew
Jennifer Byrne
Moira Byrne
James Keenan
John Love
Robert Radcliffe
Will Speirs

http://www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com/shows.aspx?ID=125

Advance Booking: SECC 0870 0135464 www.SECxtra.com

Or contact The Ramshorn Theatre to book:

Tel: 552- 3489

Email:
ramshorn.theatre@strath.ac.uk

Rorkes Drift

2009-03-21T16:12:00.005Z

Heres a strip that Fraser and I did for a Mickey Rourke anthology a year or so ago.We decided to set it at the time Mr Rourkes career was absolutely in the crapper and he was playing the big bad in a risible Dennis Rodman/Van Damme film called "Double Team".Enjoy

2 New Powwkipsie strips

2009-03-21T16:03:00.002Z

Come and play.
http://powwkipsie.blogspot.com

Black Cape-Behind The Magic

2009-02-10T12:32:00.006Z

Fraser(left) and Iain ponder the future of Black Cape.

Wasted#2 is in Diamonds April PREVIEWS. More news as we get it.

Blackcape in DEADHEAD

2009-02-08T10:27:00.004Z

Theres a new Black Cape drawing by me up at Deadhead Comics in Edinburgh. If your going past pop in and have a look. In fact pop in anyway as its without question the best comic shop in Edinburgh!

Deadhead
27 Candlemaker Row
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH1

Eeeyonlohry

2009-02-02T14:17:00.001Z

Hello
Ive got a new drawing blog up at the above address.Please pop along if youve nothing better to do.

Thanking you.

David Lupton

2008-06-19T00:27:00.004+01:00

Friend of the Cape David Lupton(who did an amazing Blackcape Interpretation has a few events on at the Edinburgh International Film Festival that are worth checking out.Daves not only a genius artist but a top bloke so show your support!

Corin Hardy & David Lupton: Surrounded by Horrors Exhibition
Exhibition Dates: Sat 21 June - Sunday 6 July
Opening Hours: 12:00 - 19:00

You do not need to purchase a ticket for the exhibition, simply turn up at The GRV.

Sat 21 Jun, 12:00 The GRV Free To buy, please call Box Office
Examine the elements of an amazing music video – and even buy a part to keep.
Corin Hardy’s award winning video for The Horrors ‘She Is The New Thing’ is a painstakingly hand-created animation which recently won best International Animated Music Video in Brussels Anima 2008. For the first time, the 1000+ hand-drawn frames will be exhibited in one space, allowing visitors to be fully immersed in the animation itself. A limited run of prints signed by Corin and illustrator, David Lupton will be exclusively available to buy at the exhibition.

Corin Hardy: Punk Rock Animation Workshop
Please note the workshop runs over both days Sat 21 June 10:00 - 17:00 and Sunday 10:00 - 17:00.

Sat 21 Jun, 10:00 e.c.a. £50.00 Buy tickets
A workshop with Corin Hardy and David Lupton.
Join the maker of promos for Keane, McFly, Guillemots and the award-winning short Butterfly (EIFF 2003) in a two-day workshop which allows attendees to reimagine The Horrors ‘She Is The New Thing’. Followed by a screening of the final work and a selection of Corin's recent work. Participants should have some training in animation.

Blackcape 64

2008-06-18T10:17:00.001+01:00

Blackcape 63

2008-06-16T19:06:00.001+01:00

Blackcape 62

2008-06-12T21:03:00.003+01:00

Blackcape 61

2008-06-10T19:07:00.002+01:00

Blackcape 60

2008-06-08T19:54:00.001+01:00

Same Old Same Old

2008-06-05T23:15:00.002+01:00

Same Old Same Old is a new weekly comic about the horror of spending the bulk of your life with people who mildly hate you.
From Fraser Campbell & Iain Laurie
http://sameoldcomic.wordpress.com

powwkipsie 6

2008-06-01T13:58:00.002+01:00

http://powwkipsie.blogspot.com

Scottish Comics On The BBC

2008-05-30T19:22:00.002+01:00

Heres a good wee BBC video about Scottish Comics creators including Black Capes adopted parents Mr Jamie Grant and Mr Alan Grant as well as the very brilliant Mr Frank Quitely.Keep your eyes peeled for the Black Cape close-up;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7425328.stm

A Bleak Triumph

2008-05-24T16:13:00.001+01:00

WASTED got a really good review in UK mag THE LIST.
http://www.list.co.uk/article/8467-alan-grant-jamie-grant-various-wasted-no1/

powwkipsie 5

2008-05-24T16:08:00.001+01:00

http://powwkipsie.blogspot.com

powwkipsie 4

2008-05-21T22:59:00.003+01:00

http://powwkipsie.blogspot.com/

WASTED goes live!!!

