As you, dear reader, may or may not be aware, i put myself forward for the eagle awards in the category of best british comic black and white or something. anyway, i'm not too bothered that i didnt get shortlisted, as it was more to be there or thereabouts as part of my awareness campaign. however, i am extremely chagrined at the fact that tales from the flat got shortlisted- it was actually the fact that they were in there that made me get involved- i thought if that bag of spanners is on there, my quality publication surely deserves a crack. i dont really understand the small press scene. there's some many pairs of buttocks masquerading as comics out there, which i think even to the untrained eye are self indulgent tripe, tales from the flat very much included, which seem to do well and be popular. horses for courses i suppose, for every arsehole who's a dickhead, theres a shit comic for you, for every conoisseur of excellence, theres a banal pig.
there. i've published my thoughts. let my sour motherfucking grapes dissipate into the etherel world wide web...
p.s. vote for the eagle awards, my recommendation would be vented spleen, anything but tales from the fucking flat please.
the banal pig
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About Me
- steve
- i make comics about being a fairly banal person in a dull era in history featuring anthropomorphic animals and grotesque humans. ive got a masters in fine art but i work full time in a storage centre.
14 comments:
tales from the flat is indeed awful and a good example why the small press scene in britain is pants and comics is seen as a dirty word amongst my peers. i wonder what the point is of flogging trains are..mint as a small press comic if that's what's deemed popular. there's too much stuff out there that's a very poor attempt at better stuff by better artists. dull people with dull friends does not an interesting read make. i've had reviews of mint that have.
it is very frustrating that there seems to be very little quality in the british small press. mint's a comic if you want it to be but i'm not a big fan of being associated with so much tat. we should both move to the states.
i seem to have trailed of mid sentence there for some reason. hungover. i've had reviews by some people that have critised the quality of the drawings and fobbed it off, to then go and praze 'hazy tuesday' or whatever it's called, another poor comic. venting's good.
yes, your wealthy wife can pay for us to live in america. fuck em.
have you seen 'Donkey Head'? that's alright. bucks the 'british small press is shit' trend.
while i'm at it, when was the last time Bugpowder threw up anything you were arsed about? it's a crap blog but it's the only window we have into the small press scene and it doesn't look good. 2000AD has been shit for ages! Get. Over. It.
yes i've been convinced bugpowder is extremely cliquey for a while, and sending a comic to the reviews section seems equivalent to putting it in the bin. having said that, its not all bad and i dont want to completely alienate myself from everything. like you. ive never read 2000ad and am not really bothered by it.
maybe you should start the uk equivalent of size matters or something, then we'd be the clique, yeah! redress the balance.
I've said it before and I am about to say it again. Banal Pig, and by extension its creator, whoever he is, IS GENIUS. You can't expect idiots to get it. There are too many idiots in the world, that's all.
Donkey Head is Awesome. Other British Small Press gems are Andy Waugh's Melanchomic and Jess Bradley's Guide Dog Detective, hilarious, poignant and wonderfully drawn. I haven't read any Trains are ... mint, but i agree with the title's sentiment.
But you guys are right on the whole, there is a lot of sub-par stuff out there. Which is why we've got to concentrate on the good stuff.
gar- dont you mean everyone who contributed to the banal pig portrait anthology, available now, £3.50? when are you gonna send me your address so i can send you your copy?
jvs- im very honoured that you consider me a genius. have you thought of starting a religious cult about me?
sorry, mate. I thought i sent it via myspace and assumed you were uber-busy, (what with the Thing and all that).
I'll drop you an E-mail now in fact.
How can you say that Tales from the Flat is "indulgent tripe"? It does well and is very popular for a reason, not because its tripe, there's only so much you can sell tripe. It's good for a reason. Sure you're narked off because you didn't get in the shortlist, but there's other competitions, other shortlists, other ways to get your own shit comic into the public eye and hopefully some arsehole or dickhead might even read it.
ooh get her! everyones entitled to their opinion mike.
"Get her?" Is that supposidly an insult into my sexuality? Sure everyone is entitled to their opinions, I agree. My opinions are different to yours, but to swear and undermine a person because they got into a category when you didn't, is just being both rude and to be honest I feel a little sorry for you.
Sure you want to rant and rave, I agree when I don't get something I've hoped for, but you just have to move on. And I may even suggest to Laurence and Oliver to change the title, I quite like "Tales From The Fucking Flat", has a more edgier feel to it.
i'm just trying to be light hearted, fella, i'm no fascist. i'm over it and it seems a long time ago now. i dont bear anyone any malice, but as personal preferences go, which is what blogs are all about after all, the comic in question is not to my taste.
i dont want to stir up hatred, and you called my comic shit after all. if you look at the next post after this, i do say i feel bad about such negativity.
this post has been contentious ay? maybe i should start a review section and get bombarded with hate mail.
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