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Open-Ended: Olga Volozova's The Airy Tales - Review

Open-Ended: Olga Volozova's The Airy Tales - Re...

Robert Clough

Something I’ve noticed as a recent trend in comics is a style that somewhat trades in primitivism or outsider art on the surface, but in reality is a sophisticated integration...

Open-Ended: Olga Volozova's The Airy Tales - Re...

Robert Clough

Something I’ve noticed as a recent trend in comics is a style that somewhat trades in primitivism or outsider art on the surface, but in reality is a sophisticated integration...

Jack Teagle Speaks

Jack Teagle Speaks

Marc Arsenault

Jack Teagle is a freelance illustrator based in South West England. He has worked in a large variety of fields, including editorial, character design, storyboarding, poster/ product/ textile design, and...

Jack Teagle Speaks

Marc Arsenault

Jack Teagle is a freelance illustrator based in South West England. He has worked in a large variety of fields, including editorial, character design, storyboarding, poster/ product/ textile design, and...

Sunday In The Shed With Marc

Sunday In The Shed With Marc

Marc Arsenault

Art THE WORLD OF UPA will be a three-part film essay series that tells the story of the rebels who made animation grow up. Presented by The Royal Ocean Film...

Sunday In The Shed With Marc

Marc Arsenault

Art THE WORLD OF UPA will be a three-part film essay series that tells the story of the rebels who made animation grow up. Presented by The Royal Ocean Film...

Eleanor Davis' Stinky - Review

Eleanor Davis' Stinky - Review

Robert Clough

Eleanor Davis’ first book was Stinky, which was released in 2008 by Toon Books. It won a number of awards and deservedly so, because it’s brilliant on any number of...

Eleanor Davis' Stinky - Review

Robert Clough

Eleanor Davis’ first book was Stinky, which was released in 2008 by Toon Books. It won a number of awards and deservedly so, because it’s brilliant on any number of...

Julia Gfrörer's Flesh And Bone - Review

Julia Gfrörer's Flesh And Bone - Review

Robert Clough

Revisiting another Sparkplug classic, here’s my original review of Julia Gfrörer’s debut book, Flesh and Bone, from 2010. Julia Gfrörer’s Flesh And Bone takes fairy-tale and folk legend tropes and...

Julia Gfrörer's Flesh And Bone - Review

Robert Clough

Revisiting another Sparkplug classic, here’s my original review of Julia Gfrörer’s debut book, Flesh and Bone, from 2010. Julia Gfrörer’s Flesh And Bone takes fairy-tale and folk legend tropes and...

The Art of Kids' Lit: Eleanor Davis & Drew Weing's Flop To The Top - Review

The Art of Kids' Lit: Eleanor Davis & Drew ...

Robert Clough

Writing a children’s book that both children and adults can enjoy is a tricky proposition. Aim too far over a kid’s head to reach an adult, and you risk alienating...

The Art of Kids' Lit: Eleanor Davis & Drew ...

Robert Clough

Writing a children’s book that both children and adults can enjoy is a tricky proposition. Aim too far over a kid’s head to reach an adult, and you risk alienating...