2008-05-18T00:16:00.003+01:00

Fancy 2 new full colour Blackcapes written by Fraser Campbell,Drawn by Iain Laurie and phenomenally colored by Derek Dow?
The PDF of WASTED is available now to download for free.As well as BLACKCAPE the mag has contributions from Alan Grant, Jamie Grant,Simon Bisley,Curt Sibling,Craig Collins,Alan Kerr,Dave Alexander and many more. All wrapped up in a lovely Frank Quiety cover.
Show your support and get downloading.

http://www.wastedcomic.com/

Blackcape/Elph Crossover

2008-05-18T00:02:00.002+01:00

To say thanks to Elph for his amazing Blackcape drawing, I sent him my version of his Captain character.Click the title to check it out and Elphs other amazing work!

powwkipsie 3

2008-05-17T23:56:00.003+01:00

http://powwkipsie.blogspot.com/

Blackcape 59

2008-05-10T16:16:00.000+01:00

Powwkipsie 2

2008-05-10T16:14:00.003+01:00

http://powwkipsie.blogspot.com/

Blackcape 58

2008-04-26T12:52:00.002+01:00

Blackcape 57

2008-04-21T07:31:00.003+01:00

Blackcape 56

2008-04-19T16:31:00.002+01:00

Blackcape 55

2008-04-17T19:47:00.001+01:00

Powwkipsie

2008-04-17T19:42:00.002+01:00

Part One of my new comic strip "Powwkipsie"
http://powwkipsie.blogspot.com/

Please pop by if you have a minute
Any feedback or comments appreciated

Iain

Blackcape 54

2008-04-15T12:16:00.000+01:00

Blackcape by Dave Dell'oso

2008-04-14T18:54:00.003+01:00

Heres another terrific Blackcape by Dave Dell'oso. Daves been one of our biggest supporters as well as being an extremely talented and busy artist in his own right. Check Daves stuff at his blog http://davessketchbook.blogspot.com/
where he contributes a panel a day to his excellent "Cartown Comics". I advise you check it out.
Thanks Dave, and thanks again for all the support!

Blackcape 53

2008-04-13T17:40:00.002+01:00

Blackcape Interpretations

2008-04-13T17:38:00.001+01:00

Heres 2 fantastic drawings by Bad Press regulars Rab and Tom. Thanks guys!

Blackcape by Tom Campbell

2008-04-13T17:33:00.000+01:00

Blackcape by Rab Thompson

2008-04-13T17:32:00.002+01:00

Blackcape 52

2008-04-10T18:35:00.000+01:00

Blackcape by Elph

2008-04-09T07:36:00.004+01:00

Heres a mindblowingly cool Blackcape by one of my favourite artists and all round top bloke Elph.If you've never checked the mans stuff go immediately over to;http://www.akaelph.com and capitanojings.blogspot.com to check out his tremendous work. And once you've absorbed all that why not pop along to his current show at the Redcoat Gallery in Glasgow. Details up at the blog. Thanks mate!

Blackcape 51

2008-04-07T22:55:00.000+01:00

BLACKCAPE 50

2008-04-06T15:07:00.002+01:00

Blackcape hits the big five-oh.Thanks to Derek Dow for the beautiful colouring job. Derek, you are indeed, the man. Fraser and I would like to thank everybody for checking out 50 posts of tragic,useless superheroes. Any birthday greetings or well wishes greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Blackcape 49

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Blackcape 48

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Blackcape 47

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Blackcape 46

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Blackcape 45

2008-03-29T09:36:00.000Z

WASTED gets Myspaced

2008-03-29T09:11:00.001Z

JOIN.NOW.
http://www.myspace.com/wastedcomic

Blackcape 44

2008-03-28T07:10:00.000Z

Blackcape 43

2008-03-27T00:14:00.001Z

Blackcape by Craig Collins

2008-03-26T18:31:00.000Z

Heres a great drawing by Craig Collins. Craig is a scientist by day, a comic writer and amateur
cartoonist by night. He has contributed a number of short cartoons to
WASTED with art co-conspirator Paul McCann and is working a number of
other projects large and small, stockpiling small press work for the
coming apocalypse in collaboration with the mighty talents of Curt
Sibling, Rab Thomson and Iain Laurie. Craig and Iain's OMNISCIENT ZORGO
will be arriving in your galaxy soon to insult and humiliate you.

