Filed under: Film and Sequential Art, Previous Thought Bubble Festivals, Programme 2012, Thought Bubble 2012, What is Sequential Art? | Tags: Better Things, Documentaries, Films About comics, Indiegogo, Jeffrey Catherine Jones
Hey gang!
Plans are continuing apace for this year’s Thought Bubble, and we’ll have a full update coming soon with regards to all manner of shenanigans we’ve got in the pipeline. For now, we’ve got a quick little post about a fundraising appeal (with some excellent rewards up for grabs) for a lovely documentary that we had the immense pleasure of screening during last year’s Thought Bubble festival.
Here’s what our fearless leader, Thought Bubble festival director, Lisa Wood had to say about the film:
Better Things is an extremely insightful look into both the life and work of Jeffrey Catherine Jones – one of the foremost fantasy artists of her generation, and sure to be a source of immense inspiration for generations to come.
Jones was one of the few artists to pave the way for a more painted abstract feel to comic books in the 70′s and 80′s, and as such her work deserves much wider recognition, and this film serves as a testament to that need. Her artwork would have been just at home in a classical art gallery as a comic book, with Frazetta describing her as “the world’s greatest living painter”, and seeing the pieces, and their sometimes turbulent inception, brought to life on screen is a delight.
The documentary also offers an invaluable look in to the lives and working environment of other similar artists and contemporaries of Jones who were working around that time such as Vaughn Bode, and the group known as ‘The Studio’, which included greats such as Michael Kaluta, Bernie Wrigtson, and Barry Winsor-Smith, all of whom would in some way drive and inspire the advances in comic art for years to come.
One of the best documentaries I have seen, on a much loved artist who will be sorely missed.
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The Indiegogo fundraising campaign for the film’s wider release is currently running, and full details can be found here. There’s some amazingly candid interviews with creators that were working in comics at the time, and have been influenced by her work since, and some great rewards (including an excellent art book with an amazing line-up of contributors), so well worth checking out.
We’d like to be able to show more films like this at Thought Bubble, and part of that is making sure the ones that do get made find their audience.
We’ll be back soon with the first round of updates for this year’s festival. EXCITE!
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Hello! How are you? You look well. How about this weather, eh? Terrible, isn’t it. And the earth being taken over by brain eating slugs, how rubbish was that? Still, Olympics are coming, and that’ll be… a thing, I guess?
Ok, pleasantries over, let’s dive into the serious business of the day – Thought Bubble Festival 2012 updates!
There has been a lot happening recently, so I’ll try to sum it up as briefly as possible, we’ve all got internet homes to internet go to, after all! (It’s been a long couple of months. Sorry.)
HERE WE GO!!!
Tickets
Tickets are now on sale for this year’s Thought Bubble convention, you can get them online, at Leeds City Centre Box Office, or at Travelling Man stores in the North of England. The first 500 weekend passes ordered confer guaranteed entry to our very fun mid-con party (details coming soon!), and when all these have gone we’ll put up an announcement on all our social media gubbins (gubbi?).
Please note – pre-ordered tickets will not be posted out, just collect them at the hall on the day, and if you want to take advantage of cosplay discounts, etc, then please buy them on the door. We don’t have a cap on ticket sales, so come one, come all, and help us celebrate the best dang ol’ creative medium in the world!
Full details of how to get them can be found here.
Hotel
This year’s official hotel is the Leeds Marriott, we worked with them last year, and they were a delight, so we’re super pleased to be able to base all our sleeping, eating, and drinking needs there again this year. They’ve helpfully made available a special rate for Thought Bubble attendees, but please be aware that rooms are filling up fast so please act quickly if to avoid disappointment.
Full details of how to book a room can be found here.
Guests
You’ve seen our guest list, right? We figured that you guys all love comics, so we’d better bring you the best in the biz, we don’t really have a guest of honour this year because the list is so big and varied, but we hope there’s someone for everyone on there. We’ve also got our biggest exhibitor list EVER this year, and Saviles Hall and Royal Armouries Hall are going to be chock full of awesome wares to peruse.
Full list of this year’s guests can be found here, and details of exhibitors here.
