In a fascinating cross-cultural exercise, Cliffski from Positech hired comic-artist Jamie McKelvie to provide his characters for Kudos 2. Since people seemed to be charmed by his distinctive hot-punk-girl style, I thought you’d like to hear his new one PHONOGRAM: THE SINGLES CLUB is out now in all good comic shops. The reviews have been glowing, Warren Ellis has been raving about it and it’s about the concept of music as a literal magical force. I’ve put Jamie’s one-page comic-intro beneath the cut, to give a taste. That’s Phonogram: The Singles club, drawn by Jamie McKelvie and written by… oh, shit, is that the time? Gotta go.
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For shame. For shaaaaaame.
…still buying it, though.
@ Chris Evans: ‘The Comic Guru’ in Cardiff has moved, as I understand it, the person who owns/rents-out the properties in wyndham arcade got, err, greedy so my friend who runs it has re-established it somewhere in witchurch…
Just checked the website and the address hasn’t been updated so I’ll have to remind him to get onto that.
@Gap Gen
“At least you don’t have to sign up to the Kieron Gillen Social Club. Right?”
I thought RPS was the Kieron Gillen Social Club.
Oh and having scanned through the image a second time, I can’t resist the temptation to write:
“Girls Aloud aren’t a real band.”
Oh yes – I went there.
Nice “Long Blondes” reference in the comic.
Pathetic.
Just FYI, I come here for PC Gaming news, not to have your shitty comic shoved up in my face. Don’t you have a blog for this shit? Fuck off.
Yes, fuck off Kieron! …from your own website! …wait that doesn’t work now, does it
Angry internet man is shouting!
Hugo, take a few deep breaths, man. Take a nap or something, keep all that righteous anger for the weekend rampage with your clan, eh?
That’s IT! I’ve had it up to here with all this comuck talk! All day all the time it’s comucks, comucks, comucks! I’m NEVER coming here again! WELL DONE RPS, YOU’VE JUST LOST A NON-PAYING CUSTOMER!
We’ve sacked Kieron for this outrageous breach of RPS protocol, and will be forwarding this case to the High Court Of Indignation in Brussels.
The rozzers will never take me alive.
KG
I think we should all do as Hugo says.
As the many used-as-a-reply images tell us, THE INTERNET IS SERIOUS BUSINESS.
@Ian:
Bookstore DRM
There were a couple of copies on the shelf of the (fairly small) Forbidden Planet in Aberdeen, where I happened to be, which I thought was somewhat impressive. Now there is one.
Hmm, no copies in Orbital today, so I had to go to the hated FP, where there were a couple. All I can say is, comics heavy on Long Blondes and Pipettes references rule. Keep up the good work.
This is an excellent thing that that there Kieron has made. I recommend it to everyone who has eyes.
Not enough 8-panel grids. After Rue Britannia, I thought you were to 8-panel grids as Alan Moore was to 9-panel grids, but no.
I’ve got 8 8-panel grids in the main story!
(And the 2nd B-side is a modified 8-panel)
KG
Oh, Mr Eight Panel Gillen, you make me swoon.
I agree with Hugo, Gillen. Damn you for coming to my house, kicking my door down, turning on my computer, stealing all my tea, making tea, going on the net, logging onto RPS.com and forcing me to click and read a brief article about your other work! Daaaamn you.
PS. Tell McKitten: weird, imposing redheaded guy from last year’s NYCC says hi.
The best introduction to Nick Cave ain’t a best of. Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus or possibly the latest one. Fact.
:p