Blackcape Gets WASTED Behind The Scenes 2;

2008-03-25T20:33:00.000Z

By Fraser Campbell

Here’s the script for what turned out to be the first Blackcape strip for Wasted.

Black Cape Intro Strip:

Panel 1: A pristine young smiling superhero gets off the bus, stepping in to the fetid world of Blackcape.

Panel 2: From his POV. He sees a barren urban wasteland. A filthy masked Old Cape ambles towards him.

Panel 3: The New Guy addresses the Old Cape.

NEW GUY
Hail fellow hero! I don’t mean to trouble you, but could you direct me to where all the crime is around here? I’m anxious to start doing good!

Panel 4: The Old Cape looks at the smiling young hero with utter contempt.

OLD CAPE
You got any money mate? Money for drink?

NEW GUY
Money for Dri…well, no, no I don’t…

Panel 5: The Old Cape spits right in the new guys face.

Panel 6: The new guy wipes the spit from his face, horrified. He is now old, fat, unshaved his uniform torn and dirty. Maybe that’s a bit cheesy, I don’t know – you could always have him getting progressively like this as the strip goes on and maybe it even has more impact if he doesn’t transform, and is simply traumatised by what happens – your call – see what works visually.

As you can see, it wasn’t exactly a plot fest, which offers it’s own challenges – especially when you’re going for something that delivers what BC is about to an uninitiated audience. That at least was the intention of this particular strip. Iain and I normally “Marvel method” Blackcape – we both have ideas for concepts that we toss around, we decide on an idea, Iain draws it and I dialogue it later. Sometimes lain will just surprise me with a bunch of unscripted panels. So it was a fairly unusual step to actually script a strip out and it comes as no real surprise to me that the finished strip bears little resemblance to the script as originally written.

After Iain had drawn the strip, we made the new guy less heroic, added some lines, polished some lines and changed the content of the exchange a little without really changing the central idea. In the final strip, I of course also had to come up with something other than the cop-out I had for panel 6 in this first draft.

Blackcape 42

2008-03-25T19:33:00.001Z

Blackcape by Matt Pattison

2008-03-24T22:57:00.000Z

Heres a tremendous drawing by Matt Pattison. Matts done editorial commissions but also design solutions, ad campaigns, character design and animation and stuff for The Guardian and The Fortean Times among others .Check out his fantastic work at his blogs;

www.culpritart.blogspot.com
www.weareweapon.blogspot.com
www.culprittoys.blogspot.com

Thanks Matt

Blackcape Gets WASTED Behind The Scenes 1;

2008-03-24T18:46:00.000Z

With Wasteds publication imminent, heres a glimpse behind the scenes.
This is Blackcape/3 from Wasted Issue 2. The strip is a new version of our Archie Catastrophous strip. The genius that is Derek Dow has added "flat" colours,from which he will add the grim and grimey textures that will bring Blackcape to life.
More updates coming soon.

Blackcape 41

2008-03-23T11:36:00.000Z

Carpet Wolf Love

2008-03-22T18:11:00.000Z

I just did this drawing for UK band CARPET WOLF LOVE
Check out their Myspace here;http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=359893661
..and immediately make them your friend and have a wee listen.

Iain

Blackcape 40

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Blackcape 39

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Blackcape 38

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Blackcape 37

2008-03-17T07:23:00.000Z

Elph Service

2008-03-15T20:50:00.001Z

Friend of the Cape,Elph is having an exhibition in Glasgow. The mans a total genius and I cant recommend his stuff highly enough, so check it out if you can. Hopefully we'll have a wee Blackcape Interpretation by him soon(no pressure,mate:).
Heres the flier.

Blackcape 36

2008-03-15T20:31:00.001Z

Blackcape Returns!!!Blackcape 35

2008-03-10T22:51:00.000Z

Blackcape by David Lupton

2008-03-03T21:22:00.000Z

Heres a fantastic Blackcape drawing by the amazing David Lupton.David is a freelance illustrator living and working in Edinburgh who hasprovided illustrations for editorial use, children’s books, poster design, animation, and album cover art.
His illustrations have appeared in publications such as The Guardian, Time Out, Dazed and Confused, New Scientist, The Times, and The Independent.
He has also worked with various record companies including Virgin, Warner Records and Rough Trade providing artwork for bands such as The Horrors, The Veils and Keane.
Currently, he is working on his own illustrated picture books which he hopes will soon find publication.
You can see more of his incredible work at www.david-lupton.com
Also, there will be an exhibition of David’s animation frames from The Horrors video ‘She is the New Thing’ shown as part of the Edinburgh Film Festival sometime in June 2008.Dont miss it!