British Comic Awards
We’ll be releasing details of this year’s festival programme over the next couple of months, and we’ve got a whole bunch of secret projects to announce that we hope will make this year’s festival the best yet, and on that note – the first was revealed at the beginning of this month. The British Comic Awards are a project we’ve been working on for the last year, conceived and founded by Adam Cadwell, the BCAs seek to highlight and acknowledge the best that Brit comics have to offer, and give them the attention they deserve. The inaugural BCA awards presentation ceremony will take place at this year’s Thought Bubble on November 17th.
Full details of the awards and how to get involved can be found here.
Comics Forum
Always the most interesting aspect of Thought Bubble – the Comics Forum academic conference is taking place over two days on November 15th and 16th this year, and is focused on the subject of multi-culturalism. The call for papers is still open, but closes on July 18th, so make sure to get your proposal in before then to be in with a chance to take part.
Full details of this year’s Comics Forum can be found here.
Anthology
This year’s anthology looks set to be a corker, it’s going to be bigger than last year’s, with more creators contributing, and by the looks of the pages we’re getting in – it’s going to look bloomin’ gorgeous. As with last year it’ll be published by our friends at Image Comics, and all profits from the sales will go to the Barnardos Charity.
Details of last year’s anthology can be found here.
Northern Sequential Art Competition
Related to the anthology – this year’s Northern Sequential Art Competition will be launching this month, will some fabulous prizes on offer, one of which will see the winning entrant having their work published in 2013’s anthology. We get some amazing entries every year, and we can’t wait to see what you guys come up with this time around.
Full details of previous NSACs can be found here.
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PHEW! That’s not even the start of what we have planned for this year, so keep an eye on the blog as we’ll have more updates for you soon!
128 days to go! YAY!
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The winner of our Youtube competition is Russ Entwistle who created this amazing video of our 2008 con http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5IMOrK9R0wI
Thanks to everyone else who entered this competition, all your videos were brilliant!
The winner of our over 16 art competition is Kristyna Baczynski who drew this wonderful piece
The winner of our under 16 art competition is Raymond Mak who did this great piece
We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone who entered our art competitions, the strips where brilliant, it was really hard to choose our favourites. Remember if you didn’t win this year, try next year!
We also have some unclaimed raffle prizes from our con on Sat 15th. If you got number 38 you have won an original piece of Peter Doherty art. If you got number 171 you have won an original piece of David Windett art. Just email us at thoughtbubblefestival@googlemail.com.
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http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HiPbPXqNgkQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IMOrK9R0wI
And check out this great report from Factor Fiction
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nVBPg_D5Cgc
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For those who want to know when people will be signing and sketching here you go:-
http://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/08convention%20guest%20times.asp
-S
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The Thought Bubble Festival is almost upon us and we’ve got a few updates.
PROGRAMME: WORKSHOPS, FILM SCREENINGS & MORE
http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/08programme.asp
Panels for the Convention 15th November
http://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/08convention.asp
To purchase tickets in advance please go here:-
http://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/08tickets.asp
We’ll see you there!
-S
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WORKSHOPS @ Thought Bubble 2008 Last year at Thought Bubble we ran a number of comic book related workshops. Due to them being so popular, we’re able to offer you more this time around! We have drawing, writing, colouring workshops and more for adults and young people. Almost all of our workshops are free (please note that Dr. Simpo’s workshop carries a small fee, scroll down for details), so all you have to do is e-mail us with your name to be put on the list, and turn up on the day! Two of our workshops are already full, the Mike Carey Comic Book Dialogue Masterclass and Peter Doherty’s Digital Colouring Masterclass, but if you’d like you can e-mail us to be put on a reserve list in case someone else drops out. Due to the brilliant response for those two workshops, we have added a Thursday evening workshop with illustrator Adi Granov, so sign up for that one now as it’s bound to fill up! Here are the workshop details: Thursday, 13th November 2008
Adi Granov’s Comic Book Cover Masterclass, 6-8pm, Carriageworks, FREE, 18+ (This workshop is aimed at adults however 16+ are welcome, please state your age when you email us) Friday, 14th November 2008
Mike Carey’s Comic Book Dialogue Masterclass, 5-6.30pm, Sunday, 16th November 2008 
Dr Simpo’s Small Press Workshop, Sunday 16th 11-4.30pm, Travelling Man Coffee Bar,
Digital Colouring Masterclass with Peter Doherty, Sunday 16th 1-2.30pm, Leeds Central
Barry Kitson presents How to Draw Comic Books for Young People, Sunday 16th
Science Superhero Masterclass with Dr Annette Taylor and Mark Wilson, Sunday 16th
The Art of Storyboarding with Steve Beaumont, Sunday 16th 2.45-4.45pm
Digital Colouring Masterclass for Young People with Jamie McKelvie, Sunday 16th
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Thought Bubble 2008 is a celebration of sequential art that will take place on during November at various venues across Leeds. There will be a huge convention event on Saturday 15th in Leeds’ largest, newest venue, Saviles Hall, opposite The Royal Armouries from 10am-5pm. Our guests confirmed so far are:
Confirmed Guests!
