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"House Of Ra" 2004 Bristol UK Comic con report.

Friday 28th May, Our journey began after a manic rush to finish printing off ashcans, T-shirts, posters and flyers having been let down by our printers 24 hrs before we had to embark on our relaxing 245 Km drive. Luckily a very helpful Frenchman came to our rescue working all night to print what we needed, "Vive le Francaise" .....

The car loaded and bags packed we set off thinking we would take the scenic route along the A36... This proved to be a mistake as road and bridge repairs caused a 16 km tailback at Salisbury making our trip 6 hours in total... 8pm We arrived at a guest house called "The Arches" situated in Portishead, the building is beautifully kept having been built in the 17th century. Bristol as you know has a lot of History as a shipping port & being a major city where the Pilgrims left for the New Lands, Brunel was the foremost Victorian engineer who designed and built the famous Clifton suspension bridge over the Avon gorge. A most spectacular sight for anyone to see when visiting this historic city.

After coffee, rest & a small bite to eat we left the guest house for the most important event of the British comic industry hosted every year at the Ramada hotel and Commonwealth Museum. Founder "Kev F" put on a spectacular show again this year with an allstar cast. Starting with the "Diamond National Comic Awards" ceremony on Friday night, followed by a welcoming party, where large numbers of professionals hovered around the bars of the hotel spilling the latest gossip. We met with the rest of the Ra team and had the pleasure to catch up with David Lloyd who bought with him the latest artwork for our 2012 project. Although the Bristol Comic festival may not match the size of many US conventions it is the highlight of the UK Comics industry.

Saturday 9 am, we set up our "Hospitality Room" in the Ramada and opened the doors to welcome guests and pro's alike. Scott Dunbier of Wildstorm, Craig Lemon of SBC and Rich Jonstone of CBR popped in for refreshments and previewed our submissions, all taking with them ashcans and a full rundown of Ra!!!

As the day progressed we became extremely busy recieving guests as well as seeing many talented people including "Cow and Chicken's" Jim Alexander who's thirst was quenched with Tiger beer ;)..... John Mc Shane, Mitchel Scanlon and John Erasmus liking what we had done so far and lending their welcomed advice and support... Kris Justice, Alex de Campi as well as Shane Oakley joined us in celebration. Jim "Ganjaman" Stuart glided in bringing his uplifting presence, Lawrence Miles and not forgetting David Braysher said their Hello's. Lee Townsend, Sam Hart, Jesus Barony, Natalie Sandells and Len O'grady with Daniel Boultwood took shelter away from busy floors... Some of the "Underfire" crew Colin, Aaron and Cosmo White joined in relaxing from their busy schedules. Tony Lee as well as Tim "Can I have a T-shirt" Pilcher came by to supply show updates and asked how things were going. In fact neither Ka nor myself had chance to leave the room, being so busy we did'nt see the show or any of the panels.

Many red eyes were seen roaming the halls and stalls on Sunday, as the merry making didn't stop until the early hours. Although not living up to the standard of Friday night where a well known cover artist had to be escorted from the building at 4 am after being locked out of the room where he was staying being unable to provide proof of ID..

Having few hours sleep Sunday was mostly subdued with strong coffee all round..... Mike "Demigod" Conroy of Comics International joined the team as we wound down and started packing the projector, laptops and what was left of the goodies... we finally started our journey at 5pm, luckily taking only 4 hours to get home as opposed to the six hours there.. Next time we're hiring a Chinook and ab-sailing an entrance to the festival of 2005..........

David Lloyd and the High Priestess of RA

 

 
 

IGOR KORDEY AT DELCOURT ON ARCANES
BY JENNIFER M. CONTINO
A few months ago, Igor Kordey was excited to be working on Marvel Comics' Excalibur series. Then, he was fired from the assignment. Although he was offered another project from Marvel, Kordey chose to turn them down and work with the French publisher Delcourt on Arcanes and a few other projects.
http://www.comicon.com/pulse/

 

 
  Wallace Ryan had joined in the fun at house of ra.

Wallace's history is in comic strips for several broadsheets and is currently working on a graphic novel called "The Narrow Way".

Narrow way is based on the WWI diaries of his grandfather. He fought at Gallipoli, Ypres and the Battle of the Somme. When he was discharged and sent back to Newfoundland, he took a job on a ship called the Eric and was taken prisoner by a German U-Boat after the ship was attacked off the coast of southern Newfoundland. Due to the fact that the war was almost over, the Germans freed them the next day by offloading them onto a passing ship. Talk about lucky!

This novel is set to be released in March or April of next year.

 

 
 
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