Blackcape by Curt Sibling

2008-03-02T19:04:00.000Z

Heres a superb version of Kevin Kevin a.k.a Kreepy Krawlie drawn by the insanely talented and all round tob bloke Curt Sibling.Curts bio goes like this;

"Curt Sibling makes attempts at cartoon illustration. His comic focus is on fantasy and other idiocy.
He has worked on various past projects, and has helped far bigger and better creators in the past.
He is about to unleash his own comic joke upon the world, called Total Fear. Avoid it!"

Sele effacing as ever. Dont believe a word of it. As well as contributing to the upcoming WASTED,Ceiran has also worked on the current JEKYLL AND HYDE graphic novel by Alan Grant,Cam Kennedy and Jamie Grant.

Blackcape by Iain Laurie

2008-03-01T12:36:00.000Z

Yeah, its probably a cheat me doing one, but I finished this sketch earlier and thought Id throw it up.As for what I'm up to..umm..well Im marvelling at Derek Dows incredible colours for Blackcape 1 and 2 for WASTED issue 1.Blackcape 3 is done,Blackcape 4 is demanding to be inked and im working on MEKAWARE and SHOCK MADIGAN with Fraser and OMNISCIENT ZORGO with Craig Collins. Hopefully some snippets of these soon.

Blackcape by Fraser Campbell

2008-03-01T10:12:00.000Z

Heres Blackcape as rendered by the strips writer Fraser Campbell.As well as writing Blackcape, Fraser has another couple of projects brewing away in that diseased,fertile imagination of his.As well as continuing to write BLACKCAPE for WASTED, he has contributed GRAVEYARD BELLE to Accents upcoming WESTERN anthology,and is working away on a new project called MEKAWARE(more on that soon).He continues to work with writer Tom Brogan on the live sketch comedy show YOU OWE ME GLUE.

Blackcape by Alan Kerr

2008-02-29T18:38:00.000Z

Heres Blackcape by the brilliant,hotly-tipped and all round good bloke Alan Kerr.Alan,who also draws under the name Deadboy does his awesome comic strip KREEPY KAT over at http://www.kreepykat.com and the equally great LUSI SULFURA(http://www.lusisulfura.com) which will be appearing in Bad Press WASTED. Hes also got other great stuff up at his own site(http://www.deadboydesigns.com). We're big fans of Mr Kerr here at the Cape Cave and we implore you to check out his wares.

Blackcape by Rob Miller

2008-02-26T18:40:00.001Z

First up its Rob Miller,formerly of Scotlands last great comic KHAKI SHORTS.(http://www.myspace.com/khakishorts).KHAKI SHORTS is no longer with us,sadly but Rob is busying away on some other projects that hes too cool to talk about.

Cape Interpretations

2008-02-26T18:37:00.000Z

Introducing a new series where we get some talented folk to do their interpretations of Blackcape characters or their own Blackcape type scribblings.First one coming soon.

If anyones interested in doing one, email me at oneneckhatesu@yahoo.com

2008-02-21T20:48:00.000Z

Colouring The Cape

2008-02-20T19:29:00.000Z

Introducing the newest member of the Blackcape team, ARTMUNKI.
Mr MUNKI will be adding his genius colours to BLACKCAPE when we debut in the upcoming WASTED.

Blackcape sat down with the big man for a chat.

How things coming with the drab,broken world of Blackcape?You enjoying it or is it breaking your spirit?
A: I reckon I'm up to about a half ounce of baccy a night now, I keep running out of bourbon, and I think my eyes are starting to turn yellow, but other than that, it's a blast!

Whats the general thinking behind the colour scheme your using?
A: Drab, driech and miserable, to put it simply. I'm kinda trying to go for a fairly standard superhero colouring style, then taking the whole thing and soaking it in piss before leaving it to dry in a kipper smokery - y'know, a really wholesome, vibrant experience, fun for all the family.

As a colourist whats your influences?
A: I've come to colouring from an initial interest in digital painting, so my immediate influences are more in that area - the likes of Mess Studios Imaginary Friends Studio and Studio Udon, but I'm too bloody slow to do that sort of stuff in sequentials, so I've been picking up a lot of practical tips from the colourists at Hope Street (Jamie, Dom & Jim). Mind, I'm also pretty heavily influenced by soft drugs and last-minute panic.