MARK MILLAR!!!
(Kick-Ass, The Ultimates, Wanted, Civil War, Fantastic Four)
ALEX MALEEV appearing courtesy of TRAVELLING MAN
(Daredevil, Halo: The Uprising, Nova)
DOUG BRAITHWAITE
(Secret Invasion: Thor, Justice, The Brave & The Bold)
MIKE CAREY
(X-Men: Legacy, Lucifer, Crossing Midnight, Felix Castor novels)
C.B. CEBULSKI
(Marvel Fairytales, The Loners, Wonderlost, Aspen Showcase)
ANDY DIGGLE
(Green Arrow: Year One, The Losers, Hellblazer, Silent Dragon)
ROBIN FURTH
(The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, The Dark Tower: A Complete Concordance)
ADI GRANOV
(Iron Man, Iron Man Movie Designs, Astonishing X-Men)
RICHARD ISANOVE
(The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born, X-Men Unlimited Vol. 1, 1602)
JOCK
(Green Arrow: Year One, Faker, Hellblazer, The Losers)
BARRY KITSON
(Amazing Spider-Man, The Order, L.E.G.I.O.N.)
DAVID LAFUENTE
(Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #3, Patsy Walker: Hellcat, X-Men: Divided We Stand Book 1)
SIMONE LIA
(Fluffy, Sausages & Carrots)
SEAN PHILLIPS
(Marvel Zombies, Criminal, Batman: Jekyll & Hyde)
EMMA VIECELI
(Manga Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Dragon Heir)
Plus the following brilliant creators will be in attendance:
HANNAH BERRY
(Britten & Brülightly)
CY DETHAN
(Starship Troopers, Extinction Protocol, Cancertown)
D’ISRAELI
(H.G. Well’s War of the Worlds, Leviathan, Batman: No Man’s Land)
NIGEL DOBBYN
(Power Rangers, Thunderbirds, Billy the Cat)
PETER DOHERTY
(Shaolin Cowboy, Judge Dredd, Grendel Tales)
NEIL EDWARDS
(Starship Troopers, Transformers, Action Man)
LEIGH GALLAGHER
(Defoe, LEGO: Bionicle, Justice League Unlimited)
DR. MEL GIBSON
(Comics scholar and consultant!)
KIERON GILLEN
(Phonogram, newuniversal)
DAVID GOLDING
(The Hunter)
JAMES HODGKINS
(Lass Vegas, Batman, JSA)
FRAZER IRVING
(Gutsville, Inhumans: Silent War, Iron Man; Inevitable)
STAZ JOHNSON
(Heroes, Dracula, Cable & Deadpool, Civil War: War Crimes)
ANTONY JOHNSTON
(Wasteland, Dead Space, Wolverine manga)
TONY LEE
(Doctor Who: The Forgotten, Starship Troopers, Hope Falls)
SONIA LEONG
(Comic Book Tattoo, Love Stuffing, Once Upon a Time…)
YISHAN LI
(Cutie B, Le Conte Du Boudoir Hante, Heroes Happen Here Project)
JAMIE MCKELVIE
(Suburban Glamour, Phonogram, X-Men: Divided We Stand)
LEAH MOORE
(The Darkness VS. Eva: Daughter of Dracula, Raise the Dead, Albion)
JOHN REPPION
(The Darkness VS. Eva: Daughter of Dracula, Raise the Dead, Albion)
ADRIAN SALMON
(Judge Dredd, Doctor Who, The Faceless: A Terry Sharp Story)
DECLAN SHALVEY
(Hero Killers, Frankenstein, Freak Show)
LIAM SHARP
(Lap of the Gods, Testament, Lord Havok and the Exterminators)
JORDAN SMITH
(Alice in Sunderland, ShadowPlay)
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