Who do you like better,Iain or Fraser?
A: I'm scared to answer this, because either way I can see it leading to some mention of salty man-love, and that just ain't an appetising prospect!

Whats your all-time favourite bit of comic colouring?
A: what, like my favourite part of the process, or my favourite example of work? For favourite work, I really wouldn't know where to start - there's just so much great stuff out there, but I think just now I'm probably most into the X-title stuff that Christian Lichtner is doing with Joe Madureira . My favourite piece I've done myself was a Spidey pinup I coloured up for fun back when I first started playing with other folk's lines, and as for the process - I just love the whole thing! It's great when you have an idea of how to tackle something, and it kinda looks crap for ages, but then you do one last tone or a layer effect, and suddenly it all comes together the way you wanted it to. It's good when I get pages finished too, 'cause then they take the chains off and I get to empty the latrine!

Whats your dream project that doesnt invole fat,urine stained unemployed superheroes?
A: Well, obviously that's something of a dream in itself (y'know, that sort of dream where you wake up wide-eyed, coated in sweat and hoping that smell's from the cat), but other than that, anything that pays enough to let me pack in the crap day-job would be great! Failing that (cuz really, what are the chances), I grew up reading Marvel comics, so it'd be a bit of a wet dream to colour an official Spidey issue. It'd be pretty amazing to work on something with Sam Kieth as well, and someday I might even get around to finding time to do my own comic.

What else you involved with at the minute?
A: Right now I'm taking a well-deserved holiday in Belgium, but when I get back I've got a digital painting I want to get finished for submission to an artbook, and I'll be doing some pixel-art for a wee 2D side-scrolling sneaky zombie shooter PC/mobile game. I've also been working on colouring some submission samples for another chap at the studio (Tom Campbell), and I've been told that Frank Quietly himself is gonna do a cover for the submission, which I get to colour, so I'm really looking forward to that!

True or false,you gave JUSTICE artist extraordinaire Dougie Braithwaite a photoshop colouring seminar?
A: God, it actually sounds kinda impressive when you put it like that! But yeah, I did, more or less. He was visiting Hope Street the second time I was up there, and Jamie asked me to show Doug some of the stuff you can do with photoshop. I even got to play with Frank Quietly's personal Cintiq tablet to do it, too. I doubt Doug really learned much from me, but it was a lot of fun anyway!

What music do you like colouring too, or like the Blackcape guys do you prefer working to a soundtrack of your own tears?
A: I find other people's lament works better as a soundtrack - I've shorted out too many keyboards with my own tears, so I had to have my ducts cauterised (well, THEY told me that's why they did it). I get these really good tapes shipped in from Portugal, tho - I'll lend you a couple.

If a god is a dj is life the dancefloor?
A: aye, probably - and I'll be the bitter bastard propping up the bar.

Finally can you lend me a few quid till payday?
A: aye, sure - will you take an IOU?

WASTED updates coming soon.

Blackcape Do Kreepy Kat

2008-02-11T19:31:00.001Z

Me and Fraser have done this weeks Kreepy Kat.
Thanks to Alan for allowing us to join the select company of Frank Quitely(http://www.hopestreetstudios.com/) and Jamie Smart(http://www.fumboo.com/) as guest creators on his baby.

http://www.kreepykat.com/

Alan Grant Talks "Wasted"

2008-02-10T18:57:00.000Z

"WASTED" - ALAN GRANT TALKS NEW HUMOR ANTHOLOGY
by Shaun Manning, Contributing Writer
Posted: February 6, 2008 — More From This Author

January saw the online debut of “Wasted,” a new quarterly humor anthology from Bad Press Ltd. Edited by comics veteran Alan Grant (writer of “Detective Comics,” “Batman: Shadow of the Bat,” “Judge Dredd”) and produced in large part at “All-Star Superman” colorist Jamie Grant’s studio in Glasgow, Scotland, “Wasted” presents new and classic comic strips with an emphasis on drug culture and other variously rude scenes. Alan Grant and Jamie Grant (who are not related) have a history in the British underground comics scene, and have pulled together fifty pages of hilarity from established and emerging talent, all wrapped up under a saucy Frank Quitely cover.

The book will be made available both online and in print. CBR News had a chance to chat with Alan Grant about “Wasted” and the challenges of distributing controversial content.
"‘Wasted’ as a comic has been brewing for the past couple of years. As a one-time stoner, I have fond memories of ‘60s underground comics like ‘International Times,’ ‘OZ,’ ‘Fat Freddy,’ etc," Alan Grant told CBR News. "I wanted to give the world an updated version of those underground classics. There are reputed to be around 300 million marijuana smokers in the world. Our aim is to have all of them buying and reading ‘Wasted.’”

Grant offers the disclaimer that “Wasted” does not seek to promote drug use, but is rather about having fun with the trappings of drug culture. The humor plays with the some of the pitfalls of stoner life, and also with the absurdity of the War On Drugs. In this, “Wasted” is a direct successor to another counterculture ‘zine. "The first step was for me to get involved with ‘Northern Lightz,’ already being published by Jamie, Dave Alexander, Big Jim Stewart and Pudsey," Grant said, referring to the comic published in the UK from 1999-2004. "The idea with ‘Lightz’ was to start small and get larger with each issue, owing to word of mouth. It didn't work out, so we came up with ‘Wasted.’ It’s is a more professional version of 'Northern Lightz.'”

Several “Wasted” contributors are well-known names in the comics world, with many others new to the business. Among the established talents appearing in issue #1 are John Wagner, Simon Bisley, Frank Quitely on the cover, and Alan Grant himself. The editor indicated that “Wasted” will benefit from the creative system it has in place, and that work on the second issue is nearly finalized. “The major difference with ‘Northern Lightz’ is that we have proper editorial control now,” Grant said. “Also, Jamie's studio—Hope Street Studios of GlasVegas—has been heavily involved; writers, artists, colorists, letterers, everything except a personal stripper."

Bad Press, the new publishing enterprise of Mssrs. Grant, has also begun reprinting collections of comics such as "Dirty Dog" and "Tales of the Buddha," but unlike "Wasted," these will be available in print format only. "It would be nice to digitize the other Bad Press publications," Grant said, "but I don't know how practical it is. Yet."

The digital version of "Wasted" #1 is available to purchase now through www.wastedcomic.com for £2.00 (about $4.00), with what Grant calls the "terrestrial edition" to follow later in February. Don't look for it in the Diamond catalogue, though. "All the traditional distributors have turned us down owing to subject matter," Grant said. "If we're a success, they'll be queuing up to sign us. Meantime, alternative distributors have ordered 5,000 copies, which I'd like to see doubled before we publish.

"I'm very, very happy with the first issue. I think it looks great and is a funny read."

BLACKCAPE NEWS!!!!!

2008-01-13T12:46:00.001Z

Hey Blackcape fans
From now on Blackcape will be appearing in WASTED a new comic edited by ALAN GRANT(2000AD,Batman;Shadow Of The Bat) and JAMIE GRANT(All-Star Superman,We3,2000AD) and cover editor FRANK QUITELY(New X-Men, All Star Superman) with contributions for the likes of Curt Sibling, Jon Haward, Dave Alexander and Gary Erskine amongst others.
http://www.badpressltd.com/
Thanks for all the support and keep checking back for updates.

Best

Iain and Fraser

Hey...

2008-01-13T12:41:00.000Z

..our new comic project GOSH WOW COMICS is here for all to enjoy;
http://goshwowcomics.blogspot.com.

blackcape 34-Holiday Special

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blackcape 33

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blackcape 32

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blackcape 31

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blackcape 30

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blackcape 29

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blackcape 28

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blackcape 27

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blackcape 26

2007-10-14T00:47:00.001+01:00

blackcape 25

2007-10-05T21:57:00.001+01:00

blackcape 24

2007-09-24T07:41:00.000+01:00

blackcape 23

2007-09-15T12:29:00.001+01:00

blackcape 22

2007-09-10T23:41:00.001+01:00

blackcape 21

2007-09-10T23:38:00.000+01:00

blackcape 20

2007-09-01T20:06:00.001+01:00

blackcape 19

2007-09-01T20:05:00.000+01:00

blackcape 18

2007-09-01T20:04:00.001+01:00

blackcape 17

2007-08-30T23:01:00.001+01:00

blackcape 16

2007-08-27T23:30:00.001+01:00

blackcape 15

2007-08-27T23:29:00.000+01:00

blackcape 14

2007-08-25T09:00:00.001+01:00

blackcape 13

2007-08-25T08:59:00.001+01:00

blackcape 12

2007-08-23T22:40:00.001+01:00

blackcape 11

2007-08-22T22:52:00.000+01:00

blackcape 10

2007-08-22T22:51:00.001+01:00